GELLENTHIEN EARNS SPOT ON U.S. WORLD TARGET ARCHERY TEAM

GELLENTHIEN EARNS SPOT ON U.S. WORLD TARGET ARCHERY TEAM

Braden Gellenthien

ORLANDO, Fla., May 15, 2005 -- James Madison freshman compound-bow archer Braden Gellenthien (Hudson, Mass./Hudson) finished second at the U.S. Archery World Target Trials Sunday, earning a spot on the American team which will compete at the 2005 World Target Championships in Madrid, Spain, in June.

Four men and four women in both the recurve and compound bow categories qualified for the U.S. Team at the four-day trials, which were held at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex.

Dave Cousins (Standish, Maine), who led the entire tournament, finished on top with a score of 3,926, while Gellenthien finished with 3,864 points. Kevin Polish, a 22-year old wheelchair archer from Carmichaels, Pa., earned a spot on his first USA Archery World Team after finishing the trials in third place with a score of 3,856. Dee Wilde (Pocatello, Idaho) ended the tournament in fourth place with 3,845.

Cousins, Gellenthien and Wilde were all members of the 2003 U.S. Men's Compound World Target Championship Team that won the team gold in New York City.

The 2005 tournament is scheduled for June 20-26.