HIGH PERF ORMANCE
Performance at a high level
AT THE END OF THE 2016 USA volleyball high performance Cham- pionships, it was the host region that stood tall as Florida won three gold medals, one silver and one bronze.
The 17th annual HPCs returned
to Fort Lauderdale for the second time after hosting in 2013. A total of 112 teams from 18 of USA Volleyball’s 40 Regional Volleyball Associations competed in eight divisions: U20 Girls’ International, Boys’ International Youth, Boys’ National Youth, Boys’ Regional Youth, Girls’ International Youth, Girls’ National Select, Girls’ National Youth and Women’s Inter- national Junior. In the U20 Girls’ International
Division, the USA Women’s Junior National Team went undefeated in five round-robin matches to claim the title. The squad beat teams from Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Canada, as well as two USA Girls’ Youth Teams that were
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2016 USAV High Performance Championships attract 112 teams to Fort Lauderdale
playing up a division. One of the Florida’s most electric wins came in the Girls’ Interna- tional Youth Division as Iowa GIY pushed Team Florida GIY to the brink in a five-set thriller, rally- ing from 14-11 to tie the match. However, Florida held on win set five 17-15. In the Women’s International
Juniors final, Team Florida defeated USA Junior A1 Red 25-17, 25-18, 25-22.
Aloha HP GNY Genic, which
traveled halfway across the Pacific and the full continental USA, did not allow jet lag to affect them as it blanked Iowa GNY 25-23, 25-14, 25-19 in the Girls’ National Youth Division. Team Florida GNSR swept OVR HP Select Girls (Ohio Valley) 30-28, 25-19, 25-23 in the Girls’ National Select Division. In the top male division, NCVA
Junior Red edged Team Canada Youth Men 25-23, 20-25, 20-25, 25-19, 15-12 in the Boys’ Inter-
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