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Dynamo Water Polo Club returned home from the
11th FINA Masters Water Polo World Championships at Stanford University in Palo Alto,
CA last week with plenty of positive results. Unfortunately, their 0-5 record was not
in the “plus” column.
“It’d be great if we went undefeated and won the tournament.” explains driver Manny
Torres. “However, we knew that was unrealistic before we boarded the airplane two weeks
ago. We played five games against five better teams, so the 0-5 record isn’t a surprise,”
continued Torres, who swam and played water polo at N.C. State University.
“Our goals for the FINA trip were to play hard, represent our club well and meet players
from around the world,” added Stuart Sheldon, a utility player who swam and played polo at
Washington & Lee University and served as club manager for the trip. “Based on the number of
t-shirts we traded, PowerBars we shared during the games and beers consumed at the Gordon
Biersch tent we definitely accomplished at least two of our goals. We never gave up in the
pool so I rate the trip a complete success.”
“At the end of the first quarter of our first game we trailed Swim Club Neustadt (Germany)
team by four,” reflected team veteran and Villanova water polo alum Ed Opalach. “It was
definitely a rude awakening. The troops rallied a bit when I reminded them that those guys
put their lederhosen on one leg at a time, just like us.”
The only real competitive disappointment for Dynamo came against the Sharks, from southern
California. Scouting earlier games, DWPC felt they matched up best against this opponent.
Consistently poor execution and mistakes by Dynamo throughout the game kept the Sharks on
the feeding end of the meal. DWPC took some consolation from the fact that three of their
five opponents finished in the top 5 of the entire tournament.
Over 7,200 athletes from 75 countries competed in five aquatic disciplines - Water
Polo, Synchronized Swimming, Open Water Swimming, Diving and Swimming at the bi-annual event.
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Full tournament results)
- S.C. Neustadt (GER) 11 - Dynamo 4
- Bay Area (USA) 10 - Dynamo 6
- W.P. Romania 16 - Dynamo 2
- Sharks (USA) 11 - Dynamo 1
- Newport WPF (USA) 13 - Dynamo 3
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8/30/10 - The 2010 PowerBar Cup comes to a close with the Univ. of Florida defeating the host club Dynamo A in a double-overtime thriller to take home the Open Division title. St. Pius A tops Collins Hill A in the High School Division.
2010 PowerBar Results
8/7/10 - The Georgia High School Water Polo Association (GHSWPA) is proud to announce the launch of its website and Facebook page. Check out www.gapolo.com to keep up with
high school water polo around the state of Georgia, and "like" the GHSWPA on Facebook to have news delivered to you via your Facebook news feed.
GaPolo.com Launched
5/9/10 - Results from Dynamo's appearance at the Cinco de Mayo Invitational in Tampa have been posted.
Cinco de Dynamo
4/27/10 - Pictures from Dynamo's competitions at the 2010 Dogwood Invitational are available.
Dogwood Pics
6/17/09 - The USWP Masters National Championships has been announced for June 10th - 12th, 2011. The event will be hosted at the Georgia Tech Aquatics Center.
To learn more or to reserve your team's spot in the event, please register for the 2011 Masters Nationals Email List.
2011 Masters Nationals
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