Rio archers capture 2nd straight regional title

Rio Grande Sports Information
     HARRISBURG, Ill. - The University of Rio Grande archery program captured its second consecutive North Region championship after Sunday's conclusion to the 2025 USA Archery Collegiate Target Regionals at Southeastern Illinois College.
     "I'm incredibly proud of our team," said Rio Grande head coach Jonathan Clemins. "This weekend, the team shot through challenging and unforgiving winds. Nothing came easy, but they powered through to earn another regional win. We have a day to rest before we're back to training for Collegiate Target Nationals."
     The national event is scheduled for May 15-18 at Michigan State University in Lansing, Mich.
     In the team round of the regional event, Rio Grande posted 10 podium finishes, including seven first-place showings.
     The trio of freshman Matteja Metcalf (Piedmont, S.C.), junior Zoe Woods (McHenry, IL) and freshman LeeAna Burley (Carlton, MN) took top honors in Women's Compound, while senior Alicia Aviles (Tamarac, FL), sophomore Danielle Pollard (West Pittston, PA) and freshman Madison Hurst (Lucasville, OH) won the Women's Fixed Pins Team division.
     On the men's side, the team of junior Braydin White (Zanesville, OH), freshman Nathan Bennett (St. Albans, WV) and sophomore Gage Hamm (Rushsylvania, OH) finished first in Fixed Pins, while the trio of senior Matthew Russell (Loganville, GA), freshman Colton Green (Bloomfield, OH) and sophomore Braden Reed (Grayson, KY) won Men's Compound and the threesome of senior John Sarazin (Onalaska, WI), freshman Scott Fisher (Mauk, GA) and freshman Dylan Brumfield (Gallipolis, OH) took the title in Men's Barebow.
     Rio's other first place finish came in Barebow Mixed Team, where the duo of Sarazin and sophomore Morrighain Nyer (Pottsville, PA) captured top honors.
     Second place finishes went to the team of Nyer, freshman Ashlynn Peters (Hundred, WV) and freshman Madison Abel (Buckhannon, WV) in Women's Barebow and the trio of Green, Aviles and Sarazin in Mixed Equipment Team.
     White and Aviles placed third in Fixed Pins Mixed Team, while Green and Metcalf did the same in Compound Mixed Team.
     Individually, the RedStorm had seven podium finishes.
     Runner-up performances were recorded by Bennett in Men's Fixed Pins, Sarazin in Men's Barebow and Hurst in Women's Fixed Pins.
     Aviles took third place in Women's Fixed Pins, Woods was third in Women's Compound and junior Alyssa Nelson (Draper, UT) was third in Women's Olympic Recurve, while Reed posted a third-place finish in Men's Compound.
     Nine Rio Grande archers were named to the USA Archery's All-North Region Team.
     The All-Region Team is composed of the Top 25% of archers in each region, in each division, who competed in both Indoor Nationals and the Collegiate Target Regionals and is calculated by taking the combined score from Indoor Nationals and Collegiate Target Regionals.
     The RedStorm's honorees included Green, Russell, Metcalf, White, Pollard, Aviles, Hurst, Fisher and Sarazin.