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and have your own thing to do when you get off work.”


Right on target | Stacy Young is a nursing student at the University of Southern Indiana. She also works full-time at Covance, a pharmaceutical research company. What’s unusual is that she’s also an accomplished archer. Though her parents are avid archers,


Young didn’t take up the sport herself until 10 years ago after a painful break- up with her first love. “I was very young, and I was kind of


lost,” she said. “I tried to remember what I had done for fun before meeting him.” One day, she came across the bow her


ex-boyfriend had given her and decided to give it a try. This year, she finished eighth overall in the National Triple Crown. “It was very shocking because it was


my first year out,” she said. “I had only participated in little local shoots where, most of the time, I was the only girl.” After her success in the nationals,


Young began preparing for the world competition in New York, setting her sights on becoming the No. 5 archer in the world. With 1,500 participants, the


Stacy Young spends her spare time on the archery range.


competition as “intimidating,” but she prevailed and did, indeed, become the No. 5 ranked archer in the world. At 29, Young still has strong skills and


a passion for archery, but she recognizes that she can’t compete forever and that the prospects of earning a living as an archer are slim. “The way I look at it is, it’s a fun thing


to do, and I’m going to make the best of it while I can,” she said. “But I have to have


something to fall back on.” She received her CNA certification in


2003 and has worked in several health care environments since then, including nursing homes, hospitals, doctors’ offices and a psychiatric unit. “I love every minute of it,” she said.


“I couldn’t ever see myself not doing nursing.” ●


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