HARTLAND HS ARCHERY TEAM WINS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
The Hartland Archery Program wrapped up their season in style and reached an all new level as the HS Team won the 2015 World Championship which was held July 22nd-25th at the Music City Center in Nashville, TN.
Hartland took two teams (HS and MS) down to compete and both teams reached the podium, in fact the MS team reached it twice with a 3rd place finish in both the ring target event and the 3D IBO event. But it was the icing on the cake when the HS team was announced as this year’s World Champions that caused the large group of Hartland spectators and archers to get up on their feet and cheer!
This victory really wrapped up the season as the HS Team won their 4th Consecutive State Championship in March, had their best finish ever at the 2015 National Tournament with a National Champion Runner-Up finish, and then this finale as the 2015 World Champions!
Individual Archers had a great season as well. The HS team had 12 archers win $750 scholarships at nationals, one archer win $1500, and Sydney Vivian who took home the top scholarship amount of $20,000 at Nationals. The World Event did not have the scholarships, but still rewarded some of Hartland’s top archers with medals, plaques, targets, arrows, and even new bows. World Individual Award winners were, Layla Rumble, Abby Gardner, Sarah Bragg, Emily Paajanen, and Shane Karls. Shane Karls won not only overall Top HS Male Archer, but also the Top Overall Champion at Worlds, which earned him two brand new bows!
The World Tournament is an event where schools from the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa, and Namibia come to compete against other schools from these competing countries. To qualify for Worlds the teams must shoot very well at their countries National Event. In the USA, Nationals had over 12,000 archers shoot at the event (setting a new world record for the largest archery tournament), and the top teams form this event attended Worlds. The World Tournament had nearly 5,000 archers in attendance, roughly 1,500 ES archers, 2,000 MS archers, and 1,500 HS archers.
Hartland High School Varsity Archery Sydney Vivian stayed a few extra days after the World Tournament to compete as a member of the USA All-Star team. The NASP All-Star Championship is an event where each country will take the top 16 archers from that country and compete in a bracket double elimination tournament. Vivian earned a spot on this team at the USA National Tournament, and her coach Rob Jellison was once again one of the Team Managers/Coaches of the USA All-Stars. Sydney’s 4 person team reached the finals against another USA team (capturing a third consecutive Country Title for the USA). Her team finished in second place in the 4 person event and two other USA 4 person teams came in 1st and third.
The Hartland Archery Program will start up in September with an Intro to Archery Session for all new students who would like to try out this fast growing sport. For more information please see the add on this page or contact Coach Rob Jellison at [email protected].
Hartland took two teams (HS and MS) down to compete and both teams reached the podium, in fact the MS team reached it twice with a 3rd place finish in both the ring target event and the 3D IBO event. But it was the icing on the cake when the HS team was announced as this year’s World Champions that caused the large group of Hartland spectators and archers to get up on their feet and cheer!
This victory really wrapped up the season as the HS Team won their 4th Consecutive State Championship in March, had their best finish ever at the 2015 National Tournament with a National Champion Runner-Up finish, and then this finale as the 2015 World Champions!
Individual Archers had a great season as well. The HS team had 12 archers win $750 scholarships at nationals, one archer win $1500, and Sydney Vivian who took home the top scholarship amount of $20,000 at Nationals. The World Event did not have the scholarships, but still rewarded some of Hartland’s top archers with medals, plaques, targets, arrows, and even new bows. World Individual Award winners were, Layla Rumble, Abby Gardner, Sarah Bragg, Emily Paajanen, and Shane Karls. Shane Karls won not only overall Top HS Male Archer, but also the Top Overall Champion at Worlds, which earned him two brand new bows!
The World Tournament is an event where schools from the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa, and Namibia come to compete against other schools from these competing countries. To qualify for Worlds the teams must shoot very well at their countries National Event. In the USA, Nationals had over 12,000 archers shoot at the event (setting a new world record for the largest archery tournament), and the top teams form this event attended Worlds. The World Tournament had nearly 5,000 archers in attendance, roughly 1,500 ES archers, 2,000 MS archers, and 1,500 HS archers.
Hartland High School Varsity Archery Sydney Vivian stayed a few extra days after the World Tournament to compete as a member of the USA All-Star team. The NASP All-Star Championship is an event where each country will take the top 16 archers from that country and compete in a bracket double elimination tournament. Vivian earned a spot on this team at the USA National Tournament, and her coach Rob Jellison was once again one of the Team Managers/Coaches of the USA All-Stars. Sydney’s 4 person team reached the finals against another USA team (capturing a third consecutive Country Title for the USA). Her team finished in second place in the 4 person event and two other USA 4 person teams came in 1st and third.
The Hartland Archery Program will start up in September with an Intro to Archery Session for all new students who would like to try out this fast growing sport. For more information please see the add on this page or contact Coach Rob Jellison at [email protected].