{"id":307391,"date":"2018-04-28T05:48:40","date_gmt":"2018-04-28T12:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=307391"},"modified":"2018-04-28T06:22:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-28T13:22:14","slug":"north-south-tournament-showcases-youth-polos-growth-in-north-carolina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/north-south-tournament-showcases-youth-polos-growth-in-north-carolina\/","title":{"rendered":"North\/South Tournament Showcases Polo\u2019s Growth in North Carolina"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor<\/em><\/p>\n

With age group action heating up nationally as a result of upcoming USA Water Polo Junior Olympics Zone Qualifications<\/a>, recent activity in North Carolina demonstrates that water polo is growing all along the Eastern seaboard.<\/p>\n

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Part of this exciting development is an age-group tournament this weekend sponsored by Carolina Water Polo<\/a>. The North\/South Challenge will include teams from Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee and Virginia that are a within comfortable driving distance to the Triangle Aquatic Center<\/a> in Cary, NC.<\/p>\n

This weekend\u2019s inaugural North\/South tournament will feature six 18U, six 14U, and two 12U teams from the following programs: SwimRVA<\/strong> (Richmond, VA), Potomac<\/strong> (College Park, MD), Carolina<\/strong>\u00a0(Hillsborough, NC), Titans<\/strong> (Cary, NC), STAR<\/strong> (Greensboro, NC), Granite Falls<\/strong> (Rolesville, NC) Forsyth<\/strong> (Atlanta), St. Pius<\/strong> X<\/strong> (Atlanta) and Kraken<\/strong> (Atlanta).<\/p>\n

The tournament it the brainchild of Eric Gordon<\/strong>, who for the past few years has been tilling the rich aquatic soil northeast of Charlotte, NC. A 1996 graduate of the University of North Carolina, Gordon went west for almost 20 years to coach age group and high school water polo at the San Diego Shores Club<\/a> and The Bishop\u2019s School<\/a>, also in San Diego. Key to his coaching success has been Doug Peabody, who founded San Diego Shores in 1992 and has coached at The Bishop\u2019s School since 1997.<\/p>\n

\u201cDoug and I coached together for 17 years and I learned so much from him,\u201d Gordon said via email. \u201cI credit him for the success that I\u2019ve had in the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his time in California, Gordon\u2019s high school and club teams competed in multiple California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)\u00a0and Junior Olympics championships. Among the many successful athletes he\u2019s coached are Olympians Brett Ormsby<\/strong> (2004) and Kelly Rulon<\/strong> (2004, 2012) as well as Gabby Stone<\/strong>, the former Stanford goalie who is currently playing with the U.S. National Team, Katie Dudley<\/strong> and Julia Hermann<\/strong>, Stanford seniors who are driving for a second-straight NCAA title.<\/p>\n

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Eric Gordon and his players. Photo Courtesy: E. Gordon<\/p><\/div>\n

Now that he\u2019s returned home, Gordon has embarked on an ambitious program to determine what works for water polo in areas outside of SoCal, home to some of the country\u2019s best youth clubs. He\u2019s jumped right into the challenge\u2014and, often, his car\u2014establishing year-round age group programs inCary, Greensboro and Hillsborough, NC. Known as a hotbed for aquatics\u2014for the 3rd straight year, North Carolina State finished fourth at the NCAA Men\u2019s Championships, with junior\u00a0Andreas Vazaios<\/strong> taking gold in the 200 butterfly and 800 freestyle relays\u2014the region appears ripe for Gordon\u2019s enthusiasm, experience and organizational skills.\u00a0A local masters team from Greensboro has been rejuvinated, and Carolina Water Polo players have begun to populate the rosters of local college club programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve sent a few players to college club programs in NC and beyond, and will graduate four seniors this year,\u201d Gordon said. \u201cNC State\u2019s club water polo program<\/a> has been a huge supporter of the efforts to build youth polo and many of our seniors are hoping to attend NCSU.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Eric Gordon<\/p><\/div>\n

Without experienced coaches or referees in the area, Gordon is tasked with building the sport from the ground up. But he\u2019s not alone; NC State students and alums have been essential to the process. Nikolas Bravo<\/strong> and Paige Hacker<\/strong>, lead coaches at the Cary and Hillsborough locations, are members of the Wolfpack club team. NC State\u2019s alums Josh Horner<\/strong> and Ryan Morgan<\/strong> are assistant coaches and recently become certified CWPA officials.<\/p>\n

The experience of Caroline Water Polo is likely familiar to those who strive to start polo from scratch in a region with little or no experience with the sport. Gordon explained that most of his players are brand new to the sport; luckily a handful are transplants to the area who have some experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cWater polo is not a high school sport in NC and without more pools, it’s unlikely to be anytime soon,\u201d Gordon said. “Many of our athletes want to play for a school team and are pulled away by other high school sports.<\/p>\n

“That may be the greatest challenge that we face.”<\/p>\n

As in aquatics facilities seemingly everywhere, swimming maintains a strong grip on the majority of pool time, which Gordon says restricts practice time.<\/p>\n

Despite this and other obstacles, the results of Gordon\u2019s efforts have been impressive. He said membership doubled from last year and\u2014by combining the three locations as well as partnering with other programs\u2014there\u2019s always enough players to travel to games and tournaments. Regional rivals include SwimRVA<\/a> in Richmond, VA, Naval Academy Aquatics Club<\/a> in Annapolis, MD, Capital Water Polo<\/a> in Washington, D.C., and East Coast Aquatics<\/a> in Virginia Beach, VA.<\/p>\n

As Gordon knows, competition not only builds success but also begets more playing opportunities. Last year Gatley Stone<\/strong> (STAR WP Greensboro); Ethan Park<\/strong> (STAR WP Greensboro) and Constantin Zodl<\/strong> (Titans\/Cary WP) attended regional Olympic Development Program camps in Atlanta. To make up for the shortfall in talent, Gordon\u2019s has partnered with Zilla Water Polo<\/a> from Austin, Texas, and also sent players to Denver, Florida, and New Mexico to compete in various tournaments.<\/p>\n

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Photo Courtesy: Eric Gordon<\/p><\/div>\n

This summer Zilla 16U and 14U boys\u2019 teams will include Gordon\u2019s players as they look to qualify for the 2018 Junior Olympics Tournament in the Southwest Region. There\u2019s a precedent for Carolina Water Polo players finding a pathway to the country\u2019s largest youth polo event. In 2017 Gordon found Ella Murphy<\/strong> (STAR WP Greensboro) a spot on the Atlanta Dynamo\u2019s<\/a> 16U girls team at JO qualifiers in FL and JO\u2019s in CA last summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re hoping to send a number of kids to JO\u2019s with Zilla & Dynamo this summer and have a handful of 14U\u2019s, 16U\u2019s, and 18U’s interested,\u201d he said. \u201cUnfortunately, there aren\u2019t yet enough at any one age group to send our own team.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to the North\/South Tournament, this summer Carolina Water Polo will organize clinics and camps in various areas to give water polo more exposure. Gordon knows that a big part of the sport\u2019s challenge is increased visibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost kids want to try soccer, basketball and baseball but don\u2019t even know that water polo’s an option,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cYears ago lacrosse was unknown but now is extremely popular. We want that for water polo as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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