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AggieJohn
05-21-2005, 02:05 AM
The Texas A&M women’s compound archers turned in a dominating performance on the first of three days at the U.S. Intercollegiate Archery Championships on the campus of Georgia College and State University on Friday.

The Aggies finished the day holding down six of the top seven spots in the women’s compound division. A&M had all six of its women’s compound archers in the top six spots for much of the day, before James Madison’s JoAyn Fleury made a dent in the maroon-and-white armor more than 50 arrows into the competition.

Sophomore transfer Jessica Grant (Waddell, Ariz) is in the lead for the top seed in Sunday’s single-elimination tournament. Grant, the wire-to-wire leader, turned a score of 656 for 72 arrows. Freshman Anna Stratton (Bend, Ore.) has been right behind Grant all day long, finishing with a score of 650.

Junior co-captain Amanda Raffaelli (Clear Lake, Texas) moved from sixth place at the midpoint of the day to third place at day’s end. Raffaelli was in sixth, behind all her teammates, with a score of 313 at 70 meters before inching her way up the leaderboard with a score of 324 at 60 meters to finish at 637.

Fleury of James Madison climbed into fourth place with a score of 630 while the team’s youngest Raffaelli, Cassie, is fifth with 626 points. Sophomores Candice Blaschke (Columbus, Texas) and Brenda Temperley (East Dubuque, Ill.) are tied for seventh place with totals of 623.

The Aggies have three recurve archers ranked among the top 10 in the seeding portion of the tournament as well. A&M Head Coach Lorinda Cohen (Angola, N.Y.), who is still eligible to qualify for the 2005 World University Games, is the top A&M shooter heading into day two. Cohen is in fifth place with a score of 575, but will not be eligible to compete in the team or individual championship events as her eligibility has been used up. If Cohen manages a top three finish by the end of the day on Saturday, she will be eligible to make a return trip to the World University Games according to National Archery Association guidelines. Cohen was the bronze medalist at last year’s World University Games.

Sophomore Corrine Yohann (Fond du Lac, Wis.) is the top current Aggie archer in the recurve division after day one. Yohann is one spot behind her coach with a score of 565. Junior Katie Kuchenbrod (Armstrong, Ill.) is the only other Aggie in the top 10 in the recurve division. Kuchenbrod currently resides in the No. 9 spot with a score of 540 despite having equipment problems in the middle of the round. Outdoor world championship team member Ashley Kamuf of Indiana leads the recurve standings with a total of 617.

The Aggies will shoot 36 arrows at both 50 and 30 meters beginning at 9 a.m. EDT on Saturday in order to determine seedings for Sunday’s tournament. The top three individuals in the seeding portion of the championships will represent the United States at the 2005 World University Games as well. The Aggies will shoot to defend their team national championships in both the compound and recurve divisions beginning at 1 pm. on Saturday.

Compound Standings

1. Jessica Grant, Texas A&M 656

2. Anna Stratton, Texas A&M 650

3. Amanda Raffaelli, Texas A&M 637

4. JoAyn Fleury, James Madison 630

5. Cassie Raffaelli, Texas A&M 626

6. Candice Blaschke, Texas A&M 623

Brenda Temperley, Texas A&M 623

8. Beth Robinson, Penn College 616

9. Jessica Fasula, James Madison 618

10. Michelle Wright, Penn College 600

Recurve Standings

1. Ashley Kamuf, Indiana 617

2. Kate Anderson, UCLA 603

3. Lindsey Carmichael, Texas 593

4. Stephanie Miller, Columbia 588

5. Lorinda Cohen, Texas A&M 575

6. Corrine Yohann, Texas A&M 565

7. Stephanie Pylypchuk, James Mad. 563

8. Katrina Weiss, James Madison 561

9. Katie Kuchenbrod, Texas A&M 540

10. Ginamarie Chiechi, Utah 536

Phil C
05-21-2005, 10:47 AM
Thank you AggieJohn and congratulations to the Lady Aggies on a great job! I know the Aggies always have good archers and that there are some men who were on the Olymphic Archery Team that I think barely missed out on a metal at the olympics last year.