Archery has become a very popular sport among young people. Competition against peers adds to the fun and excitement. Popular movies like The Hunger Games have sparked the imagination of upcoming generations making stick-and-string sports cool. Just as gymnasts can take their sport to the competitive arena, the U.S. competes annually in archery at the international level. This year’s team did very well, as reported in this post from The Outdoor Wire.

The finals of the World Archery Youth Championships had incredible highlights that speak to the growth of archery worldwide, but most especially in the United States, where 24 of the country’s best young archers took home 14 total medals and two new world records on their home court.

The American archers, cheered by an enthusiastic audience, won three world titles, seven silver medals, and four bronze medals in an incredible show of archery talent.

The compound junior women’s team of Paige Pearce, Danielle Reynolds and Emily Fischer earned their world title after a tough matchup with Colombia, a team featuring World No. 1 Sara Lopez.

“None of us was better than the other,” said Reynolds. “We were all consistent. If someone shot a bad shot, the other one made it up for all of us. It was like a give and take. We are all just super excited, we — me and Emily — won the last youth worlds as cadets, and as juniors wanted to win it again.”

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