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Three Arizona JOADs took part in the 2009 Youth
World Championship Trials, Mackenzie Kieborz, Kiley Larrick
and Nathan Yamaguchi. Just to compete and make the Trials
cut, these three archers have trained and competed for years.
The family commitment and coaching required is significant to
be able to compete at the national and international level.
On behalf of the Arizona State Archery
Association, Congratulations to all three and best wishes to
the two that continue to train in preparation of the 2009
Youth World Championship!
Arizona Archers Qualify for the 2009 YOUTH
World Team
by Barbara Larrick and Gary T. Yamaguchi
Two teenagers from Arizona competed
successfully at the Southern Illinois Cup and Youth World Team
Trials (WTT) in Carbondale, Illinois. The tournament was held
in rainy, muddy conditions from May 1 - 3. Kiley Larrick
(16 yrs.) of Maricopa and Nathan Yamaguchi (14 yrs.) of
Phoenix both finished in third place in the Female and Male
Cadet divisions, respectively, following the grueling WTT
Round Robin matches. Both were named to the 2009 Youth World
Team, which will represent the USA at the Youth Archery World
Championships to be held July 10 to 20 in Ogden, Utah. The
host USA team will enjoy a rare home-field advantage for this
event, which will feature individual competitions as well as
team competitions among the Cadet and Junior divisions.
To get to this point, the archers first
competed in a two-day FITA outdoor format, consisting of 36
arrows shot at a stationary target placed at four different
distances. The standings from the FITA event were used to
determine the top eight archers in each category. The top
eight then competed in head-to-head, 12-arrow matches shot at
long range to see who could compile the highest score. Points
were awarded on the basis of the FITA standings, for wins, for
high scores, and for arrow-point totals after the conclusion
of the WTT Round Robin. If the scores shot were too low,
points were taken away. Endurance and the ability to shoot
precisely under pressure were the determinants of success and
failure. Archers who finished high in the FITA and Olympic
Rounds did not necessarily fare well in the Round Robin. In
the end, Nathan finished comfortably in third place, while
Kiley edged out her closest competitor by a point. Nathan
moved up from a qualifying seed of 5th and Kiley
moved up from a qualifying seed of 8th.
Kiley and Nathan are currently members of the
USA Archery Junior Dream Team coached by Olympic Head Coach
Kisik Lee and his staff of coaches, including Dee Falks, Linda
Beck, and Bob Romero. They have been coached locally by 2005
USA Archery National Coach of the Year Mark Penaz. Both
archers are members of the Papago FITA Archers Sidewinders
JOAD Archery Club, coached by Ed Votruba and Gary Yamaguchi.
Mackenzie Kieborz
of Phoenix, Arizona also competed in the Junior Female
Compound division, shooting exceptionally high scores in the
windy, rainy conditions. Mackenzie finished 6th in
the FITA, and 6th in the WTT.
For a description of the competition formats,
and the list of official results, interested parties should go
to the USA Archery web page:
http://www.usarchery.org/event/event/1295
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Yet another rainy day
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Mackenzie modeling in the mud.
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Kiley, Nathan, and Sean McLaughlin help Miranda Leek celebrate her win in the FITA.
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Shooting in a head-to-head match against Ohio archer Sean Curtin
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Dream Team girls and Sean.
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Nathan with double gold Olympic medalist and Tournament Director Darrell Pace.
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The Cadet Women’s team:
Hannah Simpson (alternate), Kiley Larrick, Michelle Gilbert, and Miranda Leek
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The Cadet Men’s team:
Chris Luman (alternate), Nathan Yamaguchi, Matt Zumbo, and Danial McLaughlin
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2009 YWC
Team USA
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