JDT Red Team Travels to Guadalajara Mexico for Pan American Championship

18 October 2010

Guadalajara, Mexico

JDT Red Team members Mackenzie Brown, Michelle Gilbert, Kiley Larrick, Miranda Leek, Heather Trafford, Chris Luman, Daniel McLaughlin, Nathan Yamaguchi and Matt Zumbo traveled to Guadalajara Mexico to compete in the Pan American Championships, a qualifying event for the Pan American Games.

The team traveled with several Resident Athletes/Sr. USAT team members including Khatuna Lorig, Thomas Stanwood, Brady Ellison, Jacob Wukie, Jake Kaminski, Kristin Braun and Heather Koel.

Red Team Cadet Women  Michelle Gilbert, Mackenzie Brown Heather Trafford  and Kiley Larrick shot up a division to compete as Juniors, while Miranda Leek shot up two divisions to shoot  with the Seniors.   Daniel McLaughlin, Matt Zumbo and Chris Luman competed as Cadets while Nathan Yamaguchi shot up a division with the Juniors.

A Happy Daniel brings home plenty of gold

During the Individual Ranking Rounds, JDT team members were awarded numerous medals for individual distances and overall FITA ranking round.

In the Recurve Cadet Male division Daniel McLaughlin took home gold at 70 and 60 meters, bronze a 50 meteres, silver at 30 meters and a gold for the overall FITA with a score of 1335.  Matt Zumbo took gold at 50 meters and shot a remarkable score of 352 at 30meters.

In the Recurve Junior Women division, Michelle Gilbert took home silver medals at 70, 50 and 30 meters, bronze at 60 meters and a gold for the overall FITA.

Several performances were good enough to break standing Pan American Championship records.  Daniel McLaughlin broke the 70m, 60m and 144 arrow FITA records while  Matt Zumbo broke the 30m record.   Michelle Gilbert broke the 144 arrow FITA record with a score of 1271.

Going into Team Rounds, both the Cadet Men and Junior Women’s teams were ranked 1^st.

A summary of TEAM USA’s results after the first day of shooting are listed below:

RCM
1 Daniel McLaughlin 1335
3 Matthew Zumbo 1314
15 Chris Luman 1072
RJM
10 Nathan Yamaguchi 1215
RJW
1 Michelle Gilbert 1271
8 Mackenzie Brown 1202
13 Kiley Larrick 1176
17 Heather Trafford 1129
RM
1 Brady Ellison 1346
3 Jacob Wukie 1333
5 Jake Kaminski 1326
6 Thomas Stanwood 1319
RW
1 Khatuna Lorig 1344
6 Kristin Braun 1293
7 Heather Koehl 1292
11 Miranda Leek 1283

Results of the Second Day of Shooting (Team Rounds):

USA’s Senior Mens team takes gold, Senior Women, Jr Women and Cadet Men teams all take silver medals in their matches!

Brown, Gilbert and Trafford Win Silver in Junior Team Event

Results of the Third Day of Shooting (Junior and Cadet OR’s):

The team didn’t disappoint in the individual elimination matches, bringing home two gold and one bronze medal for their efforts. Finishing off her OR match with a perfect end of 30 points, Michelle Gilbert takes gold while Kiley Larrick brings home the bronze medal in the Junior Recurve Women division.  Daniel McLaughlin takes gold and Matt Zumbo finishes 4th in the Cadet Recurve Male division.

Daniel McLaughlin Wins Gold in Cadet OR's

Michelle Gilbert and Kiley Larrick Win Gold and Bronze in the OR's

Results of the Third Day of Shooting (Mixed Team Rounds):

Kiley Larrick and Nathan Yamaguchi win bronze in the junior mixed team event.

Kiley Larrick and Nathan YAmaguchi Capture Bronze in Mixed Team Event