Derek Davis, Ken Downey, Nate McCullough, Tina Jeon, Jacob Wukie, Desiree Sporano, Steve Gatto, Dakota Sinclair, Danielle McCullough, Ryan Rambo, Michelle Wright, Eric Mamo, and Sheri Rhodes
Under the coaching staff of Sheri Rhodes (Stanford University), Derek Davis (Columbia University) and Dave Mamo (Western Michigan State), a group of college athletes traveled to Venezuela as part of the College Archery Team in June 2007 to compete in the World Ranking Event (WRE).
Paying their own way to attend the event, living with cockroaches crawling throughout their rooms, and in one athlete’s case, not having her equipment until after the completion of the first day of shooting, were recurve archers Nate McCullough (James Madison University), teammate Jacob Wukie, Tina Jeon (Yale University), Danielle McCullough (Westminster College), and Desiree Sporano (Atlantic Cape Community College). Compound archers Steve Gatto (Atlantic Cape Community College), Ryan Rambo (Penn College of Technology), Eric Mamo (Western Michigan State), Michelle Wright (Penn State), ***. Since only one woman compound archer attended, she could not compete in the team round.
Dave Mamo went to Herculean efforts to get Michelle’s equipment from the airport, leaving in the very early morning from the Olympic Training Center in Venezuela, and spent several hours working with airport security to return with her bow. Running out of water at the training center where they were staying part way through the tournament, the athletes were pleased to be moved to a motel that did not have night time visitors with 4 legs and antennae.
| Archer(s) | Event | Award |
|---|---|---|
| Dakota Sinclair and Ken Downey, not college archers during the 2006-2007 season, also competed in the Venezuela WRE. | ||
| Steve Gatto | FITA, Compound Men | Gold Medal |
| Steve Gatto | 90m Round, Compound Men | Gold Medal |
| Steve Gatto | 70m Round, Compound Men | Silver Medal |
| Steve Gatto | 30m Round, Compound Men | Silver Medal |
| Ryan Rambo | 90m Round, Compound Men | Silver Medal |
| Eric Mamo | 30m Round, Compound Men | Bronze Medal |
| Steve Gatto, Ryan Rambo, Eric Mamo | Compound Men's Team | Gold Medal |
| Tina Jeon, Danielle McCullough, Desiree Sporano | Recurve Women's Team | Bronze Medal |
| Nate McCullough, Dakota Sinclair, Jacob Wukie | Recurve Men's Team | 4th |
| Ken Downey | 50m, Recurve Men | Silver Medal |
| Ken Downey | 30m, Recurve Men | Bronze Medal |
| Dakota Sinclair | 90m, Recurve Men | Bronze Medal |
