LOS ALAMITOS, California, June 7. THE women's water polo national team coaching staff announced the Junior and Senior National Teams this week in preparation for the summer season. This year, there are a number of new faces on the rosters, 11 of whom were selected based on their performance at the Women's National Team open tryouts and training camp held over the last several weeks in Los Alamitos, Calif. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur team is going in a new direction," said Women's National Team Head Coach Guy Baker. "We are definitely pointing toward 2008. Our team is a lot younger this year, which I think is good. It puts us in a good position for Beijing. We have a lot of work to do, but it is really exciting."<\/p>\n
Senior Team<\/b><\/p>\n
Twenty athletes were chosen to the U.S. Senior National Team including 13 players who will make up the core A Team and seven who will join the Senior B Team at the FINA World League preliminary round in Quebec City,
\nCanada on July 7-9. Following the prelims, the Senior A Team will compete in the FINA World League Semifinals in Los Alamitos, Calif., on July 12-19 and the FINA World League Super Final in Athens, Greece on July 26-30. When the Super Final concludes, Coach Baker and his staff will announce the 13 athletes who will represent Team USA at the World Cup in Tanjing, China on Aug. 8-13. The World Cup is the team's focus for 2006. If the U.S. team finishes in fifth place or higher, it will qualify for the 2007 FINA World Championships, which is one of the two last major events prior to the Olympic Games. The Pan American Games is the women's Olympic Qualifier and it will take place July 16-29, 2007.<\/p>\n
"By the World Championships in 2007, we will have a pretty good idea of who our Olympic Team will be," said Baker. <\/p>\n
WOMEN'S SENIOR NATIONAL TEAM<\/b><\/p>\n
Betsey Armstrong (Ann Arbor, MI\/Michigan)
\nPatricia Cardenas (Commerce, CA\/USC)
\nKameryn Craig (Camarillo, CA\/USC)
\nEmily Feher (Santa Ana, CA\/UCLA)
\nErika Figge (Dove Canyon, CA\/USC)
\nNatalie Golda (Fullerton, CA\/UCLA)
\nAlison Gregorka (Ann Arbor, MI\/Stanford)
\nKatie Hansen (Coronado, CA\/Stanford)
\nBrittany Hayes (Santa Ana, CA\/USC)
\nChristina Hewko (Newport Beach, CA\/Stanford)
\nKatie Hicks (San Luis Obispo, CA\/LMU)
\nJaime Hipp (Seal Beach (Fresno), CA\/UCLA)
\nJillian Kraus (Santa Ana, CA\/UCLA)
\nEricka Lorenz (San Diego, CA\/CAL)
\nHeather Petri (Orinda, CA\/CAL)
\nBrittany Rowe (San Diego, CA\/UCLA)
\nStephanie Schnugg (Alamo, CA\/CAL)
\nJessica Steffens (Danville, CA\/Stanford)
\nHeather Stuart (Moraga, CA\/CAL)
\nMoriah van Norman (San Diego, CA\/USC)
\nBrenda Villa (Commerce, CA\/Stanford)
\nLauren Wenger (Long Beach, CA\/USC)
\nElsie Windes (Portland, OR\/CAL)<\/p>\n
WOMEN'S JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM<\/b>
\nThe U.S. Women's Junior National Team is also a younger group of athletes, eight of whom were chosen at open tryouts. This summer, the Junior National Team's primary event will be the Pythia Cup in Athens, Greece on July 18-24.<\/p>\n
WOMEN'S JUNIOR NATIONAL TEAM<\/b><\/p>\n
Darby Anderson (Coto de Caza, CA\/Santa Margarita\/CAL)
\nDaisy Carillo (Commerce, CA\/Montebello)
\nPhoebe Champion (Palo Alto, CA)
\nForel Davies (Carlsbad, CA)
\nAddison Doud (Laguna Beach, CA\/ASU)
\nKelly Eaton (Menlo Park, CA\/Menlo\/Stanford)
\nCarrie Frost (Saline, MI\/Michigan)
\nBrittany Fullen (San Clemente, CA\/UCLA)
\nTanya Gandy (San Diego, CA\/UCLA)
\nKelsey Holshouser (Santa Ana, CA\/Foothill)
\nNicole Hughes (Lafayette, CA\/LMU)
\nAlison Mantel (Miami, FL)
\nAmber Oland (Santa Ana, CA\/Foothill)
\nPriscilla Orozco (Commerce, CA\/Montebello)
\nStephanie Peckham (Coto de Caza, CA)
\nGrace Reynolds (Tustin, CA)
\nLauren Silver (Seal Beach, CA\/Stanford)
\nJill Stapf (Hudsonville, MI)
\nMichelle Stein (Palm Desert, CA\/USC)
\nAmanda Tipton (Sunnyvale, CA\/UCSB)
\nMelissa Wheeler (Newport Beach, CA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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