ARCHERY IN SCHOOLS - NATIONAL COMPETITION:
Oklahoma Kids Are "Turning Some Heads"

We OSGWA members should take particular pride in this item as we are major contributors to the travel expenses of our top shooters to attend this national event, and maybe in some small way, contribute to some great competitors getting to Kentucky for the event. We share this pride with all AIS supporters, and the entire ODWC as many of the finalists listed below DID benefit from us and those donations in order to travel to this year's event!
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If you haven't already heard about how the Oklahoma Students did at the National Shoot in Kentucky during this latest competition with the rest of the U.S., here are the results of Oklahoma's top archery shooting school kids. Keep in mind, these kids are competing with their age group from the entire U.S. and the Oklahoma kids have been competing at the national level for only four years!

Merideth Noland, 4th Grade Girl, Chickasha Elementary - National Champion!

Kolt Perkins 6th Grade Male, Zaneis Elementary - National Champion!
(Carter County, in the town of Wilson)

Over 200 Oklahoma students traveled to the National shoot which had nearly 5,000 shooters where the National Archery in Schools Program (NASP) presented ten students with National Championships from the 32 states and several Canadian provinces represented. The top five states represented by numbers of participants were:

1. Kentucky - 1533
2. Ohio - 447
3. Indiana - 353
4. Oklahoma - 248
5. Tennessee - 226

Kolt Perkins, our champion from Oklahoma (Zaneis) shot THE HIGHEST SCORE EVER SHOT BY AN ELEMENTARY BOY… IN NASP - NATIONAL COMPETITION HISTORY!!

Here's a list of the OK towns, schools, and number of shooters on their team that represented our state:
H = High School (9th-12th)
M = Middle School (7th & 8th)
E = Elementary School (4th-6th)

OK Beggs Beggs Schools H 1 16
OK Catoosa Cherokee Schools E 1 20
OK Chandler Chandler Schools H 1 17
OK Chickasha Chickasha Schools E 1 16
OK Coweta Coweta Schools E 1 16
OK Coweta Coweta Schools H 1 17
OK Coweta Coweta Schools M 1 21
OK Marietta Greenville Schools E 1 7
OK Morris Morris Schools M 1 1
OK Park Hill Keys High School H 1 24
OK Sand Springs Garfield Elementary E 1 1
OK Sand Springs Keystone Schools M 1 17
OK Stilwell Marietta MS M 1 18
OK Swink Swink Schools M 1 1
OK Wilson Zaneis Schools E 1 20
OK Wilson Zaneis Schools M 1 16
OK Wister Wister Schools M 1 20

Three other Oklahoma students received medals and trophies for placing in the top five with two girls from Greenville needing to conduct a shoot-off because they left the national shoot not realizing awards were being given for 1st-5th in their age categories.

Here are the "top five" results for the 4th, 5th and 6th grade students from the national shoot:

The first number is how they finished. Second is total score and third is how many ten rings they shot!
4th Grade Girls
1 278 12 MEREDITH NOLAND CHICKASHA ELEMENTARY CHICKASHA OK (National Champion)
2 276 12 KAITLYN FOSTER LEWISBURG ELEMENTARY LEWISBURG KY
3 268 10 EMMA KERR WESTONKA ELEMENTARY MINNETRISTA MN
4 267 11 RILEY PATTON YOUTH ELEMENTARY LOGANVILLE GA
5 261 6 KATIE ROBINSON FAIRVIEW SHERWOOD OH

5th Grade Girls
1 283 17 KATIE RAPPUHN BREITLING ELEMENTARY GRAND BAY AL
2 279 18 JORDAN LEWIS GEORGE GUFFEY ELEMENTARY FENTON MO
3 279 12 KAILA CUNNINGHAM TRIGG COUNTY INTERMEDIATE CADIZ KY
4 277 13 HADLIE BARNES GREENVILLE ELEM. MARIETTA OK
4 277 13 HAILEY PIKENTON GREENVILLE ELEM. MARIETTA OK

5th Grade Boys
1 289 20 JEREMY ELLIOTT CORBIN INTERMEDIATE CORBIN KY
2 287 19 CLAYTON KNOTT PAYNEVILLE ELEMENTARY PAYNEVILLE KY
3 284 16 JESSE MCPHERSON DAVID T. WILSON BRANDENBURG KY
4 280 13 COLIN CRUMP DAVID T. WILSON BRANDENBURG KY
5 279 14 BROOKS BUSH CHICKASHA ELEMENTARY CHICKASHA OK

6th Grade Boys
1 292 23 KOLT PERKINS ZANEIS SCHOOL WILSON OK (National Champion)
2 284 17 KEENAN JONES BONDURANT MIDDLE SCHOOL FRANKFORT KY
3 282 16 LUCAS ROY NANCY ELEMENTARY SOMERSET KY
4 281 19 DANNY FARKAS OXFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL OXFORD NJ
5 280 17 COLE COOK LOGAN-HOCKING LOCAL SCHOOLS LOGAN OH

 

OK Elementary Boys produced two of the top 15 from the 1,007 shooters in the competition
Elementary Boy National Champion:
1st Place - 292 with 23 tens: KOLT PERKINS ZANEIS SCHOOL
12th place -279 with 14 tens: BROOKS BUSH CHICKASHA ELEMENTARY

OK Elementary Girls produced four finishers in the top 15 from the 602 shooters in the competition
1st Place- 278 with 12 tens: MEREDITH NOLAND, CHICKASHA ELEM.
6th Place - 277 with 13 tens: HAILEY PIKENTON GREENVILLE ELEM.
6th Place - 277 with 13 tens: HADLIE BARNES GREENVILLE ELEM.
13th Place - 273 with 14 tens: HAYLIE DOUGLAS CHICKASHA ELEM.

Here are some quick facts on the best finishers from our schools in attendance:

High School Girls
Highest ranked Girl was 54th out of 588 shooters
54th Place 274 with 14 tens: TIFFANY THOMPSON COWETA HIGH

High School Boys
Highest place was 32nd out of 926 shooters
32nd Place 287 with 18 tens: TAYLOR GIBSON CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL
35th Place 286 with 20 tens: HOUSTON GAITHER COWETA HIGH SCHOOL

Middle School Girls
Highest rank was 32nd out of 561 shooters
32nd Place 275 and 13 tens: HANNAH LAWHORN KEYSTONE SCHOOL, Sand Springs

Middle School Boys
We had two in the top 15 out of 880 shooters
10th 287 with 19 Tens: DANNY PHILLIPS MARYETTA Jr. High STILWELL
12th 286 with 18 Tens: WILL GIBSON CHANDLER HIGH SCHOOL

Highest Team Standings Elementary
4th 3128 pts and 96 tens Zanies Elementary out of 56 teams
7th 3102 pts and 105 tens Chickasha Elementary out of 56 teams

Highest Team Standings High School
18th 3,248 and 144 tens Coweta High School out of 84 teams

Highest Team Standings Middle School
11th 3,199 pts and 129 tens Coweta Middle School out of 65 teams

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You, partnered with the OSGWA contributed $ 3,750 toward travel for these champions to travel to KY for this event this year! This is what we've given for four years now. That's $15,000 for travel since our kids began competing at the national level several years ago. Would they all make it there anyway, without our help? Maybe, but with them doing all the hard work to qualify and excel, it's nice to be a part of this great statewide success, don't you think?

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