EAST LANSING, Mich. — At the highly competitive USA Archery Collegiate Target Nationals on Thursday through Saturday, two Penn College archers earned sixth-place finishes.

How it happened: Eli Bartron, in men's compound, and Liz Gruodis, in women's barebow, reached the quarterfinal round of head-to-head eliminations, as did the men's fixed pins team of Josiah Hinojos, Tayton Roys and Anthony Olenchak, with Bartron and Gruodis being awarded sixth.

Three archers, Hinojos, Bartron and Gruodis, narrowly missed gaining All-American recognition, which is awarded to the top 10 in each discipline based on their indoor and outdoor national scores. Hinojos was 12^th in men's fixed pins with 19.031 points, 0.072 out of 10^th; Bartron was 13^th with 19.309 points, 0.066 out of 10^th; and Gruodis was 15^th with 13.642 points, 0.656 out of 10^th.

On the field: In Friday's men's compound qualifying, Bartron was fifth of 61 with 696 points, Colby Dell was 35^th with 665 points, and Salvador Elam was 54^th with 616. In women's barebow, Gruodis was ninth of 66 with 522 points. In men's fixed pins, Hinojos was 11^th of 69 with 667 points, Roys was 30^th with 639 points, Olenchak was 38^th with 618 points, Rylan Tillotson was 55^th with 572 points, and Dante Cruz was 62^nd with 539 points. In men's barebow, Roman Moss was 19^th of 46 with 513 points. In men's recurve, Cooper Goldring was 48^th of 64 with 433 points, and Kaden Stokes was 59^th with 304 points. In the women's compound, Haylee Parker was 48^th of 67 with 619 points.

In head-to-head eliminations on Saturday, Bartron and Gruodis both reached the quarterfinals before falling to finish 3-1.

Hinojos lost in the round of 1/16^th, as did Elam and Moss.

Losing in the round of 1/32^nd were Goldring, Stokes, Dell, Parker, Roys, Olenchak, Tillotson and Cruz.

In team events, Hinojos, Roys and Olenchak qualified sixth of 13 in men's fixed pins with 1,924 points, and Bartron, Dell and Elam qualified eighth of 12 in men's compound with 1,977 points. The fixed pins team fell in the quarterfinals, and the compound team was ousted in the 1/8^th round.

In mixed team competition, Moss and Gruodis qualified seventh of 14 in barebow with 1,035 points, and Bartron and Parker qualified 10^th of 18 with 1,315 points. Both teams were eliminated in the 1/8^th round.

Coach speak: "It was a rough day (Saturday), with wind and competition that many of these archers have not experienced," coach Dustin Bartron said. "We had a good season with a young team. We have seen a lot of growth in talent. The competition at this level was phenomenal, what you would expect to see at a national championship. I look forward to seeing what this group does next season, with us only losing three to graduation," the sixth-year coach added.

Up next: Penn College's season resumes next year.