Chrissie Lyons, 47, started archery three years ago, has won an array of medals and teaches the sport in New Lenox, Frankfort, Manhattan and Mokena.
Chrissie Lyons has been competing in barebow archery and she's going to start training for the Olympic recurve style ahead of next year's Olympic trials.
“I like that I’ve proven that wrong and there’s lots of foster kids that prove that wrong,” Lyons said. “I’m not just doing archery for me anymore.” “Being cut off from her was kind of triggering for me after being moved with many families,” Lyons said. “I was using archery as a therapy. I enjoyed it, but I was using it as something to be distracted.”But, within three months, she was scoring at the elite level, Lyons said. After six months, Lyons said her coach told her she has to compete.
At the 2020 U.S. Nationals, Lyons said that was her first time shooting 55 yards, or over half a football field. Over the course of two days, Lyons and the other competitors faced off in shooting 12 rounds, six arrows per round, with points counted from one through 10, which is the bull's-eye. Now, Lyons said she is challenging herself further by switching from barebow recurve archery to Olympic recurve archery. The difference between the two is the Olympic recurve bow has a sight, stabilizer and clicker that tells the athlete how far to pull back while the barebow does not have those three elements, hence the name, Lyons said.“I’m not young, so it’s a risk,” Lyons said. “We’ll have to see how much energy I have. I definitely have the mental game ...
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