Two events are completed the the fields are narrowed to eight as USA Archery is closer and closer to naming their team for the 2016 Olympics. One month from now in Newberry, Florida those eight archers on each side will gather one last time to complete the Olympic trials.

For the men it’s been all about Brady Ellison this week and after taking the top score of the day and knowing he only needs a top three spot to go to the Olympics he has a large margin of 30 points over fourth place Collin Klimitchek. Klimitchek showed that if you get hot you can make some real moves in the standings. He was ninth going into the final seven matches before the cut to eight but managed to get into eighth and after having a great Thursday he jumped all the way to fourth. He’s still 6.5 points behind third but that is certainly a deficit that can be overcome. Zachary Garrett is in second with 74.5 points and  Jake Kaminski is third with 62.5 points.

On the women’s side Mackenzie Brown had her lead cut a bit because Hye Youn Park put up the top score of the day and leaped from fourth to second and trails Brown by 7.5 points. Lanola Pritchard holds the third spot with five points between her and Park and Ariel Gibilaro is now fourth points behind her in fourth. Khatuna Lorig was better today and moved up to fifth, still trailing third by 9.75 points.

So far there has been a maximum of 100 points available. At the third nomination shoot alone there are 91 points available. The athletes currently low in the standings might need some help but you can certainly put yourself back into the running with a strong competition. The third nomination shoot begins May 27th.

Previous Olympic Archery Trials Coverage:
Preview
Day 1 Update
Day 2 Update
Day 3 Update