In compound U15 men, Costa Rica’s Yhorman Morales Fuentes posted 682 to finish 90 points ahead of second place. As Costa Rica competes in the Open events only, Ecuador’s Mateo Israel Fierro Boada (592) leads the South American Championship standings.
Chile, which topped the medal table in Santiago with 47 medals, collected two top seeds through its recurve archers. Ángel Moises Vega Valdivia, the reigning Open champion in recurve U21 men, shot 653 to finish 19 points ahead of Brazil’s Eduardo Diamantino. The Chilean’s total was 59 points higher than his qualification score last year. Chile’s Joaquin Parraguez placed third with 612, while Ecuador’s Juan Pablo Peralta Alvarez was fourth on 588. Damian Rojas added Chile’s second top seed with 658 in recurve U15 men.
Brazil’s Sophia Medeiros, the 2025 Open recurve U18 champion, topped recurve U21 women with 595 after moving up a category, finishing 30 points ahead of Peru’s Alexandra Zavala Tagata.
Colombia claimed both recurve U18 top seeds. Juan Jose Molina Murillo edged teammate Cristobal Giraldo Rios by two points, 638 to 636, in the men’s event, while Juana Cardona Gaviria shot 631 to lead the women’s field by 22 points over Brazil’s Luiza Langone. The pair placed second and third in qualification at the South American Youth Games in Panama in April.
Chile’s Alejandra Ignacia Bravo Peña and Sabrina Nicolette NuÑez Castillo, who finished first and second in both recurve U15 women’s events last year, sit third and sixth in the South American Championship standings in their first U18 appearance at the championships. Ecuador’s Alessia Mijanow Rubira Guerra led recurve U15 women with 592.
Brazil swept all four 50+ top seeds in recurve and compound. Moisés Guimarães shot 640 in recurve 50+ men, 15 points ahead of defending Open champion Gildardo Anselmo Fuentes of Colombia, who is also contesting the South American Championship title this year after switching from club to national team colours.
Fabiola Dergovics (602), Vanderlei Dantas (665) and Marcelle Artamonoff (657) topped the remaining masters fields.
Both recurve 50+ divisions will crown new South American champions after Argentine archers, absent this year, filled every podium place in those events in Santiago.
In barebow, Ecuador’s Jorge Ulpiano Proaño Ruiz led the combined 50+ and U21 men’s field with 533, six points ahead of Jeetendra Deonarine of Trinidad and Tobago’s South Arrows Archery Club.
Competition continues on Friday with the Open individual eliminations and finals.
