2017 World Championships of Beach Ultimate National Teams Announced
Posted: November 21, 2016 12:44 PM
Colorado Springs, Colo. (Nov. 21, 2016) – USA Ultimate, the national governing body for the sport of ultimate in the United States and proud member of the U.S. Olympic Committee, is pleased to announced the athletes selected to represent the United States at the 2017 World Championships of Beach Ultimate. More than 100 athletes across seven teams will travel to Royan, France, next June to compete against teams from all around the world.
WCBU 2017 will serve as a qualifying event for the 2019 Association of National Olympic Committees’ (ANOC) World Beach Games, ultimate’s first true Olympic event. As such, USA Ultimate has decided to select coaches to accompany the men’s, mixed and women’s teams. The already-in-place team managers and USA Ultimate staff will be involved in the coach selection process.
Coaches interested in working with either the men’s, mixed or women’s team should complete the online application by Wednesday, Nov. 30.
At the 2015 World Championships of Beach Ultimate (WCBU), the United States earned six gold medals and one bronze medal: gold medals in the men’s, women’s, men’s masters, mixed masters, women’s masters and grand masters divisions, and bronze in the mixed division.
The 2017 event will be held June 18-24 in Royan and will be jointly hosted by the World Flying Disc Federation and the Beach Ultimate Lovers Association, with Fédération Flying Disc France serving as the local organizing committee. More than 1,000 athletes, representing more than 30 countries, are expected to compete at next year’s event.
More than 600 athletes applied for consideration to represent the U.S. on one of the seven Beach National Teams. The team managers, announced this summer, worked with USA Ultimate staff to select the rosters.
2017 U.S. Beach National Teams
* indicates team manager
Men's
| Name |
Most Recent Club Team |
| AJ Nelson |
Chicago Machine |
| * Brett Matzuka |
Chicago Machine |
| Cassidy Rasmussen |
San Francisco Revolver |
| Chris Kocher |
New York PoNY |
| Jonathan Helton |
Chicago Machine |
| Jack Hatchett |
Boston Ironside |
| Jack Marsh |
New York PoNY |
| Jared Inselmann |
Boston Ironside |
| Jay Clark |
Boston Ironside |
| Jimmy Mickle |
Denver Johnny Bravo |
| Jon Nethercutt |
Raleigh Ring of Fire |
| * Mario O'Brien |
Seattle Sockeye |
| Russell Wynne |
San Francisco Revolver |
| Tyler Chan |
Boston Ironside |
| Tyler DeGirolamo |
Pittsburgh Temper |
Mixed
| Name |
Most Recent Club Team |
| Andrea Romano |
San Francisco Fury |
| Ben Lohre |
Denver Johnny Bravo |
| Briana Cahn |
San Francisco Nightlock |
| Eli Kerns |
San Francisco Revolver |
| Jack McShane |
Boulder Love Tractor |
| Kaela Jorgenson |
San Francisco Fury |
| Lisi Lohre |
Denver Molly Brown |
| Liza Minor |
Madison Heist |
| Mac Taylor |
San Francisco Blackbird |
| Marika Austin |
San Francisco Fury |
| Markham Shofner |
Washington, D.C. Truck Stop |
| Nathan White |
San Francisco Revolver |
| * Nicky Spiva |
Washington, D.C. Truck Stop |
| * Sally Mimms |
San Francisco Blackbird |
| Simon Higgins |
San Francisco Revolver |
Women's
| Name |
Most Recent Club Team |
| Allison Maddux |
Washington, D.C. Scandal |
| Amber Sinicrope |
Boston Brute Squad |
| Anna Nazarov |
San Francisco Fury |
| * Becky Malinowski |
Boston Brute Squad |
| Calise Cardenas |
Seattle Riot |
| * Carolyn Finney |
San Francisco Fury |
| Claire Chastain |
Denver Molly Brown |
| Claudia Tajima |
Boston Brute Squad |
| Cree Howard |
San Francisco Fury |
| Crystal Davis |
Denver Molly Brown |
| Liên Hoffmann |
Boston Brute Squad |
| Maggie Ruden |
San Francisco Fury |
| Paige Soper |
Seattle Riot |
| Sarah Levinn |
Austin Showdown |
| Sarah Anciaux |
Minneapolis Drag'n Thrust |
Men's Masters
| Name |
Most Recent Club Team |
| Andrew Brown |
Madison Club |
| Barrs Lang |
San Francisco Blackbird |
| Bart Watson |
Denver Johnny Bravo |
| Ben Dieter |
Raleigh Boneyard |
| Ben Van Heuvelen |
New York PoNY |
| Dan Gillick |
San Francisco Blackbird |
| Moses Rifkin |
Seattle Voltron 2020 |
| Ray Illian |
Seattle Voltron 2020 |
| Robbie Cahill |
San Francisco Revolver |
| Ryan Purcell |
Austin Doublewide |
| * Sandy Hartwiger |
Raleigh Boneyard |
| Skip Sewell |
Austin Doublewide |
| Tom Doi |
Washington, D.C. Truck Stop |
| * Tyler Kinley |
Seattle Sockeye |
| Will Chen |
Seattle Sockeye |
Mixed Masters
| Name |
Most Recent Club Team |
| Asa Wilson |
Real Atlanta |
| Ashley Morgan |
Denver Molly Brown |
| Bridget Kane |
Atlanta Bucket |
| Chelsea Twohig |
Portland Schwa |
| Dominique Fontenette |
Seattle Riot |
| Joel Wooten |
Atlanta Chain Lightning |
| Keegan Uhl |
Los Angeles Point Break |
| * Kimberly Beach |
Washington, D.C. Scandal |
| Maureen McCamley |
Atlanta Bucket |
| Owen Westbrook |
Denver Johnny Bravo |
| Ryan Morgan |
Denver Johnny Bravo |
| Sean Murray |
Connecticut Metro North |
| * Trey Katzenbach |
Philadelphia Patrol |
| Tyler Grant |
San Francisco Mischief |
| V.Y. Chow |
San Francisco Blackbird |
Women's Masters
| Name |
Most Recent Club Team |
| Angela Lin |
Atlanta Ozone |
| * Becky LeDonne |
Madison Heist |
| Brittany Winner |
Cincinnati Steamboat |
| Courtney Kiesow |
Boston Brute Squad |
| Emily Smith |
Bozeman Bozos |
| Gen Laroche |
San Francisco Fury |
| Gwen Ambler |
Seattle Riot |
| * Kate Kingery |
Seattle Riot |
| Kate Wilson |
Atlanta Ozone |
| Katherine Wooten |
Atlanta Ozone |
| Manisha Daryani |
San Francisco Fury |
| Melissa Gibbs |
Madison Heist |
| Robyn Wiseman |
Madison Heist |
| Sally Lambert |
Denver Molly Brown |
| Sarah Itoh |
Washington, D.C. Scandal |
Grand Masters
| Name |
Most Recent Club Team |
| Brandon Steets |
San Francisco Revueltos |
| Don Tom |
Minneapolis Surly GM |
| Gary LeDonne |
Chicago UPA |
| Greg Husak |
San Francisco Revueltos |
| Jeremy Clark |
Portland Afterburn |
| Jim Schoettler |
San Francisco Wheelchair |
| * John Sandahl |
Minneapolis Surly GM |
| Jon Remucal |
Minneapolis Surly GM |
| Kelly Swiryn |
Denver Johnny Encore |
| Keven Moldenhauer |
Washington, D.C Truck Stop |
| Michael Namkung |
Brattleboro No Country |
| Ricky Eikstadt |
Minneapolis Surly GM |
| * Sean McCall |
Houston No Tsu Oh |
| Steven Rouisse |
Denver Johnny Encore |
| Tim Murray |
Asheville Cahoots |
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