Colorado Springs, Colo. (Jan. 11, 2017) – USA Ultimate, the national governing body for the sport of ultimate in the United States, is pleased to announce the athletes who have been selected to attend the tryout for the 2017 U.S. National Team that will compete at the World Games this summer. The tryout will be held March 11-12, in Dallas, Texas.
Members of the men’s, mixed and women’s 2016 U.S. National Teams that competed at the World Ultimate and Guts Championships (WUGC) as well as members of the 2013 U.S. World Games team received automatic invites to this year’s World Games tryout. The list below includes the WUGC and 2013 World Games athletes who accepted their invitations, as well as several additional applicants selected by the coaches.
Alternates for the tryouts have also been named and may be invited if spots become available.
The 2017 U.S. National Team will consist of 20 athletes, which will be narrowed down to 14 – seven men and seven women – who will make the trip to Wroclaw, Poland in July. Alex Ghesquiere and Matty Tsang, the same coaches who led the U.S. team in 2013, will guide this year’s squad in defense of the gold medal.
Held every four years and hosted by the International World Games Association, with support from the International Olympic Committee, the World Games is ultimate’s biggest stage. The U.S. has won gold at each of the last three World Games. Canada took gold in 2001, the first year in which flying disc was included in the competition program at the event; the U.S. earned silver.
The 2017 World Games will be held July 20-30 in Wroclaw, Poland, with the flying disc competition scheduled for July 21-23.
Men’s Tryouts
- Ashlin Joye – Albany, CA – Revolver
- Beau Kittredge – San Francisco, CA – Revolver
- Brett Matzuka – Raleigh, NC – Machine
- Cassidy Rasmussen – San Francisco, CA – Revolver
- Chris Kocher – Brooklyn, NY – PoNY
- Chris Mazur – Dallas, TX – Metro North
- Dylan Freechild – Portland, OR – Rhino
- George Stubbs – San Rafael, CA – Revolver
- Grant Lindsley – Oakland, CA – Revolver
- Henry Konker – Denver, CO – Johnny Bravo
- Jack Hatchett – Arlington, MA – Ironside
- Jimmy Mickle – Golden, CO – Johnny Bravo
- Joel Schlachet – Berkeley, CA – Revolver
- Johnny Bansfield – Ypsilanti, MI – High Five
- Jonathan Helton – Raleigh, NC – Machine
- Khalif El-salaam – Seattle, WA – Seattle Mixtape
- Kurt Gibson – Dallas, TX – Ironside
- Mac Taylor – Emeryville, CA – Blackbird
- Matthew Rehder – Seattle, WA – Sockeye
- Nathan White – Woodside, CA – Revolver
- Nick Stuart – Minneapolis, MN – Sockeye
- Nicky Spiva – Washington, DC – Truck Stop
- Noah Saul – Raleigh, NC – Ring of Fire
- Peter Prial – Washington, DC – Truck Stop
- Reid Koss – Seattle, WA – Sockeye
- Russell Wynne – Kensington, CA – Revolver
- Sam Kanner – Berkeley, CA – Revolver
- Simon Higgins – Alameda, CA – Revolver
- Tom Doi – Washington, DC – Truck Stop
- Trent Dillon – Pittsburgh, PA – Sockeye
- Tyler DeGirolamo – Pittsburgh, PA – Temper
Alternates
- Ben Lohre – Golden, CO – Johnny Bravo
- Jonathan Nethercutt – Durham, NC – Ring of Fire
- Mischa Freystaetter – Plantation, FL – Orlando Friends
- Patrick Shriwise – Madison, WI – Madison Club
- Stanley Peterson – Boulder, CO – Johnny Bravo
Women’s Tryouts
- Alex Snyder – San Francisco, CA – Fury
- Amber Sinicrope – Somerville, MA – Brute Squad
- Anna Nazarov – San Francisco, CA – Fury
- Becky Malinowski – Somerville, MA – Brute Squad
- Carolyn Finney – Goleta, CA – Fury
- Claire Chastain – Denver, CO – Molly Brown
- Claire Desmond – San Francisco, CA – Fury
- Cree Howard – Oakland, CA – Fury
- Erica Baken – Ames, IA – Drag’n Thrust
- Georgia Bosscher – Madison, WI – Heist
- Jaclyn Verzuh – Seattle, WA – Riot
- Jesse Shofner – Eugene, OR – Scandal
- Kaela Jorgenson – San Francisco, CA – Fury
- Kami Groom – Boston, MA – Brute Squad
- Kelly Johnson – Seattle, WA – Riot
- Lauren Sadler – Boston, MA – Brute Squad
- Lien Hoffman – Somerville, MA – Brute Squad
- Maggie Ruden – Berkeley, CA – Fury
- Marika Austin – San Francisco, CA – Fury
- Mira Walker – Atlanta, GA – Ozone
- Nancy Haskell – Beavercreek, OH – Steamboat
- Ness Fajardo – San Francisco, CA – Fury
- Octavia Payne – Denver, CO – Molly Brown
- Raha Mozaffari – Philadelphia, PA – AMP
- Rebecca Miller – Fort Collins, CO – Molly Brown
- Robyn Wiseman – Madison, WI – Heist
- Sandy Jorgensen – Washington, DC – Scandal
- Sarah Anciaux – St. Paul, MN – Drag’n Thrust
- Sarah Griffith – Seattle, WA – Riot
- Sarah Itoh – Springfield, VA – Scandal
- Sarah Levinn – Austin, TX – Showdown
- Sarah Meckstroth – Minneapolis, MN – Drag’n Thrust
Alternates
- Alyssa Weatherford – Seattle, WA – Riot
- Jessi Jones – Cary, NC – Phoenix
- Liza Minor – Madison, WI – Heist
- Paige Soper – Seattle, WA – Riot
- Sophie Darch – Atlanta, GA – Ozone
