U23 Beach National Team Ready for NORCECA Juan Dolio

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Dec. 5, 2023) – The U.S. U23 Beach National Team is set to compete at the 2023 NORCECA U23 Beach Championship in Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic. The tournament runs Dec. 11-15 and will feature four U.S. pairs.

Sierra Caffo/Ella Larkin and Delayne Maple/Xolani Hodel will represent the U.S. women. The pairs of Tate Calles/Brendan Onishchenko and Kyle Paulson/Sebastian Rodriguez will represent the men.

Pairs representing the U.S. were determine both from the U23 Beach National Team Trials in June at Hermosa Beach, Calif and from the 2023 Beach Collegiate National Teams. As members of the age-group national teams, these athletes all participated in the National Team Development Program (NTDP) summer training block in late July at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Center in California.

U23 Beach National Team 

Name (Height, Birth year, Hometown, College, USAV region)
Women’s Competing Pair/Athletes
Ella Larkin (5-10, 2002, Maize, Kan., Louisiana State, Heart of America Region)
*Grace Seits (6-2, 2001, Ramona, Calif., Louisiana State, Southern California Region) – Seits earned the right to compete with Ella Larkin but was replaced by Sierra Caffo due to injury.
Xolani Hodel (6-2, 2002, Huntington Beach, Calif., Stanford, Southern California Region)
Delaynie Maple (5-10, 2002, San Diego, Calif., Univ. of Southern California, Southern California Region)
Sierra Caffo (6-0, 2001, San Diego, Calif. Univ. of California Berkely, Southern California Region)

Coach: Priscilla Piantadosi-Lima

Men’s Competing Pair/Athletes
Tate Calles (5-10, 2001, Anacortes, Wash., Trinity Western, Puget Sound)
Brendan Onishchenko (6-5, 2003, Damascus, Ore., Clackamas HS, Columbia Empire Region)
Kyle Paulson (6-8, 2002, Long Beach, Calif., Univ. of Southern California, Southern California Region)
Sebastian Rodriguez (6-4, 2001, 6-4, Hermosa Beach, Calif., Long Beach State, Southern California Region)

Coach: Steve McFadden (Washington University)
Team Lead: Carolina Garbato (USAV NTDP)
Performance Analyst: Beh Bahr
Medical Provider: Zoe Moura