ERIAC's Just this past weekend, Saturday, April 25, to Sunday, April 26, Columbia University hosted the 2015 Eastern Regional Intercollegiate Archery Championships (ERIAC), for the first time under Coach Derek Davis.
This year, Davis held the event at Bloomfield Archers, in Bloomfield, NJ. Although worries about the competition being successful were voiced, the tournament went off without a hitch. Fortunately, I was able to attend, help set up, and watch the tournament first hand. As the set up crew finished up, one by one, vans of college students began to unload at the field. Schools from all over the Eastern region, like Columbia, UCONN, James Madison, and Penn State, were in attendance. While watching, I was even able to talk to some of the coaches, in particular Derek Davis and David Avery of the University of Connecticut. Avery, when asked about how his team was doing, stated that the team as a whole was doing well, but one of his male recurve archers was standing out, due to him making it to the finals in his event. Davis was pleased as well, considering that a good number of the archers on his all girls team placed in their categories. Columbia's Tiffany Kim took the Gold in Women's Recurve, and Judy Zhou finished with the Bronze in Compound. Also, Columbia's Recurve and Compound teams took the Gold and Silver respectively in the final event of the competition. Unfortunately, a compiled list of the final results has yet to be released, so we are unsure of the other standings. An updated list will be posted when the results are released. Well with Regionals down, we can only wait to hear about the results of the USA College National Championships that will be taking place on Thursday, May 21, through Sunday, May 24. This year they will be host by James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It is definitely going to be interesting to see who will take the Gold(s) this year. My bet is Emily Bee, of Michigan State University, for Women's Compound. Who is your bet on? Tell us in the comments below! By Amber |
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August 2015
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