It was an ordinary day. Reading once again about Lancaster's Conestoga Valley High School graduate, Casey Kaufold. Seems she is headed back to the Olympics! The 2022 Conestoga Valley graduate has earned a spot on the United States archery team and will compete in the Paris Games this summer. USA Archery announced the team earlier this week following the final stage of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Team Trials in Newberry, Florida. This will be Casey's second trip to the Olympics. She finished 17th in the individual archery competition at the Tokyo Games in 2021. The 20-year-old is being joined on the U.S. team by Catalina GNorieg and Jennifer Mucino-Fernandez for the competition that begins July 25 and ends August 3. "We are all genuinely excited," Kaufhold said in a story posted on USA Archery's website, usaarchery.org. "The three of us girls have been talking about this since we've been shooting so well in team rounds the last few years, so we're super excited to have this opportunity." "This women's team has been on fire the last couple of years," U.S. assistant head coach Chris Webster said in the USA Archery story. "They've been able to work with each other at high profile events and I couldn't be happier to have them." Kaufhold is the top-ranked woman in the world in recurve. The left-handed archer already has won a gold medal in Paris. She won the recurve women's event at the World Cup Stage No. 4 last August. Kaufhold finished atop the standings following the six-stage Olympic Trials process, which began in August. She led after each stage. "The dream of winning gold is no longer just a dream," Kaufhold said in the USA Archery story, "It's now the goal." Best of luck to the USA team! Bring home a bunch of Gold Medals for our country. We know you can do it! It was another exraoridnry day in the life of an ordinary guy.
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| Casey Kaufhold - Lancaster's World Recurve Champion |
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