IZMIR, Turkey— The United States men’s and women’s compound and recurve archers were shut out of the medal rounds but men’s compound bow archers Branden Gellenthien (Hudson, Mass./James Madison University) and Lloyd Wilde (Pocatello, Idaho/Idaho State University) advanced to the quarterfinals before bowing out in the individual competition at the Summer World University Games.

Wilde will earn a fifth place finish in the final standings with his performance on Sunday.

Seeded third, Gellenthien easily dispatched his first round opponent, Hong Kong’s Tsz Wing Chiu by a score of 171-142. Wilde downed Great Britain’s Tim Nash by a 157-152 score.

Gellenthien then found himself squaring off with teammate Judd Greshock (Shenandoah, Pa./James Madison University) in the second round after the 14th seeded Greshock won a shootoff with Great Britain’s Neil Bowley. The pair tied at 160 but Greshock’s extra arrow scored a nine to Bowley’s eight, giving the American the victory.

The second round match-up between the two Americans went to Gellenthien by a narrow 166-165 score and the match was not decided until the final three arrows of the 18-arrow dual.

“It’s bittersweet because we both wanted to do well and we both wanted to win,” Greshock said. “But you have to shoot against each other once in awhile.”

The match-up was not new for the duo as Gellenthien defeated Greshock in final of the U.S. collegiate championship earlier this year. Wilde scored a narrow 166-163 win over Belgium’s Sam Kyritsoglou to advance to the quarterfinals.

But America’s two medal hopefuls were unable to advance any farther. Gellenthien fell, 112-109, to Korea’s Young Hee Choi. Wilde’s score of 113 was the best of the non-qualifiers and earns him fifth place in the overall individual standings.

“I just didn’t have it in that last match,” Gellenthien said. “I should have shot much better, 109 is my worst 12-arrow end ever. I shot good shots, they just missed. It was a real tricky wind.”

Wilde dropped a 116-113 decision to No. 5 seed Sergio Pagni of Italy. A 30-26 disadvantage after the first set of three arrows turned out to be too much to overcome.

“I just missed the first to arrows by probably a combined quarter of an inch,” Wilde said. “It’s tough but I got beat. I didn’t beat myself. He (Pagni) shot the highest score in the entire field and I shot the highest eliminated score. I’m upset that I got beat but sometime you just run up against someone who is shooting really well and you can’t do anything about it.”

In the women’s compound event Texas A&M University teammates Jessica Grant (Waddell, Ariz.), Anna Stratton (Bend, Ore.) and Amanda Raffaelli (Bartonville, Texas) were unable to advance out of the second round.

Grant, the 11th seed in the competition, easily defeated Italy’s Flammetta Scarzella, 150-139, in the first round but could not hold off sixth-seeded Ivana Buden of Croatia and lost 160-158.

“I thought I shot a pretty good end but she (Buden) shot a better one,” Grant said. “I was hoping to do a little better but this gives me something to work on.”

Stratton, the No. 10 seed, slipped by Nicky Hunt of Great Britain, 143-139, in the first round but difficult wind conditions in the second round were too much to overcome and she fell to No. 7 Gamze Ucar of Turkey, 163-153.

“I’m kind of disappointed but this was a learning experience,” Stratton said. “I’m looking forward to the team competition though. The three of us shot together all year at Texas A&M so we work perfect as a team.”

Raffaelli, the No. 20 seed, won her opening match over the Netherlands’ Maryn Schoormans, 150-147, but was stopped in the second round by No. 4 Mi Yeon Choi of Korea, 158-152.

“I think I was shooting strong when it was windier but when the wind let up I had trouble adjusting, Raffaelli said. “In my last end I hit five very good shots but the last one wasn’t there.”

The recurve teams did not fare much better in the morning session. Sagar Mistry (Brigantine, N.J./Atlantic Cape Community College) advanced to the third round on the men’s side and Ashley Kamuf (New Albany, Ind./Indiana University-New Albany) and Stephanie Miller (Naperville, Ill./Columbia University) reached the second round but could go no farther.

Seeded 15th, Mistry defeated No. 50 Alexandros Karaggorgiou of Greece, 160-155, in the first round and topped No. 47 Cristobal Merlos of El Salvador, 163-152, in the second round to set up a meeting with No. 2 seeded Dong Hyun Im of Korea. Mistry trailed by only two, 56-54, after the first set of arrows but could not overtake the Korean in the final two ends and lost by a score of 169-163.

“I think I shot my best under heavy wind conditions,” Mistry said. “I was solid and made tough shots. The qualifications could have gone smoother but I’m happy with my performance.”

The remaining members of the men’s team did not survive the first round. No. 34 seed Brett Lazaroff was defeated by No. 32 Evgeniy Rygzenov of Russia while No. 45 seed Tyler Benner was defeated by No. 20 Muhammad Marbawi Sulaiman of Malaysia.

“You learn a lot from a competition like this,” Lazaroff said. “You shoot against a lot of good people, you learn about your form, you learn about shooting. I had a lot of fun and felt I shot pretty well.”

On the women’s recurve side, the 17th seeded Miller defeated No. 48 Fairuz Hanisah Che Ibrahim of Malaysia, 150-149, before falling to No. 16 seed Anbarasi Subramaniam of Malaysia is the second round.

Kamuf, the 33rd seed, topped No. 32 seed Anna Szukalska of Poland, 150-145 in her opening round match but fell to No. 1 seed and defending Olympic champion Mi Jin Yun of Korea, 167-153.

No.36 seed Katherine Anderson lost her opening round match 163-145 to Kristine Esebua of Georgia.

“I think I was well prepared for this,” Anderson said. “The wind was a little tough today and I might have been overcorrecting a little bit. The girl I shot against had a couple of really good ends. All you can do is come back stronger.”

The archery teams will wrap up World University Games competition with the team event on Monday.