RedStorm finished 3rd at Vegas Shoot

Rio Grande Sports Information
     LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The University of Rio Grande's trip to The Vegas Shoot - often referred to as The Super Bowl of Archery - resulted in a third place finish overall for the RedStorm.
     Three Rio archers shot perfect scores of 300 - freshman Matteja Metcalf (Piedmont, S.C.) on Day 1 and the duo of junior Emalee Wooldridge (Vernal, UT) and senior Matthew Russell (Loganville, GA) on Day 3.
     Freshman Colton Green (Bloomfield, OH) and sophomore Braden Reed (Grayson, KY), who both competed in the Professional Class (Championship Division), shot perfect scores on all 3 days for a total of 900 - a feat only achieved by 31 professional archers at this year's event.
     "Colton and Braden made it to the legendary shootdown stage and performed incredibly well," said Rio head coach Jonathan Clemins. "Braden finished the shootdown in 26th place in the pro class. Colton battled it out on the stage and made it all the way to a seventh place finish."
     Individual finishes for the RedStorm in the collegiate category included:

Compound Men
     2nd - Colton Green
     4th - Braden Reed
     14th - Matthew Russell
Compound Women
     5th - Matteja Metcalf
     19th - junior Zoe Woods (McHenry, IL)
     22nd - Emalee Wooldridge
Fixed Pins Male
     6th - junior Braydin White (Zanesville, OH)
Fixed Pins Female
     2nd - sophomore Danielle Pollard (West Pittston, PA)
     5th - senior Alicia Aviles (Tamarac, FL)
     10th - freshman Madison Hurst (Lucasville, OH)
Olympic Recurve Male
     4th - AJ Clements
Olympic Recurve Female
     14th - junior Alyssa Nelson (Draper, UT)
Barebow Male
     3rd - senior John Sarazin (Onalaska, WI)
     5th - freshman Scott Fisher (Mauk, GA)
Barebow Female
     4th - sophomore Morrighain Nyer (Pottsville, PA)
     5th - freshman Ashlynn Peters (Hundred, WV)

     Rio Grande is schedule to return to action on April 11 at the USA Archery Collegiate North Regional in Harrisburg, Ill.