MACCABI USA ANNOUNCES THE OPEN MEN’S WATER POLO TEAM FOR THE 15TH EUROPEAN MACCABI GAMES
Philadelphia, PA, May 15, 2019 – Maccabi USA Water Polo Chair Leland Faust along with Head Coach Joey Gullikson are pleased to announce the Open Men’s Water Polo Team for the 15th European Maccabi Games which will take place July 28-August 7, 2019 in Budapest, Hungary. Maccabi USA will bring a team of 200+ athletes who will join the other 2,000 Jewish athletes from 29 countries, participating in 22 different sports.
Head Coach Gullikson enters his fourth year as the Associate Head Coach for both the Men’s and Women’s Water Polo Teams at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. During his time on staff, Pacific has finished in the top five over the last 3 years. He played professionally in Australia from 2011-2002 in Canberra and served as an Assistant Coach for the USA Junior National Team. He was a defender on the Pacific Men’s Water Polo Team from 2009-2010. The athletes are Spencer Cutrow of Los Angeles, CA, University of California-Los Angeles (’18); Michael Dworsky of Los Angeles, CA, Stanford University (’18); Matthew Epstein of West Hills, CA, Los Angeles Valley College; Adam Florman of Santa Ana, CA, Foothills High School; Miller Geschke of Los Altos, CA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Adam Greenberg of Chicago, IL, University of Illinois-Champaign-Urbana (’10); Wesley Kading of Capistrano Beach, CA, Los Angeles Athletic Club; Ory Tasman of Orlando, FL, Los Angeles Athletic Club; Isaac Thorman of New York, NY, Wesleyan University; and Daniel Yahalomi of Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (’18).
The European Games are a high-level athletic competition for Jewish athletes all over the world aimed at connecting Jews from the Diaspora. They are hosted by the European Maccabi Confederation and conducted in cooperation with Maccabi World Union. They are held every four years, two years after the Maccabiah is held.
Maccabi USA builds Jewish pride through sports, generating the emotional intensity, high ideals, and powerful camaraderie of competition. We connect athletes, volunteers, and supporters with the global Jewish community. Our athletic, educational, and cultural experiences build Jewish identity, perpetuate Jewish continuity worldwide, and strengthen support for the State of Israel.
For more information, please contact Maccabi USA Program Director Shane Carr at 215-561-6900 or by email at scarr@maccabiusa.com.
About the organization:
Maccabi USA (MUSA) is a federally-recognized not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization with an extensive history of enriching Jewish lives through athletic, cultural and educational programs. The organization is the official sponsor of the United States Team to the World Maccabiah Games, and the Pan American and European Maccabi Games, as well as a sponsor of the JCC Maccabi Games for teens in North America. As the official Maccabi representative in the U.S., Maccabi USA supports Jewish athletic endeavors, enhanced by cultural and educational activities in the United States, Israel and throughout the Diaspora.
MUSA develops, promotes and supports international, national and regional athletic-based activities and facilities It strives to provide Jewish athletes all over the world the opportunity to share their heritage and customs in competitive athletic settings. MUSA supports programs that embody the Maccabi ideals of Jewish Continuity, Zionism and Excellence in Sport. Maccabi USA Builds Jewish Pride Through Sports.
Maccabi USA has been selected by the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) as a Multi-Sport Organization (MSO). The nonprofit organization becomes one of 35 MSOs nationwide to be recognized by the USOC for its ability to cultivate a national interest in sport and increase opportunities for participation internationally, nationally and at the grassroots level.
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