MORELIA, Mexico – USA’s archers had something of a gold rush at the Morelia 2025 Americas Para Archery Cup Leg 1 earlier this month, as they finished top of the medals table.
Leading the way were Olympians Jason Tabansky and KJ Polish, with both taking individual gold. Tabansky, a gold medal winner at last year’s Paralympic Games in Paris, was the number one seed in W1 Open Men, as was Polish in Compound Open Men.
And while Polish faced the second seed Daniel Comeau (CAN) in a tightly contested gold medal match (143-141), Tabansky tackled third seed Eugenio Santana Franco (BRA) and won with a little room to spare, 128-119.
The other gold medals came in the various team competitions. Jordan White and Karen Sternfeld won the Recurve Open Mixed Team, overcoming Colombia 5-3.
Polish had readied himself for the individual gold medal match with first in the Compound Open Men’s Doubles, alongside Douglas Godfrey Jr. They beat the Canadian pair of Comeau and Kyle Tremblay 146-141.
Hopes of a hat-trick of gold medals were dashed for Polish as he and Brandi Jones were defeated 147-145 by Brazil in the final of the Compound Open Mixed Team event.
Jones was part of the gold medal-winning team with Wendy Gardner which defeated Mexico 141-135 in Compound Open Women.
Other highlights included a fourth-place finish in compound open men for Godfrey Jr, a fifth place in recurve open men for 16-year-old White, fourth and sixth in compound open women for Jones and Gardner, and fifth in recurve open women for Karen Sternfeld.
Polish said, “I’ve been shooting all the USAT events and some world events. I’ve been blessed and lucky enough to win at all of them so far.
“I’m going to Outdoor Nationals; I’m going to everything I can, putting myself in every high-stakes tournament there is and there is just one goal in mind … represent my country and win.”
After success in Mexico, the USA team will reconvene for the 2025 Americas Para Archery Cup Leg 2, which will be held in Chicago from August 27-31.
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