3-PEAT CHAMPION

KYLE DOUGLAS SECURES THIRD INDOOR NATIONALS TITLE IN LOUISVILLE

Utah’s Kyle Douglas won Indoor Nationals for an incredible third consecutive time, beating 15 other perfect 600 120xs shooters to lift the champion trophy yet again on Saturday night in Louisville, Kentucky.

“It’s pretty crazy. It’s hard enough to win one, let alone three in a row,” said Kyle. “I don’t know how that happened. I’m thankful for it.”

The 16 men took on the arena and started with a round of practice.

Nick Kappers and Bob Eyler were the first two shooters to drop from the line after the first end. Then, in the second, with sudden-death scoring inside-out calls on the middle ring, a further 10 missed the middle, leaving just four archers in contention.

Kyle Douglas, Sawyer Sullivan, Braden Gellenthien and Curtis Broadnax shot just one more end to decide the winner.

Sullivan, Gellenthien and Broadnax all clipped the inside of the X-ring, dropping points, leaving Douglas as the only remaining perfect shot – and now a three-time national indoor champion.

“I was staying focused. You never going to be calm out there, so there’s no sense really trying to calm down too much but just not making big mistakes. I was just making the strongest shot I possibly can,” he added.

Broadnax was given fourth, Gellenthien third and Sullivan second, the latter two needing one further end to decide the podium order.

Kendall Woody took the Freestyle Professional Senior Male division title, followed by Randall Morocco and Benton Christensen in second and third place.

Other winners included in Fiona McClean of Canada in the Freestyle Professional Senior Female, Todd Nelson in the Freestyle Professional Silver Senior Male and Tom Coblentz in the Freestyle Professional Master Senior Male divisions, all on X-count.