Wade McClanahan, a Tripp County 4-H archery shooter, competed with the South Dakota Recurve Archery Team at the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships in Grand Island, Nebraska from June 26 through July 1. The three competition days included Field Target Shooting, FITA Target Shooting and a competitive 3-D Course. The three person team was made up of Brandon Haber from Beadle County, Michael Beusch from Brown County and Wade McClanahan from Tripp County. The South Dakota Recurve Team was coached by Kevin Haber.
This year was the largest participation ever with 679 participants from 36 states. The boys had a very successful competition. Their team place 4th in the Field Competition with Haber in 12th place, Beusch in 13th place, and McClanahan in 16th place individually.
In the FITA Competition the South Dakota team placed 3rd. McClanahan was 8th individually with Beusch in 13th place and Haber in 19th place.
After a very challenging 3-D course on competition day three, they came in at 7th place as a team. McClanahan ended in 13th place, Haber in 27th place and Beusch in 28th place.
Overall for the week, South Dakota placed 6th as a team, McClanahan 11th Beusch 19th and Haber 21st individually.
The boys qualified for the national shoot by competing at the state shoot in Pierre last April doing both indoor targets and at the outdoor 3-D range. Tripp County 4-H Shooting Sports practices weekly from January through the state match in late April. For questions about 4-H Archery contact the Tripp County Extension Office at 605-842-2858.
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