Temple University Athletics
TEMPLE BRINGS SUCCESS TO US FIELD HOCKEY FUTURES PROGRAM
7.11.06 | Field Hockey
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA- Head field hockey coach Amanda Janney and incoming freshman Dannah Brehm represented Temple well at the 2006 USA Field Hockey Futures Championships held in Virginia Beach June 30-July 4 at the National Training Center.
Brehm's Lancaster team captured the U-19 Gold medal after posting a 4-0 win over the Las Vegas squad, while Janney's Harrisburg team finished first after a 4-1 victory over Kutztown.
The Futures Championships featured 646 of USA Field Hockey's top high school-aged athletes from 25 states and the District of Columbia competing in Under-14, Under-16 and Under-19 divisions.
Through their performances at the event, athletes earned selection to higher-level USA Field Hockey programs and competition teams including the AAU Junior Olympic Team (U14 and U16 athletes, Aug. 1-5, Virginia Beach), Futures Elite, the USA/Canada Field Hockey Challenge Cup Team (July 24-29, Virginia Beach), the Olympic Development Select Program, USA Field Hockey's Junior National Camp or an assignment to a USA Field Hockey High Performance Center. The tournament also provides an evaluation opportunity for collegiate coaches to view and rate the nation's top field hockey athletes as potential student athletes in their respective programs.
The culmination of USA Field Hockey's Futures Program, the National Futures Champions features the top athletes from the more than 5,000 of the program's nation-wide participants. After receiving five months of elite-level training and tactical instruction in preparation for possible future selection to the USA National Teams, Futures athletes compete in regional tournaments where the top players are then selected to compete at the national championship tournament.
Assistant Coach Ryan Langford has also been busy this summer, coaching the Men's Junior "East Coast" team to a championship at the United States Men's National Field Hockey Championship in California, held June 21-25.
