{"id":381852,"date":"2025-12-31T04:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T04:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/381852\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T04:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T04:36:13","slug":"top-u23-7s-prospects-attend-winter-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/381852\/","title":{"rendered":"Top U23 7s Prospects Attend Winter Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                <img width=\"860\" height=\"616\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1FDAAE5C-FC44-488F-A404-C03C37A6FDB272-e1767133912876-860x616.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-tianlock-wp-thumbnail-single-image size-tianlock-wp-thumbnail-single-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"Cal Poly Rugby\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eagles.rugby\/news\/womens-u23-sevens-get-to-work-at-winter-camp-20251226\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">eagles.rugby<\/a> \u2014 High Performance Pathways development ramps up this winter with the USA Women\u2019s U23 Sevens coming together in Chula Vista, Calif., for a six-day intensive training camp. [lead photo: Cal Poly SLO\u2019s Liz Goethals \/ Jackie Finlan]<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-five of the top under-23 prospects from across the country will undergo a comprehensive training block culminating in four matches to identify talent and assess levels heading into the upcoming 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p>After a successful showing in New Zealand at the Youth Global Sevens with the U18s Sevens Women finishing 4-2 in the Bowl Final, Head Pathways Coach Irene Gardner shifts focus up the age grades to dial into an upcoming batch of USA Eagle prospects.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to welcome 25 athletes to Chula Vista for our final Pathway Sevens camp of the year,\u201d commented Gardner. \u201cThe camp roster will bring both new and experienced players together for an assessment of their current physical and skill readiness for 7s. It will give us an opportunity to assess their current level and the physical potential they have in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInvitations for this camp came from our 2025 USA Rugby Pathway talent identification and scouting efforts, including Talent ID camps, collegiate U23 All-Stars, club 7s nationals, and collegiate rugby matches and national championship events,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Standout players identified from this selection will progress through the pathways player pool and be eligible for selection across various 2026 competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Falalauola Amanoni \u2014 Berkeley All Blues<br \/>Laryssa Barbosa \u2014 Brown Univ<br \/>Mia Blocher \u2014 Notre Dame<br \/>Laura Bocek \u2014 WER Breakers \/ Life West<br \/>Naomi Collins \u2014 All Army<br \/>Nyah Cordero \u2014 Berkeley All Blues<br \/>Brooke Crago \u2014 Phoenixville White Horse<br \/>Taimane Fiatoa \u2014 U.S. Military Academy<br \/>Kori Fields \u2014 Long Island Univ<br \/>Seneca Friend \u2014 Washington AC<br \/>Liz Goethal \u2014 Cal Poly SLO<br \/>Hattie Greenwood \u2014 Life Univ<br \/>Emma Hovanec \u2014 Berkeley All Blues<br \/>Halle Hunt \u2014 Santa Monica Rugby Club<br \/>Ashtyn Kelly \u2014 UNC Chapel Hill<br \/>Emily Krahn \u2014 Chicago North Shore<br \/>Cienna Jordan \u2014 Circle City \/ Misfits Rugby<br \/>Hehea Pulotu \u2014 Dartmouth<br \/>Lucy Powell \u2014 MiraCosta College<br \/>Savanah Lewis \u2014 Phoenix 7s<br \/>Kaia Lyons \u2014 James Madison Univ<br \/>Jasmine Miller \u2014 Unattached<br \/>Morgan Raun \u2014 Scion<br \/>Jayna Schalesky \u2014 UC Santa Barbara<br \/>Maurina Street \u2014 Univ South Dakota<\/p>\n<p>Irene Gardner | Women\u2019s 7s Pathways Head Coach<br \/>Kelly Griffin | Women\u2019s 7s Pathways Asst Coach<br \/>Jackie Rodriguez | Women\u2019s 7s Pathways Lead Athletic Trainer<br \/>Martha Daines | Head of Player Systems &amp; Development<br \/>Kristin Zdanczewicz | Pathways Performance Coach<br \/>Becky Huang | Referee<br \/>Aiyana Gilliard | Team Services Manager<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"eagles.rugby \u2014 High Performance Pathways development ramps up this winter with the USA Women\u2019s U23 Sevens coming together&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381853,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-381852","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381852"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381852\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}