Results of World Archery Festival 2011 in Las Vegas

Results of World Archery Festival 2011 in Las Vegas Lausanne – 14 February 2011 Naomi FOLKARD (GBR)    The indoor tournament called "World Archery Festival" in Las Vegas was held on 11-13 February 2011. The winners of the 2011 edition in the four major international categories are Crispin DUENAS (CAN) in recurve men, Naomi FOLKARD (GBR) in recurve women, Reo WILDE (USA) in compound men and Erika ANSCHUTZ (USA) in compound women.   More than 1200 archers coming from the US and the rest of the world competed in the World Archery Festival tournament taking place from Friday 11 February to Sunday 13 February at the Riviera Hotel Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. The archers shot 30 arrows each day. Those making a perfect score, or tied for 1st place, over the three days then competed in an intense shoot-off final on Sunday afternoon.   In recurve men Crispin DUENAS (CAN) scored 297, 296 and 293 for a total score of 886. He finished at first place, three points ahead of Michele FRANGILLI (ITA) and five over Magnus PETERSSON (SWE).   In recurve women, Naomi FOLKARD (GBR) achieved a total score one point higher that her male counterparts with 867 points (3x 289). She left the two runner-up competitors Carina CHRISTIANSEN (DEN) and Katuna LORIG (USA) far behind tied at 2nd place with 858 points each.       Reo WILDE (USA) The compound men's category saw 13 archers achieve a perfect score of three times 300. The only non-American was Martin DAMSBO from Denmark. To decide on the winner the remaining competitors continued with shoot-offs of three arrows (30 points). As long as they scored three perfect arrows, they would continue shooting. After the first shoot-off 12 archers were still in the race and 11 after the second. The third tie-break was fatal to seven more competitors (when the inner 10-ring started being used), and only the US archers Reo WILDE, Glen BRAZELL and Keith TRAIL, as well as DAMSBO were still alive. After BRAZELL and TRAIL were eliminated with 149 points, the final word was for WILDE with 180 before DAMSBO with 179. What a final!   On the female side, Jamie VAN NATTA and Erika ANSCHUTZ (USA) shot in the final with both 898 points. Two other Americans Andrea NICHOLSON and Tiffany REEVES (897 each) faced each other for 3rd and 4th places. It took two 3-arrow shoot-offs to decide between NICHOLSON (60) and REEVES (59), VAN NATTA and ANSCHUTZ needed six tie-break series to decide on the winner. Finally ANSCHUTZ took 1st place with 175, followed by VAN NATTA 2nd with 174.   Find all results of the World Archery Festival here and of the Archery World Cup Indoor Challenge here.   World Archery Communication