Four members of the men'sbrDragon Water Polo team competed at the USA Water Polo National Junior Olympics last month. The competition is the largest age group water polo tournament inbrUnited States. Athletes and teams from around the country converge on thebrnational stage, competing over a four-day period within their respective agebrcategory.
Dragon athletes includedbrMatt Hahn, Sean Murphy, Zachary Lowery and Nate Winkler.
Hahn, a rising sophomorebrwho was a starter for the Dragons his freshman year, competed on the 16U team,brwhich finished 11th in the Gold division. Murphy is a recent CarrollbrSenior High graduate who will attend college in Arizona; Lowery is a risingbrsenior and USA Water Polo All American; Winkler is a rising senior and goalie.
Over the summer, thesebrathletes competed in the highly competitive 18U division and placed 24th in thebrPlatinum division. This is the highest an 18U men's team from Texas has placed.
Thunder Water Polo, abrNorth Texas team with members primarily from Southlake, Flower Mound andbrDenton, also had future Dragons competing in the 14U and 12U divisions. The 14Ubrteam placed 22nd in the Platinum division, and 12U placed 19th in Gold.
On the girls' side,brThunder Water Polo sent eight Lady Dragons and future Dragons to the NationalbrJunior Olympics.
Players included: KatiebrNedrow, graduating senior who will play for Bucknell University (D1) in the fall;brErin Weisert, rising senior and USA Water Polo All American, 1st Team All State;brAna Warner, rising senior, 2nd Team All State and 1st Team All Region (goalie);brSophia Torres rising senior and 2nd Team All State; Gabi Gervasi, rising junior,brUSA Water Polo All American, 1st Team All State and regional MVP; Sydney Jones,brrising sophomore and part of the 2016 2nd place State team.
Future Lady Dragons includedbrOlivia Jones and Ashley Chand. Both girls will attend 7th grade at DawsonbrMiddle School.
The 18U team placed 17thbrin the highly competitive 18U division. The 14U girls placed 15th in the Gold division.brThe 16Us did an outstanding job of coming in 19th in Platinum division.
Visit USAWaterPolo.org for complete details on the National Junior Olympics.
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