Top 10 at NASP Open for Jacobson

Earlier this year, following an outstanding regular season, Layton Jacobson went to nationals and displayed yet another strong performance.

And now, on the biggest stage in NASP Archery, he's done it again.

From June 23 through June 25, archers from anywhere and everywhere competed in the 2022 NASP Open/Championship tournaments for Bullseye and IBO 3D, otherwise known as the World Tournament.

Jacobson, who had recently earned first place among 755 male archers at the western national tournament in April, now had to go up against more than 1,000 at the World Tournament in Louisville, Kentucky.

Jacobson, though, said he was totally unfazed by the added pressure.

"I was not nervous at all going into the tournament," he said. "I just kept shooting and not worrying about what I got."

With a score of 288 in bullseye, what he got was first place among 129 seventh grade boys, and ninth among all 417 middle school boys.

Meanwhile, in the IBO 3D tournament he scored 280 points, good for seventh place among 80 seventh grade boys and 20th of nearly 250 middle school boys.

He wasn't quite able to reach his personal best scores at the World Tournament, but Jacobson is rightfully very proud of his performance.

"I would say the tournament went great for me," he said. "I shot way better than I have all year and it was a lot of fun."

It's undoubtedly been a successful season for Jacobson, in which he consistently finished first among his peers, not to mention the older and more experienced high schoolers in the divisions above.

Now that the season is over, however, he's already looking forward to archery in 2023.

"I would say my season was pretty good knowing that I got first at almost all tournaments," said Jacobson. "My goal is to do the same as this next year by winning and trying to improve my score more."

In an article about his performance at the national tournament in April, Jacobson named his coaches and thanked them for helping him to become the archer he is today.

This time, he wanted to recognize his dad, Ryan Jacobson, in addition to his coaches, for the role his father has played in supporting his archery career.

"I would like to thank my Dad," said Jacobson, "for helping me at practices and at Nationals and World tournaments, and I would like to thank my coaches."