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Er, this is late.
May. 23rd, 2007 09:28 amTournament report: USIAC 2007
STAR FITA + OR
Some background on this tournament: it was not, as you might expect, hosted by a college. It was instead at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' "World Shooting and Recreation Complex," proudly billed by the state as the largest shooting facility in the world. We of the CAP, however, were not impressed, because they still couldn't dredge up a field large enough for us. The shooting line was a strip of duct tape in the parking lot, and the targets were interspersed with trapshooting bunkers.
I had a lot to live up to after Westerns, and suffice it to say I failed. In parctice on Thursday, the headwind was so bad that my sleeve was blown into my string. Two shots in I stepped out and needed to recycle my old finger sling to tie it down. Friday calmed the wind down a bit; not particularly much, though, and it would change directions as the morning progresset. My concentration was not where it should have been, and I didn't even break 500 for the day. Saturday was off and on; a few good ends didn't save my 50m score, but at least I recovered for 30m. Total FITA score was 1086, for a 13th place seed into the ORs.
Sunday was warmer and calmer, and I felt more ready. My warm-up was a Stanford rookie, and opening with an X-X-10 carried me past a Penn College archer, to the next round against ASU's star. I only dropped a couple points in the first two ends, but ignoring my instincts killed me in the third - rather than let down and start over, I shot a three, leaving me down by nine points. I managed to get seven of those back, but was still eliminated before lunch. After hanging out with the Stanford team at Hardee's, I decided not to go back after all, instead opting to park at the airport for a few hours.
Next up: I have a choice for June 23rd-24th. On one hand there's the Utah Summer Games, which I've never shot before and will likely never have a chance to shoot again, a single-day FITA (ow) and ORs. On the other hand, there's the California State Outdoor Championships, which is just a FITA but would at least give me the excuse to be in California again. I hope to have a decision on that one by the end of the weekend.
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STAR FITA + OR
Some background on this tournament: it was not, as you might expect, hosted by a college. It was instead at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources' "World Shooting and Recreation Complex," proudly billed by the state as the largest shooting facility in the world. We of the CAP, however, were not impressed, because they still couldn't dredge up a field large enough for us. The shooting line was a strip of duct tape in the parking lot, and the targets were interspersed with trapshooting bunkers.
I had a lot to live up to after Westerns, and suffice it to say I failed. In parctice on Thursday, the headwind was so bad that my sleeve was blown into my string. Two shots in I stepped out and needed to recycle my old finger sling to tie it down. Friday calmed the wind down a bit; not particularly much, though, and it would change directions as the morning progresset. My concentration was not where it should have been, and I didn't even break 500 for the day. Saturday was off and on; a few good ends didn't save my 50m score, but at least I recovered for 30m. Total FITA score was 1086, for a 13th place seed into the ORs.
Sunday was warmer and calmer, and I felt more ready. My warm-up was a Stanford rookie, and opening with an X-X-10 carried me past a Penn College archer, to the next round against ASU's star. I only dropped a couple points in the first two ends, but ignoring my instincts killed me in the third - rather than let down and start over, I shot a three, leaving me down by nine points. I managed to get seven of those back, but was still eliminated before lunch. After hanging out with the Stanford team at Hardee's, I decided not to go back after all, instead opting to park at the airport for a few hours.
Next up: I have a choice for June 23rd-24th. On one hand there's the Utah Summer Games, which I've never shot before and will likely never have a chance to shoot again, a single-day FITA (ow) and ORs. On the other hand, there's the California State Outdoor Championships, which is just a FITA but would at least give me the excuse to be in California again. I hope to have a decision on that one by the end of the weekend.
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