Jake Kaminsky: Thoughts on Breaking the 1300 Barrier

Now, many people would be absolutely ecstatic about shooting over a 1300 in competition. This used to be a standard score to shoot for to be internationally competitive as an archer.
Just like everything else times have changed and so have the scores to be competing with the best of the best. I would say that a 1330 is the new score to strive for in international competition to me minimally competitive. So a 1320 to me is still not quite where i want to minimally be.
The weeks prior to the trials I was shooting in the 1310′s pretty regularly. The week before the trials I began to start shooting in the 1320+ barrier, breaking personal bests over and over every day leading up to the trials. I shot 1320, 1330, 1321 the few days leading up to trials prior to the official practice day.
So basically to me, shooting a 1320 at trials and ‘breaking’ that 1300 barrier really isn’t that big of a deal to me as I have my sights set on much higher goals then that. I also could have very easily shot in the 1340′s with the opening PB I shot at 90M and 50M PB. I am ready to shoot higher scores and give Brady a run for his money. Time will only allow me to do this as I will continue to work towards my goals and exceeding them looking toward new horizons.