Seventy-six archers ranging in age from under nine, to over 65, from six states, turned loose their arrows in three divisions at the Feb. 1 North Carolina State Indoor Archery Championship meet hosted by Green Creek Archery Club, and held in the gym at the Green Creek Community Center.

Archers competed in bare bow (no sights or stabilizers), recurve and compound categories.

Among those competing was Elzbieta Tworek, a member of the Polish Olympic Dream Team at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, and the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. In 2014, Tworek was the U.S. National Indoor champion and a silver medalist in the U.S. Outdoor Championship.

Tworek, who now lives in Tennessee, showed how good she still is by winning the female recurve event in the Masters category, defeating her nearest competitor, 530 points to 420.

Two young brothers, Caleb and Justin Heaton, from Abingdon, Va., were North Carolina Indoor State champions in the bare bow category. On Feb. 1, they did not disappoint. Caleb placed first in male bare bow competition in the Bowmen (age 10-12) category, while Justin placed first in the male bare bow in the Cub (Age 13-14) category.

Green Creek Archery Club members who competed in the championships were Maggie Gowan, Keira Baird, Rachel Roberson, Josh Streacker, Phil Burney, Rick Burney, and Steve Craycraft.

Gowan, and Phil and Rick Burney live in Polk County. Streaker, Craycraft and Baird live in Spartanburg County. Roberson is from Rutherford County.

Gowan and Craycraft won their divisions (Yeoman, female Bare Bow and male Masters Bare Bow, respectively); Phil Burney competed in two separate divisions and won both of them (Male Cadet Recurve and Male Cadet Bare Bow). Those top places earned them state champion honors.

Baird (Female Bowman Bare Bow), Roberson (Female Cub Recurve), Streaker (Male Cub Recurve), and Rick Burney (Male Cadet Compound) each placed third.

Shooting distance for all ages and categories was 18 meters.

Steve Burney, an official with Green Creek Archery Club, said his organization was “proud to bring this kind of talent to Polk County.”