Atlantis Rugby put 3 teams on the podium at Tropical 7s!
- Dave Codell
- 1 day ago
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Tropical 7s took place in Tampa, Florida over the weekend and Atlantis Rugby had 8 sides in action. A significant number of our usual feeder programs were competing in Europe on various spring break tours this year, so it is a testament to all the hard work that goes on behind the scenes that we were able to put so many teams together filled with outstanding young student-athletes.
That doesn’t happen without a lot of help from the home clubs and competitions that train these players on a day-to-day basis and we can’t thank all of them enough. Whether it is coaching, officiating, volunteering, or doing all the administrative tasks it takes to keep rugby going we want you to know that we appreciate all of you and we continue to be blown away by the quality of the players that we receive on a yearly basis. Thank you!
The boys put 5 teams into the tournament, competing in U14, U16 Open, U16 Elite, U18 Open, and U18 Elite while the girls competed in U14, U16 Elite, and U18 Elite. It was an overall outstanding weekend for the boys who put up a combined 21-7-1 record and earned top 3 finishes in U18 Elite (third), U16 Elite (second), and U14 (second). They also scored a total of 718 points and allowed 356 for a point differential of +362. The boys were not shut out in any of their matches while shutting out their opponents a total of six times, and each side had at least one.
The girls were more severely impacted by player availability than the boys and weren’t able to bring home hardware this time around, but approximately 14 players were given an opportunity to represent Atlantis Rugby for the first time, and the returning players were given an opportunity to step into larger roles at the highest levels of competition which will serve them well in their continued development as young rugby players.
For the Boys U14 (5-1 record, second place finish) the roster was:
Trent Preece
Toby Pond
Taimeer Holt
Myles Krejcarek
Facundo Canosa
Quinn Fragner
Keagan Janse van Rensburg
Maika Heimbach
Ryan Ficca
Jameson Meehan
Veka Kasenina
Max Croker
Coach Mark Weir
Coach Bob Cassidy
The U16 Boys Open (4-2 record):
Connor Cassidy
Connor Blair
Angus Cahalane
Gavin Doyon
Grant Croce
Jonah Khana
Bryce Strenkoski
Sotaro Takaoka
Jacob Beckenhauer
Cameron Bojan
Reed Charlesworth
Caden Staines
Coach Dave Codell
Coach Perry Pence
Coach Will Brewington
U16 Boys Elite (4-2 record, second place finish)
Trey Olivetti
Drew Smith
James Burke
Griffin Glock
Jonah Gonder
David Pfaff
Jacob Haudenshield
Austin Pond
Hamilton Carter
Jayden Wrigley
RT Ferris
Graham Haney
Coach Tim Jaques
Coach Liam Boyle
U18 Boys Open (4-1-1 record)
Thomas Jones
Harry Crawford
Max Bonner
Alex Ladarola
McCann Keenaghan
Deacon Pesce
Domenic Botto
Tyler Hays
Smith Keenaghan
Dominick Sansone
Coach Connor Hohman
Coach Chet Rockwood
U18 Boys Elite (4-1 record, third place finish)
Jamie Weir
Jackson Reilly
Riley Scrogham
Caleb Netral
Liam Albon
Luke Eisenhardt
Jack Olivo
Aaron Kelly
Luke Ballinger
Liam Ishizaki-Comeau
Sebastian Meyers
Dean Martins
Coach Mike Williams
Coach Tyler Myles
U14 Girls (2-4 record)
Charity Fernandez
Stella Agostinelli
Ady Staines
Amelia Collier-Lake
Ellie Desmond
Evelyn Collier-Lake
Pippa Hoffman-Long
Morris Alexander
Sierra Hampton
Lucero Mancilla
Leyah’rae Burnley
Coach Lance Connolly
Coach Kelly Romano
U16 Girls Elite (1-5 record)
Melanie Wilhoit
Sofia Singh
Mia Cortes
Danika Barth
Maeve Flaherty
Naomi Lyman
Avery Russer
Layla Fields
Galia Vilchis
Kohme Yamazaki
Addi Scrogham
Leilani Pinkstone-Timms
Coach Karl Barth
Coach Anne-Marie Lemal-Brown
U18 Girls Elite (2-4 record)
Maggie Hoffman-Long
Siena Tofig
Bianca Petrucci
Liv Shepler
Kaiya Wrigley
Carys Phillips
Lia DeMarco
Daryn Maloni
Giabella Romano
MJ Jones
Kaliyah Schimpf
Coach Elijah Seay
Coach Lisa Huff Henrich
Atlantis Rugby will return to action in June with both 7s and 15s across a variety of age groups. More details will be posted on our website and social media once they are confirmed. Thank you all once again for supporting our program and for all you do for these athletes!
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