Auroraland Archers alumni is almost into the 2008 OLYMPICS

ALA and Chicagoland JOAD alumni Stephanie Miller competed at the first nomination shoot of the 2008 Olympic Trials held in Conyers, GA fromSeptember 27-30, 2007. The field of 38 women was cut to the top 16 afterthe first day. The next two days consisted of 15 round robin matches amongthe top 16 competitors in the men's and women's division. Stephanie finished in 12th place overall.

After graduating from Columbia University in New York in May of 2007, Stephanie was finally able to focus on training full-time, putting in 44 hours a week to catch up with her competition, most of whom arefull-time athletes. She will continue to train with her coach Ron McCormick and will compete in the second nomination shoot in April, 2008 as a member ofthe 2008 Olympic Trials Shadow Team, where the field will be cut to the top 8.