Members of the LASA Vertikills ultimate frisbee team traveled to Blaine, Minnesota August 5-8 to participate in the 2022 Youth Club Championships.
In the Youth Club U-20 Boys Division, 15 out of the 23 players on Texas United's roster were current or former Vertikills, including:
- Will Basham, '24
- Luke Jackson, '23
- Luke Knight, '22
- Eliot Lajaunie, '22
- AJ Leigh, '22
- Vance Mader, '24
- Victor Mikhailov, '23
- Solomon Moon, '24
- Steven Nguyen, '22
- Soh Nishiyama, '22
- Nick Robertson, '22
- Gus Serff-Roberts, '23
- Aidan Stokes, '23
- Andy Wang, '23
- Dean Wysocki, '22
In the U-17 Boys Division, the Texas Double Trouble roster included:
- Iago Ansede De Veylder, '24
- Aryan Singh, '24
In the U-20 Girls Division, Texas Tango's roster included:
- Piper Chen, '25
- Storey Flowers, '25
- Catie Graves, '22
- Rachel Joy-Rocha, '25
- Katie Knight, '26
- Marta Knoll, '22
- Mary Martinez, '22
- Julia Tompkins, '22
United got 11th place in their division and Tango won their division's Spirit Award. Congratulations to all of these student athletes for representing LASA and the state of Texas in this national tournament.
On August 6-13, Caroline Stone, '22, represented the U.S at the World Junior Ultimate Championships in Warsaw, Poland. Team USA went undefeated to win the junior women's division.
Photo credits: Tao Wang, Ultiworld, Spin Ultimate, UltiPhotos