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 Cham- pionships 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 Man- agement 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 display- ing your abilities to the fullest. The sportsmanship, fair play and respect you demon- strate 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 Virgin- ia 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 3

ward Ceremony. Immediately following the finals, awards finals, awards Immediately following the ward Ceremony. eam Registration T Captains’ Meeting Competition Event to Follow Meal for Athletes, Social Competition Continues Finals A champions and second-place will be presented to the Spirit Award as well as Team teams in each division, winners. Spirit Award winners and Individual

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Coordinator, Youth & Education Programs – Sarah Powers Youth Coordinator, Manager, Community Services and Development – Kristin Gallagher Community Services and Development Manager, Manager, Communications and Publications – Stacey Waldrup Communications and Publications Manager, Manager, Digital Marketing and Communications – Maelyn Divinski Digital Marketing and Communications Manager, Manager, Finance and Administration – Ethan Taylor-Pierce Finance and Administration Manager, Manager, Events – Byron Hicks Manager, Director, Member Services & Community Development – Josh Murphy Member Services & Community Director, USA Ultimate Staff – George Alcaraz Director Tournament Tournament staff members will be wearing event shirts. If they can’t answer your wearing event shirts. If they can’t answer your staff members will be Tournament following people for further assistance: questions, they will point you to one of the 2:30 p.m.: Post-Finals: Sunday, May 21 at Virginia Beach May 21 at Virginia Sunday, 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Friday, May 19 at Ramada Virginia Beach Oceanfront 19 at Ramada Virginia May Friday, – 7:00 p.m.: 9:00 a.m. 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.: Saturday, May 20 at Virginia Beach 20 at Virginia May Saturday, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.: 8:00 p.m.

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T No T and any other items that are deemed Pets, glass containers, motorized vehicles in the trash. Keep the facility clean. unsafe are prohibited. are not smoking. Please abide by the rules. Spectators and equipment must stay at least 3 yards away from sidelines! Where there Spectators and equipment must stay at least are buffer lines, respect them. Where there are not buffer lines, stay back at least 3 are buffer lines, respect them. Where there yards. Hard time-cap goes on at end of round time on schedule. Game is over at the end of at end of round time on schedule. Game is Hard time-cap goes on Overtime: in a game to 13 goals, overtime occurs when the score reaches 12-12). in a game to 13 goals, unless tied. If tied, play one more point. the point in progress, • andplacetrash rash andRecycling!Placerecyclablesintherecyclingreceptacles, • • makesurepeople eventstaffandsecuritywillbecheckingto obacco! Facility, • • Language – This is a family environment. Please keep this in mind. • Language – This is a family environment.

• No glass or metal bottle caps! Site Rules Site • • • USA Ultimate Official Rules of Ultimate – 11th Edition will be in effect. Ultimate – 11th Edition Official Rules of • USA Ultimate to 13, point cap at 15 • All games is 5 minutes. • Halftime game. has one timeout per • Each team • Soft time-cap will not be used. • Soft time-cap will not • Caps do not affect timeouts.

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EVENT INFO 9 Ultimate stresses sportsmanship and fair play. Competitive Competitive Ultimate stresses sportsmanship and fair play.

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yards by 40 yards, with end zones 25 yards deep. 25 yards deep. yards, with end zones yards by 40 PLAY: 2. INITIATE A offense. the to disc the (“pulls”) throws defense The line. end zone respective players per team. regulation game has seven the end zone, completes a pass in the defense’s Each time the offense 3. SCORING: Play is initiated after each score. offense scores a point. in any direction by completing OF THE DISC: The disc may be advanced 4. MOVEMENT with the disc Players may not run with the disc. The person a pass to a teammate. the thrower to throw the disc. The defender guarding (“thrower”) has ten seconds the stall count. (“marker”) counts out completed (e.g. out of bounds, When a pass in not 5. CHANGE OF POSSESSION: of the disc and the defense immediately takes possession drop, block, interception), becomes the offense. in the game after a 6. SUBSTITUTIONS: Players not in the game may replace players score and during an injury timeout. Picks and screens No physical contact is allowed between players. 7. NON-CONTACT: is made. are also prohibited. A foul occurs when contact a foul occurs. When a foul When a player initiates contact on another player 8. FOULS: the possession was retained. If the player disrupts possession, the play resumes as if call, the play is redone. committing the foul disagrees with the foul line calls. Players Players are responsible for their own foul and SELF-OFFICIATING: 9. resolve their own disputes. 10. SPIRIT OF THE GAME: of respect between players, adherence to play is encouraged, but never at the expense the rules, and the basic joy of play. 1. THE FIELD: 1. Ultimate in 10 Simple Rules Simple in 10 Ultimate 2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 USA ULTIMATE Men’s Teams AMPERSAND ROSTER 2 Matt Zumbrum 6’3” 32 PHILADELPHIA, PA 3 James Pollard 6’5” 20 5 Patrick Sherlock 5’9” 34 Captains: Ben Pelleg, Stephen Ng 6 Luke Ryan 6’1” 25 phillyamp.com 7 Ben Parrell 5’9” 33 @phillyamp 10 Calvin Trisolini 6’1” 22 12 Ben Kleaveland 6’0” 37 Ampers& is back! With s&als, b&annas, and 16 Rob Robinson 6’0” 26 sunscreen in h&, the upst&ing men of Philadel- 17 Stephen Ng 5’7” 26 phia AMP are excited to exp& our beach ultimate 20 Ben Pelleg 5’11” 30 44 Max Charles 5’6” 23 résumé on the gr&est stage. We will bring our 46 Austin Bonelli 5’9” 28 signature br& of ultimate – high st&ard cutting, 93 Dustin Sullivan 6’0” 23 throws as sweet as c&y, & the entertainment value of Dick V&yke.

AND THE WARHAWKS ROSTER Jon Cox CAMBRIDGE, MA Tom Doi Dan Heijmen Captains: Misha Sidorsky, Ben Van Heuvelen Ray Illian @AndTheWarhawks Markian Kuzmowycz Matt Rebholz And the Warhawks is a Northeast beach ultimate team, composed Markham Shofner of some former members of Danny and the Warhawks. They are the Jacob Taylor reigning USAU National Beach Champions. Caw-caw! Ian Toner Joshua Markette Walker Hatchett Misha Sidorsky Thomas Cooper Misha Herscu Ben (Berend) Van Heuvelen

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Men’s Teams BAYONET ROSTER 1 Alan Best 6’3” 25 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 4 Rico Johnson 5’10” 27 7 Zack Purdy 5’10” 25 Captain: Zack Purdy 8 George Guthrie 6’2” 32 @bayonut 13 CJ Colicchio 6’5” 26 17 Dean Culver 6’2” 28 Group of beach players from San Francisco 22 Lucas Darden 6’1” 27 looking to ball on the national stage. 31 Alex Kaja 5’9” 26 32 Jake Coleman 6’4” 25 42 Wendell Wilson 6’2” 29 55 Abe McKay 5’10” 25 66 Paul Weeks 6’0” 28 SPECTATOR INFO

BEACH WRENCH ROSTER 0 Nick Adolph 5’11” 25 CAMBRIDGE, MA 2 Robby Perkins-High 5’0” 26 3 Elias Kahan 5’10” 25 Captain: Nick Adolph 6 Nat MacDonald 6‘1” 26 bigwrenchultimate.com 8 Sammy Dushay 6’5” 25 @bigwrenchult 10 Scott Gardner 6’3” 27 14 Pat Kelsey 5’5” 33 In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two 17 Andrew Zaccardi 6’0” 22 separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate 19 Noah Newberger 5’10” 24 crime, and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. These 20 Gene Buonaccorsi 5’8” 26 21 Chris Bubernak 6’1” 27 are their stories. 34 David Taylor 6’1” 25

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 11 Men’s Teams BROWATCH ROSTER 1 Lloyd Furuta 5’10” 23 ATHENS, OH 2 Eric Converse 5’11” 28 5 Mark Hritz 5’9” 27 Captains: Mitch Cihon, Eric Converse 7 Tyler Kinley 5’10” 34 @BroCatsUltimate 12 Mitch Cihon 5’11” 27 13 Timmy Meyers 6’1” 37 BroWatch was formed on the sandy shores of 14 Mike Bruce 5’9” 26 Stroud’s Run in sunny Athens, Ohio, by a collection 20 Chris Page 6’2” 25 of Ohio University college students and alumni. On 21 Connor Haley 6’3” 26 the side, much of the team also competed in the 33 Matthew Olson 6’4” 23 41 Cody Petitt 6’3” 25 men’s division with the now-defunct BroCats. 44 Luke Eastman 6’3” 25 63 Andrew Foley 6’2” 29 88 Robert Olson 6’3” 32 99 Drew Grogan 6’2” 23

CERBERUS ROSTER Yusuf Abdullah ATHENS, GA 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

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Men’s Teams FLÜDWHALE ROSTER 00 Jameson Hinkle 5’6” 30 RICHMOND, VA 2 Justin Morrison 5’10” 29 3 Keys Pattie 5’10” 28 Captains: Geoff Horsfield, Justin Morrison 5 Morgan Robinson 5’11” 28 @rvaopen 6 Aaron Richards 5’10” 26 10 Matt Reynolds 6’2” 22 Aquaman! Swift and powerful monarch of the 11 Tim Jackson 5’11” 24 ocean, 15 Geoff Horsfield 5’8” 29 With ability to summon and command all creatures 17 Kyle Woodward 5’10” 21 of the deep, 18 Garrett Braun 5’11” 29 19 Chris Bowling 6’0” 29 29 Josh Reynolds 5’9” 27 Aquaman! Who with his teenage ally Aqualad, 44 Cam Barnhardt 6’2” 24 SPECTATOR INFO Guards and defends all that lives in the seas against the forces of 48 Ben Broser 5’7” 25 evil,

Aquaman! King of the 7 Seas!

HIGH LEVEL ROSTER 4 Joe Crinkley 6’0” 32 GAINESVILLE, FL 7 Craig Adams 5’10” 29 8 Bennett Wacob 6’1” 27 Captain: Joe Crinkley 9 TJ McCourt 5’10” 30 Coach: Travis Lynch 12 Darin Toscano 5’9” 30 13 Jesse Andrews 5‘7” 27 The cream will rise to the top. That which 17 Matt Goff 5’7” 29 rises above the top is High Level. 26 Phil Vozza 5’8” 31 42 Justin Smith 5’11” 30 45 Tom Wilkey 6’0” 28 78 Ben Stone 6’2” 32 89 Rich Carder 5’10” 30

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 13 Men’s Teams JAYBIRDS ROSTER 0 Brian Novotny 6’0” 29 SHALIMAR, FL 1 John Foeller 5’9” 26 3 Cody Smith 6’1” 28 Captains: Craig Anderson, Dustin McKee 10 Craig Anderson 5’8” 26 Coach: Mark Mendelevitz 11 Dustin McKee 6’1” 33 17 Billy Fleming 5’11” 21 Jaybirds have been born and bred in the 19 Scott Robertson 6’0” 23 South. We are a group of good ole boys who 23 Shannon Mosley 5’7” 26 been trappin, farmin, gamin, skinnin, huntin 24 Brandon French 5’9” 25 and moonshinin for too long. We think it’s 25 Nick Anderson 5’6” 26 26 Zane Barber 5’8” 20 time to get out and see what’s outside of our 29 Mason Zetch 6’1” 22 woods. #southisrising #swamprats #myother- 37 Caleb Posey 6’3” 20 carisanairboat #doinitforthepark 37 Michael Strobel 6’4” 22 80 Josh Moore 6’2” 28

MIDRIFT ROSTER 0 Robbie Dennis 6’2” 26 IOWA CITY, IA 3 Ethan Levine 5’11” 28 5 James Wiesbrock 5’11” 27 Captains: Steven Czechowski, Jimmy Wiesbrock, Sean 7 James Hean 6’3” 24 Newlin 10 Matt Stoker 5’11” 28 12 Sean Newlin 5’11” 29 MidRift was formed by a bunch of dudes in 13 Chris Reichel 6’0” 26 the Midwest tired of not seeing the ocean 14 Josh Purman 6’1” 25 enough. Essentially we made an excuse to 15 Jon Beavers 6’1” 25 bond together over ultimate and chill on a 16 Cody Rohlf 6’0” 26 19 Steven Czechowski 5’9” 24 beach with good vibes and good ultimate. 22 Mike Egan 6’1” 33 Coming from all walks of life, adding friends 63 Michael Brisbois 6’3” 30 of friends…of friends over the years, we formed MidRift. We repre- 91 Frank Qin 6’0” 28 sent all the Midwestern states and are ready to crush some oranges at Beach Nationals.

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Men’s Teams PARANOIA ROSTER 0 Houston Parks 6’3” 22 WASHINGTON, DC 2 Jake Marsh 6’2” 20 9 Danton Noriega 6’2” 32 Captain: Charlie Patten 14 Sean Childers 6’2” 28 Coach: Roger Chu 15 Michael Malloy 5’9” 30 @GeorgetownUlti 17 Eric Miner 6’5” 30 19 Glenn Poole 5’9” 29 Paranoia was formed in 2015 from players within 23 Mike Drost 6’1” 27 the Georgetown ultimate community and includes 24 Jacob Anderson 6’0” 27 several former (and current) captains and coaches 25 Charlie Patten 6’9” 26 27 Steven Wartinbee 6’2” 22 of the Georgetown men’s team, Catholic Justice. 30 Christian Boxley 5’10” 21 While we come from a diverse background of club 64 Matthew Fried 6’0” 23 SPECTATOR INFO teams, many of us have competed together in col- 71 Cooper Joy 6’1” 24 lege or on mixed teams at Wildwood and Lei Out. 90 Alex Bodaken 6’2” 26 Paranoia placed fifth at the first ever Beach Championships in 2015 91 Aidan McLeod 5’10” 23 and seventh last year.

SLEEPOVER AT STALIN’S ROSTER 1 Taylor Rasco NEW YORK, NY 5 Matthew Thomas 7 Brett Kaiser @wkndwithbernie 9 Evan Carter 11 Stefan Dicker 12 Casey Lemay 13 Jay Sehgal 16 Matt Mclaughlin 23 Bennett Taren 24 Brendan Awerbuch 27 Ellis Kim 47 Max Dyer 51 Calvin Vannoy 55 Jonathan Kwan Max Cohen Brandon Contarsy

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 15 Men’s Teams SOMERVILLE YOUTH ROSTER 4 Tyler Chan 5’7” 24 SOMERVILLE, MA 7 Matt Fasano 6’6” 23 11 Michael Dillard 5’6” 21 Captain: Jason Shnipes 12 Skyler Tom 5’9” 23 @SMRVL_YTH 19 Jason Shnipes 6’1” 24 28 Alex Caulfield 5’8” 21 In 1849, the Welsh Church organized “er mwyn cy- 29 Tate Tabtieng 5’5” 25 nal cymdeithas ysbrydol ac eglwysig yn ein hiaith 32 David Lyle 5’1” 23 ein hunain yn y ddinas hon” - so that they could 69 Rafi Parens 6’9” 23 meet spiritually as a Welsh language church in 72 Ben Wittenberg 5’2” 21 82 Ariel Rascoe 5’2” 22 Boston. By 1870, it spread to Cambridge and 94 Eamon Wick 6’6” 23 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 un- deniably 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 ROSTER 8 Brian Palomo 5’9” 23 GEORGE 11 Ryan Thornton 6’1” 22 18 Richard Mayo 6’1” 23 FAIRFAX, VA 20 Sean Degrace 6’0” 23 23 Brian Leonard 5’5” 23 Captains: Bryan Dombrowski, Eric Lu, Brian Leonard 27 Matt Kalna 5’10” 23 Coach: Bryan Dombrowski 31 Bryan Dombrowski 6’2” 25 @sogUlti 42 Caleb Ward 6’2” 26 64 Eric Lu 5’9” 26 The cause of the record high temperatures this 69 Sam Gabrielson 5’11” 20 winter was none other than the birth of The Sum- 78 Leo Pierson 5’11” 21 mer of George. What started as small talk be- tween 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 re- cruited 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.

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Men’s Teams TROLLVOLVER ROSTER 0 Ben Johnson 5’9” 28 PHILADELPHIA, PA 1 Alex Peters 6’0” 32 3 Nicholas Purifico 5’9” 34 Captains: Michael Panna, Matthew Paparone, Nick 4 Tommy Ferguson 5’10” 29 Hirannet 5 Dustin Damiano 5’11” 27 7 Nick Hirannet 5’8” 30 Literally translated as “Return of the Trolls,” 8 Nick Patel 5’7” 24 Trollvolver consists of the top players from 9 Patrick Diviney 6’1” 29 the Bay Area, Beantown and Emerald City. Al- 11 Himalaya Mehta 6’0” 24 though our individual talents have dominated 13 David Brandolph 5’7” 30 21 Michael Panna 5’9” 30 the club scene for years, we’ve come together 24 Ethan Peck 6’0” 24 to debut our unique brand of swagger (we call 27 Jake Rainwater 6’2” 28 SPECTATOR INFO it “Hugh’s Illa Swag ™”, available at Macy’s) on the biggest stage in 31 Patrick Lindsey 6’4” 31 beach ultimate. You’ve never seen a supergroup like this before. Think 36 Gabe Colton 5’7” 25 Cream, the Justice League, Temple of the Dog, the Allied forces or the 55 Matthew Paparone 6’1” 27 2012 Miami Heat, but with sandy briefs and bad attitudes. Beach Worlds Committee, we’ll be waiting for your call.

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 17 Mixed Teams ROSTER 90s BABIES ROSTER 1 Mason Gardner 6’1” 25 WASHINGTON, D.C 4 Ali Monfre 5’5” 22 5 Jillian Du 5’2” 24 Captains: Kelly Ross, Anthony McLean, Ben Feng 7 Ben Feng 6‘1” 27 9 Kyle Khalifa 5‘11” 24 90s Babies was formed in fall 2016 to provide 17 Eliza Pugh 5’9” 23 an opportunity for elite young ultimate players 18 Christine Valvo 5’4” 24 in the D.C. area to play high-level mixed ulti- 23 Gabe Webster 6’2” 29 mate year round. So far, 90s Babies has attend- 24 Kelly Ross 5’10” 23 32 Anthony McLean 6’1” 23 ed three regional indoor tournaments, compil- 73 Mark Flores 5’9” 26 ing an 18-2 record and two championships. 81 Alexander Taylor 6’0” 23 90s Babies has defeated talented teams from 93 Kate Trenerry 5’6” 27 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 ROSTER 2 Nancy Haskell 5’2” 30 CINCINNATI, OH 3 Eddie Mack 5’8” 34 4 Katie Claiborne 5’4” 25 Captains: Ryan Gorman, Brittany Winner 5 Ryan Gorman 6’3” 30 cincyultimate.org/teams/beachboat 6 Steph Mack 5’5” 32 @beachboatulty 7 Bryan Walsh 5’11” 23 8 Tim Settles 5’10” 28 With a core of Cincinnati Steamboat’s club mixed 22 Brittany Winner 5’10” 32 players at the helm, Beachboat is excited to make 23 Nichole Kwee 5’8” 24 another return trip to the shores of the Atlantic. 33 Austin Winner 6’2” 30 66 Mya Hernandez 5’6” 29 Steamboat was formed in 2008 and is the Great 77 Danny Khoe 5’9” 24 Lakes region’s longest-running mixed program. Over the years, shipmates have travelled exten- sively 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 May 2017

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Mixed Teams BIG FISH ROSTER 1 Moriah Lee 5’10” FALMOUTH, MA 4 Julie Jee 5’5” 5 Bethany Ortquist 5’9” Captains: Sarah Tulin, Brian Sauro, Sam Harvey 6 Simon Locke 6’0” 8 Sarah Tulin 6’0” Big Fish started as a group of players that 10 Wes Johnson 5’11” plays beach ultimate every summer on the 13 Brian Sauro 5‘8” beautiful beaches of Cape Cod and wanted 19 Sarah Bates 5’9” to play in tournaments against some de- 20 Tanner Halkyard 6’5” serving competition. We now draw players 21 Jarod Payne 6’3” 22 David Friedman 6’1” from Boston, Portland and other cities in the 33 Jenna Palin 5’8” northeast region who only wish they were spending their summer on 37 Sam Harvey 6’4” SPECTATOR INFO the Cape and are always welcome to visit. We are an enthusiastic, 47 Pat McGrath 6’0” competitive group that love beach ultimate and are hoping the sport 78 Maddie Purcell 5’8” 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.

CAROLINA ROSTER 00 Erin Crider 5’3” 32 COTTONMOUTH 2 Christine Miller 5’8” 30 3 Eric Martin 5’7” 31 4 Josh Greene 5’11” 42 CHAPEL HILL, NC 5 Jenny Green 5’2” 37 Captain: Beth Gifford 7 Beth Gifford 5’3” 42 Coach: Beth Stagner 10 Kristen Collar 5’6” 27 12 Beth Stagner 5’8” 45 Carolina CottonMouth brings together players 13 Andrew Ryan 6’3” 30 14 Sean Gallagher 6’0” 26 from the North Carolina Triangle and Erin Crid- 15 Michael Neve 6’3” 26 er—we don’t know how she ended up here, but 16 Bryan Brickhouse 6’4” 31 we’re glad she did. We’re older than your average 18 Kelly Barber 5’4” 33 mixed team, but that’s mostly because we are in- 21 Joey Cretella 6’0” 28 vested in developing future masters players Neve, 27 Joey Connelly 6’0” 33 Gallagher and Collar—hoping that when they get there, they will 54 Lauren Gardner 5’3” 36 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!

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 19 Mixed Teams FOG CITY ROSTER 0 Jeff Voss 6’2” 24 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 6 Anjali Mehta 5’6” 24 12 Maggie O’Connor 5’7“ 25 Captains: Jeff Voss, Alec Surmani 14 Kevin Herrera 5’10” 29 23 Nicole Chang 5’3” 24 The lazy yawn of morning fog lolls its tongue over 24 Margaret Rosano 5‘4” 25 The City, wrapping its sandy ultimate players in a 27 Danielle Pesko 5‘6” 24 grey haze. Hucks go up to legs you hope belong 37 Daniel Zakaria 5’8” 26 to a teammate, someone you can’t see passes you 77 Alec Surmani 6’4” 28 something then hugs you, a disc drops out of the 86 Jannon Frank 5’11” 37 dank haze like the moon itself and donks you in the dome. After play- ing 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 leg- end 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 ROSTER 4 Brittnee Grimshaw 5’2” 23 EXPERIENCE 5 Megan Halverson 5’2” 19 9 Joel Morton 6’1” 23 AMES, IA 12 Linda Behrer 5’2” 23 14 Sarah Hartman 5’5” 24 Captain: Sarah Pesch 18 Sarah Leichty 5’8” 22 @TheDadLarsonEXP 22 Dan Brennan 5’11” 28 33 Peter Miller 6’0” 20 If you couldn’t tell from the team’s name, 35 Ryan Pesch 5’9” 28 we’re a tribute to the best player ever to 42 Blake Larson 5’11” 33 graduate from Ames High School – the one, 47 Bob Liu 5’8” 30 61 Kelly Smith 5’9” 27 the only...THE Kevin Seiler. Has he been run- 84 Sara Stuedemann 5’3” 23 ning the length of the field longer than most 88 Matt Lee 5’10” 26 of us have known how to walk? Probably. Has 97 Sarah Pesch 5’10” 26 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 play- ers. We’ll do our best to make you proud, Dad.

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Mixed Teams LAND HO! ROSTER 5 Danielle Blatt 5’4” 26 SAINT LOUIS, MO 6 David Valentine-Elam 6’4” 35 7 Michael Faaborg 6’0” 26 Captains: Chung Lee, Michael Faaborg 8 Kate Wilson 5’7” 28 9 Stephenie Wang 5’3” 21 Land Ho! Is comprised of a group of 15 com- 13 Megan Epperson 5’6” 33 plete strangers who first met in the state of 14 Devin Holland 6’0” 23 Missouri. The convoluted intersection and weave 21 Melissa Huegerich 5’4” 31 of their lives would, together, culminate in not 22 Michael Ladue 5’11” 32 only friendships but also landmark accomplish- 24 Chung Lee 5’11” 36 26 Grant Eschmann 6’0” 32 ments, including but not limited to: bearing the 30 Nina Beckham 5’5” 24 riches of Patagonia1 in 2013, summiting Ever- 42 Kate Chang 5’8” 30 SPECTATOR INFO est2 in 2014 and surfing the Amazon3 in 2015. 77 Bobby Castille 6’3” 33 However, as with all wildly successful groups4, infighting and larger- 97 Megan Austurias 5’8” 23 than-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

LOCALS ROSTER 5 Stetson Roof 5’8” 29 NORFOLK, VA 7 David McFarland 6’0” 27 8 Elena Miyasato 5’4” 20 Captains: Justin Maynard, Stetson Roof 10 Laura Fitch 5’10” 25 13 Celeste Ostman 5’6” 26 We play pick-up ultimate on a regular basis in the Tidewater area. 14 Kelly Anderson 5’7” 26 One day a few years back, we got the gumption to enter a tournament 15 Patrick Meehan 6’1” 25 to test our skills. We had a blast and have been traveling under vari- 16 Khaela Sanchez 5’2” 20 ous aliases ever since. Grass, beach or indoor doesn’t matter to us; 17 Justin Maynard 6’3” 28 we go to where the discs fly! 21 David Caplan 5’10” 29 24 Xavier Charles 5’8” 31 30 Andrew Stillerman 5’7” 28 34 Ingrid Petterson 5’7” 22 73 Dong Shin 5’10” 22 88 Mary Kelly 5’7” 26

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 21 Mixed Teams LORD FAIRFAX ROSTER 2 Eli Hosen 6’3” 31 FAIRFAX, VA 3 Jake Harnage 5’10” 23 Captains: Andrew Han, Mary Nguyen 4 Danielle Smith 5’0” 23 Coaches: Andrew Han, Mary Nguyen 5 Fiona Curtis 5’1” 24 fairfaxultimate.com 6 Eliana Harnage 5’8” 19 11 Kevin Dodd 5’8” 28 12 Andrew Han 5’9” 25 Northern Virginia has an outstanding reputation for ultimate and 13 Tim Mihelic 5’10” 25 a vast range of competitive levels. Lord Fairfax’ is a mixed bag of 14 Janelle Heinig 5’8” 27 people from all different pedigrees. Our team consists of high school 15 Jameson Howell 6’0” 23 players; young people new to the sport; college players from George 20 Colleen Wisniewski 5’6” 23 Mason, Mary Washington, Northern Virginia CC and more; as well as 21 Mary Nguyen 5’5” 26 middle-aged folk. We also have middle and high school coaches who 22 Hayley SooHoo 5’5” 26 46 Devon Cassiday 6’1” 29 pave the way for the younger generation. Although we mostly play 47 Billy Harmon 5’8” 28 on the turf field of the college campus, we have been seen playing in public parks and on high school fields. We have even attempt- ed 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.

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 ROSTER 1 John Sandahl HOUSTON, TX 2 Valerie Pinillos 4 Sharon Tsao Captains: Sean McCall, Katey Forth 6 Ames Fegert 9 Julie Eagle No Tsu Oh originated in 2000 as a reunion team of the Houston 10 Don Tom Houndz and Doublewide to attend Paganello in Italy. The team won 11 Katey Forth the World Beach Ultimate Cup five times on the Rimini beach before 14 Max Grove retiring the name in 2008. Since then, a core team has been playing 16 AJ Moore offseason tourneys together in the mixed division to set the stage for 17 Doug Richardson 18 Jamie Eriksson NTO’s return to the sand, this time in the mixed division and with the 19 Sean McCall power of Showdown’s finest. No Tsu Oh has initiated beach league 23 Bex Forth games in Galveston and locally in Houston on sand volleyball courts. 27 Ellie Hand 42 Ryan Bigley 82 Matt Lyle

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Mixed Teams POINT BREAK ROSTER 3 Evan Valdes 5’9” 31 LOS ANGELES, CA 4 Kristen Pojunis 5’7” 22 7 Andrew McRae 6’2” 30 Captains: Remy Schor, Russell Gaskamp, Keegan Uhl 8 Alexa Cohen 5’6” 25 10 Trevor Smith 5’10” 31 I’ve been to every city in Mexico. Came 11 Barrs Lang 6’1” 33 across an unclaimed piece of meat in 12 Scott Mahr 5’11” 32 Baja, turned out to be Rosie. Guess he 16 Lori Eich 5’6” 35 picked a knife fight with somebody bet- 21 Keegan Uhl 6’4” 37 ter. Found a passport of yours in Sumatra. 23 Remy Schor 5’4” 37 28 Stephanie Pritchard 5’9” 26 Missed you by about a week in Fiji. But I knew you wouldn’t miss the 29 Lauren Casey 5’8” 34 50-Year Storm, Bodhi. 30 Russell Gaskamp 5’9” 32 SPECTATOR INFO 33 Jane Carlen 5’7” 31 80 Brandon Severson 6’1” 26 86 Megan Prazenica 5’5” 31

SPRING CHICKENS ROSTER 2 Simon-Philippe Lebel 5’7” 38 MONTREAL, QC 6 Jordan Bower Captains: Catherine Viau, Simon-Phillipe Lebel 8 Andrea Proulx 13 Frédérique Asselin 5’5” 37 14 Marjolaine Bourget Our coed team consists of Canada’s top elite players 19 Dan Benvenuti 5’11” 35 representing four major city centers and represent- 29 Jean-Francois Paul 5’9” 37 ing the masters age group. But we all feel so young 31 Catherine Viau 5’7” 40 at heart, we are the Spring Chickens. Due to players 35 Pierre-Yves Lavertu 5’8” 35 living all across our country, we currently have var- 36 Max Guy 33 ied experiences in beach ultimate, from local beach 65 Onalee Orchard 5’5” 38 76 Andy Milne 6’0” 40 ultimate leagues to regional tournaments, and even 77 Hadiya Roderique well-known and distinguished international tournaments such as 82 Isabelle Toutant 5’9” 34 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.

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.

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 23 Mixed Teams SQUIRTLE SQUAD ROSTER 00 Natalia De Jesus 5’6” 22 BLOOMFIELD, NJ 4 Gregory Stolowski 6’1” 28 5 Andrew Misthos 6’2” 25 Captains: Jesse Hynes, Andrew Misthos 6 Jesse Hynes 5’9” 27 @BigSquirtle 9 Jessica O’Connor 5’6” 25 11 Rachel Rivera 5’3” 20 Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle, Squirtle Squirtle 12 Amy Zhou 5’2” 24 Squirtle. Squirt Squirtle Squirt; Squirtle Squirtle 13 Elizabeth O’Grady 5’9” 22 Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle. Squirtle Squirt, Squirtle 14 Quinn Hunziker 5’10” 23 Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle Squirt. Squirtle Squirt 16 Abigail Newsome 5’8” 28 20 Rebecca Halleran 5’8” 23 Squirt Squirtle, Squirtle Squirt Squirt Squirtle. 22 Theresa Hackett 5’8” 25 Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle Squirt 33 Justin Carter 6’2” 24 Squirt Squirtle. Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle Squirt 34 Colin Koshenash 6’0” 23 Squirt Squirtle Squirtle. Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle, Squirt Squirt 77 Bo Li 5’10” 28 Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle. Squirtle Squirtle Squirtle: Squir- 88 Mason Compton 6’2” 27 tle; Squirtle; Squirtle; Squirt, Squirtle.

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SWAMP CITY ROSTER 1 Sara Peczkowski 5’2” 29 WASHINGTON, DC 4 George Foster 6’6” 28 7 Mackenzie Smith 5’3” 22 Captains: Jacob Nuxoll, Grace Relf 13 Jacob Nuxoll 6’4” 30 Coach: Lilly Siems 14 Justin Solis 5’10” 31 18 Sarah Markowski 5’1” 27 On January 20, 2017, when the swamp in D.C. began to drain, 19 Terrence Smith 6’3” 30 strange and powerful creatures rose from the muck and the mire. 23 Adilina Malave 5’5” 27 These creatures came together and formed the team known as 24 Casey Gorman 5’7” 28 Swamp City. These semi-aquatic creatures cannot bear to be far 54 Genevieve Leo 5’4” 23 63 Jon Pressimone 6’3” 30 from the water and thus only come together to play on the beach. The 87 Calvin Oung 5’11” 37 team’s goal is to show that, though built on a swamp, not everything 88 Tim Smith 6’5” 34 out of Washington is a monster. 89 Grace Relf 5’11” 25 97 David Zurbuchen 6’3” 30

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Mixed Teams TC MIXED BEACH ROSTER 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 SPECTATOR INFO Betsy Chan Jordan Meron

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 25 Women’s Teams THE BENDS ROSTER Kendra Frederick NEW YORK, NY Cassie Bradley Emily Cho Captain: Brittany Kaplan Kyla Dayer 5’8” bentultimate.weebly.com Emilia Garcia 6’0” @bentultimateNYC Jessica Lang Amy Leder 5’10” The Bends met in New York City, at about 50 meters below sea level, Shelby Parton in the pristine waters of the East River. These bubbly beings feel Avery Reed most at home off the shores of Coney Island, but are excited to leave Chloe Rotenberg 5’10” Kristie Wong their high-pressure environment and ascend to altitude at Virginia Rebekah Souder-Russo Beach. But not too quickly, lest they #getBENT out of shape. Kara Neaton Julie Sussman

PHILLY LAMP ROSTER 00 Melissa Devlin 5’5” 28 PHILADELPHIA, PA 1 Emily Shields 5’4” 24 3 Sarah Johnson 5’7” 27 Captains: Andrea DeSabato, Raha Mozaffari 4 Raha Mozaffari 5’3” 30 phillyamp.com 6 Kelsey Devlin 5’5” 24 @phillyamp 7 Danielle Byers 5’5” 23 9 Andrea DeSabato 5’5” 30 Love Athletically Making Plays and Looking to 10 Rachel Clarkson 5’7” 29 Achieve for Magnificent Philadelphia. 11 Beata Szekeres 5’3” 25 12 Fern Beetle-Moorcroft 5’6” 24 18 Jen Pelleg 5’4” 29 22 Anna Thompson 5’3” 23 23 Danielle Walsh 5’3” 21 33 Allysha Dixon 5’7” 30

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Women’s Teams FILTHY RICH ROSTER 2 Nicole Ialeggio 5’3” 28 RICHMOND, VA 3 Heidi Bates 5’3” 32 4 Rebecca Butler 5’2” 33 Captain: Hana Choi 5 Ali Rockett 5’8” 29 facebook.com/VirginiaRebellion 9 Melanie Felix 5’2” 23 @VARebellion 10 Skye Whitlow 5’8” 22 11 Rachel Hinson 5’5” 30 Just a bunch of ladies trying to get filthy rich 13 Hana Choi 5’5” 24 by toeing the line with some nasty bids. Our 17 Caylin Carbonell 5’7” 26 squad from Richmond is here to win some 18 Krista Johnson 5’6” 25 19 Allie Wallace 5’10” 22 games with some dirty layouts (our white 21 Mary Helen Simpson 5’6” 24 jerseys are more like brown). We throw some 25 Meeta Prakash 5’2” 25 SPECTATOR INFO money hammers to the back corners of the end zones and drop dimes 31 Mary Beth Moody 5’9” 25 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.

FIRST IN FLIGHT ROSTER 1 Georgia Tse 5’6” 22 CHAPEL HILL, NC 7 Sarah Hasch 5’9” 26 9 Emma Johnson 5’7” 25 Captains: Christine Bookhout, Judy Winglee 11 Maureen Belko 5’7” 24 @1stinflightyall 13 Leslie Willis 5’7” 27 22 Erin Weeks 5’7” 30 We are a North Carolina-based team composed of 24 Meghan Miller 6’0” 29 ladies who love going to the beach and laying out 25 Judy Winglee 5’2” 29 in the sun. Many of us have played together on the 26 Chloe Greene 5’9” 24 women’s team Phoenix or mixed team Toro during 52 Erynn Schroeder 5’6” 22 55 Adrien Wilkie 5’6” 29 the club season, and we’re excited about playing in 88 Christine Bookhout 5’6” 30 this year’s Beach Championships!

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 27 Women’s Teams FOXX ROSTER 3 Tricia Workman 5’8” 31 PETERBOROUGH, ON 5 Kerri Kightley 5’10” 41 8 Jocelyn Blazey 5’8” 25 Captains: Jocelyn Blazey, Kerri Kightley 9 Theresa Sullivan 5’4” 37 pultimate.ca 11 Dana Hendrix 5’3” 32 13 Tara MacLeod 5’8” 29 Foxx is in its inaugural year of play and hails from Peterborough, 17 Deidre MacKinnon 5’7” 41 Ontario. Our team is comprised of a mix of ladies with different ul- 19 Agatha Hodsman 5’4” 33 timate experiences and skill levels but who all share the common 22 Steph Thompson 5’2” 26 goal of wanting to play women’s ultimate. With very few local options 24 Sarah DeCarlo 5’6” 38 43 Kirsten Querbach 5’9” 44 available, we decided to start our own team. Foundationally, we want 44 Stephanie Wood 5’7” 30 foxx to be a team filled with positive energy, good people who are 45 Krissi Baxter 5’7” 34 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 be- come the players we know they can be. We’re here to develop, learn, and play ultimate, but most importantly, have some fun!

OTTER TEAM ROSTER 7 Calise Cardenas 5’4” 29 SAN FRANCISCO, CA 10 Cassie Wong 5’4” 28 11 Becky Malinowski 5’10” 27 Captain: Becky Malinowski 13 Cree Howard 5’8” 29 16 Yelena Gorlin 5’6” 27 Everyone on the team responds well to pier pressure. 23 Alina Kagan 5’6” 27 27 Ness Fajardo 5’7” 32 44 Maggie Ruden 5’6” 28 71 Magon Liu 5’6” 26 77 Kelly Hyland 5’4” 29

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Women’s Teams ROCKFORD ROSTER 2 Jessi LeDonne 3 Alison Vandergrift BEACHES 8 Courtney Kiesow MADISON, WI 9 Becky LeDonne 12 Jasmine Draper Captains: Robyn Wiseman, Becky LeDonne 13 Anna Williams @RockfordBeaches 17 Kelly Wiese 19 Melissa Gibbs The Rockford Beaches are a women’s pro- 22 Arthi Padmanabhan fessional beach team with a storied history. 23 Paola Rivas The Beaches competed in all 12 years of 44 Robyn Wiseman 87 Emily Langland the All-American Girls Professional Beach SPECTATOR INFO League, winning in 1945, 1948, 1949 and 1950. After a short hiatus, the Beaches donned their uniforms again at the USAU Beach Cham- pionships, taking third in 2015 and bringing the pennant home to the Upper Midwest in 2016.

Despite the recent retirement of Dottie Hinson, “All-the-Way” Mae Mordabito and Marla Hooch, this ragtag crew of Midwestern swing- ers 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 ROSTER 4 Jessica Schaub 5’9” 23 LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ 6 Emily Reckenbeil 5’9” 24 8 Jessica Waugaman 5’4” 32 Captains: Jess Schaub, Kate Douthat 10 Annika Chan 5’7” 20 pbnjultimate.com 11 Anne-Sofie Ahm 5’7” 28 @PBNJultimate 12 Jessica Louie 5’2” 24 15 Leann Gray 5’8” 26 Sea Sick is a compilation of spirited players from New Jersey that 17 Iris Kim 5’4” 25 loves to play hard, empower each other on the field and exists to 19 Alice Weng 5’2” 27 play with our whole hearts. We range from the ages of 20 to 33 and 22 Stephanie Huang 5’0” 21 23 Cristin Califf 5’2” 27 all stumbled upon one another at hat tournaments, during our club 26 Kate Douthat 5’7” 33 season or at our respective colleges. A majority of us play on the first 27 Lucia Wei 5’3” 20 New Jersey women’s club team and are amped to show our skills in 44 Alyssa Gehringer 5’6” 23 the sand. We are so stoked to have the opportunity to play against the 87 Kelcie Ralph 5’4” 29 other women’s teams in our division and hope to learn more about 88 Nicole Hair 5’5” 22 ourselves as players and each other as a team.

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 29 Women’s Teams SHARKS & KISSES ROSTER 4 Michelle Floyd 5’10” 29 GAINESVILLE, FL 7 Rosie Ano 5’5” 35 8 Kristen Petersen 5’6” 31 Captain: Jenna Dahl 9 Reba Havis 5’5” 23 @SharksAndKisses 10 Alison Stargel 5’6” 30 19 Jenna Dahl 5’3” 26 In our third appearance at the Beach Championships, we bring a 24 Katelyn Travaglini 5’7” 27 whole shiver of new Sharks, excited to swarm the tournament waters. 32 Sara Tassan 5’4” 32 We hail primarily from the Southeast but bring in long-time com- 42 Megan Reeves 4’10” 25 rades from across the country. We’re ready to take on Virginia Beach, 45 Christine Lynch 5’2” 28 66 Cathy Marshall 5’5” 33 remembering always to “live every week like it’s shark week.”

SKEEAHREET ROSTER 4 Liên Hoffmann 5’6” 26 BOSTON, MA 6 Elana Schwam 5’4” 30 9 Allison Maddux 5’2” 31 Captain: Claudia Tajima 11 Sara Miller 5’7” 27 @skeeahreet 12 Claudia Tajima 5’6” 26 13 Sarah Levinn 5’10” 27 Boston and friends! What we lack in numbers we make up for in 18 Laura Bitterman 5’3” 29 yoga. 21 Sydney Dobkin 5’6” 26 22 Sara Jacobi 5’6” 31 24 Amber Sinicrope 5’4” 28

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Women’s Teams THE COLLECTIVE ROSTER 5 Emily Lamoureux 5’6” 24 ATLANTIC PROVINCES, ON 6 Barb Pontes 5’7” 41 8 Wendi TeKamp 5’5” 41 Captains: Wendi Tekamp, Allison Tannis, Suzy Stever 9 Emma Parsons 5’7” 18 11 Elizabeth Weld 5’10” 24 The Collective is made up of women from the Atlantic Provinces 13 Jessica Wade 5’7” 32 of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. 19 Suzy Stever 5’9” 39 Formed in 2012, this women’s team brought together ladies that 20 Samantha Peverill 5’3” 32 wanted to compete at a higher level and combined the talent of the 23 Megan Melanson 5’5” 27 Atlantic women into one strong force. The Collective has competed 28 Allison Tannis 5’0” 38 43 Shannon Watt 5’10” 40 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 SPECTATOR INFO 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!

THROWTORIOUS RBG ROSTER 2 Lily Ponitz 5’9” 24 WASHINGTON, DC 3 Katie Judd 5’6” 27 4 Allyce Estremera 5’6” 25 Captains: Katie Judd, Katherine Buckingham 5 Jessie Durrett 5’11” 25 @ThrowtoriousRBG 7 Wint Oo 5’2” 29 9 Sally Hardin 5’7” 26 Throwtorious RBG hails from the nation’s capital 11 Sarah Buxbaum 5’4” 26 and is comprised of women looking to bring the 12 Britta Schaffmeyer 5’6” 33 ideals of equality, justice and being a total baller 13 Echo Presgraves 5’8” 26 to the shores of Virginia Beach. We formed out 16 Carolyn Posner 5’2” 27 28 Mayra Nava 5’5” 30 of a web of friends and friends of friends in the 37 Sarah Lord 5’5” 24 Washington, D.C. ultimate community. Most of our 44 Katherine Buckingham 5’8” 31 players compete together on teams in the women’s 64 Becca Arbacher 5’6” 22 club division. We are generally new to competitive 88 Jill Simmerman 5’8” 30 beach ultimate (read: non-beer divisions) but can’t wait return to the 93 Krista Woodward 5’6” 27 nation’s sandy stage for a second year to put our skills to the test. You can’t handle the Ruth!

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 31 Mixed Masters Teams BEACHES & CREAM ROSTER 2 Kylie Korsnack 5’4” 30 NASHVILLE, TN 5 John Markham 35 6 Brandon Loggins 6’3” 35 Captains: Ryan McVay, Robin Sasseville 12 Don Clark 5’10” 37 Coach: Ryan McVay 14 Jenny Newby 5’7” 30 @BeachandCream 15 Phil Mantel 6’7” 37 19 Alex Hoover 5’5” 32 Formed on the sandy beaches of Tennessee, we are 20 Chris Billman 5’9” 34 a passionate group of ultimate enthusiasts set on 22 Grant Gardner 6’0” 38 conquering the world. We bring a creamy-style as- 23 Ryan McVay 5’10” 34 24 Jen Smith 5’4” 44 sault, along with a beach of a defense. Above all 54 Heather Gardner 5’3” 37 else, we hope to celebrate ultimate and the spirit 84 Robin Sasseville 5’10” 33 with which it should be played.

CHARGE! ROSTER 1 Rod Hannon 5’9” 47 JENNIEVILLE, MD 5 Eric Prange 6’2” 37 11 Terri Brandt 5’11” 35 Captains: Rod Hannon, Trish Hannon 13 Paul Didier 6’0” 52 16 Hon Yin Eubanks 5’4” 42 CHARGE! was formed 15 years ago to give a core 23 Nicole Kresowik group of long standing coed teammates a rea- 29 Henry Ferland 5’11” 51 son to play in the sand in the summer. It was a 32 Marni Jones welcome chance to take off our cleats, soak up 33 Patricia McGlone 5’2” 51 some sun and enjoy competitive disc in a new 36 Kirsten Leckszas 5’8” 48 41 Chris Schulze 5’11” 38 way. Several players on the squad now ONLY ap- 42 David Ross 5’7” 45 pear on the horizon when beach ultimate is on 50 Graham Katz 5’8” 49 the menu, preferring to never layout on turf again. Our roster has 51 Mandy Davis changed somewhat over the years, but the core members and spirit 54 Allie Hanson 5’4” 35 of CHARGE! still remain strong. Carefully crafted, like your favorite 66 Andre Israel 5’10” 38 cocktail, Charge! is assembled each year with equal parts of tal- 84 Mark Kresowik ent and friendship. We pride ourselves on high-spirited, competitive 99 Kathryn Kisska-Schulze 5’7” 42 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.

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Mixed Masters Teams LOVE HANDLES ROSTER 0 Ian Marlier 6’0” 37 BOSTON, MA 2 Mark Phelps 5’7” 32 3 Charlotte Chang 5’6” 33 Captains: Damien Sulla-Menashe, Evan Ritt 5 Mike Downing 6’1” 35 7 Jan Nygren 6’0” 46 Love Handles formed in Boston in 2011 to 8 Damien Sulla-Menashe 5’8” 32 compete in local tournaments and in the lo- 12 Dan Orzechowski 6’6” 36 cal BUDA club scene. We didn’t really find 17 Jan-Hendrik Spille 6’0” 33 our calling as a club team until we sent two 22 Meg Gatza 5’4” 31 teams to Wildwood and had a great time. Even after Love Handles 23 Evan Ritt 5’7” 37 29 Val Locker 5’9” 30 stopped playing on grass, we continue to play beach ultimate includ- 32 Erika Almquist 5’7” 33 ing Wildwood and Lei Out in 2016. While a lot of the players from this 40 Sora Kim 5’1” 33 SPECTATOR INFO team are new to Love Handles, many of us have played together on 82 Julie Serfass 5’3” 34 other USAU summer club teams or in the local Boston hat leagues. 88 Kathleen Boyle 5’7” 32 There is a large masters-level group in Boston, and we hope to es- 99 Kristi Schmeling 5’2” 36 tablish a consistent presence at Nationals!

OVERRATED ROSTER 00 Steve Myers 5’10” 32 ROCHESTER, NY 2 Joe Becker 5’11” 33 Captain: Scott Franklin 3 Steve Lacagnina 5’2” 39 4 Christine Purtell 5’4” 42 5 Sean Dana 6’3” 33 Dear Mr. Vernon: 7 Lena DeTar 5’11” 37 9 Katie Mihalenko 5’5” 32 We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole 11 Elizabeth Lee Johnson 5’1” Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did 12 Ron Colon 5’10” 35 wrong, but we think you’re crazy to make us write 13 Scott Franklin 5’8” 47 an essay telling you who we think we are. You see 14 David Lindsay 6’0” 16 Rhiannon Myers 5’10” 35 us as you want to see us... In the simplest terms 20 Beth Goldstone 5’2” 33 and the most convenient definitions. But what we 21 Jason DeMaso 6’0” 36 found out is that each one of us is a brain...and an athlete...and a 28 Angela D’Alesandro Dana 5’3” 33 basket case...a princess...a handler...and a criminal. 32 Dan Bell 5’9” 55 41 Abbey McGrew 5’2” 35 Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours,

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2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 33 Mixed Masters Teams OVER THE HILL ROSTER 3 Amy Wickner 5’9” 33 WASHINGTON, DC 4 Christian Heneghan 5’8” 38 5 Lisa Shipek 5’6” 38 Captains: Peter MacArthur, Samantha McClellan 6 Sean McComb 6’1” 33 7 Peter MacArthur 5’10” 35 We’re a group of experienced ultimate players back for more fun this 8 Matt Broadus 5’8” 39 year. Many of us are from the D.C. area, and several are from Arizona 9 Kelly Swiryn 6’0” 39 and elsewhere in the western U.S. Team members have moved in and 10 Kate Kingery 5’6” 38 out of the team over the past several years. Everyone has played with 11 Geoff Morrison 6’1” 35 at least one other Over the Hill teammate on another team, but Over 14 Samantha McClellan 5’7” 30 24 Sarah Itoh 5’6” 31 the Hill only exists for the Beach Mixed Masters Championships every 25 Matt Gordon 5’10” 34 year. We’re excited to be playing together for the Beach Champion- 32 Emily Smith-Wilson 5’8” 34 ships in Virginia Beach again in 2017. 33 Jenny Gordon 5’5” 37 34 Jeff Hale 6’0” 38 77 Kimberly Beach 5’5” 44 81 Caner Cooperider 5’10” 37

SECOND HAND ROSTER 2 Karin Rafaels 5’5” 35 AERIAL MASTERS 5 Lisa Helvin 5’2” 38 6 Meghan Gloyd 5’0” 33 7 Adrienne Nicholson 5’6” 31 (SHAM) 8 Dominik Heynen 6’0” 34 12 Oliver Platts-Mills 6’2” 37 13 Justin Kratz 5’5” 34 WASHINGTON, DC 25 Leslie Walko 5’6” 32 Captains: Justin Kratz, Steve Helvin 27 Steve Helvin 5’10” 40 bit.ly/UltimateSHAM 33 Graham Brayshaw 5’10” 37 @UltimateSHAM 47 Tommy Nicholson 6’1” 33 66 Kevin Walko 5’10” 33 74 Stacey Spencer 6’0” 32 Second Hand Aerial Masters (SHAM) is a mix of friends from the 87 Natasha Sienitsky 5’2” 37 Greater D.C., Baltimore, Philly area. Several of the men play together 99 Ben Banyas 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 ca- reers. As we have been casted off to the masters division like a dona- tion 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!

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Mixed Masters Teams SHOSTAKOVICH ROSTER 1 Jennifer Kurz 5’8” 39 4 Annie Meisels 5’4” 46 (AND THE ANGRY 5 Pete Gilchrist 6’1” 37 6 Kim Tischler 5’9” 45 BUDDHA) 10 Winston Ely 6’3” 43 11 Anthony David Adams 6’0” 36 BROOKLYN, NY 12 Billy Garcia 5’8” 38 Captains: Kim Tischler, Pete Gilchrist 15 Rob Devoogd 5’6” 33 22 Kevin Cale 6’1” 43 27 Katrina Krasnansky 5’7” 37 Shostakovich (and the Angry Buddha) is 28 Pasquale Anthony delighted to be returning to the third-ever Leonardo 6’5” 44 USAU Beach Championships as well as the 36 Becca Tucker 5’6” 35 SPECTATOR INFO third-ever USAU mixed masters competi- 42 Mary Glickman 5’6” 33 tion. Originally founded nearly a decade ago 50 Dana Grandoni 6’0” 35 to fulfill Taylor Richey’s dream of winning 69 Manuel Fergus 5’11” 35 the Ow, My Knee tournament in Albany (goal 76 Taliesin Thomas 5’5” 41 79 Suzanne Wavroch 5’10” 38 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 mas- ters ages. While our Angry Buddha has retired (at least for now), we look forward to channeling his admirable blend of intense competi- tiveness and embodiment of the spirit of the game to Virginia Beach.

SWAMP RATS ROSTER 00 Sharon Tucker 5’3” THE GREAT DISMAL SWAMP, NC 1 Kate Morrison 5’6” 3 Will Chen 5’10” Captain: Ben Dieter 5 Bridget Kane 5’4” 6 Maureen McCamley 5’5” The Swamp Rats climbed out of the grimy 8 Eric Woolridge 5’8” depths of the Great Dismal Swamp for the 11 Ben Dieter 6’2” second time last season to revel in our habi- 13 Becki Cleveland 5’1” tat in the VA Beach sand. We were excited to 16 Danny Bjorkman 5’10” scrap and claw our way to the title last year. 19 Jimmy Mangum 5’11” 22 Brian Gane 6’0” We return this year, hungry again, and we’ve 25 Trey Katzenbach 6’0” gotten even more dismal, adding some new 26 Baker Pratt 6’5” grimy rodents to our rat pack. 34 Jill Kubisek 5’10” 35 Mike Jolley 6’2” 80 Katy Cagle 5’10” 99 June Lohner 5’2”

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 35 Mixed Masters Teams TEXACO ROSTER 3 Andrew Mangan 6’0” 35 DENVER, CO / AUSTIN, TX 4 Stephanie Redfern 5’3” 31 5 Wendy Copeland 5’2” 32 Captain: Joe Iannacone 10 Brian Carroll 6’1” 34 12 Charlie Stavlo 5’8” 35 After battling each other on grass many times for 14 Katie Patterson 5’6” 30 the South Central Region title, a select group de- 15 Emily Scholten 5’7” 33 cided to join forces and take to the beach. With 17 Kim Sabo 5’5” 30 many practices/workouts done over Skype, it’s now 20 David Street 6’3” 38 time to throw on matching jerseys and see how the 23 Gina Phillips 5’8” 30 25 Ryan Pickens dice will fly. 26 Joe Iannacone 5’11” 31 Chris Spittal 6’0” 35 33 Erin Schran 5’3” 34 81 Kevin Ryan 6’0” 35

WIN, LOOSE OR DIE ROSTER 1 Eric Gallagher 5’11” 33 PHILADELPHIA, PA 4 Kristen Dean 5’6” 38 8 Elise Colomb 5’6” 33 Captain: Eric Gallagher 10 Mike Miller 5’8” 35 15 Emma Ackels 5’2” Our team is made up of great friends from various teams. Sections of 16 Audrey Inden 5’5” 30 us have all played together in the past but never as one entire team. 17 Ilana Grubin 5’2” 36 We all have beach experience and can’t wait to hit the sand together! 21 Tina Yen 5’0” 31 22 Michael Dean 5’9” 39 24 Steve Willis 6’4” 36 31 Stayc Piecyk 5’2” 31 43 Lora Waldman 4’11” 34 48 Dovn Goldman 6’3” 35 76 Brian Williams 5’10” 32 84 Josh Pfenning 6’4” 34

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Mixed Masters Teams YE OLDE BOXCAR ROSTER 2 Matthew Clark 6’3” 35 3 Rimas Vilgalys 5’9” 32 RALEIGH, NC 7 Jen Greenholt 5’10” 30 Captains: Michelle Pearson, Danny Marlow 11 Danny Marlow 6’4” 34 15 Chani Hodonsky 5’3” 31 Ye Olde Boxcar started as a few players from the 17 Michelle Pearson 5’8” 39 21 Morelva Campbell 5’4” 37 mixed club team named Boxcar (go figure) start- 25 Ben Schoenebeck 6’1” 34 ed to get old. Well, old enough to play masters, 27 Suzanne Derby-Wright 5’2” 32 that is. Boxcar has a tradition of inviting friends 31 Katie West 5’6” 32 to play with them at select tournaments…and 33 Paul Than 5’11” 33 since we couldn’t field a full team of old folks, 37 David Stiles 5’8” 35 SPECTATOR INFO this was the perfect time to join together with friends again! To 42 Spencer Rhodes 6’1” 35 70 George Stukes 5’10” 32 the Boxcar core, we added old college buddies, new tournament 85 Rebecca Stukes 5’1” 34 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!

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 37 Men’s Grand Masters Teams BLAZING SANDALS ROSTER 3 Tom Johnson 5’9” 40 LAKELAND, FL 4 Chris Cleaver 5’9” 45 5 Tim Grandison 47 Captains: Tony Christian, Matt Vernon 10 Trevor Toenjes 5’10” 48 15 Michael Vacirca 5’11” 52 Hailing from three corners of the country, reeking with the scent of 23 Keith DeCesare 5’10” 56 Ben-Gay, the Blazing Sandals are making their tournament debut. 24 Tim Naylor 5’10” 44 With arthritic hands clutched around aging discs, 401k plans reach- 33 Matt Vernon 6’0” 40 ing maturity and tales of their UPA days of glory, the Blazing Sandals 34 Duane Bronson 5’11” 48 will look to make competition in the GM division just a bit more in- 36 Ryan Fitzgerald 5’10” 45 40 Charles Coddington 40 teresting! 42 Zak Dongia 49 56 Kevin Jones 6’2” 59 64 Tom Munoz 5’10” 52 70 Perry Nacionales 5’8” 47 85 Tony Christian 5’8” 44

BORDERLINE ROSTER Richard Dorff MARITIMES, CANADA Jerome Beaulieu Eric Church @BorderlineUlty Ryan Doucet Will Dumaresq Borderline is a men’s masters and grand masters club team from the Jason Frost Atlantic Region (Ultimate Canada)/Northeast Region (USA Ultimate) Daniel Gwartz that was conceived in 2011 by a collection of Canadian Maritime Georg Hofmann and Maine players. The original core group played on various men’s Mark Lessard and mixed teams and developed friendships over the decades from Peter Lewis Donnie Mcphee competing against one another. Initially, Borderline competed as a Tim O’toole men’s masters team. We competed in the USAU club series in 2011- Mark Tekamp 2013, earning a bid to U.S. Nationals in 2013. In 2014 and 2015, we Graham Vogt focused on the Canadian Ultimate Championship, winning Canadian Manuel Lamontagne Nationals in 2014. The team grew rapidly as new players came of Daniel Mcconville age, and in 2016, we formed a grand masters team.

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Men’s Grand Masters Teams Men’s Grand Masters Teams CONEY ISLAND ROSTER 00 David Sieling 6’2” 46 4 John O’Neill 5’8” 54 FUN HOUSE 5 David Nernberg 5’7” 40 6 Dylan Sawyer-Villers 5’9” 43 AVALON, NJ 8 Mark Bozman 5’11” 47 11 Eric Eckleman 6’0” 44 Captains: Woo Jin Ho, Stu Snodgrass 12 Scott Fields 6’0” 44 13 Woo Jin Ho 5’7” 47 The Coney Island Fun House represents all that is 14 Mark Worley 5’9” 40 good about the Brooklyn beach. Coney Island is 15 Adam Zagoria 5’11” 48 home to the Cyclone, the Wonder Wheel and the 17 Greg Weston 5’9” 45 Hot Dog Eating Contest. But it’s more than thrill 19 Stu Snodgrass 6’0” 48 SPECTATOR INFO rides and non-Kosher gluttony, it’s about strolling 20 Matt Weiss 5’10” 50 22 David Lionetti 5’10” 45 the boardwalk to play the occasional game of skill 32 Patrick Stoltz 5’11” 41 and amaze at the strong man and the Siamese twin. The beach is a 33 Sanjeev Khanna 5’4” 49 respite for hard working immigrants to cool from the summer heat. 34 Daniel Klotz 5’7” 49 And like the beachgoers, we’re a team made up of players from far 69 Gabriel Sanchez 5’9” 50 and wide – New York, Pittsburgh, D.C. and Connecticut. None of us are from Coney Island. But together, we are a FUN HOUSE!

GOATSWITCHER ROSTER Brad Brashier MONTGOMERY, AL Richard Drennan Michael Glowczynski Danny Lee Alex Marshall Alan Meeker H. Edward Midden Randy Petroski Dan Sell David Varn Craig Wong Michael Fritz

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 39 Men’s Grand Masters Teams GRAVE ERROR ROSTER 0 Jake Bonenberger 5’11” 43 CHAPEL HILL, NC 1 Rich Franck 6’0” 50 4 Joel Shuman 5’7” 49 Captain: Jacob Bonenberger 7 John Gulley 5’10” 50 14 Geoff Bell 5’10” 43 Grave Error is the result of all the other team’s 22 Alan Ellis 6’2” 48 bad personnel decisions. We are the fodder, the 24 Andrew Brewer 5’10” 49 chaff, the slivers of greatness you left on the cut- 42 Jason Pierce 5’11” 46 ting room floor while forming your perfect rosters. 44 Rich Bolen 5’9” 46 These forgotten souls have gathered together with 51 Michael Hamilton-Genson 6’2” 41 one goal in mind - to seek redemption by burying 54 Rich Mason 5’10” 44 the competition in this sandy graveyard. The signs will be subtle. 78 Rabah Sbitani 5’9” 49 When it feels like a hand is reaching out of the sand as you slip and 84 David Kaminski 6’1” 53 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 ROSTER 1 Wesley Hunt 6’0” RALEIGH, NC 3 Keith Doucette 5’9” 4 Christoph Boshoff 6’2” Captains: Daran Edmonds, Eric Davis, Nat Taylor 6 Eric Davis 6’2” facebook.com/HootGMUltimate 10 Jeff Plentl 5’11” 11 Jason Rector 6’0” Good times with good people getting tuned up, 12 Terry Kramer 6’1” locking in and letting it rip - the Hoot cometh. 15 Sean Britton 6’1” 17 Nat Taylor 5‘10” 21 Daran Edmonds 6‘7” 32 Robert Veit 6’1” 42 Alan Hoyle 5‘11” 43 Kevin Calcagno 6’4” 76 Troy Revell 6’0” 89 Greg Williams 6’0” 99 Ted Kubisek 6’1”

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Men’s Grand Masters Teams Men’s Grand Masters Teams JOHNNY WALKER ROSTER 2 Jason Brask 46 DENVER, CO 3 Keith Monohan 46 6 Kevin Monohan 47 Captains: Jim Nolte, Matt Krei 7 Heath Mackay 47 8 Brian Linkfield 44 9 Steven Rouisse 39 11 Matt Krei 47 13 Buzz Ellsworth 56 14 Lenny Correll 43 15 Jim Nolte 47 21 John Grzywinski 42 23 Michael Knapp 47 29 Bob Krier 45 SPECTATOR INFO 33 Eric Peacock 43 47 Gabriel Fuzat 43 55 Aaron Brown 47 81 Van Le 41

NO COUNTRY ROSTER 1 Alex de Frondeville 6’0” 50 BRATTLEBORO, VT 7 Steve Finn 6’0” 51 8 Jim Olson 6’1” 52 Captain: Jim Olson 10 Marshall Goff 5’11” 44 11 Ricky Eikstadt 5’11” 42 This will be No Country’s third year at Beach Nationals. As a more 15 Sandy Hartwiger 6’0” 41 natural grass team, beach is a nice diversion from the hard ground 17 Mike Namkung 6’0” 45 of the Northeast. In order to ease our transition, we like to invite a 18 Dan Sage 6’2” 43 few friends from other regions to bring that mellow beach vibe. 19 Jeff Talbot 6’0” 42 22 Arnold Sanchez 5’8” 45 25 Tom Glass 5’11” 51 37 Fritz Burkhardt 6’2” 44 67 Benjamin Cohen 5’10” 41 83 Greg Husak 6’2” 42 88 Jim Parinella 5’10” 52

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 41 Men’s Grand Masters Teams RECKON ROSTER 0 Greg Allpow 6’4” 51 NASHVILLE, TN 3 Butch Brown 6’0” 48 8 David Turell 6’4” 44 Captains: Jon Meade, Mark Stuewe 9 Mark Stuewe 5’11” 46 @ReckonUltimate 10 Tony Brown 5’8” 44 12 Mark Przybysz 5’11” 39 Reckon is a term we use to let you know we un- 14 Aaron Moredock 6’1” 42 derstand. A word used so much it has become 18 Alan Reeves 6’1” 51 culture. Reckon, ain’t, y’all, you will hear ‘em 19 Rusty Sewell 5’9” 46 all. We hail from the dirty-dirty South. We have a combination of bad 22 Pablo Saade 5’11” 49 23 Peter Jackson 6’1” 46 air, big hair, soul music and whack traffic. A place where neckties, 43 Peter Winslett 5‘11” 45 flies, wife beaters and skeeters converge on humid days and sultry 44 Jon Meade 5’8” 41 nights. We are a proud group of almosts and has-beens, ready to 50 Adam Smith 5’11” 49 bring our high fives to some beautiful sand. Bless your heart, y’all 55 Brad Smith 5’11” 41 better stand back and stay clear, for we r ‘bout to bring it, a reckon- 75 John Riddle 6’5” 42 ing...you hear? Y’all Reckon? 88 Chris Dawson 5’10” 47

SANDBLAST ROSTER 00 Steve LaCrosse 6’2” 47 CHICAGO, IL 1 Brandon Steets 6’1” 40 2 Tim Murray 6’0” 40 Captains: John Hock, Gary LeDonne 7 Todd Grace 5’9” 42 10 Wayne Tang 5’6” 50 Sandblast is essentially a melting pot of former 11 Rob Johnson 5’10” 41 teammates and foes from the Midwest. The sands 14 Dan Powers 6’1” 53 of time have passed, but we have reformed to 16 Chris Courtright 6’0” 42 compete again as Sandblast. Sandblasting “is 20 Jon Remucal 5’10” 41 the operation of forcibly propelling a stream of 25 Greg Sandman 6’2” 44 30 Sam Lang 5’11” 40 abrasive material against a surface under high pressure to smooth 32 Keith Allen 5’8” 44 a rough surface.” Some of our players are abrasive material, some 34 Johnny Hock 5’11” 52 are a stream of high pressure and some have just been worn down. 45 Gary LeDonne 5’11” 42 88 Leo Wang 6’3” 41

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS Men’s Grand Masters Teams Men’s Grand Masters Teams SCRAPPLE ROSTER 3 Richard Hart 5’7” 47 PHILADELPHIA, PA 6 Bill Maroon 5’9” 45 8 Jake Horowitz 5’9” 40 Captains: Bill Maroon, Rich Hart 9 Jay Soda 5’9” 46 11 Len Magargee 5’11” 44 Scrapple - Scraps of meat left over from butch- 13 Tim Eubanks 5’10” 51 ering, not used or sold elsewhere, were made 16 Tom Maroon 5’9” 53 into scrapple to avoid waste. These scraps of 21 AJ Iwaszko 6’0” 51 meat are usually unwanted or undesirable in 22 Trey Paulissen 5’11” 47 any other form so they are thrown together to form Scrapple. It is best 23 Pat Wright 5’8” 54 24 Clayton Coltman 5’11” 44 known as a rural American food of the Mid-Atlantic states (Delaware, 27 Brian Whelan 5’10” 40 Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Virginia). Scrapple is found 33 Steve Grimes 6’0” 39 SPECTATOR INFO in supermarkets throughout the region in both fresh and frozen re- 50 Bill Dristy 6’4” 54 frigerated cases. 55 Tom Carroll 6’2” 41 80 Alit Balk 6’2” 41 This definition also describes a grand master’s ultimate team from 88 Matt Shaff 5’10” 46 the Mid-Atlantic states.

SOL DRAFT ROSTER 1 Adam Geluso 5’8” ORLANDO, FL 5 Mark Hoover 5’8” 7 Eric Gilmore 5’6” Captains: Eric Gilmore, Young Byun 8 Doug Schwartz 5’10” 10 Brian Holloway 6’2” SOL DRAFT is an anagram (and we will allow you 17 Eric Arp 6’3” to figure it out, clue: two words, and one is “old”). 19 James Cheek 5’7” Based out of Florida with some additions from oth- 20 Brent Fisher 5’11” er regions, this is the team’s third year in the grand 25 Michael Barefoot 6’0” masters division at the USA Ultimate Beach Championships. SOL 28 Tim Ray 5’10” 44 Brian Kettenring 6’2” DRAFT won the Florida Sunshine State Games Beach Championships 51 Mark Evangelisto 6’2” as an open division team in 2016 and recently played the Canadian 52 Robert McCormack 6’1” national grand masters team in the St. Augustine Ancient City Beach 69 Daryl Fefee 6’1” Warm 2017 to double-game point in the tournament semifinals fin- ishing third. We also appeared in the finals of the same tournament in 2015 against Woolly Mammoth and finished second.

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 43 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.

2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS PLAYER INFO 45 10. HAVE FUN. FUN. 10. HAVE Go hard. more fun without the antipathy. All other things being equal, games are far Have fun. Play fair. 9. IMPRESSIONS LINGER. LINGER. 9. IMPRESSIONS will be remembered for a long time Not only does the realization that your actions it can also inspire better conduct. Many old-timers enjoy serve to curb poor behavior, remembers their first rendezvous on the the experience of meeting an elite player who first encounter with an impressionable field and recalls the event in detail. A good positive impact. young player can have considerable long term 8. BE GENEROUS WITH PRAISE. PRAISE. 8. BE GENEROUS WITH teammate that you on his/her good catch. Remark to a Compliment an opponent in the eye and calling themselves out of bounds. Look players admire their honesty in small acts boost you shake their hands after a game. These congratulate them when effort. a large payoff for little time and spirit greatly, 7. WHEN YOU DO THE RIGHT THING, PEOPLE NOTICE. NOTICE. DO THE RIGHT THING, PEOPLE 7. WHEN YOU may not thing. You cheek, you know you’ve done the right When you turn the other their Eventually, be no standing ovation, but people do notice. hear praise, there may appreciation of the game will grow. respect for you and their 6. BREATHE. 6. BREATHE. take a deep step back, pause, and take a play, foul, close call, or disputed After a hard a bit of By giving yourself just emotions run high. heat of competition, breath. In the yourself and concentrate perspective to compose you will gain enough time and space, the disc; did you hit his hand or (was she in or out; involved in the dispute on the facts response a more restrained restraint will induce affect the play). Your did that pick as usual. averted, you may resume business from your opponent. Conflagration 2017 USA ULTIMATE BEACH CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 USA ULTIMATE Spirit Of The Game The Of Spirit 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:

- Following 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. - One 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. - Things 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). - After 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 • USA Ultimate recommends the CDC “Heads Up Safety” program, a free one-hour online training: cdc.gov/concussion/headsup/youth.html. • USA Ultimate’s participant waiver includes important information from the CDC regarding concussion safety: usaultimate.org/membership/usa_ultimate_membership_forms.aspx COACHING REQUIREMENTS • Coaches 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 • All 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 • Heat-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. • Signs 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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    Event staff will indicate to players when play is going to resume. T A If you can’t get to a safe shelter Event Safe shelter for players and spectators at the field site includes any fully enclosed Safe shelter for players and spectators at Event staff will USA Ultimate and event staff reserve the right to move or remove objects or spectators USA Ultimate and event staff reserve the right If a player believes that an object on the sideline is not safe, he or she should inform If a player believes that an object on the sideline Spectators and equipment must stay at least five yards away from the sidelines. Where Spectators and equipment must stay at least Rest and cool down after play Rest and cool down after Monitor your urine. Clear/copious = hydrated. Dark = Need water/electrolytes. Monitor your urine. Clear/copious be more susceptible to If you’ve been sick, your body may Be sensitive to prior illness. Don’t drink too much. Over Don’t drink too much. Know your body – be honest! Are you fit enough to perform under current conditions? under current you fit enough to perform body – be honest! Are Know your after play before, during and drinks) optimally (water AND sports Eat and drink A A such Medications meet at Tournament Central to receive instructions for resuming play and any schedule Central to receive instructions for resuming play and any schedule meet at Tournament modifications. other safety guidelines. or on open water. Avoid other tall objects, metal objects and water. Assume a crouched Assume a crouched and water. other tall objects, metal objects Avoid or on open water. the ground, your arms wrapped around position with only the balls of your feet touching your knees and your head lowered. Minimize contact with the ground. Do not lie flat. shelter. By the time the flash-to-bang count has reached 30 seconds, all individuals count has reached 30 seconds, all individuals By the time the flash-to-bang shelter. should be in a safe shelter location. building or vehicle with a hard top and closed windows. windows. building or vehicle with a hard top and closed marshals equipped with radios if there is lightning danger. Play then will be stopped, Play then will be stopped, lightning danger. marshals equipped with radios if there is and everyone should seek shelter. from on or near the playing field if those conditions are, in the opinion of USA Ultimate are, in the opinion of USA Ultimate from on or near the playing field if those conditions or event staff, unsafe for players, staff or spectators. event staff and refrain from playing until he or she is satisfied that safe conditions have or she is satisfied that safe conditions have event staff and refrain from playing until he been established. there are buffer lines, respect them. Chairs, coolers, strollers, you, etc., must be at least coolers, strollers, you, etc., must be at least there are buffer lines, respect them. Chairs, three yards from the sidelines. dehydration. electrolyte imbalance. Potassium is important; good sources include sports drinks, yogurt, grapefruit juice, juice, drinks, yogurt, grapefruit include sports is important; good sources Potassium include sports drinks, Sodium is also important; good sources bananas and oranges. are carbohydrates nuts, cheese and crackers. After play, vegetable juices, pretzels, cereal, white bread, corn chips, sports drinks, as potatoes, honey, important: foods such bagels, crackers and gummy candies. jelly beans, rice cakes, dehydrate the body and/or increase metabolism and heat production. metabolism and heat body and/or increase dehydrate the diuretics can increase risk for heat illness. Avoid them if possible. illness. Avoid increase risk for heat diuretics can • • lines. Cellphonesaresafe,providedthepersonhasfollowed void usingtelephoneland • • to people send to when determine to method “flash-to-bang” the use will staff •

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