Greenwich Water Polo Travel Teams Excel at 2010 Junior Olympics Tournament
Four boys teams in 4 age groups (12/under, 14/under 16/under and 18/under) qualified for the 2010 Junior Olympics Tournament and fared well in the national competition. The 14/under and 12/under boys teams finished 12th and 24th in the Platinum Bracket and 12th and 24th in the country and the 16/under and 18/under teams both finished 9th in the Gold Bracket.
The girls 14/under team qualified for the Platinum Bracket and the 12/under qualified for the Gold Bracket. Results of the tournament will be available shortly.
No other clubs east of Mississippi sent as many teams to represent their region at the 2010 Junior Olympics. Congrats to all players.
7 Greenwich Water Polo Players Named Academic All Americans
USA Water Polo just announced the Academic All Americans for the 2009-2010 season.
Seven (7) Greenwich Water Polo players were included in the selection which honors students for excellence in the pool and in the class room and 6 were honored for outstanding achievement for having over a 4.0 grade point average.
The seven pictured above are:
Front Row: J Whelan, Tommy Jensen, Scott Anderson
Back Row: Simon Tebbe, Matt Weber, Clayton Hardman and James Kelly.
Scott Anderson, Clayton Hardman, James Kelly, Simon Tebbe, Matt Weber, J Whelan were recognized for having outstanding achievement for having higher than a 4.0 grade point average.
You need to be a junior or senior in high school and have a 3.6 grade point average to qualify.
Congrats to all for your fine work!
Matt Weber Named to US Junior National Team
Matt Weber, 17, who has grown up playing for Greenwich Water Polo and now is in-coming captain of the Greenwich High School Boys Water Polo team was recently named to the USA Junior National Training Team.
After scoring nine goals in an 18-15 win over the Southeast team in the 92 & under East-West All Region Tournament, GWP's Matt Weber was named to the All Region - All Tournament Team and selected for the Junior National Training Team. Congratulations Matt!!
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