Wednesday, June 22, 2022

USA Men's National Team Water Polo Announces Roster For 2022 FINA World Championship


 

Irvine, CA – June 17 – USA Water Polo Men's Senior National Team Head Coach Dejan Udovicic has announced the roster for the upcoming FINA World Championships starting Tuesday in Hungary. Udovicic selected 13 athletes and two alternates for the competition that will begin in Szeged, Hungary before later rounds advance to Budapest. Team USA has never won a medal in World Championship play, taking ninth place at the most recent event in 2019.

Team USA's roster will feature eight returning athletes from the Tokyo Olympic Games roster and nine athletes with World Championship experience. Two-time Olympians Alex Bowen and Ben Hallock lead fellow World Championship returners in Hannes Daube, Matt Farmer, Drew Holland, Max Irving, Ben Stevenson, Marko Vavic and Dylan Woodhead. Chase Dodd, Jake Ehrhardt, Tommy Gruwell and Adrian Weinberg will make their World Championship debut. 2016 Olympian Thomas Dunstan joins Tyler Abramson as alternates.

The United States will open play on July 21 against Serbia at 10:30am pt. They'll also meet Kazakhstan and Australia to close out Group D action. Live streaming of all the games will be available on the FINA Facebook page at facebook.com/fina1908. Match stats for all games will be available by clicking here. For more on the event, click here to visit the official website.

 

2022 FINA World Championship Roster (Hometown/College/USAWP Club)

Alex Bowen (Santee, CA/Stanford/NYAC)*

Hannes Daube (Long Beach, CA/USC/NYAC)*

Chase Dodd (Long Beach, CA/UCLA/Vanguard)

Jake Ehrhardt (Camarillo, CA/USC/Pride)

Matt Farmer (La Grange, IL/UCLA/Windy City WP)

Thomas Gruwell (San Diego, CA/UCLA/LAWPC)

Ben Hallock (Westlake Village, CA/Stanford/LA Premier)*

Drew Holland (Orinda, CA/Stanford/Olympic Club)*

Max Irving (Long Beach, CA/UCLA/NYAC)*

Ben Stevenson (Reno, NV/Pacific/NYAC)*

Marko Vavic (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA/USC/Trojan)*

Adrian Weinberg (Oak Park, CA/California/Pride)

Dylan Woodhead (San Anselmo, CA/Stanford/SHAQ)*

*2020 Tokyo Olympian

 

Alternates

Tyler Abramson (Orinda, CA/Stanford/Stanford WPF)

Thomas Dunstan (New Canaan, CT/USC/Regency)

 

Staff

Head Coach: Dejan Udovicic

Assistant Coaches: Gavin Arroyo and Matt Ustaszewski

Team Manager: Lori Verdegaal

Sports Medicine Manager: Chris Bates

 

2022 FINA World Championship Schedule

June 21 vs Serbia 10:30am pt

June 23 vs Kazakhstan 10:30am pt

June 25 vs Australia 10:30am pt

June 27 vs TBD (crossover round)

June 29 vs TBD (quarterfinals)

July 1 vs TBD (semifinals)

July 3 vs TBD (finals)

 

USA Women's National Team Announces Roster For 2022 FINA World Championship

 

Irvine, CA – June 17 – USA Water Polo Women's Senior National Team Head Coach Adam Krikorian has announced the roster for the upcoming FINA World Championships starting Monday in Hungary. Krikorian selected 13 athletes and two alternates for the competition that will begin in Debrecen, Hungary before later rounds advance to Budapest. Team USA has won the last three World Championships (2015, 2017 & 2019) and six total in program history, adding gold medals in 2003, 2007 and 2009.

 

Team USA boasts a roster featuring seven returners from the Tokyo Olympic Games gold medal winning squad and eight returning World Champions led by captain Maggie Steffens. Steffens is joined by fellow returners Ashleigh Johnson, Maddie Musselman, Rachel Fattal, Stephania Haralabidis, Kaleigh Gilchrist, Amanda Longan and Jordan Raney. Tara Prentice, Ava Johnson, Ryann Neushul, Denise Mammolito and Bayley Weber will make their World Championship debuts. Jewel Roemer and Emily Ausmus will serve as alternates.

 

The United States will open play on June 20 against South Africa before meeting the Netherlands and Argentina to close out Group B action. Live streaming of all the games will be available on the FINA Facebook page at facebook.com/fina1908. Match stats for all games will be available by clicking here. For more on the event, click here to visit the official website.

 

2022 FINA World Championship Roster (Hometown/College/USAWP Club)

1 Ashleigh Johnson (Miami, FL/Princeton/NYAC)*

2 Maddie Musselman (Newport Beach, CA/UCLA/NYAC)*

3 Tara Prentice (Temecula, CA/UC Irvine/SOCAL)

4 Rachel Fattal (Seal Beach, CA/UCLA/SOCAL)*

5 Ava Johnson (Walnut Creek, CA/UCLA/680 Water Polo)

6 Maggie Steffens (Danville, CA/Stanford/NYAC)*

7 Stephania Haralabidis (Athens, Greece/USC/NYAC)*

8 Ryann Neushul (Goleta, CA/Stanford/Santa Barbara 805)

9 Denise Mammolito (Rancho Cucamonga, CA/USC/CHAWP)

10 Kaleigh Gilchrist (Newport Beach, CA/USC/NYAC)*

11 Bayley Weber (Los Alamitos, CA/USC/SET)

12 Jordan Raney (Manhattan Beach, CA/Stanford/Huntington Beach WPF)

13 Amanda Longan (Moorpark, CA/USC/Santa Barbara 805)*

*2020 Tokyo Olympic Champion

 

Alternates

Emily Ausmus (Riverside, CA/ML King HS/SOCAL)

Jewel Roemer (Martinez, CA/Stanford/680 Water Polo)

 

Water Polo National Team Staff

Head Coach: Adam Krikorian

Assistant Coaches: Molly Cahill and Nicolle Payne

Team Manager: Lori Verdegaal

Sports Medicine Manager: Larnie Boquiren

Video Coordinator: Chris Lee

 

2022 FINA World Championship Schedule

June 20 vs South Africa 9:00am pt

June 22 vs the Netherlands 10:30am pt

June 24 vs Argentina 9:00am pt

June 26 vs TBD (crossover round)

June 28 vs TBD (quarterfinals)

June 30 vs TBD (semifinals)

July 2 vs TBD (finals)

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