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We are covering breaking news in the USA's ultimate community. Founded in 1979 as the Ultimate Players Association, USA Ultimate is the largest flying disc organization in the world. We organize, and sanction certain tournaments, and run the local, regional, and national championship tournaments. It's our mission to advance the sport of Ultimate in the United States by enhancing and..
USA Ultimate
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Colorado Springs, Colo. (April 23, 2024)—USA Ultimate is currently seeking candidates to fill a pair of head coaching vacancies in the U.S. National Team program. Positions include head coaches for the Women’s U-24 National Team and the Mixed Beach National Team.
Both coaches will lead their respective teams at the next WFDF World Championship events – the 2025 World U-24 Championships and the 2025 World Beach Ultimate Championships. Dates and locations for both tournaments are yet to be determined.
For more information, including a complete job description, application instructions, timelines ..read more
USA Ultimate
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Colorado Springs, Colo. (April 12, 2024) – USA Ultimate announced today the top coordinators from 2023. As a way to show appreciation for the tireless efforts of the sport’s volunteers, USAU would like to take the time to recognize several members from around the nation as the best coordinators from the year.
The top coordinators of the year are as follows:
Steve Kreider – Mid-Atlantic Regional Coordinator (Club Men’s)
Chris Dixon – Founders Sectional Coordinator (Club Men’s)
Ryan Anderson – Mid-Atlantic Regional Coordinator (Club Mixed)
Rachel “Bo” Thompson – Northwest Plains Sectional Coord ..read more
USA Ultimate
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Colorado Springs, Colo. (March 19, 2024)—USA Ultimate announced today the 72 athletes that were invited to represent the United States at the 2024 WFDF World Ultimate Championships (WUC) this summer in Gold Coast, Australia.
The competitive process to make the U.S. National Team began last fall when more than 200 players from a pool of 558 applicants were invited to try out for Team USA. Following a pair of tryouts last month, 13 coaches and selection assistants made their final picks.
With eight players spread across the men’s and mixed rosters, New York PoNY is the most represented club tea ..read more
USA Ultimate
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March 18, 2024 (Colorado Springs, Colo.)–The National Championships will return to San Diego this fall as part of a three-year deal that keeps the tournament in southern California through 2026, USA Ultimate announced today. The new agreement marks the return of the most prestigious ultimate tournament in North America to Surf Cup Sports Park in the nearby beach community of Del Mar.
The dates of the National Championships for the next three years are October 24-27, 2024; October 23-26, 2025; and October 22-25, 2026.
The USA Ultimate National Championships represent the culmination of the clu ..read more
USA Ultimate
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March 6, 2024 (Colorado Springs, Colo.)— USA Ultimate announced today dates, locations and host venues for major events on the 2024 Triple Crown Tour (TCT).
The TCT calendar features all the major regular season tournaments in the club division and represents the highest level of competitive ultimate in the United States with more that 600 men’s, mixed and women’s teams competing each year.
2024 Triple Crown Tour Schedule
EVENT
DATE
VENUE
LOCATION
Pro-Elite Challenge East
July 13-14
Publix Virginia Soccer Training Center
Fredericksburg, VA
Pro-Elite Challenge West
July 13-14
Crystal La ..read more
USA Ultimate
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Colorado Springs, Colo. (January 9, 2024)—The 2024 USA Ultimate Beach Championships will return to Virginia Beach and take place May 11-12, the national governing body for the sport of ultimate in the United States announced today.
The event, which was hosted by Virginia Beach since its inception in 2015 through 2022, was held on west coast for the first time last year where it welcomed a record number of teams and participants (1,100 athletes on 68 teams in eight divisions.) Those numbers are expected to increase this spring as the event is set to add a youth division to the tournament for th ..read more
USA Ultimate
4M ago
Colorado Springs, Colo. (December 18, 2023)—More than 200 players have been offered an invitation to try out for the U.S. National Team that will represent the United States at the 2024 World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) World Ultimate Championships, USA Ultimate announced today.
The final list of 208 athletes was selected from a pool of applicants that expressed their interest in competing for Team USA.
Scheduled for August 31 – September 7 in Gold Coast, Australia, the World Championships will be contested for the first time since 2016 following the cancellation of the 2020 edition.
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USA Ultimate
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Colorado Springs, Colo. (December 15, 2023)—USA Ultimate, the national governing body for the sport of ultimate in the United States, announced today the 72 athletes that have been selected to represent the U.S. at the 2024 World Flying Disc Federation (WFDF) World Junior Ultimate Championships (WJUC) next summer.
Players were named to one of three rosters – mixed, open or women’s – and were chosen from a pool of 200 invitees that attended a pair of tryouts this fall.
Overall, coaches selected 24 players to each team, including four athletes that won a world title in 2022 as part of the gold-m ..read more
USA Ultimate
4M ago
Colorado Springs, Colo. (Dec. 15, 2023) – USA Ultimate’s Competition Working Group met in Denver, December. 9-10 for its annual meeting to discuss multiple topics around the sport’s competition structures for all divisions – youth, college, club, masters and beach. The annual meeting included eight USA Ultimate staff members, one member from the board of directors and roughly 30 key volunteers and player-elected representatives from the ultimate community.
The two-day meeting is followed by a summary of each group’s discussion. Following the release of USA Ultimate’s Strategic Plan earli ..read more
USA Ultimate
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Colorado Springs, Colo. (December 11, 2023)—Voting is now open for the 2024-26 USA Ultimate Board of Directors election. All current and eligible members are encouraged to cast a vote through their online member accounts at play.usaultimate.org.
This cycle, there are three board seats up for election – two At-Large seats and one Elite Athlete.
All current USA Ultimate members in good standing are eligible to vote in the At-Large election, while only elite athletes as defined by Section 5.6(b) of USA Ultimate’s bylaws, are eligible to vote in the elite athlete election.
Voting is quick and ..read more