US Field Hockey News
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Jill
Reeve will make her third appearance in the Pan Am Games after winning silver medals in
1995 and 1999
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US Field Hockey Names Women’s
Pan American Games Team
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – U.S. Field
Hockey has announced the 16-member team to represent the United States at the XIV Pan
American Games, Aug. 2-13, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Selections to the
team are subject to approval by the United States Olympic Committee (USOC).
Selected following
residency training sessions and recent international competitions, the U.S. team features five
players returning from the 1999 Pan Am games including five-time U.S. selection, Tracey
Fuchs. Playing in every Pan Am tournament
since women’s field hockey was first added to the Games’ programme in 1987,
Fuchs will join Kate Barber ('99), Katie Beach ('99), Jill Reeve ('95, ‘99) and
goalkeeper Peggy Storrar (’99) in making return trips to the Games.
The team also includes
2002 World Cup team members Kelli Gannon (Escondido, Calif.), Tara Jelley (Greenfield, Mass.), Keli Smith (Selinsgrove, Pa.), Tracey Larson (Morrisville, Pa.), Carrie Lingo (Rehobath Beach, Del.) and Kristen McCann (Allentown, Pa.). Also selected to
the team, Robyn Kenney (Readington, N.J.) and goalkeeper Amy
Tran (Grantville, Pa.) were members of the U.S. team that beat India in the World Cup
qualifying series.
The U.S. selections also
feature some of the newest members of the team including Jessica Coleman (Oceanport, N.J.), Dina Rizzo (Walpole, Mass.) and Abbey Woolley (Ocean City, N.J.). Coleman joined the
team’s residency program following team trials in February, while Rizzo and Woolley
were selected to the team following Open Trials in August, 2002.
Natalie Dawson (Berlin, N.J.) and Mimi Smith (Virginia Beach, Va.) were named as
alternates to the Pan Am team.
The U.S. team will get its
final tune-up for the Pan American Games during the FIH Champions Challenge,
July 5-13 in Catania, Italy.
The winner of the Pan
American Games tournament earns the automatic continental berth into the 10-team field at
the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Reigning world
champion Argentina has won the gold
medal in each of the four previous Pan American Games women's tournaments, with the U.S. earning silver medals
in 1987, '95 and ’99, and a bronze medal in 1991.
The U.S. will begin the Pan Am
tournament in Pool B with Canada, Jamaica and Uruguay, while Pool A
features Argentina, Chile, Trinidad &
Tobago and the host Dominican Republic.
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| Name |
Pos |
Hometown |
Birth Date |
Caps |
| Kate Barber |
Fwd |
West chester, Pa. |
22 Nov 76 |
93 |
| Katie
Beach |
B |
West Lawn, Pa. |
26 Sep 74 |
132 |
| Jessica Coleman |
Mid |
Oceanport,
N.J. |
12 March 80 |
0 |
| Tracey Fuchs |
Mid |
Centereach, N.Y. |
7 Aug 72 |
236 |
| Kelli Gannon |
M/F |
Escondido, Calif. |
21 Dec 78 |
41 |
| Tara Jelley |
F/M |
Greenfield, Mass. |
7 Aug 72 |
47 |
| Robyn Kenney |
Mid/Def |
Readington,
N.J. |
6 Feb 79 |
6 |
| Tracey
Larson |
Mid |
Morrisville, Pa. |
1 May 78 |
53 |
| Carrie Lingo |
Mid |
Rehoboth Bch., Del. |
27 Sept 79 |
44 |
| Kristen
McCann |
Fwd |
Allentown, Pa. |
22 Aug 78 |
48 |
| Jill Reeve |
B |
Hoosick Falls, N.Y. |
1 Nov 69 |
128 |
| Dina Rizzo |
Fwd |
Walpole,
Mass. |
24 Mar 80 |
4 |
| Keli Smith |
Mid/Fwd |
Selinsgrove,
Pa. |
25 Jan 79 |
32 |
| Peggy
Storrar |
GK |
Mahopac, N.Y. |
20 Feb 71 |
96 |
| Amy Tran |
GK |
Grantville, Pa. |
2 Oct 80 |
6 |
| Abbey Woolley |
Fwd |
Ocean City, N.J. |
14 Aug 80 |
4 |
| Alternates |
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| Natalie Dawson |
B/M |
Berlin, N.J. |
13 Dec 78 |
13 |
| Mimi Smith |
Def |
Virginia Beach, Va. |
5 Oct 77 |
37 |
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