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JOAD Indoor Nationals crowns 36 youth champions

Close recurve contests and a new club-team championship conclude the nationwide programme.

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USA Archery confirmed 36 champions at the JOAD Indoor Nationals after nearly 1,700 athletes competed across seventeen events. The final weekend produced fifteen new podium performances, including five gold medals, as national standings were settled across bow and para divisions.

Akshara Vijay and Charvika Gopi both scored 570 in under-21 women’s recurve, with Vijay winning through one additional ten. Samantha Ensign took bronze at 569. In under-21 men’s recurve, Jacob Lanahan won ahead of Chanyoung Mun, with Eric Wang and Joseph Diesta sharing bronze.

More than 270 clubs entered the new club-team championship. SW Archery Academy of New Jersey won, followed by Houston Archery Lessons and JOAD, then Georgia’s 88 Archery Club. The leading clubs will receive commemorative pennants recognising their collective results.

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