By Darryl Swan
The star of South County, January 5, 2011
On Target - Scappoose Cody Simons, 15, seeks 20 meters in a round of the competition at the Las Vegas-based Bowtech Eugene. Simons is from Las Vegas, Nevada, travel in February in the national competition Field Archery Association World Archery Festival.
Submitted photo / The South County Spotlight
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Fifteen years is a young Cody Simons in the world of competitive archery, with only about a year of serious practice and experience under their belt. And that makes his meteoric rise to the exercise of Scappoose in a pasture presence at next month's Festival National Field Archery Association World Archery is very impressive.
It might even be better than the word junior, when he thinks no problem going toe to toe with heavyweights archery.
"It takes about as good as the pros at 15," said Terri Lahti, Cody "He had a natural talent for shooting either a rifle or a bow since he was little." Mom fan and not
Take, for example, competition Cody first shot in Redding, California, last summer. This was an open and free competition, as fate would have it, Simon finished with Wil Askew, director of marketing for the equipment supplier Harrisburg archery-based, Spot Hogg.
The goal? A window of about 4 inches in diameter at a fixed target mounted moose positioned 88 meters.
Cody grew on target with an arrow is not but two. He was the only one to do in the competition, which honors the first place. The shots were so impressive that he started, and he had a clear effect on Askew.
"I think he was impressed," says Cody. "I ended up being signed here in Redding."
If Spot Hogg has been one of the first sponsors to recognize the talent of Simons, it would not last. There is also archery XXX bowstring produces and operates a store archery indoors and equipment was signed in Rainier. XXX and archery, he also signed with the manufacturer of Precision Shooting Equipment, PSE or sheets.
Corey Miller, XXX Archery is co-owner, said he had just nailed the 88-mile yard in Redding annual competition once before.
"He put his two arrows in the middle," Miller said of the efforts of Cody.
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