Eight men and eight women are still competing for spots on the US Olympic Archery team and their fate will be decided over the next two days in Newberry, Florida. The men are competing for three spots on the team while only one woman is guaranteed a spot. The second and third place finishers will join the top finisher in attempting to qualify at the next Archery World Cup event.
Brady Ellison looks to be in great shape as he leads going in with 86 points and Zachary Garrett sits second with 74.5. Third place currently belongs to Jake Kaminski with 62.5 points and then things get more crowded with four competitors sitting with between 56 and 51.5 points. There are a lot of points at stake in the next two days so while a good day may not be enough to jump too far in the standings a poor day from a leader could certainly be trouble.
On the women’s side Mackenzie Brown leads with 77 points and Hye Youn Park is second with 69.5. Lanola Pritchard sits third with 64.5 points. The rest of the archers are more spread out than their male counterparts with Ariel Gibilaro is fourth with 60.5 and Khatuna Lorig fifth with 54.75 points.
Sunday will feature a 72-arrow ranking round with 16 points available to the winner and up to six bonus points available for the actual scores. There will also be an elimination round competition with 16 points again available to the winner. Finally there will be a team simulation where again, you guessed it, 16 points are available to the winner.
Previous Olympic Archery Trials Coverage:
Second Round Recap