Williamsburg, KY – Archers from across the world gathered to compete in the 136th USA Archery Target Nationals in Richmond, Virginia. Two S3DA archers: Maggie Brensinger of Grass Hollow Archery in Pennsylvania and Daniel Colloms of Harvest Archery S3DA in Tennessee, are making advancements in the sport of archery at an extraordinary rate. Scores throughout the event were tight and extremely competitive and both archers finished strong by setting NEW world records in the Junior Barebow divisions.

In March 2019, Daniel Colloms picked up a recurve bow and started shooting archery. Jim Laird mentored Daniel and he became a member of Harvest Archery S3DA. Often times, he shot in the cold and rain and would come home from eight plus hours of hard work and still get in end after end of practice. Most recently, he competed in the International Bowhunters Organization (IBO) Trad Worlds and had a two-day total of 563 with 17 elevens, which landed him soundly in 2nd place in Men’s Barebow. He also won the Last Man Standing competition and placed 2nd in the Bowhunters Challenge shoot-down. He finished in 8th place at the USA Archery Target Nationals with a final score of 1166/1440, which is a new double round national and world record for Junior Men’s Barebow.

Maggie Brensinger scored a 537/720 at the USA Archery Target Nationals for a new world record. She broke her own 72-arrow world record of 533, which she holds in both the Female Barebow Cadet and Female Barebow Junior divisions, since she is 15 years old. When asked about the event, Maggie said, “With a 5th place National finish and a 4th place U.S Open finish, I'm content. Virginia gave me a 1043/1440 final score, three U.S Open matches, two one arrow shoot-offs, muddy shoes, and a bunch of fantastic new friends who I couldn't be more grateful for.”

Maggie and Daniel were the overall Barebow National Champion in the HS Division at the S3DA 3-D National Championship in London, Kentucky.

About Scholastic 3-D Archery

Scholastic 3-D Archery (S3DA) is a unique, family-oriented youth archery program which has grown exponentially across the United States as a next-step initiative to follow introductory archery programs. The mission of the Scholastic

3-D Archery program is to foster, educate and guide youth in the areas of 3-D, indoor target, and outdoor target archery as well as safe, ethical bowhunting practices. The goal of the S3DA program is to provide archery and bowhunting opportunities to youth in after-school settings, as well as with archery-affiliated clubs and businesses in the community. S3DA students participate in 3-D and target archery using compound and traditional archery equipment. Students can participate at local, regional, state, and national archery events and earn college scholarships from colleges and universities across the United States. S3DA addresses the need for a program to bridge beginning target archery experience and more advanced activities such as 3-D shooting and bowhunting. The program currently operates across the United States with hundreds of certified coaches serving thousands of young archers, grades 3–12.

Contact the Scholastic 3-D Archery National Office at:

www.s3da.org or 225 North 3rd Street, Williamsburg, KY 40769, Ph: 606.524.3685

Media contact Kayla Bolton at kayla@s3da.org, Ph: 423.494.2204