Lawrence/Nelson Has Three that Qualify for Nationals from State Archery Competition
Beck, Cox, and Brockman
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The Lawrence/Nelson archery students fared very well at the 2018 State Meet, qualifying THREE for nationals! Fifth grader Grayce Beck won her age division while her classmates, with Sawyer Cox and Cody Brockman placing in the top ten as well.
This is only the third year that the Raiders have competed at state, and results of each year have been shared by Archery Coach Beth Himmelberg as follows:
- 2016 Results: Elementary - 1867, MS - 2489, HS - 2599
- 2017 Results: Elementary - 1940, MS - 2573, HS - 2900
- 2018 Results: No elementary team, just individual results; MS - 2617 and HS - 2900.
As you can see, each year the team has continued to score higher and higher! Kids are scored by gender in their division (elementary, middle school or high school), then by grade and overall, with the top six places receiving a plaque.
- Grayce Beck, daughter of Jamie and Alycia Watts, got 1st in the elementary girls' division,
- Sawyer Cox, son of Craig and Heather Cox, got 4th in both the elementary division and in the 5th grade boys' division, and
- Cody Brockman, son of Phil and Amy Brockman, got 7th in the elementary boys' division and 6th in the 5th grade boys' division.
All of these students qualified for Nationals, but it is believed that only Grayce plans to compete at the national level.
Launch the media gallery 3 playerThis year, many kids scored in the top 20 in their division:
- Nathan Stokes, 7th in 4th grade,
- Karigan Drudik, 8th in 10th grade,
- Boone Svoboda, 9th in 11th grade,
- Trey Himmelberg, 16th in 12th grade,
- Mattee Kucera 15th in 12th grade,
- Riley Kucera 14th in 12th grade,
- Annie McCartney, 20th in 10th grade,
- Morgan Menke, 16th in 12th grade,
- Joanie Schultz 15th in 10th grade,
- Kaden Thompson 20th in 11th grade,
- Kylie Beard, 16th in 8th grade,
- Wyatt Brockman, 20th in 8th grade,
- Krayton Kucera, 10th in 8th grade,
- Raylene Miller 20th in 4th grade, and
- Nathan Pofahl, 17th in 4th grade.
Congratulations to our L/N students, and good luck to Grayce as she goes on to compete in Nationals! Grayce is looking for sponsorship for the National Archery in the School’s Program’s (NASP®) Tournament this spring in Louisville, Kentucky’s Exposition Center from May 10-12, 2018. More than 15,000 archers are expected to shoot in the annual bulls-eye competition, a 4% increase from 2017. In addition to the bulls-eye competition, 5,000 youth are set to compete in NASP®’s companion event, the International Bow Hunting Organization’s 3D Challenge (IBO/3D), a 25% increase from last year’s event, including Grayce!
More than 950 schools will be in attendance along with 28,000 friends and family and more than 180 volunteers. Speaking of volunteers, these hard-working and dedicated individuals will spend the first two days prior to the on-set of the tournament, setting up this reputable range. The format for the tournament will be like years prior with twenty-five flights, each 75 minutes in length. The archers will shoot from both ten and fifteen meter shooting lines. Each archer will shoot a series of practice arrows before launching their scored arrows. Each archer will shoot 45 arrows total. Roughly 750,000 arrows will be shot during both simultaneous events. Laid end to end, the thirty-inch arrows would cover more than 355 miles—that’s quite a lot of arrows!
As the archers approach their respective shooting lines and launch their arrows at this year’s event, the scores will be electronically tallied. The results from the tournament will be used to announce each state’s All- Star Team of twelve boys and twelve girls. Furthermore, teachers and coaches around the USA are reviewing student’s grades, and those archers who achieved honor roll status will receive Academic Archer (AA) recognition. With the grades and scores (from nationals) taken into consideration, some of these exceptional student archers will be named the All-American Archery Team! What an achievement to aim for! On Target For Life (OTFL), another key program that started in 2016 will also continue its recognition of students and coaches who have displayed academic excellence, community service, and leadership.
Starting this year, scholarships will be awarded at the World Tournament so that participants from both Eastern and Western tournaments may be present. $159,000 dollars in cash scholarships will be awarded to archers who achieve top honors in the bulls-eye competition, and $25,000 dollars will go to students who place at the top in the IBO/3D challenge.
The National Archery in the School’s Program is an ever-changing and inspiring program, and with its addition of a second national tournament and record-breaking suspected turnouts at both national and world events, 2018 is already proving to be another eventful and exceptional year!