Congratulations to all the competitors! The United States team excelled at compound, bringing back gold and bronze medals from their trip to the 2008 World University Archery Championships. See the links below for complete results of the team rounds.

• Compound Men’s Team
• Compound Women’s Team
• Recurve Men’s Team
• Recurve Women’s Team
• Compound Mixed Team
• Recurve Mixed Team

At the end of all competition the final medal standings are:

Compound Men’s Team

• Gold: Mexico
• Silver: Italy
• Bronze: Belgium

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Take a look at the WUAC Gallery for more photos from Joe Lorenti.

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After a day of ORs, Jedd Greshock, James Madison University won the gold in men’s compound against Philip Glover of Great Britain, 111 to 109, and Erika Anschutz, Miami University (Ohio) won the gold in women’s compound against Hyang Kwon Oh of Korea, 110 to 108.

Here are the complete results from the Qualifying Rounds and Individual ORs:

Men’s Compound

• Individual Quals
• Individual OR

Women’s Compound

• Individual Quals
• Individual OR

Men’s Recurve

• Individual Quals
• Individual OR

Women’s Recurve

• Individual Quals
• Individual OR

Stay tuned for more - the team rounds are coming up. Going into it, the seeds are:

• Men’s Compound: 1st
• Women’s Compound: 2nd
• Men’s Recurve: 8th
• Women’s Recurve: 11th
• Mixed Compound: 1st

The US Mixed Recurve team missed qualifying for the top eight by only 5 points.

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We’ve got a first batch of photos of WUAC 2008 from Team Leader Derek Davis. Keep an eye on the WUAC Gallery for more soon!

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The US team is in Taiwan, and as of this writing have begun to shoot! Official practice was today, with competition beginning tomorrow. Wish our US team all the best!

You can take a look at official coverage on the WUAC site in both English and Chinese. They have posted updates, photos and video.

Make sure you also take a look at some of the personal updates you can find over on ArcheryTalk.com. Joe Lorenti writes,

Tomorrow the tournament begins with quals for the RW and the CM, followed by the quals for CW and RM.

The kids are in great spirits they are working well together and with the coaching and leadership staff. And most important they are developing a special chemistry. I must also say that the leadership and coaching staff has treated me absolutely terrific. it is a real honor for me to experience this tournament and my thanks go out to these wonderful coaches Sheri Rhodes and Bill Coady and the very capable team leader Derek Davis who have gone above and beyond for me in every way. My sincerest thanks go out to Derek, Sheri and Bill.

The tournament is upon us , and as a spectator I cant wait . Tomorrow cant come soon enough.

WUAC is taking place at Chang Jung Christian University in Taiwan from July 7-10, 2008.

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The team trials for the 2008 World University Archery Team were held in conjunction with the USIACs in Mays Landing, NJ. The FITA portion of the qualification round is used to determine the team. Eligible CAP athletes who have graduated within the last year are also eligible to compete for a place on the WUAC team.
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The CAP board of directors submitted a grant proposal to the Easton Sports Development Foundation requesting support for the World University Archery Team. It is with great pleasure to announce the full amount of the request, $21,000, was granted to help the WUAC team.

Easton Sports Development Foundation’s goal to provide support to the College Archery Program and colleges across the country is unprecedented for the College Archery Program. The grant will provide approximately 50% of the funding required to send the top collegiate athletes to compete in the World University Archery Championships in Chinese Taipei in July 2008.

Thank you Easton Sports Development Foundation!

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USA COLLEGE ARCHERY PROGRAM
7-10 July 2008

The World University Championships will be held in Chinese Taipei Jul 7-10, 2008. USA Archery, College Archery Program will be fielding a full team to this event. (3 each from Women compound, men compound, women recurve, men recurve plus 2 coaches and 1 team leader).

Team selection: The USA team trials will run concurrently with 2008 USIACs to be held in Cape May, New Jersey. The top three finishers in each class from the FITA portion of the tournament (qualifying round) will form the 2008 USA WUAC team.

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World University Archery Championships, July 2008

						Chinese Taipei

The 7th World University Archery Championships (WUAC) will be held in July 2008 in Tainan County, Chinese Taipei. Start your USA CAP World Team quest by training now and getting your passport in order. 

FITA Information and More

The USA College Archery Program (CAP) World Championship and CAP World Teams have traveled all over the world in recent years, including Korea, Turkey, Slovakia and Venezuela.

The FITA World Cup site has posted an article about the 7th WUAC to be held in Chinese Taipei in 2008.

A temporary website for the tournament has been set up by the event’s Organizing Committee. This website provides downloads of entry forms, regulations, and event info.

Helpful Hints

Getting a passport is taking longer and longer (sometimes up to 3 months!) Apply for your (and your family’s too!) passports now at the U.S. State Department’s Travel and Business website.

Many countries require that passports be valid for at least six months from the date of entry. Make sure your passport is valid at least through January 2009 at the minimum (it would be better to have a year or more of time left) to meet that requirement. The WUAC is less than 7 months away.

Find out about overseas travel in general, and about Chinese Taipei (known by the U.S. State Department as Taiwan). The U.S. State Department’s Travel web pages are helpful. These pages include a link to the CDC for vaccination information.

USA Archery World Team trips are a great experience and become wonderful memories.

Submitted by: Bob Pian, CAP High School Director/JOAD Co-Chair

Edited by: Lorretta Sinclair, CAP Publicist

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Braden Gellenthien, Erika Anschutz

photos by Mel Nichols

 

Two world records, One World Team Championship, 1 Silver, and 1 Bronze medal – and two college archers……

The 2007 World Championships were held in Leipzig, Germany in July. Team USA included college athletes Braden Gellenthien (James Madison University) and Erika Anschutz (University of Nebraska). Both archers shoot the compound bow and have been National and Jr. World Champions in previous years.

The World Championships once again brought out the best in college archers with Braden placing 6th in the Men’s qualifying round and Erika finishing 1st. Erika shot a 1408 in the qualifying round, three points shy of a world record. The women’s compound team of Jamie VanAtta, Kendal Nicely, and Erika set a new world record of 4157 points, breaking the previous record, also held by USA in the qualifications round.

In the ever variable elimination round, Erika went out in the 1/8ths finishing 10th, while Braden moved on to the Gold medal match against Dietmar Trillus of Canada. The match was close through each end resulting in a final one arrow shootoff. Trillus shot a 10, while Braden shot a 9 and took the Silver medal home.

Team round once again found the college archers leading the team efforts. In the men’s compound competition, the final arrow came down to Braden’s ability to shoot under pressure. Needing a 9 to tie or a 10 to win the match, Braden came through with a solid 10, with the men’s team of Roger Willett, Reo Wilde, and Braden becoming World Champions.

In the quarter finals, Team USA, scoring 232 points clinched the elimination round World Record which was previously held by Russia’s 230 points set in 2006.

In the women’s compound team match, the women lost to Italy (222 to 220) in the semifinals, setting the women up for the Bronze medal match against France. Team USA archers Jamie, Kendal, and Erika solidly won the Bronze medal with a score of 225 to France’s 221.

Congratulations to our College Student Athletes! Braden and Erika, you represent us well!

Erika, Jamie, and Kendal

photo by Mel Nichols 

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