USA Ultimate

Colorado Springs, Colo. (Feb. 18, 2016) – USA Ultimate, the national governing body for the sport of ultimate in the United States and member of the U.S. Olympic Committee, is excited to announce the athletes who will represent the U.S. this summer on the men’s national team at the 2016 World Junior Ultimate Championships (WJUC).

"Year after year, I am astounded by the growth of talent at our team tryouts," said Chase Sparling-Beckley, men’s team head coach. "This year's group of candidates was far and away the deepest talent pool we have seen to date, and it made our team and alternate decisions incredibly difficult. That said, we are extremely excited with the group of athletes that we have chosen and feel like this year’s team has the potential to be something really special. We look forward to getting to work."

The 60 athletes named to the two 2016 U.S. National Team rosters – men’s and women’s – are some of the world’s best youth ultimate players. The final rosters were selected after two weekends of tryouts that included more than 200 athletes, who were selected from a pool of nearly 400 initial applicants. 

WJUC 2016, which represents the 17th edition of the tournament, is expected to host 40 teams and 1,000 athletes from more than 20 countries. WJUC was first held as a division of the World Ultimate and Guts Championship, beginning with the inaugural event in 1983. WJUC has since become its own event which takes place every two years.

The United States first competed at the World Junior Ultimate Championships in 1988. Since that time, U.S. teams have earned 19 WJUC medals: nine gold, four silver and six bronze.

WJUC 2016 is set to be held July 31-August 6 in Wroclaw, Poland – the site of the 2017 World Games – and will be hosted by the World Flying Disc Federation and the Polish Ultimate Players Association. 

2016 World Junior Ultimate Championships
U.S. National Team
Men’s Division

Name	City, State	High School
Michael Bartell	Seattle, Wash.	Seattle Academy
Stanley Birdsong	Atlanta, Ga.	Paideia
Nathan Champoux	Ypsilanti, Mich.	Washtenaw Technical Middle College
Lucas Chen	Bellevue, Wash.	Bellevue
Colby Chuck	Berkeley, Calif.	Berkeley
Sam Cook	Seattle, Wash.	Northwest School
Jeremy Dolezal-Ng	Alameda, Calif.	Berkeley
Robbie Farwell	Seattle, Wash.	Bush School
Duncan Fitzgerald	Washington, D.C.	Woodrow Wilson
Joe Freund	Blacksburg, Va.	Yorktown
Micah Jo	Lawrenceville, Ga.	Brookwood
Tannor Johnson	Lexington, Mass.	Lexington
Dillon Lanier	Chapel Hill, N.C.	Carolina Friends
Ivan Lee	Seattle, Wash.	Franklin
Tremont Miller	Seattle, Wash.	Franklin
Jordan Monnin	Clarksville, Ohio	Homeschool
Drew Peterschmidt	Albany, Ore.	Crescent Valley
John Randolph	Seattle, Wash.	Lakeside (WA)
Jake Reinhardt	Lake Jackson, Texas	Brazoswood
Aldous Root	Bellevue, Wash.	Interlake
James Rushing	Yardley, Pa.	Pennsbury
Liam Searles-Bohs	Durham, N.C.	Carolina Friends
Trey Taylor	Minnetonka, Minn.	Hopkins
Grant Waldron	Mufreesboro, Tenn.	Blackman

 Alternates

Name	City, State	High School
Conor Brownell	Decatur, Ga.	Lakeside (GA)
Kai DeLorenzo	Shelburne Falls, Mass.	Four Rivers Charter
Cameron Ficher	Bend, Ore.	Summit
Cole Jurek	Shoreview, Minn.	Mounds View
Daniel Mah	Seattle, Wash.	Nathan Hale
Marc Rovner	Chapel Hill, N.C.	Carrboro
Ted Sither	Arlington, Va.	HB Woodlawn
Ben Swiatek	Naperville, Ill.	Neuqua Valley
Justin Ting	Washington, D.C.	University Prep

 

Michael Bartell		Stanley Birdsong		Nathan Champoux		Lucas Chen
Colby Chuck		Sam Cook		Jeremy Dolezal-Ng		Robbie Farwell
Duncan Fitzgerald		Joe Freund		Micah Jo		Tannor Johnson
Dillon Lanier		Ivan Lee		Tremont Miller		Jordan Monnin
Drew Peterschmidt		John Randolph		Jake Reinhardt		Aldous Root
James Rushing		Liam Searles-Bohs		Trey Taylor		Grant Waldron

 

Alternates:

Conor Brownell		Kai DeLorenzo		Cameron Ficher		Cole Jurek
Daniel Mah		Marc Rovner		Ted Sither		Ben Swiatek
Justin Ting

 

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