We're Home From Nationals

We had a BLAST!

We left early Friday morning, and got to Louisville around 1 PM. Traffic was non-existent, so the drive was very easy. Once we got to our hotel, we settled in and then drove over to the Convention Center where the event was taking place. It wasn't too busy Friday night, but there were a lot of people there practicing. We saw a lot of our fellow Flint Bowmen members there.

Saturday morning we got to the Convention Center around 9 AM. Cora's and my shooting time was 11:30. Poor Andrew didn't know where he should be; with me or with Cora. He stayed with Cora of course. I was fine shooting without him watching. I shot a 282 out of 300 the first day, and a 272 out of 300 the second day. I took Second Place. Cora took Second Place as well. We are both pretty excited to have done so well in our first major tournament. There were over 1400 shooters at this event, so it was a pretty big deal.

Here are a few pictures from our weekend.

Cora shooting on Saturday



Me shooting on Sunday







Archery Tournament or Comedy Central?


Cora polishing her medal.

I wasn't able to watch Cora get her medal, since my shooting line was shooting at the same time as her awards were being given out. I started out pretty shaky on Sunday. I wore my Flint Bowmen shirt, and that was NOT a good idea. The sleeves are pretty big, and even though I thought I had a solution for the sleeve being in the way, I had to improvise. Now I know I can't wear that shirt to shoot in!

Welp, I'd better get off here and get my house clean. It's a disaster!