Table Of Contents
EVENT INFORMATION
Welcome........................................................................................................ 2
Weekend Overview........................................................................................... 3
Event Staff..................................................................................................... 3
Competition Rules........................................................................................... 5
Site Rules...................................................................................................... 5
Learn to Play.................................................................................................. 7
SPECTATOR INFORMATION
Ultimate in 10 Simple Rules............................................................................ 9
Men’s Teams........................................................................................... 10-17
Mixed Teams........................................................................................... 18-25
Women’s Teams....................................................................................... 26-31
Mixed Masters Teams............................................................................... 32-37
Men’s Grand Masters Teams...................................................................... 38-43
PLAYER INFORMATION
Spirit of the Game.................................................................................... 44-46
Health & Safety....................................................................................... 48-49
SCHEDULES AND MAP
Men’s Schedule and Brackets.................................................................... 50-51
Mixed Schedule and Brackets.................................................................... 52-53
Women’s Schedule and Brackets................................................................ 54-55
Mixed Masters Schedule and Brackets........................................................ 56-57
Men’s Grand Masters Schedule and Brackets............................................... 58-59
Field Map.................................................................................................... 61
USA Ultimate, 5825 Delmonico Drive, Suite 350, Colorado Springs, CO 80919
719-219-8322 / www.usaultimate.org / [email protected]
Welcome
It is a great pleasure to welcome you to the third annual USA Ultimate Beach Championships in Virginia Beach. USA Ultimate encompasses everything that is good about
athletic competition. It exemplifies the core values of sportsmanship, respect, integrity,
cooperation and self-discipline.
Our community partners, Virginia Beach Jaycees and George Alcaraz with Resort Management LLC, have been working diligently to create an enjoyable experience for you
while you are in beautiful Virginia Beach.
To all the athletes competing – the City of Virginia Beach wishes you success in displaying your abilities to the fullest. The sportsmanship, fair play and respect you demonstrate are major reason for the popularity of your sport.
When you are done competing, please get out and enjoy some of the best of what Virginia Beach has to offer. From award-winning coastal cuisine and family friendly attractions
to shopping and relaxing in the sand, Virginia Beach has something for everyone.
Please accept my best wishes for a great event!
Nancy Helman
Sports Marketing Director
Virginia Beach Convention and Visitors Bureau www.VBSports.com
The Virginia Beach Jaycees are so very proud to welcome the 2017 USA Ultimate Beach
Championship to our beautiful home – Virginia Beach, Va. It’s a great honor to be the
host city and volunteer organization for this event.
Today, the Virginia Beach Jaycees are comprised of young men and women, ages 18-40,
and provide development opportunities that empower young people to create positive
change in the community. Leadership training is offered in areas of public speaking,
writing, management skills, professional networking, financial planning and much more.
The Virginia Beach Jaycees are currently 80 members strong and have historically been
one of the premier chapters in the state.
Virginia Beach was recently ranked by The Culture Trip on their website as one of the
Top 10 most Beautiful Cities to Live.
As your host, we are happy to offer you our volunteers and knowledge of our wonderful
community. We look forward to great fellowship, spirited competition, fun and sharing
our beautiful city and oceanfront with you.
Sincerely,
Amy Hughes and Ashley Cole
Virginia Beach Jaycees Volunteer Co-Chairs
EVENT INFO
Weekend Overview
Friday, May 19 at Ramada Virginia Beach Oceanfront
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: Team Registration
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.:
Captains’ Meeting
Saturday, May 20 at Virginia Beach
9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.: Competition
6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.:
Meal for Athletes, Social Event to Follow
Sunday, May 21 at Virginia Beach
8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Competition Continues
2:30 p.m.: Finals
Post-Finals: Award Ceremony. Immediately following the finals, awards
will be presented to the champions and second-place
teams in each division, as well as Team Spirit Award
winners and Individual Spirit Award winners.
Event Staff
Tournament staff members will be wearing event shirts. If they can’t answer your
questions, they will point you to one of the following people for further assistance:
Tournament Director – George Alcaraz
USA Ultimate Staff
Director, Member Services & Community Development – Josh Murphy
Manager, Events – Byron Hicks
Manager, Finance and Administration – Ethan Taylor-Pierce
Manager, Digital Marketing and Communications – Maelyn Divinski
Manager, Communications and Publications – Stacey Waldrup
Manager, Community Services and Development – Kristin Gallagher
Coordinator, Youth & Education Programs – Sarah Powers
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EVENT INFO
Competition Rules
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USA Ultimate Official Rules of Ultimate – 11th Edition will be in effect.
All games to 13, point cap at 15
Halftime is 5 minutes.
Each team has one timeout per game.
Overtime: A game is in overtime if tied at one point less than original game total (e.g.,
in a game to 13 goals, overtime occurs when the score reaches 12-12).
• Soft time-cap will not be used.
• Hard time-cap goes on at end of round time on schedule. Game is over at the end of
the point in progress, unless tied. If tied, play one more point.
• Caps do not affect timeouts.
Site Rules
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o Tobacco! Facility, event staff and security will be checking to make sure people
are not smoking. Please abide by the rules.
• No glass or metal bottle caps!
• Pets, glass containers, motorized vehicles and any other items that are deemed
unsafe are prohibited.
• Spectators and equipment must stay at least 3 yards away from sidelines! Where there
are buffer lines, respect them. Where there are not buffer lines, stay back at least 3
yards.
• Trash and Recycling! Place recyclables in the recycling receptacles, and place trash
in the trash. Keep the facility clean.
• Language – This is a family environment. Please keep this in mind.
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EVENT INFO
Ultimate in 10 Simple Rules
1. THE FIELD: A rectangular shape with end zones at each end. A regulation field is 70
yards by 40 yards, with end zones 25 yards deep.
2. INITIATE PLAY: Each point begins with both teams lining up on the front of their
respective end zone line. The defense throws (“pulls”) the disc to the offense. A
regulation game has seven players per team.
3. SCORING: Each time the offense completes a pass in the defense’s end zone, the
offense scores a point. Play is initiated after each score.
4. MOVEMENT OF THE DISC: The disc may be advanced in any direction by completing
a pass to a teammate. Players may not run with the disc. The person with the disc
(“thrower”) has ten seconds to throw the disc. The defender guarding the thrower
(“marker”) counts out the stall count.
5. CHANGE OF POSSESSION: When a pass in not completed (e.g. out of bounds,
drop, block, interception), the defense immediately takes possession of the disc and
becomes the offense.
6. SUBSTITUTIONS: Players not in the game may replace players in the game after a
score and during an injury timeout.
7. NON-CONTACT: No physical contact is allowed between players. Picks and screens
are also prohibited. A foul occurs when contact is made.
8. FOULS: When a player initiates contact on another player a foul occurs. When a foul
disrupts possession, the play resumes as if the possession was retained. If the player
committing the foul disagrees with the foul call, the play is redone.
9. SELF-OFFICIATING: Players are responsible for their own foul and line calls. Players
resolve their own disputes.
10. SPIRIT OF THE GAME: Ultimate stresses sportsmanship and fair play. Competitive
play is encouraged, but never at the expense of respect between players, adherence to
the rules, and the basic joy of play.
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Men’s Teams
AMPERSAND
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Captains: Ben Pelleg, Stephen Ng
phillyamp.com
@phillyamp
Ampers& is back! With s&als, b&annas, and
sunscreen in h&, the upst&ing men of Philadelphia AMP are excited to exp& our beach ultimate
résumé on the gr&est stage. We will bring our
signature br& of ultimate – high st&ard cutting,
throws as sweet as c&y, & the entertainment value
of Dick V&yke.
ANDTHE WARHAWKS
CAMBRIDGE, MA
Captains: Misha Sidorsky, Ben Van Heuvelen
@AndTheWarhawks
And the Warhawks is a Northeast beach ultimate team, composed
of some former members of Danny and the Warhawks. They are the
reigning USAU National Beach Champions. Caw-caw!
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James Pollard
Patrick Sherlock
Luke Ryan
Ben Parrell
Calvin Trisolini
Ben Kleaveland
Rob Robinson
Stephen Ng
Ben Pelleg
Max Charles
Austin Bonelli
Dustin Sullivan
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Jon Cox
Tom Doi
Dan Heijmen
Ray Illian
Markian Kuzmowycz
Matt Rebholz
Markham Shofner
Jacob Taylor
Ian Toner
Joshua Markette
Walker Hatchett
Misha Sidorsky
Thomas Cooper
Misha Herscu
Ben (Berend) Van Heuvelen
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Men’s Teams
BAYONET
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Captain: Zack Purdy
@bayonut
Group of beach players from San Francisco
looking to ball on the national stage.
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Rico Johnson
Zack Purdy
George Guthrie
CJ Colicchio
Dean Culver
Lucas Darden
Alex Kaja
Jake Coleman
Wendell Wilson
Abe McKay
Paul Weeks
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5’10” 25
6’2” 32
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BEACH WRENCH
CAMBRIDGE, MA
Captain: Nick Adolph
bigwrenchultimate.com
@bigwrenchult
In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two
separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate
crime, and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. These
are their stories.
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Nick Adolph
Robby Perkins-High
Elias Kahan
Nat MacDonald
Sammy Dushay
Scott Gardner
Pat Kelsey
Andrew Zaccardi
Noah Newberger
Gene Buonaccorsi
Chris Bubernak
David Taylor
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Men’s Teams
BROWATCH
ATHENS, OH
Captains: Mitch Cihon, Eric Converse
@BroCatsUltimate
BroWatch was formed on the sandy shores of
Stroud’s Run in sunny Athens, Ohio, by a collection
of Ohio University college students and alumni. On
the side, much of the team also competed in the
men’s division with the now-defunct BroCats.
CERBERUS
ATHENS, GA
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Lloyd Furuta
Eric Converse
Mark Hritz
Tyler Kinley
Mitch Cihon
Timmy Meyers
Mike Bruce
Chris Page
Connor Haley
Matthew Olson
Cody Petitt
Luke Eastman
Andrew Foley
Robert Olson
Drew Grogan
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Yusuf Abdullah
Stephen Cook
Alex Cronin
Adam Cross
Robert Farrington
Jim Heneghan
Sean Kelley
Christopher Molnar
Jay Norton
Ryan Pappafotis
Tapan Patel
David Petmecky
Neal Raines
Nathaniel Washington
Thomas Watts
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Men’s Teams
FLÜDWHALE
RICHMOND, VA
Captains: Geoff Horsfield, Justin Morrison
@rvaopen
Aquaman! Swift and powerful monarch of the
ocean,
With ability to summon and command all creatures
of the deep,
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Morgan Robinson
Aaron Richards
Matt Reynolds
Tim Jackson
Geoff Horsfield
Kyle Woodward
Garrett Braun
Chris Bowling
Josh Reynolds
Cam Barnhardt
Ben Broser
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Aquaman! King of the 7 Seas!
HIGH LEVEL
GAINESVILLE, FL
Captain: Joe Crinkley
Coach: Travis Lynch
The cream will rise to the top. That which
rises above the top is High Level.
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Craig Adams
Bennett Wacob
TJ McCourt
Darin Toscano
Jesse Andrews
Matt Goff
Phil Vozza
Justin Smith
Tom Wilkey
Ben Stone
Rich Carder
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Aquaman! Who with his teenage ally Aqualad,
Guards and defends all that lives in the seas against the forces of
evil,
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Men’s Teams
JAYBIRDS
SHALIMAR, FL
Captains: Craig Anderson, Dustin McKee
Coach: Mark Mendelevitz
Jaybirds have been born and bred in the
South. We are a group of good ole boys who
been trappin, farmin, gamin, skinnin, huntin
and moonshinin for too long. We think it’s
time to get out and see what’s outside of our
woods. #southisrising #swamprats #myothercarisanairboat #doinitforthepark
MIDRIFT
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Brian Novotny
John Foeller
Cody Smith
Craig Anderson
Dustin McKee
Billy Fleming
Scott Robertson
Shannon Mosley
Brandon French
Nick Anderson
Zane Barber
Mason Zetch
Caleb Posey
Michael Strobel
Josh Moore
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IOWA CITY, IA
Captains: Steven Czechowski, Jimmy Wiesbrock, Sean
Newlin
MidRift was formed by a bunch of dudes in
the Midwest tired of not seeing the ocean
enough. Essentially we made an excuse to
bond together over ultimate and chill on a
beach with good vibes and good ultimate.
Coming from all walks of life, adding friends
of friends…of friends over the years, we formed MidRift. We represent all the Midwestern states and are ready to crush some oranges
at Beach Nationals.
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Chris Reichel
Josh Purman
Jon Beavers
Cody Rohlf
Steven Czechowski
Mike Egan
Michael Brisbois
Frank Qin
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PARANOIA
WASHINGTON, DC
Captain: Charlie Patten
Coach: Roger Chu
@GeorgetownUlti
SLEEPOVER AT STALIN’S
NEW YORK, NY
@wkndwithbernie
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Jake Marsh
Danton Noriega
Sean Childers
Michael Malloy
Eric Miner
Glenn Poole
Mike Drost
Jacob Anderson
Charlie Patten
Steven Wartinbee
Christian Boxley
Matthew Fried
Cooper Joy
Alex Bodaken
Aidan McLeod
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Matthew Thomas
Brett Kaiser
Evan Carter
Stefan Dicker
Casey Lemay
Jay Sehgal
Matt Mclaughlin
Bennett Taren
Brendan Awerbuch
Ellis Kim
Max Dyer
Calvin Vannoy
Jonathan Kwan
Max Cohen
Brandon Contarsy
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Paranoia was formed in 2015 from players within
the Georgetown ultimate community and includes
several former (and current) captains and coaches
of the Georgetown men’s team, Catholic Justice.
While we come from a diverse background of club
teams, many of us have competed together in college or on mixed teams at Wildwood and Lei Out.
Paranoia placed fifth at the first ever Beach Championships in 2015
and seventh last year.
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Men’s Teams
SOMERVILLE YOUTH
SOMERVILLE, MA
Captain: Jason Shnipes
@SMRVL_YTH
In 1849, the Welsh Church organized “er mwyn cynal cymdeithas ysbrydol ac eglwysig yn ein hiaith
ein hunain yn y ddinas hon” - so that they could
meet spiritually as a Welsh language church in
Boston. By 1870, it spread to Cambridge and
Somerville. Passed down through the ancestry
of Tegan, Llewellyn and Iago were the sonorous
melodies of the crwth. The lavish tones of the instrument combined
with the local heartland fineries fused into a subtly harsher but undeniably handsome sound that took the town by storm. Passed along
from patron to patron, porch to porch, the genre became known as
the Somerville Crwth.
THE SUMMER OF
GEORGE
FAIRFAX, VA
Captains: Bryan Dombrowski, Eric Lu, Brian Leonard
Coach: Bryan Dombrowski
@sogUlti
The cause of the record high temperatures this
winter was none other than the birth of The Summer of George. What started as small talk between Ambiguously Gray practice players in their
candlelit weight room in the suburbs of Northern
Va. soon blossomed into reality. A collection of the
greatest players to ever don the green and gold for
George Mason Ultimate, coming together across generations with
one goal: to remind those Atlantic Coast kids that 14th seed aint
nothin’ to mess with. Unfortunately, most of those guys dropped.
In traditional Mason fashion, the remnants got innovative. They recruited some talented undergrads who’ve never seen a beach other
than Wildwood to fill the ranks. This younger new team has packed
their bags and is headed south, eager to make their mark on the
beach ultimate scene.
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Tate Tabtieng
David Lyle
Rafi Parens
Ben Wittenberg
Ariel Rascoe
Eamon Wick
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Sean Degrace
Brian Leonard
Matt Kalna
Bryan Dombrowski
Caleb Ward
Eric Lu
Sam Gabrielson
Leo Pierson
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Men’s Teams
TROLLVOLVER
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Captains: Michael Panna, Matthew Paparone, Nick
Hirannet
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Nicholas Purifico
Tommy Ferguson
Dustin Damiano
Nick Hirannet
Nick Patel
Patrick Diviney
Himalaya Mehta
David Brandolph
Michael Panna
Ethan Peck
Jake Rainwater
Patrick Lindsey
Gabe Colton
Matthew Paparone
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Literally translated as “Return of the Trolls,”
Trollvolver consists of the top players from
the Bay Area, Beantown and Emerald City. Although our individual talents have dominated
the club scene for years, we’ve come together
to debut our unique brand of swagger (we call
it “Hugh’s Illa Swag ™”, available at Macy’s) on the biggest stage in
beach ultimate. You’ve never seen a supergroup like this before. Think
Cream, the Justice League, Temple of the Dog, the Allied forces or the
2012 Miami Heat, but with sandy briefs and bad attitudes. Beach
Worlds Committee, we’ll be waiting for your call.
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Mixed Teams
90s BABIES
WASHINGTON, D.C
Captains: Kelly Ross, Anthony McLean, Ben Feng
90s Babies was formed in fall 2016 to provide
an opportunity for elite young ultimate players
in the D.C. area to play high-level mixed ultimate year round. So far, 90s Babies has attended three regional indoor tournaments, compiling an 18-2 record and two championships.
90s Babies has defeated talented teams from
D.C., Cleveland, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
through its indoor run. We’re excited about making the transition to
the beach division, at the national level!
BEACHBOAT
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Ali Monfre
Jillian Du
Ben Feng
Kyle Khalifa Eliza Pugh Christine Valvo
Gabe Webster
Kelly Ross
Anthony McLean Mark Flores Alexander Taylor
Kate Trenerry
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CINCINNATI, OH
Captains: Ryan Gorman, Brittany Winner
cincyultimate.org/teams/beachboat
@beachboatulty
With a core of Cincinnati Steamboat’s club mixed
players at the helm, Beachboat is excited to make
another return trip to the shores of the Atlantic.
Steamboat was formed in 2008 and is the Great
Lakes region’s longest-running mixed program.
Over the years, shipmates have travelled extensively to play grass tournaments around the U.S.,
but in 2011, eager to test out our sea legs, we navigated uncharted
waters as Batello a Vapore to the harbors of Paganello and docked
there again in 2012. Now, with some new crew on board, we’re
hoisting anchor and setting course to Virginia Beach to compete
together on American sand at our third Beach Championships in
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Nancy Haskell
Eddie Mack
Katie Claiborne
Ryan Gorman
Steph Mack
Bryan Walsh
Tim Settles
Brittany Winner
Nichole Kwee
Austin Winner
Mya Hernandez
Danny Khoe
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Mixed Teams
BIG FISH
FALMOUTH, MA
Captains: Sarah Tulin, Brian Sauro, Sam Harvey
CAROLINA
COTTONMOUTH
CHAPEL HILL, NC
Captain: Beth Gifford
Coach: Beth Stagner
Carolina CottonMouth brings together players
from the North Carolina Triangle and Erin Crider—we don’t know how she ended up here, but
we’re glad she did. We’re older than your average
mixed team, but that’s mostly because we are invested in developing future masters players Neve,
Gallagher and Collar—hoping that when they get there, they will
still invite the rest of us to play. We’re looking forward to exerting
dominance through sick defensive switches and patient offense that
takes us to the time cap. Good luck competing against these proven
and hard-to-master strategies!
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Julie Jee
Bethany Ortquist
Simon Locke
Sarah Tulin
Wes Johnson
Brian Sauro
Sarah Bates
Tanner Halkyard
Jarod Payne
David Friedman
Jenna Palin
Sam Harvey
Pat McGrath
Maddie Purcell
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Big Fish started as a group of players that
plays beach ultimate every summer on the
beautiful beaches of Cape Cod and wanted
to play in tournaments against some deserving competition. We now draw players
from Boston, Portland and other cities in the
northeast region who only wish they were spending their summer on
the Cape and are always welcome to visit. We are an enthusiastic,
competitive group that love beach ultimate and are hoping the sport
continues to grow to include more tournaments and a longer season.
Big Fish brings the Cape Cod spirit to Beach Nationals, bringing
classic Cape beach items along to share with our opponents after
a well-fought match.
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Christine Miller
Eric Martin
Josh Greene
Jenny Green
Beth Gifford
Kristen Collar
Beth Stagner
Andrew Ryan
Sean Gallagher
Michael Neve
Bryan Brickhouse
Kelly Barber
Joey Cretella
Joey Connelly
Lauren Gardner
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5’8” 30
5’7” 31
5’11” 42
5’2” 37
5’3” 42
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FOG CITY
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Captains: Jeff Voss, Alec Surmani
The lazy yawn of morning fog lolls its tongue over
The City, wrapping its sandy ultimate players in a
grey haze. Hucks go up to legs you hope belong
to a teammate, someone you can’t see passes you
something then hugs you, a disc drops out of the
dank haze like the moon itself and donks you in the dome. After playing at Ocean Beach for years, we knew there could only be one name
for a Bay Area beach team: Fog City. Started by Bay Area beach legend Bill Liu, we’re a team all about love, balling out with each other
and spreading the good vibes of the Bay to everyone.
THE KEVIN SEILER
EXPERIENCE
AMES, IA
Captain: Sarah Pesch
@TheDadLarsonEXP
If you couldn’t tell from the team’s name,
we’re a tribute to the best player ever to
graduate from Ames High School – the one,
the only...THE Kevin Seiler. Has he been running the length of the field longer than most
of us have known how to walk? Probably. Has
he been heckling longer than most of us have
known how to talk? Definitely. But he is still
the fearless leader of one of the best mixed
teams in the country. He is a world champion, a national champion,
a cheese lover and a local hero. He has coached or captained the
majority of this team and helped us all become better ultimate players. We’ll do our best to make you proud, Dad.
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Anjali Mehta
Maggie O’Connor
Kevin Herrera
Nicole Chang
Margaret Rosano
Danielle Pesko
Daniel Zakaria
Alec Surmani
Jannon Frank
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5’6” 24
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5’10” 29
5’3” 24
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5‘6” 24
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Megan Halverson
Joel Morton
Linda Behrer
Sarah Hartman
Sarah Leichty
Dan Brennan
Peter Miller
Ryan Pesch
Blake Larson
Bob Liu
Kelly Smith
Sara Stuedemann
Matt Lee
Sarah Pesch
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5’8” 30
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5’3” 23
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Mixed Teams
LAND HO!
SAINT LOUIS, MO
Captains: Chung Lee, Michael Faaborg
LOCALS
NORFOLK, VA
Captains: Justin Maynard, Stetson Roof
We play pick-up ultimate on a regular basis in the Tidewater area.
One day a few years back, we got the gumption to enter a tournament
to test our skills. We had a blast and have been traveling under various aliases ever since. Grass, beach or indoor doesn’t matter to us;
we go to where the discs fly!
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David Valentine-Elam 6’4” 35
Michael Faaborg
6’0” 26
Kate Wilson
5’7” 28
Stephenie Wang
5’3” 21
Megan Epperson
5’6” 33
Devin Holland
6’0” 23
Melissa Huegerich 5’4” 31
Michael Ladue
5’11” 32
Chung Lee
5’11” 36
Grant Eschmann
6’0” 32
Nina Beckham
5’5” 24
Kate Chang
5’8” 30
Bobby Castille
6’3” 33
Megan Austurias
5’8” 23
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Stetson Roof
David McFarland
Elena Miyasato
Laura Fitch
Celeste Ostman
Kelly Anderson
Patrick Meehan
Khaela Sanchez
Justin Maynard
David Caplan
Xavier Charles
Andrew Stillerman
Ingrid Petterson
Dong Shin
Mary Kelly
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6’0” 27
5’4” 20
5’10” 25
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5’7” 26
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5’2” 20
6’3” 28
5’10” 29
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5’10” 22
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Land Ho! Is comprised of a group of 15 complete strangers who first met in the state of
Missouri. The convoluted intersection and weave
of their lives would, together, culminate in not
only friendships but also landmark accomplishments, including but not limited to: bearing the
riches of Patagonia1 in 2013, summiting Everest2 in 2014 and surfing the Amazon3 in 2015.
However, as with all wildly successful groups4, infighting and largerthan-life personalities broke up the group. In 2017, the group was
asked to reunite for a one-time reunion tour in Virginia Beach. This
has provided a platform for the members of Land Ho! to heal and
grow, because friends shouldn’t judge each other. They should judge
other people, together.
1.American clothing company and designer of outdoor clothing
and gear
2. A Nepalese buffet in St. Louis
3. American electronic commerce and cloud computing company
4. E.g., The Beatles, Miami Heat, The Justice League
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Mixed Teams
LORD FAIRFAX
FAIRFAX, VA
Captains: Andrew Han, Mary Nguyen
Coaches: Andrew Han, Mary Nguyen
fairfaxultimate.com
Northern Virginia has an outstanding reputation for ultimate and
a vast range of competitive levels. Lord Fairfax’ is a mixed bag of
people from all different pedigrees. Our team consists of high school
players; young people new to the sport; college players from George
Mason, Mary Washington, Northern Virginia CC and more; as well as
middle-aged folk. We also have middle and high school coaches who
pave the way for the younger generation. Although we mostly play
on the turf field of the college campus, we have been seen playing
in public parks and on high school fields. We have even attempted scrimmages and practiced layouts on the local sand volleyball
courts. Since ultimate is prevalent in our neck of the woods, it is
easy to attract people to the new terrain and play on the sand, even
though we lack the sufficient landscape.
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Jake Harnage
Danielle Smith
Fiona Curtis
Eliana Harnage
Kevin Dodd
Andrew Han
Tim Mihelic
Janelle Heinig
Jameson Howell
Colleen Wisniewski
Mary Nguyen
Hayley SooHoo
Devon Cassiday
Billy Harmon
6’3” 31
5’10” 23
5’0” 23
5’1” 24
5’8” 19
5’8” 28
5’9” 25
5’10” 25
5’8” 27
6’0” 23
5’6” 23
5’5” 26
5’5” 26
6’1” 29
5’8” 28
Every year, we look forward to Wildwood. We have traveled to the west
coast for Lei Out, and we have been lucky to play in the last two
Beach Championships. We look forward to another great year!
NO TSU OH
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HOUSTON, TX
Captains: Sean McCall, Katey Forth
No Tsu Oh originated in 2000 as a reunion team of the Houston
Houndz and Doublewide to attend Paganello in Italy. The team won
the World Beach Ultimate Cup five times on the Rimini beach before
retiring the name in 2008. Since then, a core team has been playing
offseason tourneys together in the mixed division to set the stage for
NTO’s return to the sand, this time in the mixed division and with the
power of Showdown’s finest. No Tsu Oh has initiated beach league
games in Galveston and locally in Houston on sand volleyball courts.
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Valerie Pinillos
Sharon Tsao
Ames Fegert
Julie Eagle
Don Tom
Katey Forth
Max Grove
AJ Moore
Doug Richardson
Jamie Eriksson
Sean McCall
Bex Forth
Ellie Hand
Ryan Bigley
Matt Lyle
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Mixed Teams
POINT BREAK
LOS ANGELES, CA
Captains: Remy Schor, Russell Gaskamp, Keegan Uhl
SPRING CHICKENS
MONTREAL, QC
Captains: Catherine Viau, Simon-Phillipe Lebel
Our coed team consists of Canada’s top elite players
representing four major city centers and representing the masters age group. But we all feel so young
at heart, we are the Spring Chickens. Due to players
living all across our country, we currently have varied experiences in beach ultimate, from local beach
ultimate leagues to regional tournaments, and even
well-known and distinguished international tournaments such as
Lei Out and the World Championships of Beach Ultimate (both in
Italy and Dubai). Our team diversity helps spread the love of beach
ultimate across Canada.
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Andrew McRae
Alexa Cohen
Trevor Smith
Barrs Lang
Scott Mahr
Lori Eich
Keegan Uhl
Remy Schor
Stephanie Pritchard
Lauren Casey
Russell Gaskamp
Jane Carlen
Brandon Severson
Megan Prazenica
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6’2” 30
5’6” 25
5’10” 31
6’1” 33
5’11” 32
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Simon-Philippe Lebel
Jordan Bower
Andrea Proulx
Frédérique Asselin
Marjolaine Bourget
Dan Benvenuti
Jean-Francois Paul
Catherine Viau
Pierre-Yves Lavertu
Max Guy
Onalee Orchard
Andy Milne
Hadiya Roderique
Isabelle Toutant
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This will be our first time all playing together. And although it’s
spring at home, some days it feels more like winter for us spring
chickens, so we are very excited for the warm Virginia weather.
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I’ve been to every city in Mexico. Came
across an unclaimed piece of meat in
Baja, turned out to be Rosie. Guess he
picked a knife fight with somebody better. Found a passport of yours in Sumatra.
Missed you by about a week in Fiji. But I knew you wouldn’t miss the
50-Year Storm, Bodhi.
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Mixed Teams
SQUIRTLE SQUAD
BLOOMFIELD, NJ
Captains: Jesse Hynes, Andrew Misthos
@BigSquirtle
Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle, Squirtle Squirtle
Squirtle. Squirt Squirtle Squirt; Squirtle Squirtle
Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle. Squirtle Squirt, Squirtle
Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle Squirt. Squirtle Squirt
Squirt Squirtle, Squirtle Squirt Squirt Squirtle.
Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle Squirt
Squirt Squirtle. Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle Squirt
Squirt Squirtle Squirtle. Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle, Squirt Squirt
Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle. Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle: Squirtle; Squirtle; Squirtle; Squirt, Squirtle.
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Gregory Stolowski
Andrew Misthos
Jesse Hynes
Jessica O’Connor
Rachel Rivera
Amy Zhou
Elizabeth O’Grady
Quinn Hunziker
Abigail Newsome
Rebecca Halleran
Theresa Hackett
Justin Carter
Colin Koshenash
Bo Li
Mason Compton
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5’9” 27
5’6” 25
5’3” 20
5’2” 24
5’9” 22
5’10” 23
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5’8” 23
5’8” 25
6’2” 24
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Squirtle Squirtle Squirt:
1) Squirtle Squirtle Squirt Squirtle
2)Squirtle
3) Squirt Squirtle Squirt
#SquirtleSquirtle
SWAMP CITY
WASHINGTON, DC
Captains: Jacob Nuxoll, Grace Relf
Coach: Lilly Siems
On January 20, 2017, when the swamp in D.C. began to drain,
strange and powerful creatures rose from the muck and the mire.
These creatures came together and formed the team known as
Swamp City. These semi-aquatic creatures cannot bear to be far
from the water and thus only come together to play on the beach. The
team’s goal is to show that, though built on a swamp, not everything
out of Washington is a monster.
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George Foster
Mackenzie Smith
Jacob Nuxoll
Justin Solis
Sarah Markowski
Terrence Smith
Adilina Malave
Casey Gorman
Genevieve Leo
Jon Pressimone
Calvin Oung
Tim Smith
Grace Relf
David Zurbuchen
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6’3” 30
5’5” 27
5’7” 28
5’4” 23
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6’5” 34
5’11” 25
6’3” 30
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Mixed Teams
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CANADA
Sarah Bobak
Cameron Burden
Anne-Marie Carey
Erin Daly
JJ Edwards
Greg Ellis
Hannah Epperson
Jacky Hau
Joshua Meron
Jeremy Norden
Jeannette Quach
Tyler Smith
Betsy Chan
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Women’s Teams
THE BENDS
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NEW YORK, NY
Captain: Brittany Kaplan
bentultimate.weebly.com
@bentultimateNYC
The Bends met in New York City, at about 50 meters below sea level,
in the pristine waters of the East River. These bubbly beings feel
most at home off the shores of Coney Island, but are excited to leave
their high-pressure environment and ascend to altitude at Virginia
Beach. But not too quickly, lest they #getBENT out of shape.
PHILLY LAMP
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Captains: Andrea DeSabato, Raha Mozaffari
phillyamp.com
@phillyamp
Love Athletically Making Plays and Looking to
Achieve for Magnificent Philadelphia.
Kendra Frederick
Cassie Bradley Emily Cho
Kyla Dayer
5’8”
Emilia Garcia
6’0”
Jessica Lang
Amy Leder
5’10”
Shelby Parton
Avery Reed
Chloe Rotenberg
5’10”
Kristie Wong
Rebekah Souder-Russo
Kara Neaton
Julie Sussman
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5’5” Emily Shields
5’4” Sarah Johnson
5’7” Raha Mozaffari
5’3” Kelsey Devlin
5’5” Danielle Byers
5’5” Andrea DeSabato 5’5” Rachel Clarkson
5’7” Beata Szekeres
5’3” Fern Beetle-Moorcroft 5’6” Jen Pelleg
5’4” Anna Thompson
5’3” Danielle Walsh
5’3” Allysha Dixon
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FILTHY RICH
RICHMOND, VA
Captain: Hana Choi
facebook.com/VirginiaRebellion
@VARebellion
FIRST IN FLIGHT
CHAPEL HILL, NC
Captains: Christine Bookhout, Judy Winglee
@1stinflightyall
We are a North Carolina-based team composed of
ladies who love going to the beach and laying out
in the sun. Many of us have played together on the
women’s team Phoenix or mixed team Toro during
the club season, and we’re excited about playing in
this year’s Beach Championships!
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Heidi Bates
Rebecca Butler
Ali Rockett
Melanie Felix
Skye Whitlow
Rachel Hinson
Hana Choi
Caylin Carbonell
Krista Johnson
Allie Wallace
Mary Helen Simpson
Meeta Prakash
Mary Beth Moody
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5’10” 22
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Sarah Hasch
Emma Johnson
Maureen Belko
Leslie Willis
Erin Weeks
Meghan Miller
Judy Winglee
Chloe Greene
Erynn Schroeder
Adrien Wilkie
Christine Bookhout
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Just a bunch of ladies trying to get filthy rich
by toeing the line with some nasty bids. Our
squad from Richmond is here to win some
games with some dirty layouts (our white
jerseys are more like brown). We throw some
money hammers to the back corners of the end zones and drop dimes
to our deep cutters. We take all this to the bank, and just like our
marks, we know how to get around. We’re not just wolves on Wall
Street though, we’re lions in the lane and Zazu in the air. We got
pride, fam, and we’ll take you on a circle of life.
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FOXX
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PETERBOROUGH, ON
Captains: Jocelyn Blazey, Kerri Kightley
pultimate.ca
Foxx is in its inaugural year of play and hails from Peterborough,
Ontario. Our team is comprised of a mix of ladies with different ultimate experiences and skill levels but who all share the common
goal of wanting to play women’s ultimate. With very few local options
available, we decided to start our own team. Foundationally, we want
foxx to be a team filled with positive energy, good people who are
committed to being the best players they can be while supporting
their teammates to do the same and playing this sport we all love.
We share a vision of wanting to see women play “untraditional roles,”
become leaders on the field and be provided the opportunity to become the players we know they can be. We’re here to develop, learn,
and play ultimate, but most importantly, have some fun!
OTTER TEAM
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Captain: Becky Malinowski
Everyone on the team responds well to pier pressure.
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5’8” 25
5’4” 37
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Calise Cardenas
Cassie Wong
Becky Malinowski
Cree Howard
Yelena Gorlin
Alina Kagan
Ness Fajardo
Maggie Ruden
Magon Liu
Kelly Hyland
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5’8” 29
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Women’s Teams
ROCKFORD
BEACHES
MADISON, WI
Captains: Robyn Wiseman, Becky LeDonne
@RockfordBeaches
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Alison Vandergrift
Courtney Kiesow
Becky LeDonne
Jasmine Draper
Anna Williams
Kelly Wiese
Melissa Gibbs
Arthi Padmanabhan
Paola Rivas
Robyn Wiseman
Emily Langland
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The Rockford Beaches are a women’s professional beach team with a storied history.
The Beaches competed in all 12 years of
the All-American Girls Professional Beach
League, winning in 1945, 1948, 1949 and 1950. After a short hiatus,
the Beaches donned their uniforms again at the USAU Beach Championships, taking third in 2015 and bringing the pennant home to the
Upper Midwest in 2016.
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Despite the recent retirement of Dottie Hinson, “All-the-Way” Mae
Mordabito and Marla Hooch, this ragtag crew of Midwestern swingers will dazzle you with their heavy hitting and curveballs. Although
we rarely throw home on a two-run lead and still can’t lay off the
high ones, we absolutely know “there’s no crying in beach ultimate!”
We’re the members of the All-American League. We come from cities
near and far. We’ve got Madisonians, Indy ones and Swedes. We’re all
for one, we’re one for all, we’re all American!
SEA SICK
LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ
Captains: Jess Schaub, Kate Douthat
pbnjultimate.com
@PBNJultimate
Sea Sick is a compilation of spirited players from New Jersey that
loves to play hard, empower each other on the field and exists to
play with our whole hearts. We range from the ages of 20 to 33 and
all stumbled upon one another at hat tournaments, during our club
season or at our respective colleges. A majority of us play on the first
New Jersey women’s club team and are amped to show our skills in
the sand. We are so stoked to have the opportunity to play against the
other women’s teams in our division and hope to learn more about
ourselves as players and each other as a team.
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Annika Chan
Anne-Sofie Ahm
Jessica Louie
Leann Gray
Iris Kim
Alice Weng
Stephanie Huang
Cristin Califf
Kate Douthat
Lucia Wei
Alyssa Gehringer
Kelcie Ralph
Nicole Hair
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Women’s Teams
SHARKS & KISSES
GAINESVILLE, FL
Captain: Jenna Dahl
@SharksAndKisses
In our third appearance at the Beach Championships, we bring a
whole shiver of new Sharks, excited to swarm the tournament waters.
We hail primarily from the Southeast but bring in long-time comrades from across the country. We’re ready to take on Virginia Beach,
remembering always to “live every week like it’s shark week.”
SKEEAHREET
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Michelle Floyd
Rosie Ano
Kristen Petersen
Reba Havis
Alison Stargel
Jenna Dahl
Katelyn Travaglini
Sara Tassan
Megan Reeves
Christine Lynch
Cathy Marshall
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BOSTON, MA
Captain: Claudia Tajima
@skeeahreet
Boston and friends! What we lack in numbers we make up for in
yoga.
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Elana Schwam
Allison Maddux
Sara Miller
Claudia Tajima
Sarah Levinn
Laura Bitterman
Sydney Dobkin
Sara Jacobi
Amber Sinicrope
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2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS
Women’s Teams
THE COLLECTIVE
ATLANTIC PROVINCES, ON
Captains: Wendi Tekamp, Allison Tannis, Suzy Stever
THROWTORIOUS RBG
WASHINGTON, DC
Captains: Katie Judd, Katherine Buckingham
@ThrowtoriousRBG
Throwtorious RBG hails from the nation’s capital
and is comprised of women looking to bring the
ideals of equality, justice and being a total baller
to the shores of Virginia Beach. We formed out
of a web of friends and friends of friends in the
Washington, D.C. ultimate community. Most of our
players compete together on teams in the women’s
club division. We are generally new to competitive
beach ultimate (read: non-beer divisions) but can’t wait return to the
nation’s sandy stage for a second year to put our skills to the test.
You can’t handle the Ruth!
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Barb Pontes
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Emma Parsons
Elizabeth Weld
Jessica Wade
Suzy Stever
Samantha Peverill
Megan Melanson
Allison Tannis
Shannon Watt
5’6” 24
5’7” 41
5’5” 41
5’7” 18
5’10” 24
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5’9” 39
5’3” 32
5’5” 27
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The Collective is made up of women from the Atlantic Provinces
of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Formed in 2012, this women’s team brought together ladies that
wanted to compete at a higher level and combined the talent of the
Atlantic women into one strong force. The Collective has competed
previously in the Boston Invite and the USAU Triple Crown Tour Series
and is made up of not only experience and skill, but also athleticism
and grit. The Collective put together their masters-age players to
compete at last year’s CUCs in Winnipeg where they placed third.
Collectively, the Atlantic women are a force to be reckoned with!
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Jessie Durrett
Wint Oo
Sally Hardin
Sarah Buxbaum
Britta Schaffmeyer
Echo Presgraves
Carolyn Posner
Mayra Nava
Sarah Lord
Katherine Buckingham
Becca Arbacher
Jill Simmerman
Krista Woodward
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Mixed Masters Teams
BEACHES & CREAM
NASHVILLE, TN
Captains: Ryan McVay, Robin Sasseville
Coach: Ryan McVay
@BeachandCream
Formed on the sandy beaches of Tennessee, we are
a passionate group of ultimate enthusiasts set on
conquering the world. We bring a creamy-style assault, along with a beach of a defense. Above all
else, we hope to celebrate ultimate and the spirit
with which it should be played.
CHARGE!
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Phil Mantel
Alex Hoover
Chris Billman
Grant Gardner
Ryan McVay
Jen Smith
Heather Gardner
Robin Sasseville
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Captains: Rod Hannon, Trish Hannon
CHARGE! was formed 15 years ago to give a core
group of long standing coed teammates a reason to play in the sand in the summer. It was a
welcome chance to take off our cleats, soak up
some sun and enjoy competitive disc in a new
way. Several players on the squad now ONLY appear on the horizon when beach ultimate is on
the menu, preferring to never layout on turf again. Our roster has
changed somewhat over the years, but the core members and spirit
of CHARGE! still remain strong. Carefully crafted, like your favorite
cocktail, Charge! is assembled each year with equal parts of talent and friendship. We pride ourselves on high-spirited, competitive
play; happily heckling our own players as a means of team discipline.
We encourage this spirit of play in our opponents as well, ending
each game with a ceremony that recognizes the standout players on
the opposing squad.
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Eric Prange
6’2” 37
Terri Brandt
5’11” 35
Paul Didier
6’0” 52
Hon Yin Eubanks
5’4” 42
Nicole Kresowik
Henry Ferland
5’11” 51
Marni Jones
Patricia McGlone
5’2” 51
Kirsten Leckszas
5’8” 48
Chris Schulze
5’11” 38
David Ross
5’7” 45
Graham Katz
5’8” 49
Mandy Davis
Allie Hanson
5’4” 35
Andre Israel
5’10” 38
Mark Kresowik
Kathryn Kisska-Schulze5’7” 42
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Mixed Masters Teams
LOVE HANDLES
BOSTON, MA
Captains: Damien Sulla-Menashe, Evan Ritt
OVERRATED
ROCHESTER, NY
Captain: Scott Franklin
Dear Mr. Vernon:
We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole
Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did
wrong, but we think you’re crazy to make us write
an essay telling you who we think we are. You see
us as you want to see us... In the simplest terms
and the most convenient definitions. But what we
found out is that each one of us is a brain...and an athlete...and a
basket case...a princess...a handler...and a criminal.
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Charlotte Chang
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Mike Downing
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Jan Nygren
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Damien Sulla-Menashe5’8”
Dan Orzechowski
6’6”
Jan-Hendrik Spille 6’0”
Meg Gatza
5’4”
Evan Ritt
5’7”
Val Locker
5’9”
Erika Almquist
5’7”
Sora Kim
5’1”
Julie Serfass
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Kathleen Boyle
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Joe Becker
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Christine Purtell
Sean Dana
Lena DeTar
Katie Mihalenko
Elizabeth Lee Johnson
Ron Colon
Scott Franklin
David Lindsay
Rhiannon Myers
Beth Goldstone
Jason DeMaso
Angela D’Alesandro Dana
Dan Bell
Abbey McGrew
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5’2” 35
Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours,
Overrated
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Love Handles formed in Boston in 2011 to
compete in local tournaments and in the local BUDA club scene. We didn’t really find
our calling as a club team until we sent two
teams to Wildwood and had a great time. Even after Love Handles
stopped playing on grass, we continue to play beach ultimate including Wildwood and Lei Out in 2016. While a lot of the players from this
team are new to Love Handles, many of us have played together on
other USAU summer club teams or in the local Boston hat leagues.
There is a large masters-level group in Boston, and we hope to establish a consistent presence at Nationals!
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Mixed Masters Teams
OVER THE HILL
WASHINGTON, DC
Captains: Peter MacArthur, Samantha McClellan
We’re a group of experienced ultimate players back for more fun this
year. Many of us are from the D.C. area, and several are from Arizona
and elsewhere in the western U.S. Team members have moved in and
out of the team over the past several years. Everyone has played with
at least one other Over the Hill teammate on another team, but Over
the Hill only exists for the Beach Mixed Masters Championships every
year. We’re excited to be playing together for the Beach Championships in Virginia Beach again in 2017.
SECOND HAND
AERIAL MASTERS
(SHAM)
WASHINGTON, DC
Captains: Justin Kratz, Steve Helvin
bit.ly/UltimateSHAM
@UltimateSHAM
Second Hand Aerial Masters (SHAM) is a mix of friends from the
Greater D.C., Baltimore, Philly area. Several of the men play together
on the D.C. masters team Black Cans and Highlands. Everyone has
either played with or against one another in multiple club, college,
masters, beach or rec leagues over all of our long and storied careers. As we have been casted off to the masters division like a donation to a second-hand store, we are here to show that mixed masters
isn’t a fake, and we can bring high-level play, high-level spirit and
high-level entertainment to the Beach Championships!
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Christian Heneghan 5’8” 38
Lisa Shipek
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Sean McComb
6’1” 33
Peter MacArthur
5’10” 35
Matt Broadus
5’8” 39
Kelly Swiryn
6’0” 39
Kate Kingery
5’6” 38
Geoff Morrison
6’1” 35
Samantha McClellan 5’7” 30
Sarah Itoh
5’6” 31
Matt Gordon
5’10” 34
Emily Smith-Wilson 5’8” 34
Jenny Gordon
5’5” 37
Jeff Hale
6’0” 38
Kimberly Beach
5’5” 44
Caner Cooperider 5’10” 37
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Lisa Helvin
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Meghan Gloyd
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Adrienne Nicholson 5’6” 31
Dominik Heynen
6’0” 34
Oliver Platts-Mills 6’2” 37
Justin Kratz
5’5” 34
Leslie Walko
5’6” 32
Steve Helvin
5’10” 40
Graham Brayshaw 5’10” 37
Tommy Nicholson 6’1” 33
Kevin Walko
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Stacey Spencer
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Natasha Sienitsky 5’2” 37
Ben Banyas
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Mixed Masters Teams
SHOSTAKOVICH
(AND THE ANGRY
BUDDHA)
BROOKLYN, NY
Captains: Kim Tischler, Pete Gilchrist
SWAMP RATS
THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP, NC
Captain: Ben Dieter
The Swamp Rats climbed out of the grimy
depths of the Great Dismal Swamp for the
second time last season to revel in our habitat in the VA Beach sand. We were excited to
scrap and claw our way to the title last year.
We return this year, hungry again, and we’ve
gotten even more dismal, adding some new
grimy rodents to our rat pack.
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Annie Meisels
5’4” 46
Pete Gilchrist
6’1” 37
Kim Tischler
5’9” 45
Winston Ely
6’3” 43
Anthony David Adams 6’0” 36
Billy Garcia
5’8” 38
Rob Devoogd
5’6” 33
Kevin Cale
6’1” 43
Katrina Krasnansky 5’7” 37
Pasquale Anthony
Leonardo
6’5”44
Becca Tucker
5’6” 35
Mary Glickman
5’6” 33
Dana Grandoni
6’0” 35
Manuel Fergus
5’11” 35
Taliesin Thomas
5’5” 41
Suzanne Wavroch 5’10” 38
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Kate Morrison
Will Chen
Bridget Kane
Maureen McCamley
Eric Woolridge
Ben Dieter
Becki Cleveland
Danny Bjorkman
Jimmy Mangum
Brian Gane
Trey Katzenbach
Baker Pratt
Jill Kubisek
Mike Jolley
Katy Cagle
June Lohner
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Shostakovich (and the Angry Buddha) is
delighted to be returning to the third-ever
USAU Beach Championships as well as the
third-ever USAU mixed masters competition. Originally founded nearly a decade ago
to fulfill Taylor Richey’s dream of winning
the Ow, My Knee tournament in Albany (goal
yet to be accomplished – perhaps at the
33nd annual this summer), Shostakovich
draws players from a wide spectrum of club
teams. Our unifying (if sometimes tenuous) connection is to pick-up
in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, a game dating back to the early 1990s
that fosters competition from high school through great grand masters ages. While our Angry Buddha has retired (at least for now), we
look forward to channeling his admirable blend of intense competitiveness and embodiment of the spirit of the game to Virginia Beach.
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TEXACO
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DENVER, CO / AUSTIN, TX
Captain: Joe Iannacone
After battling each other on grass many times for
the South Central Region title, a select group decided to join forces and take to the beach. With
many practices/workouts done over Skype, it’s now
time to throw on matching jerseys and see how the
dice will fly.
WIN, LOOSE OR DIE
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Captain: Eric Gallagher
Our team is made up of great friends from various teams. Sections of
us have all played together in the past but never as one entire team.
We all have beach experience and can’t wait to hit the sand together!
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Andrew Mangan
6’0” 35
Stephanie Redfern 5’3” 31
Wendy Copeland
5’2” 32
Brian Carroll
6’1” 34
Charlie Stavlo
5’8” 35
Katie Patterson
5’6” 30
Emily Scholten
5’7” 33
Kim Sabo
5’5” 30
David Street
6’3” 38
Gina Phillips
5’8” 30
Ryan Pickens
Joe Iannacone
5’11”
Chris Spittal
6’0” 35
Erin Schran
5’3” 34
Kevin Ryan
6’0” 35
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Kristen Dean
Elise Colomb
Mike Miller
Emma Ackels Audrey Inden Ilana Grubin
Tina Yen Michael Dean
Steve Willis
Stayc Piecyk
Lora Waldman Dovn Goldman Brian Williams Josh Pfenning
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5’8” 35
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5’0” 31
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6’4” 36
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Mixed Masters Teams
YE OLDE BOXCAR
RALEIGH, NC
Captains: Michelle Pearson, Danny Marlow
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6’3” 35
Rimas Vilgalys
5’9” 32
Jen Greenholt
5’10” 30
Danny Marlow
6’4” 34
Chani Hodonsky
5’3” 31
Michelle Pearson
5’8” 39
Morelva Campbell 5’4” 37
Ben Schoenebeck 6’1” 34
Suzanne Derby-Wright 5’2” 32
Katie West
5’6” 32
Paul Than
5’11” 33
David Stiles
5’8” 35
Spencer Rhodes
6’1” 35
George Stukes
5’10” 32
Rebecca Stukes
5’1” 34
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Ye Olde Boxcar started as a few players from the
mixed club team named Boxcar (go figure) started to get old. Well, old enough to play masters,
that is. Boxcar has a tradition of inviting friends
to play with them at select tournaments…and
since we couldn’t field a full team of old folks,
this was the perfect time to join together with friends again! To
the Boxcar core, we added old college buddies, new tournament
friends, some sand volleyball players (they should be good on the
beach right?) and some random guy we met on the streets (maybe).
Though we’ve never all played together, each of us has played with
at least one other person on the team at some point. We’re here to
play well, have fun and make some new friends along the way –
perhaps new friends that will join our team one day!
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Men’s Grand Masters Teams
BLAZING SANDALS
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Hailing from three corners of the country, reeking with the scent of
Ben-Gay, the Blazing Sandals are making their tournament debut.
With arthritic hands clutched around aging discs, 401k plans reaching maturity and tales of their UPA days of glory, the Blazing Sandals
will look to make competition in the GM division just a bit more interesting!
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Captains: Tony Christian, Matt Vernon
MARITIMES, CANADA
@BorderlineUlty
Borderline is a men’s masters and grand masters club team from the
Atlantic Region (Ultimate Canada)/Northeast Region (USA Ultimate)
that was conceived in 2011 by a collection of Canadian Maritime
and Maine players. The original core group played on various men’s
and mixed teams and developed friendships over the decades from
competing against one another. Initially, Borderline competed as a
men’s masters team. We competed in the USAU club series in 20112013, earning a bid to U.S. Nationals in 2013. In 2014 and 2015, we
focused on the Canadian Ultimate Championship, winning Canadian
Nationals in 2014. The team grew rapidly as new players came of
age, and in 2016, we formed a grand masters team.
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Chris Cleaver
5’9” 45
Tim Grandison
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5’10” 48
Michael Vacirca
5’11” 52
Keith DeCesare
5’10” 56
Tim Naylor
5’10” 44
Matt Vernon
6’0” 40
Duane Bronson
5’11” 48
Ryan Fitzgerald
5’10” 45
Charles Coddington 40
Zak Dongia
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6’2” 59
Tom Munoz
5’10” 52
Perry Nacionales
5’8” 47
Tony Christian
5’8” 44
Richard Dorff
Jerome Beaulieu
Eric Church
Ryan Doucet
Will Dumaresq
Jason Frost
Daniel Gwartz
Georg Hofmann
Mark Lessard
Peter Lewis
Donnie Mcphee
Tim O’toole
Mark Tekamp
Graham Vogt
Manuel Lamontagne
Daniel Mcconville
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CONEY ISLAND
FUN HOUSE
AVALON, NJ
Captains: Woo Jin Ho, Stu Snodgrass
GOATSWITCHER
MONTGOMERY, AL
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John O’Neill
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Mark Bozman
Eric Eckleman
Scott Fields
Woo Jin Ho
Mark Worley
Adam Zagoria
Greg Weston
Stu Snodgrass
Matt Weiss
David Lionetti
Patrick Stoltz
Sanjeev Khanna
Daniel Klotz
Gabriel Sanchez
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5’7” 40
5’9” 43
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6’0” 44
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Brad Brashier
Richard Drennan
Michael Glowczynski
Danny Lee
Alex Marshall
Alan Meeker
H. Edward Midden
Randy Petroski
Dan Sell
David Varn
Craig Wong
Michael Fritz
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The Coney Island Fun House represents all that is
good about the Brooklyn beach. Coney Island is
home to the Cyclone, the Wonder Wheel and the
Hot Dog Eating Contest. But it’s more than thrill
rides and non-Kosher gluttony, it’s about strolling
the boardwalk to play the occasional game of skill
and amaze at the strong man and the Siamese twin. The beach is a
respite for hard working immigrants to cool from the summer heat.
And like the beachgoers, we’re a team made up of players from far
and wide – New York, Pittsburgh, D.C. and Connecticut. None of us
are from Coney Island. But together, we are a FUN HOUSE!
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Men’s Grand Masters Teams
GRAVE ERROR
CHAPEL HILL, NC
Captain: Jacob Bonenberger
Grave Error is the result of all the other team’s
bad personnel decisions. We are the fodder, the
chaff, the slivers of greatness you left on the cutting room floor while forming your perfect rosters.
These forgotten souls have gathered together with
one goal in mind - to seek redemption by burying
the competition in this sandy graveyard. The signs will be subtle.
When it feels like a hand is reaching out of the sand as you slip and
faceplant, know that it is our hand. When the wind pops that disc up
into your face instead of your fingers, know that it is our collective
breath. And when a hand pats you on the back in that particularly
sunburnt spot, well that will be us too, congratulating you on a great
game and reminding you of your Grave Error.
HOOTENANNY
RALEIGH, NC
Captains: Daran Edmonds, Eric Davis, Nat Taylor
facebook.com/HootGMUltimate
Good times with good people getting tuned up,
locking in and letting it rip - the Hoot cometh.
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7 John Gulley
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24 Andrew Brewer
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5’10” 50
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5’10” 49
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Jason Rector
Terry Kramer
Sean Britton
Nat Taylor
Daran Edmonds
Robert Veit
Alan Hoyle
Kevin Calcagno
Troy Revell
Greg Williams
Ted Kubisek
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Men’s Grand Masters Teams
JOHNNY WALKER
DENVER, CO
Captains: Jim Nolte, Matt Krei
BRATTLEBORO, VT
Captain: Jim Olson
This will be No Country’s third year at Beach Nationals. As a more
natural grass team, beach is a nice diversion from the hard ground
of the Northeast. In order to ease our transition, we like to invite a
few friends from other regions to bring that mellow beach vibe.
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Keith Monohan
Kevin Monohan
Heath Mackay
Brian Linkfield
Steven Rouisse
Matt Krei
Buzz Ellsworth
Lenny Correll
Jim Nolte
John Grzywinski
Michael Knapp
Bob Krier
Eric Peacock
Gabriel Fuzat
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NO COUNTRY
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Alex de Frondeville
Steve Finn
Jim Olson
Marshall Goff
Ricky Eikstadt
Sandy Hartwiger
Mike Namkung
Dan Sage
Jeff Talbot
Arnold Sanchez
Tom Glass
Fritz Burkhardt
Benjamin Cohen
Greg Husak
Jim Parinella
6’0” 50
6’0” 51
6’1” 52
5’11” 44
5’11” 42
6’0” 41
6’0” 45
6’2” 43
6’0” 42
5’8” 45
5’11” 51
6’2” 44
5’10” 41
6’2” 42
5’10” 52
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RECKON
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Reckon is a term we use to let you know we understand. A word used so much it has become
culture. Reckon, ain’t, y’all, you will hear ‘em
all. We hail from the dirty-dirty South. We have a combination of bad
air, big hair, soul music and whack traffic. A place where neckties,
flies, wife beaters and skeeters converge on humid days and sultry
nights. We are a proud group of almosts and has-beens, ready to
bring our high fives to some beautiful sand. Bless your heart, y’all
better stand back and stay clear, for we r ‘bout to bring it, a reckoning...you hear? Y’all Reckon?
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SANDBLAST
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NASHVILLE, TN
Captains: Jon Meade, Mark Stuewe
@ReckonUltimate
CHICAGO, IL
Captains: John Hock, Gary LeDonne
Sandblast is essentially a melting pot of former
teammates and foes from the Midwest. The sands
of time have passed, but we have reformed to
compete again as Sandblast. Sandblasting “is
the operation of forcibly propelling a stream of
abrasive material against a surface under high pressure to smooth
a rough surface.” Some of our players are abrasive material, some
are a stream of high pressure and some have just been worn down.
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Greg Allpow
Butch Brown
David Turell
Mark Stuewe
Tony Brown
Mark Przybysz
Aaron Moredock
Alan Reeves
Rusty Sewell
Pablo Saade
Peter Jackson
Peter Winslett
Jon Meade
Adam Smith
Brad Smith
John Riddle
Chris Dawson
Steve LaCrosse
Brandon Steets
Tim Murray
Todd Grace
Wayne Tang
Rob Johnson
Dan Powers
Chris Courtright
Jon Remucal
Greg Sandman
Sam Lang
Keith Allen
Johnny Hock
Gary LeDonne
Leo Wang
6’4” 51
6’0” 48
6’4” 44
5’11” 46
5’8” 44
5’11” 39
6’1” 42
6’1” 51
5’9” 46
5’11” 49
6’1” 46
5‘11” 45
5’8” 41
5’11” 49
5’11” 41
6’5” 42
5’10” 47
6’2” 47
6’1” 40
6’0” 40
5’9” 42
5’6” 50
5’10” 41
6’1” 53
6’0” 42
5’10” 41
6’2” 44
5’11” 40
5’8” 44
5’11” 52
5’11” 42
6’3” 41
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Men’s Grand Masters Teams
SCRAPPLE
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Captains: Bill Maroon, Rich Hart
This definition also describes a grand master’s ultimate team from
the Mid-Atlantic states.
SOL DRAFT
ORLANDO, FL
Captains: Eric Gilmore, Young Byun
SOL DRAFT is an anagram (and we will allow you
to figure it out, clue: two words, and one is “old”).
Based out of Florida with some additions from other regions, this is the team’s third year in the grand
masters division at the USA Ultimate Beach Championships. SOL
DRAFT won the Florida Sunshine State Games Beach Championships
as an open division team in 2016 and recently played the Canadian
national grand masters team in the St. Augustine Ancient City Beach
Warm 2017 to double-game point in the tournament semifinals finishing third. We also appeared in the finals of the same tournament
in 2015 against Woolly Mammoth and finished second.
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Richard Hart
Bill Maroon
Jake Horowitz
Jay Soda
Len Magargee
Tim Eubanks
Tom Maroon
AJ Iwaszko
Trey Paulissen
Pat Wright
Clayton Coltman
Brian Whelan
Steve Grimes
Bill Dristy
Tom Carroll
Alit Balk
Matt Shaff
5’7” 47
5’9” 45
5’9” 40
5’9” 46
5’11” 44
5’10” 51
5’9” 53
6’0” 51
5’11” 47
5’8” 54
5’11” 44
5’10” 40
6’0” 39
6’4” 54
6’2” 41
6’2” 41
5’10” 46
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Adam Geluso
Mark Hoover
Eric Gilmore
Doug Schwartz
Brian Holloway
Eric Arp
James Cheek
Brent Fisher
Michael Barefoot
Tim Ray
Brian Kettenring
Mark Evangelisto
Robert McCormack
Daryl Fefee
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Scrapple - Scraps of meat left over from butchering, not used or sold elsewhere, were made
into scrapple to avoid waste. These scraps of
meat are usually unwanted or undesirable in
any other form so they are thrown together to form Scrapple. It is best
known as a rural American food of the Mid-Atlantic states (Delaware,
Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia). Scrapple is found
in supermarkets throughout the region in both fresh and frozen refrigerated cases.
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Spirit Of The Game
Ultimate has traditionally relied upon the spirit of sportsmanship, which places the
responsibility for fair play on the player. Highly competitive play is encouraged, but never
at the expense of mutual respect among competitors, adherence to the agreed upon rules
of the game, or the basic joy of play. — 11th Edition USA Ultimate Rules of Ultimate.
10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW
ABOUT SPIRIT OF THE GAME™
1. THE GOLDEN RULE: TREAT OTHERS AS YOU WOULD WANT TO BE TREATED.
Spirited games result from mutual respect among opponents. Assume the best of your
opponent. Give him or her the benefit of a doubt. You would want the same for yourself.
But if you are thick-skinned, do not assume that your opponent is. Maybe you should
think of this rule as, “treat others as you would have them treat your mother.”
2. CONTROL: SOTG TAKES REAL EFFORT.
SOTG is not just some abstract principle that everyone adopts and then games run
smoothly without effort. Close calls are made in tight games. Hard fouls are committed.
SOTG is about how you handle yourself under pressure: how you contain your emotionality,
tame your temper, and modulate your voice. If you initiate or contribute to the unraveling
of spirit, the concept falls apart quickly. If you act to mend things (or at least not
exacerbate the situation) by following (1) above, the game heals itself.
3. HECKLING AND TAUNTING ARE DIFFERENT.
Ultimate has a long tradition of good-natured heckling. Heckles are friendly barbs,
typically from non-playing spectators. Heckling can be fun, but taunting is unspirited and
wrong. Harassing remarks after an opponent’s foul call or close play are NOT heckling:
they are abusive taunts which create unpleasant playing conditions and often escalate to
acrimonious disputes.
4. SOTG IS COMPATIBLE WITH CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY.
It is a fallacy to argue that the stakes are so important that some aspect of SOTG can be
cast aside. Time and again, great teams and star players have shown that you can bring
all your competitive and athletic zeal to a game without sacrificing fair play or respect
for your opponent.
5. DON’T “GIVE AS YOU GOT.”
There is no “eye for an eye.” If you are wronged, you have no right to wrong someone in
return. In the extreme case where you were severely mistreated, you may bring the issue
up with a captain, tournament director, or even lodge a complaint with the governing
body. If you retaliate in kind, however, a complaint may be filed against you. We recall
point (1): treat others as you would have them treat you, not as they have treated you. In
the end, you are responsible for you.
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6. BREATHE.
After a hard foul, close call, or disputed play, take a step back, pause, and take a deep
breath. In the heat of competition, emotions run high. By giving yourself just a bit of
time and space, you will gain enough perspective to compose yourself and concentrate
on the facts involved in the dispute (was she in or out; did you hit his hand or the disc;
did that pick affect the play). Your restraint will induce a more restrained response
from your opponent. Conflagration averted, you may resume business as usual.
7. WHEN YOU DO THE RIGHT THING, PEOPLE NOTICE.
When you turn the other cheek, you know you’ve done the right thing. You may not
hear praise, there may be no standing ovation, but people do notice. Eventually, their
respect for you and their appreciation of the game will grow.
8. BE GENEROUS WITH PRAISE.
Compliment an opponent on his/her good catch. Remark to a teammate that you
admire their honesty in calling themselves out of bounds. Look players in the eye and
congratulate them when you shake their hands after a game. These small acts boost
spirit greatly, a large payoff for little time and effort.
9. IMPRESSIONS LINGER.
Not only does the realization that your actions will be remembered for a long time
serve to curb poor behavior, it can also inspire better conduct. Many old-timers enjoy
the experience of meeting an elite player who remembers their first rendezvous on the
field and recalls the event in detail. A good first encounter with an impressionable
young player can have considerable long term positive impact.
All other things being equal, games are far more fun without the antipathy. Go hard.
Play fair. Have fun.
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10. HAVE FUN.
Spirit Circles
Spirit circles are an idea borrowed from international competitions throughout the
ultimate world. For years, American teams have traveled to world championship events
where they have not only done exceptionally well in each competition, but showed the
international community the importance we place on respect for the game and their
opponents. But American players have also learned a lot from competing against teams
from other countries, and invariably one of the most positive parts of the international
experience has been the tradition of the post-game spirit circles. While there are a number
of ways to do this, here are some quick tips to get your team started:
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ollowing each game, rather than lining up to slap hands, the two teams gather into a
circle, alternating players on each team, facing inward, with arms around the shoulders
of the person next to you.
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ne or two people (often team captains) on each team will talk briefly about the game.
Usually the losing team goes first, then the winning team.
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hings to talk about can include how the game went, how your own team played, what
the other team did well, who on the other team played well and anything else that might
be worth communicating, even if it’s something you think could be done better (and
don’t forget to look in the mirror on this).
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fter each team has had a chance to talk, the winning team takes a step into the circle
and walks around counter-clockwise to slap hands with the players on the other team.
That’s it! It’s pretty simple and definitely something that brings teams together and puts
the game and the experience in perspective. It’s all about respect for each other and the
experience of bringing out the best in each other through competition. It’s also about
building relationships and seeing opponents for what they really are: part of the same
community that loves ultimate. Please note that this is not required and is not meant to
replace other post-game traditions you may have (e.g., cheers, games, photos, gifts or
trading gear). Good luck, and please let USA Ultimate staff and other event organizers
how it goes!
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Health and Safety
Medical staff, including athletic trainers, will be on site at Tournament Central to treat injuries,
handle emergencies and provide some preventative care. The event will provide standard athletic
tape, pre-wrap, ice and some bandages. Other supplies, including special tape or bandages and
anti-inflammatory drugs, must be provided by teams or may be charged by the training staff.
If there is an injury on a field that needs medical attention, inform a field marshal, and he or
she will radio to the trainers.
If you have medical issues that require attention in the morning before play, please show up
early to avoid long lines. The trainers will be at the fields two hours prior to game time each day.
CONCUSSIONS
EDUCATION
•U
SA Ultimate recommends the CDC “Heads Up Safety” program, a free one-hour online
training: cdc.gov/concussion/headsup/youth.html.
•U
SA Ultimate’s participant waiver includes important information from the CDC regarding
concussion safety: usaultimate.org/membership/usa_ultimate_membership_forms.aspx
COACHING REQUIREMENTS
•C
oaches at USA Ultimate events are required to have completed a concussion awareness and
safety recognition program (like the CDC program above or other local or state-recommended
course).Coaches should not submit records of course completion to USA Ultimate, but should
maintain records on-site while coaching.
REMOVAL & RETURN TO PLAY
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ll guidelines identified by the CDC must be strictly followed in the event of a suspected
concussion.
1. Remove athlete from play.
2. Ensure athlete is evaluated by a health care professional trained in concussion diagnosis
and management.
Do not try to judge the seriousness of the injury yourself.
3. If a minor, inform athlete’s parents or guardians about the known or possible concussion
and give them the fact sheet on concussion.
4. Allow athlete to return to play only with permission from an appropriate health care
professional.
DOCTOR’S NOTE REQUIREMENT
• If, during a USA Ultimate event, an athlete receives care at a hospital, medical clinic or
doctor’s office, or is referred to a hospital or doctor by event medical staff, the athlete is barred
from further competition in that event until he or she provides a doctor’s note, on letterhead
or prescription pad, to event medical staff stating that the athlete is authorized to return to
competition.
HEAT, NUTRITION AND HYDRATION
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eat-related illness occurs when body cooling by evaporation is limited. Sweating depletes
the body’s salt and moisture, which leads to dehydration. If a player recognizes any signs or
symptoms of heat-related illness, he or she should treat the problem immediately.
•S
igns and symptoms of heat illness can include changes in level of consciousness, abdominal
cramps, nausea/vomiting, fatigue/tingling, chills, inability to spit, dry mucous membranes,
decreased output and change in color of urine.
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PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF HEAT ILLNESS
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void alcohol, caffeine and carbonated beverages.
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edications such as antihistamines, decongestants, certain asthma medications and
diuretics can increase risk for heat illness. Avoid them if possible.
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void certain nutritional supplements (such as caffeine and ephedrine) that can
dehydrate the body and/or increase metabolism and heat production.
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now your body – be honest! Are you fit enough to perform under current conditions?
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at and drink (water AND sports drinks) optimally before, during and after play.
Potassium is important; good sources include sports drinks, yogurt, grapefruit juice,
bananas and oranges. Sodium is also important; good sources include sports drinks,
vegetable juices, pretzels, nuts, cheese and crackers. After play, carbohydrates are
important: foods such as potatoes, honey, cereal, white bread, corn chips, sports drinks,
jelly beans, rice cakes, bagels, crackers and gummy candies.
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on’t drink too much. Over-hydrating can be dangerous if it leads to a fluid and
electrolyte imbalance.
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onitor your urine. Clear/copious = hydrated. Dark = Need water/electrolytes.
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e sensitive to prior illness. If you’ve been sick, your body may be more susceptible to
dehydration.
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est and cool down after play. Find shade, wet the skin, get in front of a fan or breeze.
SIDELINE SAFETY
•S
pectators and equipment must stay at least five yards away from the sidelines. Where
there are buffer lines, respect them. Chairs, coolers, strollers, you, etc., must be at least
three yards from the sidelines.
• If a player believes that an object on the sideline is not safe, he or she should inform
event staff and refrain from playing until he or she is satisfied that safe conditions have
been established.
LIGHTNING GUIDELINES
•E
vent staff will communicate with players and spectators via PA system and through field
marshals equipped with radios if there is lightning danger. Play then will be stopped,
and everyone should seek shelter.
•S
afe shelter for players and spectators at the field site includes any fully enclosed
building or vehicle with a hard top and closed windows.
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vent staff will use the “flash-to-bang” method to determine when to send people to
shelter. By the time the flash-to-bang count has reached 30 seconds, all individuals
should be in a safe shelter location.
• If you can’t get to a safe shelter, try to avoid being the tallest object in an open field
or on open water. Avoid other tall objects, metal objects and water. Assume a crouched
position with only the balls of your feet touching the ground, your arms wrapped around
your knees and your head lowered. Minimize contact with the ground. Do not lie flat.
•A
void using telephone land lines. Cell phones are safe, provided the person has followed
other safety guidelines.
•E
vent staff will indicate to players when play is going to resume. Team captains should
meet at Tournament Central to receive instructions for resuming play and any schedule
modifications.
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SA Ultimate and event staff reserve the right to move or remove objects or spectators
from on or near the playing field if those conditions are, in the opinion of USA Ultimate
or event staff, unsafe for players, staff or spectators.
Men’s Schedule
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Mixed Schedule
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Women’s Schedule
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Mixed Masters Schedule
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Men’s Grand Masters Schedule
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Field Map
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