2018 Team USA Camp
Twenty-four of the Section’s best 10-13 year olds were selected to participate at the 2018 Team USA High Performance Training Camp April 7-8 at the Rochester Athletic Club in Rochester, Minn.
Participants included Emmanuel Alex (Arden Hills, Minn.), Tej Bhagra (Rochester, Minn.), Niyathi Bhupatiraju (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Noah Carpenter (Plymouth, Minn.), Amanda Diao (Blaine, Minn.), Ancele Dolensek (Rochester, Minn.), Max Exsted (Savage, Minn.), Drew Gohl (Sioux Falls, Minn), Tygen Goldammer (Rosemount, Minn.), Tarun Gopalakrishnan (Plymouth, Minn.), Zoya Hasan (Edina, Minn.), Tianna Houske (Savage, Minn.), Will Lieberman (Mahtomedi, Minn.), Sam Leslie (Minneapolis, Minn.), Claire Loftus (Rochester, Minn.), Alexander Lupu (Sioux Falls, S.D.), Carter Magistad (Stillwater, Minn.), Annika Munson (Stillwater, Minn.), Kaleb Ngwendson (Apple Valley, Minn.), Nolan Ranger (Edina, Minn.), Sarah Shahbaz (Ham Lake, Minn.), Ashwike Thotakura (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Emmeline Wang (Hamel, Minn.) and Noah Wisniewski (Rochester, Minn.).
Brian Wilson from USTA National conducted the camp with help from Section coaches Jamie Gaard Chapman, Felicia Raschiatore, Diana Bukajeva, Ben Maes, Steve Tacl, Mike Lopinski, Danny Kantar and Andres Osorio.
Sam Leslie was named the Confidence Award winner for the weekend.
Congratulations to all who participated in this prestigious camp.