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In the latest beach update, a gold medal for Trevor Crabb and Theo Brunner at Challenge Guadalajara vaults them into the top spot for the U.S. men’s provisional Olympic rankings. We now look towards the next Elite16 event in Tepic, Mexico happening this week with all the top U.S. teams in the Olympic rankings. We also recap last week’s events that included a medal haul for the U.S. at all three BPT tournaments.
Eleven American beach volleyball pairs will compete in international tournaments this weekend, eight of which will be at the Espinho Challenge.
Taryn Kloth/Kristen Nuss finished fifth and Megan Kraft/Emily Stockman took ninth at the Gstaad Elite 16 this weekend. Three American duos competed in the tournament.
Emily Stockman/Megan Kraft, Kristen Nuss/Taryn Kloth and Sarah Schermerhorn/Corinne Quiggle will each compete in the Gstaad Elite 16 July 6-10
Megan Kraft won her second consecutive Beach Pro Tour gold medal last weekend when she and Emily Stockman won the Bialystok Futures.
Megan Kraft and Savvy Simo won the Balikesir Futures event last weekend, and Kerri Walsh Jennings will be inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in October.
Chaim Schalk/Theo Brunner finished fourth at the 2022 FIVB Beach World Championships Sunday, falling to Brazil’s George Souto Maior Wanderley/Andre Loyola Stein in three sets.
Chaim Schalk/Theo Brunner lost a semifinal match Saturday and will play for bronze at the 2022 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Chaim Schalk/Theo Brunner advanced to the 2022 FIVB Beach World Championships semifinals with a three-set win over Robert Meeuwsen/Alexander Brouwer of the Netherlands.
Chaim Schalk/Theo Brunner and Sara Hughes/Kelley Kolinske advanced to the 2022 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships with Round-of-16 wins Thursday.
Four U.S. pairs won Round of 32 matches at the 2022 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Wednesday and advanced to the Round of 16.
The final three U.S. Beach National Team pairs clinched berths at the 2022 FIVB Beach World Championships Monday as pool play concluded.
Sara Hughes/Kelley Kolinske clinched a pool title while they, Sarah Sponcil/Terese Cannon and Trevor Crabb/Tri Bourne earned playoff berths at the 2022 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships
Four U.S. Beach National Team pairs won matches on day two of the 2022 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Saturday
Three U.S. pairs won during day one of the 2022 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Friday in Rome: Sarah Sponcil/Terese Cannon, Kelly Cheng/Betsi Flint and Taylor Sander/Taylor Crabb.
Trevor Crabb and Tri Bourne made it off the reserve list and into the 2022 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships after another team withdrew.
Six U.S. pairs will compete in the 2022 Beach Volleyball World Championships, held June 10-19 in Rome, Italy.
Jessica Gaffney/Molly Turner took bronze at the Klaipeda Futures while Sara Hughes/Kelley Kolinske placed fourth at the Jurmala Elite 16.
Ten U.S. beach pairs are competing in Eastern Europe this week as seven take on the best players in the field at the Jurmala (Latvia) Elite 16 and three are in the Klaipeda (Lithuania) Futures.
Four U.S. Beach National Team pairs wrapped up play at the Ostrava Elite 16 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Five U.S. Beach National Team pairs will compete at the Ostrava Elite 16 this weekend: Chaim Schalk/Theo Brunner, Sara Hughes/Kelley Kolinske, Tri Bourne/Trevor Crabb, Sarah Sponcil/Terese Cannon and Corinne Quittle/Sarah Schermerhorn.
The U.S. Beach National Team won three medals Sunday, including a gold medal from Taryn Kloth/Kristen Nuss at the Kusadasi Challenge.
