Holmes was part of the U.S. Archery Recurve team that won a gold medal last Sunday at the 2009 World Archery Indoor Championship in Rzeszów, Poland. He and teammates Brady Ellison and Vic Wunderle defeated Italy to help the United States take top honors in the competition for the first time in eight years.

“It’s still a little bit surreal,” said Holmes, 34, whose first name is pronounced STAY-ten. “It’s pretty overwhelming. You have a lot of emotions running through you.”