Head Coach and Staff
Ruth Rowe is an Olympian and
international champion who has represented the United States
in 8 World Championships, 2 Pan American Games, the 1984 Olympic
Games, and many other international competitions. Placing second in a
National Championship in 1970, she continued to place in the top ten
nationally throughout her competition career until retiring in 2003.
Internationally, she was ranked as high as 5th in the world (1977) and
more recently 17th (1998). She has been training beginners to elite
archers over the last 8 years. She is a Level 4 (National) coach
and a High-Performance Regional Coach.
She has an impressive list of national and international competition
wins, as well as regional and state. She has set multiple world and
national records. The US Olympic Committee named her Sportswoman of
the year for Archery in 1983 and 1984.
Her instructional materials, sold through
her company
-- Fundamentals of Recurve Target Archery and videos Archery:
The Basics and Archery: Refining Your Form -- set the standard for
recurve archery training and are sold world-wide.
Jim Belcher is a long-time martial
arts student, holding a black belt in almost all the disciplines.
(Archery is considered a martial art in the Asian cultures.) Shooting
for a number of years, he applies his knowledge of he marital arts to
his archery. Holding a Level 2 Coach Certification from USA Archery,
he teaches adults and runs the One-Time Introductions.
Frank Kelly has learned all his
archery through The Archery Program. Shooting for 6 years,
he has been VA State Masters (over50) champion several times and has
placed high in the USA Archery Indoor National several years. Involved with
The Archery Program since its inception, he as been teaching and coaching
for the last 3 years, and holds a Level 2 Coach Certification
from USA Archery.
Alan Anderson is a long-time
archer and involved in education for many years. He as been involved
in The Archery Program over the past 5 years and holds a Level 3
Coach Certification from USA Archery. |
