Monday, May 28, there are no workouts for any club group. Enjoy the long weekend and we will see you at the next scheduled workout for your group.
The 18s practice group will be at Stanford tomorrow evening from 6:15 – 8:30 p.m.
Junior Olympics are our Age Group National Championships for the year. We need every athlete to respond to the availability for Junior Olympics (JOs) and the qualifying by Mon, May 28th. Official entries are due 2 days later so we need time to review so we can enter as many teams as possible in JOs based on the RSVPs. Stanford is the host of JOs so games will be located somewhere on the peninsula at any of the 20 pools secured for this event.
One question refers to the JO Qualifying weekend. Respond yes/no based on your child’s competition division. 18s = 11 & 12th graders, 16s= 9 & 10th, 14s = 7 & 8th, 12s = 5 & 6th, 10s 4th /under grade. It is the grade of this academic 11-12 year, (what grade was she in on Feb 16th this year).
** Teams will be chosen by the coaching staff and rosters may change between the qualifying and the final JO teams.
Thanks to all the athletes who came to the 16-National tryouts. Everyone did a great job and the coaches enjoyed watching you compete.
The following will be the 16-National group beginning tomorrow (6:15-8:30 at Stanford).
Acker, Anderson, Denney, Edgington, Flamen, Heilman, Keifer, Malysz, McCracken, Moore, Moran, Rosenthal, Steuwe, Strutner, van Hulsen, Williams, Wong, Yu, Zakula
The Area and National coaches will continue to evaluate players every day to determine tournament teams including JO Qualifying rosters. If moves between groups are necessary, coaches will make that decision and changes will take effect on June 11.
Summer schedule starts tomorrow.
Area Team 5:30-7:45 at Palo Alto HS
National Team 6:15-8:30 at Stanford
A few reminders on USA Water Polo for this summer season:
First, all athletes must be registered with USA Water Polo and listed as a member of Stanford Water Polo Foundation for 2012. You can register online and receive instant verification by going to the USA Water Polo website. Click on “Join USA Water Polo” (on the left in red). Stanford Water Polo is Club #570 and in the Pacific Zone.
Second, if you plan on competing at the Junior Olympics and any Championships you must have a Gold membership.
Third, everyone must also do the one-time Age Verification process ($5 fee). This is a new process starting with this year. Visit the Age Verification page to start.
For questions, please contact Kyle Utsumi by email (kyle@stanfordwaterpolo.com).
The following athletes will be on the roster for the Cal Cup State Finals. The tournament is June 1-3 in Davis. If your plans have changed since you filled out the availability form and you cannot attend, please contact Kyle immediately (kyle@stanfordwaterpolo.com) so that we can add another player to the roster.
Caroline Anderson, Kristin Denney, Nikki de Roos, Anna Edgington, Jessica Heilman, Emma Malysz, Morgan McCracken, Katherine Moore, Kelly Moran, Caitlin Steuwe, Sami Strutner, Natalie Williams, Rachel Wong, Eva Zakula
If we are allowed to add another player to the roster, we will add one more field player after evaluating practices.
Hotel info: please review the new club policy regarding team travel. We have a block of rooms (10 double queen/4 single king) reserved under group name Stanford Girls Water Polo at Best Western Dixon (707-678-1400). The rate is $75.65 + tax and the rooms are being held until May 20. There will be a coach in the hotel on Saturday night June 2.
For those wishing to try out for the National Team training group, the form is posted below.
Tryouts are Thur-Sat, May 17-19. There is a fee of $25. Mail the form by the 12th preferably (or bring with you to day 1).
Thanks everyone for their patience as we put together PayPal as an option for the first time. Reminder that the athletes & parent meeting is tonight 7:30pm at the Avery Aquatic Center, in the stands.
Here is the final registration form required for each athlete, whether paying by check or PayPal: 2012 Summer Registration Form
For those that want to pay with PayPal, please go here: PayPal payment page.
As a reminder, here is the general info for the 2012 summer season: 2012 summer flier
Groups are based on the grade you are in now, the 2011-12 academic year.
We will have some team gear available tonight at the meeting (7:30 in the stands at the Avery Aquatic Center).
Team suits, caps, pens & pins will be on hand. The deadline will be after the first week of workouts for the final order.
For those buying caps, pens & pins only, no form is necessary.
Thank you for your patience with the registration form. It will be ready very soon.
Athletes will register at the May 3 meeting with no late penalty.
The registration deadline will be a postmark of Wednesday May 9. We cannot take hand delivery on that day because we’ll be off to the NCAA Championships in San Diego! Any delivery or postmark after May 9 will incur the $35 late registration fee.
May 3rd meeting at 7:30 will be at the Avery Aquatic Center, in the stands.
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