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by Mary Beth Vorwerk
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 16, 2007
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The 2007 World Indoor Team Trials were held this
past weekend in Hillsboro, Texas where 24 archers qualified to represent the
United States at the 9th FITA World Indoor Championships in Izmir, Turkey
March 13-17.
In the Senior Recurve Category, number one ranked, two-time Olympian Vic
Wunderle (Mason City, Ill.), Shawn Rice (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Staten
Holmes (San Antonio, Texas) all qualified to represent the men. Wunderle is
the reigning World Indoor Championship Silver Medalist for the senior
recurve men. Sixty-three year old Phyllis Shipman (Haleiwa, Hawaii) along
with Kendra Harvey (Rio Rancho, N.M) and Jennifer Holmes (San Antonio,
Texas) round out the team for the women.
On the compound side, Dave Cousins (Standish, Maine), who won a team gold at
the previous two World Indoor Championships will join two-time World Indoor
Champion Reo Wilde (Pocatello, Idaho), who was also on the 2003 and 2005
gold medal men's compound team. Braden Gellenthien (Hudson, Mass.), the
2003 World Indoor junior compound individual bronze and team gold medalist
will be the third member of the men's senior compound team. For the
compound women, Christie Colin (Ransomville, N.Y.) along with Holly Pagel
(Bovey, Minn.) and 2005 World Indoor individual bronze and team gold
medalist Jamie Van Natta (Toledo, Ohio) qualified to compete for the U.S. on
the World Indoor Team.
Qualifying for a spot on the Junior Recurve Team were 2005 World Indoor
Bronze Medalist Aaron Tedford (Great Falls, Mont.), Maxwell Van Pelt
(Boulder, Colo.) and Jordan Brown (Victoria, Texas) for the men and Rachel
Caldwell (Ft. Collins, Colo.), 2005 World Indoor Team Bronze Medalist
Stephanie Rowland (Orchard Park, N.Y.) and Heather Koehl (Sheboygan, Wis.)
for the women.
On the junior compound side, Ryan Day (Grimes, Iowa), Bryce Wickliffe
(Victoria, Texas) and Adam Wruck (Rice, Minn.) all qualified for the men,
while Kendal Nicely (Gorham, Maine), Elissa Falconer (Oakdale, Pa.) and
Amber Christensen (Preston, Idaho) qualified for the women.
The U.S. team will be looking to defend their titles in Turkey after coming
off their most successful World Indoor Championships ever in Aalborg,
Denmark in 2005 where they earned four individual world titles, four team
titles, set six new world records and earned 14 medals overall, tops among
the 37 countries that competed.
The top three finishers and total scores in each category are as follows:
Senior Male Recurve:
Vic Wunderle - 2021
Shawn Rice - 2020
Staten Holmes - 1983
Senior Female Recurve:
Phyllis Shipman - 1877
Kendra Harvey - 1865
Jennifer Holmes - 1816
Senior Male Compound:
Dave Cousins - 2403
Reo Wilde - 2403
Braden Gellenthien - 2378
Senior Female Compound:
Christie Colin - 2007
Holly Pagel - 2000
Jamie Van Natta - 1985
Junior Male Recurve:
Aaron Tedford - 1966
Maxwell Van Pelt - 1886
Jordan Brown - 1794
Junior Female Recurve:
Rachel Caldwell - 1893
Stephanie Rowland - 1862
Heather Koehl - 1839
Junior Male Compound:
Ryan Day - 2237
Bryce Wickliffe - 2195
Adam Wruck - 2184
Junior Female Compound:
Kendal Nicely - 1953
Elissa Falconer - 1949
Amber Christensen - 1938
For complete World Indoor Trials results, please visit
www.usarchery.org.