There was no change to the Olympic qualifying spots on Monday at the Olympic Archery Trials as the four athletes who were in position to make the team did. Brady Ellison went 6-1 and had the top average score as he finished with a total of 170 for the competition. Zachary Garrett didn’t have as strong a day as he went 4-3 but his average was the second best and he finished second with 148.5. Jake Kaminski also went 4-3 which was more than enough to lock down the third spot as he finished with 110.5 points. Dan McLaughlin did make a nice run with a 6-1 day to finish in fourth place with 99.5 points.

On the women’s side Mackenzie Brown went 6-1 and had the top score as she finished easily in the #1 spot and qualified for the Olympics with a 157 total points. Far behind her in second was Hye Youn Park with 127.5 points and Khatuna Lorig was third with 125.75 points. They will team with Brown at the next Archery World Cup event to try to qualify the US for the team competition in the Olympics which would give the US three spots and thus Park and Lorig would be in the Olympics. They will need to finish among the top three countries who have yet to qualify a team for the Olympics. Lanola Pritchard finished fourth with 103.5 points.

That Archery World Cup event begins June 12th in Antalya, Turkey.

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Sunday Update

The competition on Sunday in the Olympic Archery Trials helped some of the contenders lock down their Olympic spot and for others it put it in peril. The first part of the competition, a qualifying round, didn’t change the order of the standings at all but did allow those currently in Olympic positions to solidify their leads. Brady Ellison and Zachary Garrett went 1-2 on the men’s side as Garrett’s lead over third grew from 12 points to 22. Colin Klimitchek was the third best in qualifying and closed to within a half point of third place where Jake Kaminski sits. On the women’s side Mackenzie Brown added six points to her lead over Hye Youn Park. Park was then 15 points clear of fourth place Ariel Gibilaro. Lanola Pritchard still sat in third but Khatuna Lorig moved two points closer to third.

In the second portion elimination round Ellison and Garrett again went 1-2, this time with Garrett winning, and opened up even larger leads on third place. The gap grew to 28 points over Kaminski who finished ahead of Klimitchek and grew his lead over third to 2.5 points. The other four competitors were over 15 points back. Lorig pulled off a big win in the women’s competition and with the other two main contenders for third finishing outside the top four. This gave her a 12-point gain over them and she vaulted from fifth to third and a 4.25 point lead over fourth. With Park and Brown finishing second and third they continued to pull away.

Finally in the team simulation Ellison and Garrett again went 1-2 so the focus was all on the race for third. Kaminski finished ahead of Klimitchek and holds a 4.5 point lead for the final spot going into the final day of the trials. Brown won the women’s simulation and has a big 13.5 point lead for the only guaranteed Olympic spot on the women’s side. Park seems locked into one of the two spots that will try to qualify after finishing third and the real contest is for the third spot. Lorig has the inside track after finishing second in the simulation and now leads Pritchard by 10.25 points.

Monday will wrap the competition up with head-to-head matches three points to the winner of each match means everyone has the shot at earning 21 points there and an additional 16 depending on the ranking of their average scores.

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