JUNIORS
Already big, it’s getting bigger
The 2013 USAV Girls’ National Championships could attract nearly 1,200 teams to Dallas by Eric Hammond
GJNC
he steady growth of players and teams competing in our favorite sport of volley- ball has exploded of late. This rapid expan- sion has led the USA Volleyball Girls’ Junior National Championships to begin bursting at
T 2013 GJNC national qualifi ers
Colorado Crossroads Denver, Colo. – March 2-4: 16s - 18s • March 8-10: 12s - 15s
www.coloradocrossroads.org
Southern California Qualifi er Las Vegas, Nev. – March 8-10: 15s - 18s • Anaheim, Calif. – April 19- 21, : 12s - 14s
www.scvavolleyball.org/girls_na- tional_qualifyer.htm
Far Western Reno, Nev. – April 20-22: 12s, 14s, 15 USA and American • April 26- 28: 15 Open, 16s, 18s
www.ncva.com
Disney Volleyball Showcase Orlando, Fla. – March 22-24: 12s, 14s - 18s Open Only (16 teams/age division) – All Divisions Closed
Pacifi c Northwest Qualifi er Spokane, Wash. – March 22-24: 12s, 13s, 14s, 16s USA & American • March 29-31: 15s, 16 Open, 17s, 18s
www.pacifi cnwqualifi
er.org
Big South Qualifi er Atlanta – March 29-31 (All ages)
www.bigsouth.us
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Northeast National Qualifi er National Harbor, Md. – March 29-31: 12s - 14s; Baltimore – 15s; Philadelphia – 16s - 18s
www.eastcoastvb.org
Lone Star Classic
Dallas – April 12-14: 14s - 15s • April 13-15: 13s • April 19-21: 10s, 11s, 12s, 16s - 18s, Boys’
www.austinsportscenter.com
Show Me Qualifi er Kansas City, Mo. – April 13-15: 16s - 18s • April 19-21: 12s - 15s • April 20-21: 11s
www.showmenq.org
Mideast Qualifi er St. Louis, Mo – March 15-17: 12s - 14s, 15A • Indianapolis, Ind. – March 22-24: 15 USA & Open, 16s, 18s
www.capitolsportscenter.com/csc/ meq.asp
Mizuno Northern Lights Minneapolis, Minn. – April 19-21: 12s - 15s • April 26-28: 16s - 18s
www.midwestvolleyball.com/nlj/ qualifi
er.htm
the seams. So much so that organizers fi nd themselves having to turn away teams. Tom Pingel, USA Volleyball’s senior director of Indoor Events and High Performance, estimates that at least twice as many teams were turned
away than accepted to last year’s GJNC. The 2012 event featured 818 teams covering the courts. Pingel expects participation to swell to as many as an incredible 1,192 teams in 2013. In response to this boom, USAV has made
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