Locals crack top 100 in virtual shoot

NASP ARCHERY NATIONALS

The Gilman Pirate Archery Club earned a 74th-place finish in the high school division and a 76th-place finish in the elementary division in the 2021 National Archery in the Schools Program’s national bullseye tournament, which was held virtually around the country this spring.

The Pirates scored 3,271 points to earn its spot in the high school rankings. There were 247 programs that posted team scores. In the elementary division, which is fifth grade and under, Gilman earned 2,686 points to take 76th out of 132 scoring teams.

Hartland High School of Michigan won the high school team championship with 3,459 pints, eight more than Bullitt Central High School of Shepherdsville, Ky. Altus Intermediate School from Oklahoma was the elementary team champion with 3,235 points, 21 more than West Fork of Rockwell, Iowa.

Gilman’s Kylee Burton, who is Wisconsin’s high school state girls state champion, finished second in the national tournament with a score of 296 out of a possible 300. That was out of a field of 2,794 high school girls. She had the best score out of 550 senior girls and the thirdbest score out of 7,307 females overall. Natalie Bell of East Burke Middle School in North Carolina was the top female with a 298. Cadott’s LaRhea Christenson was the nation’s high school girls champion with a 297.

Casey Grunseth shot a 290 to rank 88th out of 2,860 high school boys, 28th out of 852 sophomore boys and 106th overall out of 8,376 boys. Alex Copenhaver shot a 283 to rank 97th out of 3,611 middle school boys, 33rd out of 1,234 seventh-grade boys and 418th among all boys.

With their top 100 finishers within their respective divisions, Burton, Grunseth and Copenhaver qualified to compete in the NASP World Open tournament to be held in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on June 10.

The Medford Archery Club had three participants in the national bullseye shoot.

Wisconsin high school boys champion Landen Viergutz shot a 286 to rank 188th in the division and 57th among sophomore boys. Kirsten Weix shot a 283 to place 209th among high school girls and 54th out of 781 sophomore girls. Jake Erl’s score of 246 put him 370th among 1,905 elementary boys and 292nd out of 1,145 fifth graders.

The rest of Gilman’s scores were as follows: High school girls: 209. Tatum Weir, 283; 735. Kiersten Webster, 272.

High school boys: 348. Dalton Wisocky, 282.

Middle school girls: 167. Alison Krizan, 277; 784. Olivia Buske, 260; 1,150. Misty Mravik, 252; 1,768. Mylie Stephens, 237; 2,045. Destiny Bertsinger, 228.

Middle school boys: 631. Wyatt Webster, 267; 1,257. Dawson Robinson, 255; 1,340. Dawson Grunseth, 254; 3,024. Andy Copenhaver, 210.

Elementary girls: 168. Kaitlynn Madlon, 254; 194. Reece Weir, 251; 224. Kennedy Buske, 249; 335. Ava Webster, 241; 516. Jazmyn Robinson, 229; 872. Rayanna Romig, 204; 908. Shyan Pentimone, 202.

Elementary boys: 413. Wyatt Stephens, 244; 442. Makii Austin Mallo, 243; 1,052. Cade Kowalczyk, 214; 1,472. Colton Lang, 185; 1,610. Adam Copenhaver, 170.

Nathaniel Harper, a junior from Maysville High School in Ohio shot a perfect 300. Jeremiah Jones, a senior from Carl Junction High School in Missouri just missed perfection at 299.

3-D results

In the 3-D portion of the national tournament, Gilman placed 56th out of 102 high school teams with 1,622 points. Hartland High School won that championship with 1,742 points, 11 more than Calvary Lutheran High School of Jefferson City, Mo.

Medford’s Landen Viergutz was the highest local scorer, shooting a 287 out of a possible 300 to rank 49th out of 765 high school boys, 20th out of 219 sophomores and 59th out of 2,173 boys overall. Gilman’s Casey Grunseth wasn’t far behind at 281, which was good for 112th in the high school boys division and 36th among sophomore boys.

Gilman’s Wyatt Webster shot a 279 to rank 36th out of 888 middle school boys and 16th out of 290 eighth graders nationally. Tatum Weir’s 278 put her 97th out of 729 high school girls and 24th out of 187 sophomore girls.

Viergutz, Webster and Weir qualified for the World Open 3-D shoot with their top-100 finishes. Gilman’s Alex Copenhaver just missed, taking 103rd among middle school boys with his 271. For Medford, Kiersten Weix shot a 276 to place 133rd among high school girls and Jake Erl shot a 233 to place 148th out of 520 elementary boys. The rest of Gilman’s individual scores were as follows:

Middle school boys: 236. Dawson Grunseth, 260; 289. Dawson Robinson, 257; 748. Andy Copenhaver, 211; Middle school girls: 225. Olivia Buske, 253; 496. Mylie Stephens, 222;

Elementary boys: 122. Wyatt Stephens, 238; 177. Makii Austin Mallo, 229;

215. Colton Lang, 220; 489. Adam Copenhaver, 121.

Elementary girls: 128. Reece Weir, 225; 137. Kaitlynn Madlon, 224; 189. Kennedy Buske, 210; 239. Jazmyn Robinson, 194; 251. Ava Webster, 190; 290. Shyan Pentimone, 179; 334. Rayanna Romig, 160.

Justin Miller, a senior from the champion Hartland High School team of Michigan, shot a 297 with 27 10-point shots. Maddox Parks, a sophomore from Locust Grove Public School in Oklahoma, also shot a 297 with 27 10-point shots.