Beach Notebook: From Big Tournament to Big Tournament
The U.S. Beach National Team picked up three medals, including two golds, at the NORCECA event in La Paz, Mexico, last weekend.
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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.
The U.S. Beach National Team picked up three medals, including two golds, at the NORCECA event in La Paz, Mexico, last weekend.
The U.S. won two medals at the NORCECA Varadero event last weekend when Mewhirter/Brewster won silver and Wheeler/Lindahl bronze. This weekend, four American pairs will compete at a NORCECA event in La Paz, Mexico.
The U.S. Beach National Team will compete in two international tournaments this weekend while many others begin the domestic season in Austin, Texas.
Longtime Beach National Team contractor coach Jose Loiola has formally joined the USA Volleyball staff as Development Coach for the U.S. Beach National Team
Sara Hughes and Kelley Kolinske won the Itapema Challenge last weekend while Andy Benesh and Miles Evans took second at the Songkhla Futures as the U.S. Beach National Team won two Beach Pro Tour medals.
Members of the U.S. Beach National Team will compete in three different tournaments across the world this week. Most will play in the Beach World Tour's Challenge event in Itapema, Brazil.
Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss won the Coolangatta Futures tournament Sunday for the pair's first international win. Zana Muno and Toni Rodriguez claimed bronze.
The first Futures tournament of the Beach Pro Tour runs March 30-April 3 in Coolangatta, Australia, and U.S. Beach National Team athletes Taryn Kloth/Kristen Nuss will make their international debuts.
Kelly Cheng and Betsi Flint took fourth at the Rosarito Elite 16 Sunday, one of five U.S. pairs finishing the tournament in the top 10.
Kelly Cheng and Betsi Flint will play for bronze at the Beach Pro Tour Rosarito Elite 16 Sunday. The pair went 1-1 Saturday, beating Canada in the quarterfinals before falling to Netherlands in the semis.
Emily Day/April Ross, Betsi Flint/Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes/Kelley Kolinske each advanced to the quarterfinals at the Rosarito Elite 16 in Rosarito, Mexico, Friday.
Four American pairs picked up wins, and three are undefeated after day one of the main draw at the Rosarito Elite 16 in Rosarito, Mexico.
Two U.S. teams - Sara Hughes/Kelley Kolinske and Chaim Schalk/Theo Brunner - advanced through the Rosarito Elite 16 qualifier Wednesday after winning two matches each.
Eight American teams will get an early-season test this weekend at the Rosarito (Mexico) Elite 16, the first Elite 16 tournament of the Beach Pro Tour.
The U.S. Beach National Team opened the 2022 Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour this weekend as five pairs reached the playoff round of the Tlaxcala Challenge.
The 2022 international beach volleyball season opens this weekend with the Tlaxcala Challenge, the first event of the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. Twelve American teams will compete in Tlaxcala.
Some U.S. Beach National Team athletes are maintaining their partnerships into 2022, but others are creating new ones. Also, Brooke Sweat was inducted into the FGCU Hall of Fame, and more.
Phil Dalhausser ended his illustrious international career in 2021. He won Olympic gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and he also won the 2007 Beach Volleyball World Championship.
Corinne Quiggle and Sarah Schermerhorn will compete in the King of the Court Finals January 5-8 in Doha, Qatar.
Four-time Olympian Jake Gibb retired in 2021 after two decades in professional beach volleyball. He won seven FIVB tournaments and competed in eight world championships.
Former U.S. Beach National Team athletes Ryan Doherty and Stafford Slick retired from international volleyball in 2020. Find out what they've been up to in the past year.