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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