The United States dominated the team events at the XXIV Pan American Championships in Medellin, Colombia last weekend, winning the men’s Team Recurve, women’s Team Recurve and the Mixed Team Recurve and Team Compound titles, plus two Team Compound medals.
Brady Ellison and Mackenzie Brown won two golds each, in the Team Recurve and Mixed Team Recurve events, the only double-gold winners in the Senior division. Otherwise, Mexico was outstanding, winning the men’s and women’s Recurve with Ernesto Boardman and Alejandra Valencia, and the men’s Compound with Antonio Hidalgo.
Colombia’s Sara Lopez, the best women’s Compound archer in the world, won the women’s individual division and then silvers in the Team Compound and Mixed Team Compound events.
The U.S. won individual medals in men’s Recurve (Jack Williams: bronze), men’s Compound (Bridger Deaton: silver) and Mackenzie Brown and La Nola Shepherd (women’s Recurve: silver and bronze). Summaries:
Pan American Championships
Medellin (COL) ~ 14-19 August 2018
(Full results here)
Men:
Recurve: 1. Ernesto Boardman (MEX); 2. Crispin Duenas (CAN); 3. Jack Williams (USA); 4. Luis Antonio Alvarez Murillo (MEX). Semis: Duenas d. Alvarez Murillo, 6-0; Boardman d. Williams, 6-5 (9-8 shoot-out); Third: Williams d. Alvarez Murrillo, 7-3; Final: Boardman d. Cuenas, 6-4.
Team Recurve: 1. United States (Brady Ellison, Matt Requa, Jack Williams); 2. Chile; 3. Colombia; 4. Guatemala. Semis: United States d. Colombia, 6-0; Chile d. Argentina, 5-1. Third: Colombia d. Argentina, 6-0. Final: United States d. Chile, 6-0.
Compound: 1. Antonio Hidalgo (MEX); 2. Bridger Deaton (USA); 3. Camilo Andres Cardona (COL); 4. Kris Schaff (USA). Semis: Deaton d. Cardona, 144-144 (10-9 shoot-off); Hidalgo d. Schaff, 146-143. Third: Cardona d. Schaff, 148-146. Final: Hidalgo d. Deaton, 141-141 (10-10 shoot-off).
Team Compound: 1. Colombia (Daniel Munoz, Camilo Andrea Carmona, Sebastian Arenas); 2. United States (Reo Wilde, Kris Schaff, Matt Sullivan); 3. Puerto Rico; 4. El Salvador. Semis: United States d. El Salvador, 233-231; Colombia d. Puerto Rico, 231-226. Third: Puerto Rico d. El Salvador, 230-229. Final: Colombia d. United States, 233-233 (29-29 shoot-off).
Women:
Recurve: 1. Alejandra Valencia (MEX); 2. Mackenzie Brown (USA); 3. La Nola Shepherd (USA); 4. Ana Paula Vazquez. Semis: Valencia d. Vazquez, 7-1; Brown d. Shepherd, 6-0. Third: Shepherd d. Vazquez, 6-2. Final: Valencia d. Brown, 6-5 (9-8 shoot-out).
Team Recurve: 1. United States (Khatuna Lorig, Mackenzie Brown, La Nola Shepherd); 2. Mexico; 3. Brazil; 4. Colombia. Semis: United States d. Brazil, 5-4 (28-23); Mexico d. Colombia, 6-0. Third: Brazil d. Colombia, 6-2. Final: United States d. Mexico, 6-2.
Compound: 1. Sara Lopez (COL); 2. Nora Valdez (COL); 3. Mariana Bernal (MEX); 4. Linda Ochoa-Anderson (MEX). Semis: Lopez d. Ochoa-Anderson, 149-147; Valdez d. Bernal, 147-145. Third: Bernal d. Ochoa-Anderson, 147-145; Final: Lopez d. Valdez, 148-142.
Team Compound: 1. Mexico (Linda Ochoa- Anderson, Esmeralda Sanchez, Andrea Becerra); 2. Colombia; 3. United States (Jamie van Natta, Paige Pearce, Cassidy Cox); 4. Puerto Rico. Semis: Colombia d. Puerto Rico, 229-220; Mexico d. United States, 234-228. Third: United States d. Puerto Rico, 230-220. Final: Mexico d. Colombia, 233-231.
Mixed:
Team Recurve: 1. Brady Ellison/Mackenzie Brown (USA); 2. Marina Canetta/Marcus d’Almeida (BRA); 3. Alejandra Valencia/Luis Antonio Alvarez Murillo (MEX); 4. Ana Maria Rendon/Andres Pila (COL). Semis: Ellison/Brown d. Rendon/Pila, 5-4 (17-14); Canetta/d’Almeida d. Valencia/Alvarez Murillo, 6-2. Third: Valencia/Alvarez Murillo d. Rendon/Pila, 6-2. Final: Ellison/Brown d. Canetta/d’Ameida, 5-1.
Team Compound: 1. Paige Pearce/Matt Sullivan (USA); 2. Sara Lopez/Daniel Munoz (COL); 3. Esmeralda Sanchez/Antonio Hidalgo (MEX); 4. Marla Cintron/Bryan Alvarado (PUR). Semis: Pearce/Sullivan d. Cintron/Alvarado, 155-154; Lopez/Munoz d. Sanchez/Hidalgo, 156-154. Third: Sanchez/Hidalgo d. Cintron/Alvarado, 156-143. Final: Pearce/Sullivan d. Lopez/Munoz, 158-156.
