NEWBERRY, Florida – The World Archery Indoor Championships – U.S. Team Trials began today at the Easton Newberry Sports Complex. The two-day trials process featured 120 arrows of qualification today. A cut will be made to the top eight archers in each category and those archers will shoot head to head in round robin match play to determine the top three archers who will compete in Yankton, South Dakota in mid-February 2018. Qualification saw intense competition and several records were broken for great excitement!
Paige Pearce Gore (Red Bluff, California) started indoor season with a bang, taking silver and gold at the first two stages of the Indoor World Cup Series. Then with a 696 half and a 1188 total today, she broke the world record of 695 and the national record of 1182 (pending official verification), both previously held by Erika Jones for several years.
“After deciding to really try and improve my indoor game this season, I couldn’t be happier with how today went!” shared Gore. “Breaking the national and world record was something I honestly didn’t see as a possibility just two months ago, so it’s so rewarding to see all my hard work is finally paying off! I’m so excited to see improvement, and I’m going to keep working hard for the remainder of the indoor season!”
Brady Ellison (Globe, Arizona) led the recurve men with a lights-out perfect 300 to start, and finished with an insane 1196 to break the national record. With a 299 with 28 Xs…
