US Field Hockey News
Athletes Seek Selection to US Field Hockey 2004 Women's Junior Teams
at A-Camp
Colorado Springs -- The U.S. Field
Hockey Association will select its 2004 women’s junior national teams during the
elite A Camp selection trials, Jan. 2-4, at the USA Field Hockey National Training Center in Virginia Beach.
Eighty-five of the nation's
top collegiate and high school age athletes will compete for spots on the 2004 U.S.
Under-19 team and U.S. Under-21 team during the weekend camp. Athletes earned invitations
to A Camp through performances in U.S. Field Hockey programs such as 2003 junior teams, B
Camp, the USA Field Hockey Summer League, the National Hockey Festival and invitations
from the USA Field Hockey coaching staff.
Athletes at A Camp range
from high school players such as 15-year old Katelyn Falgowski (Landenburg, Pa./Gunning St. Marks
High School) to college All-America selections Kayla Bashore (Shoemakersville, Pa./Univ.
of Indiana ’05), Jackie Ciconte (Wilmington, Del./Univ. of Maryland ’06), ),
Katie Grant (Lehighton, Pa,/Duke Univ. ’06), Kristen Madden (Concord, N.H./Boston
College ’06), Natalie Martirosian (Richmond, Va./Princeton ’05) and Lauren
Powley (Mountaintop, Pa./Univ. of Maryland ’06
The A Camp roster includes
69 collegiate athletes and 16 high school standouts. The University of Maryland will send the most
athletes to A Camp with seven, followed by the University of North Carolina and University of Richmond with five selections
each. Princeton Univ., Penn State Univ. and
the College of William & Mary are
represented by four athletes while NCAA Division I National Champion Wake Forest Univ. and
runner-up Duke each will
send three athletes to
A Camp.
At A-Camp, the selected athletes will participate in an intensive weekend of skill
and tactics training capped by selections to the 2004 U.S. teams. In addition to
the junior teams selected at A Camp, USA Field Hockey has added selections to its senior
national team during individual trials in Nov. and Dec. The senior team will attempt to
qualify for the 2004 Olympic Games at the Olympic Qualifying Tournament, March 19-27. USA
Field Hockey will also select a U.S. Under-16
in 2004 team at this summer’s AAU Junior Olympic Games.
Once selected, the U.S. U-19 and
U-21 teams will compete in various domestic and international events in 2004. The U19 team
will in the U.S. Field Hockey Summer League and at annual JFK International Tournament in Virginia Beach, while the U21 team
will train regularly at regional sites and compete in an international tour.
For the
complete list of A Camp participants visit
http://www.usfieldhockey.com/cgi-bin/scripts/selection/ab_camps.cgi?acamp04
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