By George Damos (@KingDamos):
As the majority of us let it fade away in time, junior Christopher Plumeau is breathing life back into the sport of archery.
Being a local lad to San Jose, he came to SJSU three years ago to pursue a degree in psychology where he also had hopes of starting an archery club of his own.
Luckily for him, one already existed.
With his first year at the club came to an end, Plumeau would make a decision that would alter the history of the club.
As the seniors who started the club were leaving, he decided to step up and take the reins.
“I felt a bit nervous because it was my first time being a leader of an organization on campus,” Plumeau said. “I was also excited because I also had ideas that I felt would help the team.”
One of those ideas included reaching out and connecting with other schools.
“I wanted us to get a better connection with them so we could always turn to them if we have some sort of team dilemma,” Plumeau said.
He didn’t stop there.
Plumeau set up a tournament called the Spartan 600, a fundraiser that invites college archery clubs all around the area.
“Berkeley has the same kind of tournament, so we were thinking, ‘we could probably do it for ourselves as well,’” Plumeau said.
Even though he’s doing a lot for the club, Plumeau can’t do it alone.
Club treasurer, sophomore Linh Truong, believes Plumeau is doing well, but the board is also to thank for the progression of the club.
“I am happy they are the current board members because they are all really great and really hard-working,” Truong said, “They really care about archery and the club itself, and they want us to strive.”
Thanks to the leadership and promoting done by the board, the club has brought in 50 new members this semester.
With the massive new squad, the club is thrilled to have Plumeau leading them.
When asked who the best player on their team is, Troung didn’t have to think twice about it.
“Chris,” Truong said.
When it comes to tournaments, there’s nobody better to be leading the club than Plumeau.
In the last two competitions, the archery club has attended, Plumeau lead the club to an overall victory.
In the tournament held in Davis, Calif. he placed second out of 80.
The club’s most recent match, which was a national competition held in Chula Vista, Calif., Plumeau placed tenth out of 120 archers.
Needless to say, the archery club has a real leader at the helm.
For now, Plumeau is happy to lead and build the archery club into the best the school has seen.
He’s not going to stop there though.
Plumeau says he is already in training for the 2020 Olympics where he will be shooting for gold.
