American star Mary HAMM back on top!

American star Mary HAMM back on top! Rzeszow (POL) – 5 March 2009 Left: the American Mary HAMM (ZORN)    Compound Men
The French team placed Dominique GENET on top of qualification in Compound Men. With a 596 total (out of a possible 600), GENET is one point ahead of Jesse BROADWATER (USA) and two in front of Duncan BUSBY (GBR) and defending indoor world champion Braden GELLENTIEN (USA). The third American is seeded no. 5 with 593 points. Winner of the indoor tournament in Nimes this year, Pierre Julien DELOCHE (FRA) lies in ambush at 7th. Also well placed is 2008 World Cup bronze medallist Patrick COGHLAN (AUS), 10th.   The 2007 outdoor world champion and 2008 World Cup winner Dietmar TRILLUS (CAN) had to fight hard to qualify in the top 32 individuals and is seeded no. 27. Also among the favourites, the Swiss Patrizio HOFER—2008 World Cup silver—had a hard time recovering from a miss (zero point) but finally qualified at 26th place.   In the team event, the Americans helped themselves to top place with a grand total of 1782 and leave their first pursuers France and Great Britain behind, at 7 and 14 points respectively.   Compound Women In this category, the American ladies monopolised the top 3 places with Mary HAMM (ZORN) scoring 587 points, Holly LARSON 585 and Erika ANSCHUTZ 582. HAMM is very well-known in archery for being the first woman in history to break the 1400 points barer in the FITA Round.   The Russian team members also showed great consistency with the three of them—Anna KAZANTSEVA (4th), Albina LOGINOVA (5th) and Sofia GONCHAROVA (7th)—qualifying in the top 6. Only the Frenchwoman Pascale LEBECQUE slipped in-between at 6th place. Two times world champion in 2007 (indoor and outdoor), Eugenia SALVI (ITA), is seeded no. 8 with 578 points and well present to defend her title.   Without surprise, USA is seeded no. 1 in the team event with a grand total of 1754 points. Russia is 2nd with 1738 and Great Britain 3rd with 1723, just one point better than Italy, 4th.   Recurve Junior Men Norway’s Vetle RISINGGAARD proved the best in his category with a total of 582 points. Behind him, the two Ukrainians Yevhen MARCHENKO and Heorhiy IVANYTSKYY are seeded no. 2 and 3, both with 581 points. The reigning youth outdoor world champion from last year Luca MELOTTO (ITA) qualified at 14th place.   In the team event, Ukraine took no. 1 seed with 1720 points. Italy qualified 2nd with 1711 and Chinese Taipei 3rd with 1704.   Compound Junior Women The two American favourites, Kendal NICELY and Samantha PRUITTE, did not let down finishing 1st and 3rd of their category’s qualification. Only Russia’s Ekaterina KOROBEYNIKOVA slipped between these two at 2nd place.   Team USA also took 1st place in the team event with a grand total of 1722, in front of Russia (1703) and Italy (1685).   The top 32 individuals in each category qualified for the 1/16 elimination matches taking place on Friday 6 March. Then, on Saturday 7 March the top 16 teams in each category will shoot in 1/8 eliminations.   FITA Communication