Eighteen athletes have been invited to the Olympic Training Center for five days starting Sunday, Jan 13, for an extended camp assembly.
Those 18 join the 16 players already in camp as resident players. RUGBYMag.com discussed three of those players in an earlier article, as Gabe Adler, Nick Schwieger and Madison Hughes are actually spending the entire month in camp.
In addition, several coaches are in attendance, along with the regular staff of Head Coach Alex Magleby, Manager Andy Katoa, Performance Analyst Paul Goulding, and 7s Strength and Conditioning coaches Ryan Gallop and Alan Ozdamar.
USA 15s Head Coach Mike Tolkin has been observing, as well as USA Rugby’s National Team HP Services Manager Yvonne Parkhurst, National 15s Strength & Conditioning Coach Dave Williams, and trainer Brian Green. All Americans 7s coach Tony Pacheco is also there.
Three coaches from the Olympic Development Academies are also in attendance: Evan Haigh from Serevi Seattle, James Walker from Tiger Rugby, and Aaron Manheimer from Serevi Chicago.
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