Submitted Photo Lexis Drukenbrod of Tidioute Community Charter School’s National Archery in the Schools Program matched her personal best at the recent NASP Nationals.

A Warren County archer hit the mark at the national championships.

Lexis Drukenbrod, a senior at Tidioute Community Charter School, traveled to Louisville, Kentucky, last week for the National Archery in the Schools Program National Tournament.

Drukenbrod fired a 278, matching her personal best, including 15 bullseyes in 30 shots, at the tournament.

That finish put her in 95th, within the top 10% of the 1,040 female archers in the event.

“I was nervous, but I have a routine when I shoot, and I think that helped me when the pressure was on,” Drukenbrod said. “I was also excited just to go to Kentucky to compete against the best archers in the nation.”

“We are very proud of Lexis and all of our archers,” TCCS NASP coach Michael Patterson said. “Scoring in the top 10% of the archers in the nation is really an accomplishment. It did not happen without a lot of hard work and it was not an easy path.”

It seemed that Drukenbrod’s archery was not peaking at the right time of the season.

“Going into the competition, Lexis had not been shooting well, and I was really concerned,” Patterson said. “But, she shot great during our last practice together and she ended up shooting so well at nationals.”

“She’s been our best shooter for several years now,” he said. “I was so happy she was able to show that on a large stage.”

The school’s program is in its third year coached by Patterson and Matt Irons.

Drukenbrod advanced to the national event after coming home with a 20th-place finish among girls at the Pennsylvania tournament in Lancaster in March.

She was one of 13 TCCS archers to attend the state finals.

“It was a great season,” Irons said. “Some of the archers made so much improvement from last year and they really put in the time.”

“NASP is an activity that doesn’t discriminate based on popularity, athletic skill, gender, size, or academic ability,” according to NASPSchools.org. “It’s a different kind of team sport. It’s open to any student. Its biggest supporters are professional educators. Teams come together around one thing: archery. The National Archery in the Schools Program is an in-school program aimed at improving educational performance among students in grades 4th-12th. And through it, students are learning focus, self-control, discipline, patience, and the life lessons required to be successful in the classroom and in life.”