JO Qualifiers

September is the official start of the club water polo season.  It runs continuously and culminates with the Junior Olympics which are traditionally held the last two days of July and the first two days of August for the boys division.

The JO venue changes from year to year.  Dakota participated in his first Junior Olympic games three years ago at Stanford.  What an amazing aquatic facility!  Last year they JO's were in Los Angeles, and this year they will be in Orange County.

To participate in the Junior Olympics, a team needs to qualify by playing in the Junior Olympic qualifiers and placing in the top 3 or 4 teams.  For the JO qualifier games, each team is seeded depending on their season record.

JO qualifiers for the Pacific Southwest Zone (San Diego) began on June 1st with Del Mar playing against the NSD Stars.

Del Mar solidly defeated NSD Stars with a score of 20 - 2.  The balance of the JO qualifiers will be played June 3rd through 5th.

It will be non-stop water polo practices, games and tournaments in June and July as they prepare for the very tough competition to be faced in this year's JO's.