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Thursday, April 24, 2003
THE BATTALK THE BAT
Archery hosts Shootoul
By Jeff Allen
THE BATTALION
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Many of the world’s best archers will arrive in
College Station this weekend to compete in the
Texas Shootout, which will be held at the
Penberthy Intramural Fields adjacent to the Texas
A&M Tennis Center. Archers competing in this
weekend’s event hail from 28 different states and
three different nations. The event, which is one of
six held during the outdoor season, is an opportu
nity for American archers to qualify for the
national team. The U.S. archery team consists of
the best eight men and women that come out of
the six tournaments. Each candidate is required to
participate in at least two of the events.
A&M will be represented on the women’s side
by the varsity archery team, and by the men’s club
team in their respective divisions. The Texas
Shootout is the second chance for the Aggies to
compile the scores necessary to qualify for the
national team. On April 12-14, the Aggies com
peted in the Arizona Cup in Phoenix. The team has
been preparing since March 1 for the outdoor sea
son, when the scenery changes for the archer from
the static environment of the indoor competitions
to the much more difficult outdoor scene, where
the archer must not only compete with the other
competitors, but also with the elements.
“Shooting outdoors is a lot tougher,” said
A&M Varsity Archery Coach Kathy Eissiig
“They have to deal with wind, farther d:
as well as the elements ... they have to shooij
rain, cold, hot. It all comes into play. Plus i
are shooting more arrows in a day, whichcrc
a fatigue factor.”
Sophomore Amber Dawson and junior I
Zorn will compete in the compound competn
while senior Dawn Chudy and junior Lot
Cohen will be heading up the Aggies wiilt
recurve bow in hand. Eissinger says thatalllo
have a legitimate shot at making the national its
something that reflects well on the varsity|r
gram at A&M. Eissinger went on to sayt
Dawson, Zorn and Chudy all came off o(
A&M squad last year to make their mark out
national team.
Zom said she looks forward to the lew
competition she and her teammates will meet
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archery team, so there will be top level arck sister for toy
from all over the place,” she said. “It’s alwaji
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Junior Mary Zom will compete with the Aggie archery
team when it hosts the Texas Shootout this weekend.
there you don't get to see all the time.
This weekend’s tournament is also lookedi
a chance for the Aggie archers to get more of
needed experience shooting outdoors beforeki
ing to the collegiate outdoor nationals he
year in May.
“Collegiate nationals in four weeks is
same format,” Essinger said. “This givesusss
practice going in, and the level of competn
here will be a lot higher than what we will!
at collegiate.”
The outdoor season carries much of the fra
for the Aggies’ varsity squad because it coots
the most opportunities for wrangling in pois
During the indoor portion of the season
before March 1, the Aggies dominated, win
the national championship. During the
Aggies were led by the same faces who will
lofting arrows across Penberthy come Saturd;
The Aggies will also be looking at thisti
ment as a time to further their own personal
as well as team goals. Many of the Aggie a
are looking past the collegiate level and havea?
rations to compete on an international level.
“(This weekend) is real important for thein[i
sonal) goals, “Eissinger said,
and being collegiate national champion is nice,ti
lot of them have higher goals, such as making is
that are traveling to world competitions.
Olympics, world championships, to play agi
that caliber of competition is that goal.”
The tournament is set to begin at 8 a,m.
Saturday and continue through Sunday.
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