Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, June 2005 — Hoyt’s Dan McCarthy and Alicia McHenry know how to make a difficult course look less than challenging. McCarthy and McHenry won the Men’s and Women’s Open Pro divisions at the first-ever Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ASA shoot. Several long-distance targets set amidst the rugged, shadowy forests of Pennsylvania made this course a tough one.
McCarthy, whose score of 22-up on Sunday put him at first place going into the shoot down round, claimed that “it was a tough weekend, but everything just came together for me.” History would agree, as this is the third ASA shoot the nineteen-year-old Wisconsin native has won this year. And he is not alone.
Alicia McHenry also has three victories under her belt from the 2005 3-D tour. Aside from this weekend’s victory, she has titles from the Kinder ASA and Bedford IBO. McHenry expanded her seven-point lead going into the shoot down round to eleven to seal the deal.
Team Hoyt also made a splash in the Limited Pro division as Tom Blanton Jr. shot his way into the number two spot. McCarthy, McHenry, and Blanton all shoot Hoyt ProElite bows.

Sopot, Poland, June 2005 — The Team Hoyt international shooting squad collected a half dozen medals at the 2nd European Grand Prix held June 1-4 in Sopot, Poland. Great Britain’s Larry Godfrey and France’s Valerie Fabre both emerged with gold medals, winning the men’s recurve and women’s compound divisions.
America’s own Dave Cousins brought home a silver medal from the men’s compound division, narrowly missing the first place prize in a one-arrow sudden death shoot-off. His silver medal female counterparts include Spain’s Fatima Agudo and the Ukraine’s Tetyana Berezhna .
Sebastien Brasseur, shooting for the French men’s compound team, rounded off the group with a bronze medal.
Watch for Team Hoyt at the 3rd leg of the European Grand Prix, which commences July 6 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Bloomfield, New Jersey, May 2005 — The Team Hoyt archers poured it on at this weekend’s Gold Cup achieving a tournament-wide sweep of the men’s and women’s compound and recurve categories.
Braden Gellenthien, fresh off a win from last weekend’s Collegiate Championships, earned a gold medal in the men’s compound division. Veteran pro staffer Jamie Van Natta solidified the gold in the women’s compound division with a victory over Hoyt teammate Brittany Lorenti. Earlier in the tournament Lorenti broke the junior women’s 30-meter world record in the FITA ranking round with a score of 360-23x.
Hoyt’s Jason McKittrick and Khatuna Lorig collected gold medals for the men’s and women’s recurve shooters. Joe McGlyn took home the bronze.

Milledgeville, Georgia, May 2005 — Braden Gellenthien and Jessica Grant shot their way to the top this weekend at the U.S. Intercollegiate Archery Championships held at Georgia’s College & State University.
Gellenthien, a freshman at James Madison University, won the title in the men’s compound division and also helped JMU’s men’s compound team take the team title. Jessica Grant’s individual victory in the women’s compound category paved the way for the Texas A&M compound women’s team title.
Gellenthien shoots a Hoyt ProElite XT 2000 bow, and Grant uses a ProTec XT 3000 bow. Both are equipped with Hoyt’s proven Cam & ½; Performance System.

Orlando, Florida, May 2005 — The World Target Team Trials concluded on Sunday with Team Hoyt earning nine of the sixteen available spots on the men’s and women’s compound and recurve teams.
Dave Cousins, who set a world record at 70 meters earlier in the trials, and Braden Gellenthien placed 1st and 2nd, respectively, in the men’s compound division. Jamie Van Natta earned 1st in the women’s compound category, followed by Mary Zorn in 2nd, and Erika Anschutz in 3rd.
Butch Johnson’s 1st place shooting paved the way for the men’s recurve archers. Joe McGlyn took 3rd and Guy Krueger also qualified with a 4th place finish. Khatuna Lorig will be representing Hoyt on the women’s recurve team after placing 2nd.
Hoyt would like to congratulate all sixteen U.S. World Target Team members for their hard work and dedication; and wish them the best of luck as they travel to Madrid next month to compete in the World Target Championships!

Orlando, Florida, May 2005 — Dave Cousins added another world record to his collection this morning at the World Team Trials in Orlando, Florida. Cousins’ score of 356 during the 70-meter qualifying round replaces the previous world record of 355. He ended the day with a total score of 1401 and a first place ranking.
Hoyt’s Mary Zorn and Jamie Van Natta are currently leading the compound women after today’s shooting. Butch Johnson has positioned himself in the #2 spot in the men’s recurve division.
When the tournament concludes on Sunday, the top four archers in the men’s and women’s compound and recurve divisions will earn a place on the United States World Team. The World Team Championships will take place in Madrid, Spain this June.