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Tryout Invitees Announced for 2020 U-20 National Teams

Colorado Springs, Colo. (Oct. 2, 2019) – USA Ultimate, the national governing body for the sport of ultimate in the United States, is pleased to announce the athletes who have been invited to attend one of two tryouts for the 2020 Under-20 National Teams that will compete at the World Junior Ultimate Championships. USA Ultimate will send teams in the men’s and women’s divisions to Malmö, Sweden, next July.

More than 400 youth athletes from all over the country applied to be considered for the 2020 U-20 National Teams. From those applicants, coaches have selected 100 men and 100 women to attend the tryout camps.

The east coast tryout camp will be held November 16-17, in North Carolina. The west coast tryout camp will be held one week later, November 23-24, in California.

Boys’ Division U.S. National Team Coaching Staff

Head Coach: Reid Koss (Seattle, Wash.)
Assistant Coach: Andy Neilsen (Chicago, Ill.)
Assistant Coach: Russell Wallack (Amherst, Mass.)

Girls’ Division U.S. National team Coaching Staff

Head Coach: DeAnna Ball (Columbus, Ohio)
Assistant Coach: Jason Adams (Boston, Mass.)
Assistant Coach: Leila Tunnell (Amherst, Mass.)

The 2020 World Junior Ultimate Championships, hosted by the World Flying Disc Federation, will be held July 18-25, in Malmö, Sweden.

WJUC was last held in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, in 2018. For the first time in over a decade, the U.S. swept the event, earning gold in both the men’s and women’s divisions.

Men’s Tryouts
*final tryout list subject to change based on invite acceptances

Atkin Arnstein – Seattle, Wash. – West
Eli Artemakis – Chicago, Ill. – East
Mauricio Badillo Moorman – Minneapolis, Minn. – West
Cullen Baker – Bellaire, Texas – West
James Baker Jr – South Lyon, Mich. – East
Aaron Bartlett – Washington, D.C. – East
Thomas Bennett – Belle Harbor, N.Y. – East
Luke Bleers – Naperville, Ill. – West
Sebastian Brauer – Minneapolis, Minn. – West
Nathan Buchholz – Stow, Mass. – East
Justin Burnett – Stone Mountain, Ga. – East
Orion Cable – Amherst, Mass. – East
Jedi Casas – St. Paul, Minn. – West
David Chalmers – Atlanta, Ga. – East
Itay Chang – Palo Alto, Calif. – West
John Clyde – Austin, Texas – East
Patrick Connor – Austin, Texas – West
Simon Covington – Durham, N.C. – West
Jacob Cowan – Brooklyn, N.Y. – East
Ben Dameron – Atlanta, Ga. – East
Simon Dastrup – Chicago, Ill. – West
Cole Davis-Brand – Amherst, Mass. – East
James (Jace) Dean – Arlington, Va. – East
Jasper Dean – Seattle, Wash. – West
Max Dehlin – Alpine, Utah – West
Logan Diehl – Gainesville, Fla. – East
Gabriel Dorsey – Cincinnati, Ohio – East
Kailas Durvasula – Seattle, Wash. – East
Jayden Feagans – Charlotte, N.C. – East
Assaf Golan – Seattle, Wash. – West
Charles Gordon – Baton Rouge, La. – East
Leo Gordon – Berkeley, Calif. – West
Ben Harris – Maplewood, N.J. – West
Luca Harwood – Amherst, Mass. – East
Benjamin Hewitt – Wynnewood, Pa. – East
Ben Horrisberger – Portland, Maine – East
Adam Jemal – Bellevue, Wash. – West
Hyosam (Sam) Jeon – Irvington, N.Y. – East
Matt Johnson – Edina, Minn. – West
Leo Jordan – New York, N.Y. – East
Wyatt Kellman – Amherst, Mass. – West
Riley Kirkman-Davis – Berkeley, Calif. – West
Brennan Kramling – Raleigh, N.C. – East
Matt LaBar – Yardley, Pa. – East
Daniel Landesman – Altadena, Calif. – West
Adam (AJ) Larson – Edina, Minn. – West
Martin Le – Seattle, Wash. – West
Aylen Learned – South Orange, N.J. – West
Jae Lee – Lexington, Mass. – East
Langston Lee – Newton, Mass. – East
DJ Lewis – Nashville, Tenn. – East
Aiden Lomen – St. Paul, Minn. – West
Aidan Lopez-Escarez – Seattle, Wash. – West
Suhas Madiraju – Charlotte, N.C. – East
Evan Magsig – Berkeley, Calif. – West
Ke’ali Mccarter – Portland, Ore. – West
Brendan McCluskey – Plainfield, Ill. – West
Adin McGurk – Washington, D.C. – East
Adam McNichols – Eugene, Ore. – West
Gunnar Mikko – St. Paul, Minn. – West
Adam Miller – Atlanta, Ga. – East
Declan Miller – Shoreline, Wash. – West
Felix Moren – Portland, Ore. – West
Nick Muth – Scarborough, Maine – East
Alex Nelson – Seattle, Wash. – West
Cal Nightingale – Providence, R.I. – East
Jacques Nissen – Washington, D.C. – East
Mason Palmer – Hinesburg, Vt. – East
Eli Park – Toronto, Mich. – East
Nicholas Phillips – Carmel, Ind. – West
Kevin Pignone – Durham, N.C. – East
Wesley Poole – Littleton, Colo. – West
Jake Powell – Decatur, Ga. – East
Jedidiah Pratt – Shoreview, Minn. – East
Elliott Rosenberg – Oakland, Calif. – West
Aaron Rosenthal – Washington, D.C. – East
Zachary Rosner – Palo Alto, Calif. – West
Marcelo Ruggiero – Arlington, Va. – East
Ben Schwartz – Denver, Colo. – West
Will Selfridge – Salt Lake City, Utah – West
Josh Singleton – Chapel Hill, N.C. – East
Zachary Slayton – Plano, Texas – West
Charlie Smith – Boca Raton, Fla. – East
Luca Spycher – Berkeley, Calif. – West
Erik Stewart – Verona, Wis. – West
Sam Swiatek – Naperville, Ill. – East
Michael Tao – Palo Alto, Calif. – West
Ben Thoennes – Eugene, Ore. – West
Asa Thomson – Northampton, Mass. – East
Conner Truitt – Lakewood, Colo. – West
William Turner – Seattle, Wash. – West
Max Van Sickle – Boulder, Colo. – West
Robin Vickers Batzdorf – Brooklyn, N.Y. – East
Chris Walsh – Chapel Hill, N.C. East
Sean Wiles – Cary, N.C. – East
Otis Williams – Seattle, Wash. – West
Jake Worthington – Austin, Texas – West
Joshua Wu – Lexington, Ky. – East
Tristan Yarter – Maplewood, N.J. – East
Jinyao (David) Zhou – Seattle, Wash. – West

Women’s Tryouts
*final tryout list subject to change based on invite acceptances

Sophie Acker – Pelham, Mass. – East
Mary Andrews – Florence, Mass. – West
Olivia Arellano – Fairfax, Va. – East
Carly Atwell – Austin, Texas – West
Harper Baer – Carrboro, N.C. – East
Charis Barry – Sugar Grove, N.C. – East
Kate Barry – Cedar Hills, Utah W- -est
Tanya Bearson – Berkeley, Calif. – West
Clara Bils – Minneapolis, Minn. – East
Quincy Booth – Decatur, Ga. – East
Liana Bradley – Durham, N.C. – East
Harper Brooks-Kahn – Florence, Mass. – East
Maggie Brown – Seattle, Wash. – West
Mae Browning – Montpelier, Vt. – West
Ali Brzostowicz – Superior, Colo. – West
Cara Burks – Los Altos, Calif. – West
Jessie Chan – Newton, Mass. – East
Emma Chin – New York, N.Y. – West
Sophie Chowgule – Park City, Utah – West
Erica Collin – Middleton, Wis. – East
Cordelia (CeCe) Collinson – Arlington, Va. – East
Grace Conerly – Columbus, Ohio – West
Izabella Cope-Musleh – Durham, N.C. – East
Ellie Cubrilovic – Chapel Hill, N.C. – East
Marguerite Downey – Boston, Mass. – East
Anna Dreher – Portland, Ore. – West
Lula Dutille – Lexington, Ky. – East
Alyssa Ehrhardt – Sugar Grove, N.C. – East
Therese Enders – Cincinnati, Ohio – East
Eva Fischer – White Bear Lake, Minn. – West
Elise Freedman – Lafayatte, Colo. – West
Abigail Freund – Arlington, Va. – East
Allison Fridkin – Atlanta, Ga. – West
Claire Fukuchi – Radnor, Pa. – East
Chagall Gelfand – Seattle, Wash. – West
Abbie Gillach – Boulder, Colo. – West
Leana Girton – Seattle, Wash. – West
Lauren Goddu – Seattle, Wash. – West
Olivia Goss – Seattle, Wash. – East
Victoria Gray – Seattle, Wash. – West
Acacia Hahn – Eugene, Ore. – West
Lily Harris-Hendry – Northfield, Mass. – East
Abby Hecko – Seattle, Wash. – West
Monica Hoang – Seattle, Wash. – West
Nikka Ibale – Seattle, Wash. – West
Angelina Jeantette-Coca – Kirkland, Wash. – West
Klara Karlson – Leverett, Mass. – West
Addie Kern – Loveland, Ohio – East
Addison Kerwin – Atlanta, Ga. – East
Karta Khalsa – Leverett, Mass. – East
Alison Kidd – Minneapolis, Minn. – West
Cice Kim – Colorado Springs, Colo. – West
Aria Kischner – Seattle, Wash. – West
Sara Liang – Pittsburgh, Pa. – East
Syris Linkfield – Lake Oswego, Ore. – West
Chuc Luu – Turlock, Calif. – West
Amy Ly – Seattle, Wash. – West
Zoe Marquis – New Orleans, La. – East
Katrina McGuire – Evanston, Ill. – West
Leah Mickelson – Madison, Wis. – West
Rebecca Monnin – Lebanon, Ohio – East
Rachel Moore – Indianapolis, Ind. – West
Sydney Neal – Nashville, Tenn. – East
Margot Nissen – Washington , D.C. – East
Lanie O’Neill – Chapel Hill, N.C. – East
Rachel Oram-Brown – Amherst, Mass. – East
Hazel Ostrowski – Seattle, Wash. – East
Sophia Palmer – Seattle, Wash. – West
Gabriella Payoyo – Seattle, Wash. – West
Sierra Petrash – Atlanta, Ga. – East
Clil Phillips – Chapel Hill, N.C. – East
Kayla Pianh – Seattle, Wash. – West
Maggie Pierce – Cape Elizabeth, Maine – West
Emily Pozzy – Portland, Maine – East
Fae Rauber – Berkeley, Calif. – West
Alondra Romero – Decatur, Ga. – East
Claire Schmitt – Washington, D.C. – West
Nadia Scoppettone – Montpelier, Vt. – East
Adrena Seferian – Lexington, Mass. – West
Lucy Seward – Atlanta, Ga. – East
Abigail Shilts – Edina, Minn. – East
Betsy Siegal – Seattle, Wash. – West
Maya Standard – Burlington, Vt. – East
Ellie Stanfield – LaFollette, Tenn. – East
Phoebe Stern – Minneapolis, Minn. – East
Jocelyn Sun – Newton, Mass. – East
Allyn Suzuki – Richmond, Calif. – West
Allie Swiatek – Naperville, Ill. – East
Yvonne Tang – Warren, N.J. – East
Thais Thomas – Alameda, Calif. – West
Laura To – Seattle, Wash. – West
Anna Tortorici – Mt. Pleasant, S.C. – East
Helena Tremblay – Albany, Calif. – West
Savanna Tucker – Austin, Texas – West
Thalia Tzetos – Portland, Ore. – West
Kelsey Viadro – Orinda, Calif. – West
Elsa Weybright – Eugene, Ore. – West
Keziah Wilde – Arlington, Mass. – East
Emma Williamson – Durham, N.C. – East
Kimmy Wilson – Austin, Texas
Theresa Yu – Ellington, Conn. – East
Sydney Zobel – Amherst, Mass. – East

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