The first Olympic archery nomination shoot narrowed the field of potential athletes down to 16 men and 16 women and the second nomination shoot will narrow it down to the top eight. On the men’s side they are going for three spots on the Olympic team while only one is guaranteed for the women but two more might be earned at later international qualifying.
Points are accumulated throughout the rounds of qualifying and never reset so many of the archers still in competition this week are likely too far back to eventually grab one of the spots. On the men’s side the top three are currently Zachary Garrett (27.25 points), Sean McLaughlin (25 points), and Brady Ellison (23 points). Jacob Wukie is just behind Ellison with 22.25 points. Ellison and Wukie were both 2012 Olympians. Jake Kaminski was also a 2012 Olympian and is in fifth with 20.25 points.
On the women’s side Mackenzie Brown leads with 25.75 points, Ariel Gibilaro has 23 points in second and Lanola Pritchard is third with 22 points. 2012 Olympic fourth place finisher Khatuna Lorig is in fourth here with 20.75 points.
Monday will feature two 72 arrow ranking rounds where points are awarded depending on your finish. Four points to the winner and 0.25 points less for every spot on down from there. Up to three bonus points are available for each round as well depending on how high the scores are.
