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by Mary Beth Vorwerk – USA Archery
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 23, 2005
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga.- The 2005 United States Intercollegiate Archery Championship (USIAC) was held May 19-22 on the campus of Georgia College and State University with over 170 archers from 33 colleges and universities around the country competing for collegiate national titles. This year’s USIAC also served as the trials for the 2005 Summer World University Games (SWUGs), which will be held this August in Izmir Turkey. Archery competition at the SWUGs will run August 12-16.
Nathan McCullough (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs) took the national title in the men’s recurve category after defeating Tim Meyers (Texas A&M) 104-101 in the finals. Utah State University’s Dakota Sinclair finished in third place.
In the women’s recurve category, Kate Anderson (UCLA) took home the gold, beating Columbia University’s Nasreen Bakht 93-88, while 2004 Paralympian Lindsey Carmichael (University of Texas) defeated Ashley Kamuf (Indiana University) 101-99 to win the bronze.
For the compound men, Braden Gellenthien (James Madison University) won his first USIAC title after beating fellow JMU teammate Jedd Greshock 113-110. Logan Wilde (Idaho State University) defeated Cassidy Miller (Texas A&M) 114-111 to take the bronze.
Texas A&M’s Jessica Grant won the collegiate national title for the compound women, defeating Karen Morse (Pennsylvania College of Technology) 98-96 in the gold medal match. Anna Stratton (Texas A&M) finished in third place.
The above USIAC National Champions were decided after the conclusion on the Olympic Round (OR) and the 2005 SWUG Team was chosen from the top three finishers in each category of the FITA Round.
The 2005 SWUG Team will include:
Men’s Recurve
Sagar Mistry, Atlantic Cape Community College
Tyler Benner, Claremont-McKenna College
Tim Meyers , Texas A&M
Women’s Recurve
Stephanie Miller, Columbia University
Kate Anderson, UCLA
Ashley Kamuf, Indiana University
Men’s Compound
Braden Gellenthien, James Madison University
Jedd Greshock, James Madison University
Logan Wilde, Idaho State University
Women’s Compound
Jessica Grant, Texas A&M
Anna Stratton, Texas A&M
Amanda Raffaelli, Texas A&M
All-American awards were given to the top finishers in each division (the top ten in men’s compound, men’s and women’s recurve and the top eight in women’s compound). All-American placement is determined by combining each archer’s score from the National Indoor tournament, which was held in February and March, with their score from USIAC.
All-American Team:
Men’s Recurve
Tim Meyers, Texas A&M
Nathan McCullough, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Tyler Benner, Claremont-McKenna College
Brett Lazaroff, Atlantic Cape Community College
Dakota Sinclair, Utah State University
Tomas Wartownik, Atlantic Cape Community College
Kevin Barker, Texas A&M
Jacob Wukie, James Madison University
Anthony Kaune, Texas A&M
Kevin Hubbard, Dine’ College
Men’s Compound
Braden Gellenthien, James Madison University
Jedd Greshock, James Madison University
Chris Glass, Michigan State University
Josh Binger, Texas A&M
Cassidy Miller, Texas A&M
Ben DeRoner, Thaddeus Stevens
Will Stinger, Idaho State University
Ryan Romberger, Penn College
Bobby Parr, James Madison University
Ian DeVivi, James Madison University
Women’s Recurve
Stephanie Miller, Columbia University
Kate Anderson, UCLA
Ashley Kamuf, Indiana University
Lindsey Carmichael, University of Texas
Stephanie Pylypchuk, James Madison University
Ginamarie Chiechi, University of Utah
Corrine Yohann, Texas A&M
Kristi Nelson, Texas A&M
Sage Adams, Illinois Institute of Technology
Deseree Sparano, Atlantic Cape Community College
Women’s Compound
Jessica Grant, Texas A&M
Anna Stratton, Texas A&M
Amanda Raffaelli, Texas A&M
Cassie Raffaelli, Texas A&M
Candice Blaschke, Texas A&M
Joayn Fleury, James Madison University
Brenda Temperly, Texas A&M
Jessica Fasula, James Madison University
Texas A&M University captured the national overall team title at the USIAC, while James Madison University took second and Atlantic Cape Community College finished third.
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