The team of Braden Gellenthien (Hudson, Mass./James Madison University), Logan Wilde (Pocatello, Idaho/Idaho State University) and Jedd Greshock (Shenandoah, Pa./James Madison University) advanced to the finals with wins over Turkey and France before for falling to Korea in the Gold medal match by a score of 23-21.

The top-seeded United States trailed by two after the first end of shooting and could not overcome a strong Korean team that was seeded seventh in the event.

“This was our first time shooting together as a team,” Wilde said. “Jedd and Braden go to school together and Braden and I have shot together before. But we got to know each other a lot more this week. That really helped. I hope we can get something done next year, or come back in two years and bring the men’s compound title back to the U.S.”

The Korean victory capped a near-perfect day for the country’s archers as they captured Gold in three of four competitions (men’s compound, women’s compound and women’s recurve). Ukraine captured the Gold in men’s recurve to prevent a Korean sweep.

The U.S. men opened the day shooting in front of a decidedly pro-Turkey crowd in their quarterfinal match against the host country. But strong shooting by all three men carried them to a 20-16 victory. The U.S. led 7-6 after the first end of nine arrows and 13-12 after two ends before putting the match away in the final end.

After their tough opening test the U.S. men were near perfect in their semifinal against France. Gellenthien, Wilde and Greshock hit on 25 of 27 arrows to win easily by a score of 25-17.

The women’s team of Anna Stratton (Bend, Ore./Texas A&M University), Jessica Grant (Waddell, Ariz./Texas A&M University) and Amanda Raffaelli (Bartonville, Texas/Texas A&M University) earned a fourth place finish in the women’s side of the competition.

The U.S. defeated Italy before falling to eventual champion Korea in the semifinals. Turkey defeated the U.S., 14-11, for the Bronze medal.

The U.S. trailed by two points after the opening end of the Bronze medal match and just one point entering the final end of the match but was unable to finish the comeback as Turkey held on for the win.

“We just didn’t have it tonight,” Stratton said. “They put up a great fight and we just couldn’t stay with them.”

The fourth-seeded U.S. women jumped out to a 7-0 lead on Italy in the first end of their opening round match on their way to a comfortable 16-7 win. The win set up a semifinal showdown with top-seeded Korea for a berth in the Gold medal match.

The two teams were tied at 8-8 after two ends but Korea outshot the U.S. women 7-4 in the final end to win the match, 15-12.

The men’s and women’s recurve teams did not fare as well in the morning elimination rounds.

The eighth-seeded women’s team of Katherine Anderson (Sacramento, Calif./UCLA), Ashley Kamuf (New Albany, Ind./Indiana University-New Albany) and Stephanie Miller (Naperville, Ill./Columbia University) rallied to defeat No. 9 Belarus, 15-13, before falling to No. 1 Korea, 24-16.

Miller led the women with a strong performance in both rounds, her three-for-three score in the final end of the Belarus match erased a one-shot deficit and gave the U.S. the win and her eight-of-nine shooting in the quarterfinals kept the U.S. in contention.

“For the last end (of the Belarus match) I was watching the other target and I had an idea of where we were so I knew I had to shoot well,” Miller said. “In the second match I just shot my form and they went in. I think we gave it our best shot and we have a chance to finish fifth.”

The ninth-seeded men’s team of Sagar Mistry (Brigantine, N.J./Atlantic Cape Community College), Brett Lazaroff (Bayside, N.Y./Atlantic Cape Community College) and Tyler Benner (Manheim, Pa./Claremont-McKenna College) were outshot 25-19 by No. 8 Belarus in the opening round of the men’s competition. The U.S. score tied for the highest among the teams that did not advance to the quarterfinals.