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Applegate, Nelson-Harris & Harris Claim National Field Titles
2006 World Field Team Named

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by Mary Beth Vorwerk – USA Archery

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 12, 2006

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The National Field Championships/World Field Trials were held in Spokane, Wash. June 9-11 and hosted by the Evergreen Archery Club. Two-time Olympian Vic Wunderle (Mason City, Ill.) won the National Field Title for the male recurve category while Melanie DeBusk (Cody, Wyo.) took the title for women’s recurve. Dave Cousins (Standish, Maine) claimed his seventh National Field Title for men’s compound and Jahna Davis (Helena, Mont.) took first in the women’s compound category.

Wunderle took the National Field title for men’s recurve for the second year in a row finishing the competition with a score of 664. Joe McGlyn (Floral Park, N.Y.) finished in second with 631 and four-time Olympian Rick McKinney (Sacramento, Calif.) took third with a score of 610.

DeBusk finished in first place in the women’s recurve category with a score of 547. Debbie Krienke (Weatherford, Texas) took second with 536 and last year’s National Field Champion Aya La Brie (Aurora, Colo.) finished third with 534.

In the male compound category, Cousins took first with 716, while Rod Menzer (Sheboygan, Wisc.) finished second with 710 and Josh Miller (Whitelaw, Wisc.) took third place with 709.

For the compound women, Davis finished in first with 706, while last year’s National Field Champion Jamie Van Natta (Toledo, Ohio) took second with 684 and Nancy Zorn (Warrenville, Ill.) took the third spot with 681.

Other winners at the 2006 National Field Championships include: men’s barebow – Mark Applegate (Grass Valley, Calif.), women’s barebow – Rebecca Nelson-Harris (Auburn, Calif.), master men’s barebow – Harold Rush (Payson, Ariz.), master men’s recurve – David Brandfass (Lighthouse Point, Fla.), master men’s compound – Wayne Davidson (Peoria, Ariz.), junior boy’s recurve – Alden Harris (Auburn, Calif.), junior girl’s recurve – Maku Wood (Tucson, Ariz.), junior boy’s compound – Benjamin Human (Port Isabel, Texas), cadet girl’s compound – Keshia Heinrich (Cody, Wyo.)

The 2006 National Field Championships also served as the World Field Trials. The 20th World Field Archery Championships will be held August 27 – September 2 in Gottenburg, Sweden. The following archers will represent the U.S. at the World Field Championships:


MEN’S RECURVE
Vic Wunderle (Mason City, Ill.)
Joe McGlyn (Floral Park, N.Y.)
Rick McKinney (Sacramento, Calif.)

WOMEN’S RECURVE
Debbie Krienke (Weatherford, Texas)
Melanie DeBusk (Cody, Wyo.)
Aya La Brie (Aurora, Colo.)

MEN’S COMPOUND
Dave Cousins (Standish, Maine)
Darin Cooper (Layton, Utah)
John Dudley (Sparta, Wis.)

WOMEN’S COMPOUND
Jahna Davis (Helena, Mont.)
Jamie Van Natta (Toledo, Ohio)
Nancy Zorn (Warrenville, Ill.)

MEN’S BAREBOW
Mark Applegate (Grass Valley, Calif.)
Harold Rush (Payson, Ariz.)
Ty Pelfrey (Penn Valley, Calif.)

WOMEN’S BAREBOW
Becky Nelson Harris (Auburn, Calif.)
Phyllis Shipman (Haleiwa, Hawaii)
Julie Robinson (Helendale, Calif.)

MALE JUNIOR RECURVE
Alden Harris (Auburn, Calif.)

FEMALE JUNIOR RECURVE
Maku Wood (Tucson, Ariz.)

MALE CADET RECURVE
Cody Denton (Joliet, Mont.)

MALE JUNIOR COMPOUND
Benjamin Human (Port Isabel, Texas)
Joseph Human (Port Isabel, Texas)
Charlie Ward (Aurora, Ill.)


   

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