USA Ultimate

Colorado Springs, Colo. (Feb. 11, 2016)—USA Ultimate, the national governing body for the sport of ultimate in the United States and member of the U.S. Olympic Committee, announced today the 23 athletes who will represent the United States this summer on the men’s national team at the 2016 WFDF World Ultimate and Guts Championships (WUGC), June 18-25 in London.

This historic announcement marks the first time USA Ultimate has held an open tryout for what is considered to be the pinnacle of international ultimate competition.  

Previously, USA Ultimate’s reigning national championship clubs represented the U.S. at the quadrennial event.

"There is plenty of work ahead, and the outcome of the team is anything but assured, but with this group of players, we are off to an excellent start," said Alex Ghesquiere, the men's team head coach. "The tryout process clearly showed the incredible depth of the U.S.A. talent pool. It is clear to me that our U.S.A. first team would have very tight games against a second team or a third team in head-to-head match ups. The focus may be on the players that made the team in this iteration, but I can't state strongly enough how impressed I am with all of the candidates and how hard these decisions were."

In all, 71 athletes were selected to the U.S. National Team in three gender-based divisions – men’s, mixed and women’s. These players are some of the world’s best and arguably represent the greatest collection of talent ever assembled. The final rosters were chosen after two weekends of tryouts that included more than 200 participants chosen by coaches from a pool of nearly 600 applicants. The team includes world champions, national champions, college champions, Callahan Award winners and more.  

The 2016 WUGC is the 14th edition of the tournament which dates back to 1983. Since its inception, the United States has won 35 medals: 25 gold, five silver and five bronze.  

This year’s incarnation will host 121 teams from 41 nations and feature five total divisions, including men’s and women’s masters. The U.S. will continue to be represented by the current national champions in those two divisions.

At the most recent WUGC, in Sakai, Japan in 2012, the U.S. National Team won three medals, a pair of golds in the men’s division and women’s masters division and a silver in the women’s division. 

2016 WFDF World Ultimate & Guts Championships
U.S. National Team
Men’s Division

UPDATE 5/5: John Stubbs added to roster.

Tyler DeGirolamo		Trent Dillon		Tom Doi		Ryan Farrell
Dylan Freechild		Kurt Gibson		Jonathan Helton		Ashlin Joye
Danny Karlinsky		Beau Kittredge		Chris Kocher		Alan Kolick
Henry Konker		Josh Markette		Jimmy Mickle		Peter Prial
Cassidy Rasmussen		Matt Rehder		Joel Schlachet		Joe Sefton
Nick Stuart		John Stubbs		Nathan White		Russell Wynne

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