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Columbia Set for 2026 Hotel Planner USA Archery Collegiate Target Nationals
5/14/2026 1:22:00 PM | Archery
Lions to send eight to national shoot
NEW YORK — The Columbia University archery team will compete at the 2026 Hotel Planner USA Archery Collegiate Target Nationals on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This year's event takes place at the Hope Sports Complex in East Lansing, Michigan, hosted in partnership with Michigan State University and Lansing Sports Commission. Hundreds of the nation's top collegiate student-athletes are expected to compete.
After practice rounds and opening ceremonies on Thursday, the competition officially begins on Friday at 8 a.m. ET with the Qualification Rounds. The Individual Elimination Round takes place on Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m. Later that afternoon is the Official Team Round, scheduled for approximately 2:30 p.m. The event wraps up on Sunday with the Gold Medal Finals at 8 a.m., followed by the Mixed Team Finals before the Awards Ceremony at approximately noon.
Eight archers will represent Columbia, four in recurve and four in compound. Senior Lillian Han, juniors Michelle Ahn and Eunice Choi and sophomore Alena Lipscomb are entered in the recurve competition. Seniors Sydney Sullenberger and Giselle DeSousa, sophomore Briana Moore and first year Cheryl Wong are entered in the compound competition. Coach Davis will select the three recurve archers with the highest scores, and the three compound archers with the highest scores, from qualification to shoot in the recurve team competition
At last year's event, Gottlieb, Ahn and Choi teamed up to defend their Recurve College Women's Team National Championship. The trio ranked No. 2 in qualifying, swept Michigan State in the quarterfinals and took down Pikeville, 5-1, in the semifinals. The Lions then faced Texas A&M in the finals and dominated to defend the national title, 5-1. The compound team of Sullenberger, DeSousa and Moore took bronze.
Additionally, four Lions were named All-Americans, which included Choi, Gottlieb,Han and Sullenberger. Among the 10 recurve All-Americans, Choi had the second-highest combined score (18.042). Among the 10 compound All-Americans, Sullenberger had the second-highest combined score (19.275).
Electronic live scoring for this year's event will be available on BetweenEnds.com. Click here to access live scoring.
FOLLOW THE LIONS:
For the latest on Columbia athletics, follow @GoColumbiaLions on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
After practice rounds and opening ceremonies on Thursday, the competition officially begins on Friday at 8 a.m. ET with the Qualification Rounds. The Individual Elimination Round takes place on Saturday, beginning at 8 a.m. Later that afternoon is the Official Team Round, scheduled for approximately 2:30 p.m. The event wraps up on Sunday with the Gold Medal Finals at 8 a.m., followed by the Mixed Team Finals before the Awards Ceremony at approximately noon.
Eight archers will represent Columbia, four in recurve and four in compound. Senior Lillian Han, juniors Michelle Ahn and Eunice Choi and sophomore Alena Lipscomb are entered in the recurve competition. Seniors Sydney Sullenberger and Giselle DeSousa, sophomore Briana Moore and first year Cheryl Wong are entered in the compound competition. Coach Davis will select the three recurve archers with the highest scores, and the three compound archers with the highest scores, from qualification to shoot in the recurve team competition
At last year's event, Gottlieb, Ahn and Choi teamed up to defend their Recurve College Women's Team National Championship. The trio ranked No. 2 in qualifying, swept Michigan State in the quarterfinals and took down Pikeville, 5-1, in the semifinals. The Lions then faced Texas A&M in the finals and dominated to defend the national title, 5-1. The compound team of Sullenberger, DeSousa and Moore took bronze.
Additionally, four Lions were named All-Americans, which included Choi, Gottlieb,Han and Sullenberger. Among the 10 recurve All-Americans, Choi had the second-highest combined score (18.042). Among the 10 compound All-Americans, Sullenberger had the second-highest combined score (19.275).
Electronic live scoring for this year's event will be available on BetweenEnds.com. Click here to access live scoring.
FOLLOW THE LIONS:
For the latest on Columbia athletics, follow @GoColumbiaLions on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, and the web at GoColumbiaLions.com.
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