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Archery picks up 10 podium finishes at Regional Championships

By Christopher Coombs

Williamsburg, KY - Lindsey Wilson archery captured 10 team podiums on Thursday on the first day of the USA Archery Outdoor Regional Championships on the Cumberlands' (KY) campus.

Lindsey Wilson's women's bowhunter team, mixed compound team, men's recurve team, and women's recurve team all earned gold medals following today's shoot.

The Blue Raider trio of Courtney Blevens, Alexis Abbott, and Savy Scott helped Lindsey Wilson win the women's barebow from the third seed. The Blue Raiders upset the second-seeded Pikeville (Ky.) team 201-182 in the semifinals and captured the team title with a 206-204 win over top-seeded Cumberlands.


Blevens -- who posted a 620 in the individual shoot -- is the sixth seed in tomorrow's shootdown. Abbot (606) is the eighth seed and Scott (585) is the 13th seed in the 27-woman shoot.

Ashlyn Scriven and Austin Taylor proved to be upset-minded on their way to the mixed compound title. The duo -- seeded fourth after combining for a team total of 1,340 -- beat Eastern Kentucky 145-112 in the quarterfinals setting up a match with top-seeded Union (Ky.).

Scriven and Taylor knocked off Union 146-143 in the semifinals and validated that upset with another one in the finals -- a 147-141 win over second-seeded Cumberlands.

Taylor (693) is seeded third in tomorrow's men's compound shoot while Scriven (647) is eighth in the women's compound.

The Blue Raider men's recurve team and women's recurve team each claimed the titles without facing any competition.

The men's team of T Sanchez (547), Gabe Crenshaw (485), and Hunter Reading (378) posted a team score of 1,410. Sanchez (No. 2), Crenshaw (4), and Reading (5) are all seeded in the top five of tomorrow's individual shoot.

The women's recurve of Olivia Harner (490), Madison Loveless (417), and Savannah Gould (317) posted a team score of 1,224 to capture their title. Harner's total today puts her as the third seed tomorrow in the individual shoot while Loveless and Gould are fifth and sixth, respectively.

Women's compound, mixed recurve, and women's barebow each captured silver medals while mixed barebow, men's barebow, and men's bowhunter all earned bronze medals on Thursday.

Twenty-five men and women compete on Friday in the individual regional shoot. The event begins at 7:30amCT tomorrow in Williamsburg. After the regional competition, the Mid-South Conference Championships begin with the team shoots. The championship is scheduled to conclude on Saturday morning.


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