48 teen athletes announced for Nat'l Team selection camp

USA Team Handball today announced its selection of 48 teenage athletes to train at a one-week residential camp in Colorado Springs, CO, from Aug. 2 to 8, 2009, and vie for spots on Youth National teams to compete internationally.

Twenty-eight male athletes and 20 female athletes have been selected; four more females shall be chosen and announced in the near future. The participating teens, hailing from all over the United States, developed their handball skills in areas as close as Colorado Springs and as far as Iceland. Athletes born in 1992 and 1993 will compete at the camp for places on the USA youth national squads.

The aspiring National Team athletes will receive six days of two-a-day practices plus classroom lessons. Athletes will stay at the U.S. Olympic Training center and receive individualized instruction. The camp will be led by a team of USA Team Handball instructors, including:

Mariusz Wartalowicz, Technical Director
Marko Brezic, West Regional Coach
Kathy Rex, 1988 Olympian and Coach

"The overarching mission of this camp is to rebuild and establish high standards of dedication, full participation and perseverance," said Wartalowicz. "Although it is a (U17) selection camp, it is a developmental camp as well, as some athletes are 18. We are looking to identify pillars for other Youth and Junior teams."

FEMALE YOUTH CAMP PARTICIPANTS

Farida	Abou Zeida	Alabama
Molly	Augustine	South Carolina
Mariel	Barner	Colorado
Miranda	Beal	Colorado
Toni	Ernst	Colorado
Sophie	Fasold	Texas/Germany
Rachel	Francis	Colorado
Stephanie	Hesser	Colorado
Kiah	Hicks	Colorado
Jacqueline	Higgins	Georgia
Quincey	Jackson	Colorado
Kaunaloa	Kama	Colorado
Kate	Louthan	Colorado
Yana	Lysenko	Illinois/Russia
Brianna	Pak	Colorado
Taylor	Proctor	Colorado
Sam	Reid	Colorado
Autumn	Surage	Colorado
Morgan	Thorkelsdottir	Georgia/Iceland
Amber	Turner	Colorado

 

MALE YOUTH CAMP PARTICIPANTS

Nick	Allan	Colorado
Christopher	Alston	Georgia
Chris	Banks	Georgia
John	Bellard	Minnesota
Ray	Carson	Illinois
Victor	Davila	Arizona/Mexico
Nick	Davis	Illinois
Alen	Delic	Utah
Marko	Dumlija	Illinois
Thomas	Duringon	Brazil
Chris	Hesser	Colorado
Elias	Holguin	Illinois
Devin	Holman	California
Weston	Holmes	Colorado
Ahmet	Jasarevic	Utah
Lorne	Muir	Colorado
Jesus	Payan	Illinois
Kobi	Rex	Colorado
Carlos	Rosas	California
Dylen	Russell	Colorado
David	Smith	Georgia
Evan	Sunderman	Texas
Jordan	Taylor	Georgia
Simon	Thaler	Georgia
Canyon	Barry	Colorado
Jake	DeRuyter	Colorado
Marc	Francesconi	Colorado
KC	Rex	Colorado