Chanti Holroyd

Harker volleyball team member Shannon Richardson, grade 9 . . . and her partner for the trip, Chanti Holroyd, a freshman at Mountain View High School, competed in a California Beach Volleyball Association (CBVA) Cal Cup Qualifier in Pacific Palisades, earning first place in the age 14 and under category, qualifying them for the Sept. 2 championships in Manhattan Beach (see photos – Richardson is on the left in both, Holroyd is wearing the black and white top; Kim is wearing a tee shirt).

Next stop was the USA Junior Beach Volleyball High Performance Camp at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. . . Immediately afterwards, Richardson moved on to the USA Junior Beach High Performance Championships at Hermosa Beach, July 19-21. The tourney started with two days of pool play, followed by a day with cross pool and finals. Richardson and Holroyd lost only one match on the first day of pool play, so advanced to finals where they took the gold medal, beating the one team they had lost to in pool play.

Next, July 22, the pair went after the 16-and under category in a CBVA tournament in Doheny, Calif., where they had some tough practice and earned second place.

Richardson’s last outing in this trip was a CBVA Qualifier in Santa Barbara July 24 where Richardson and Holroyd took first place, beating the team they lost to in Doheny two days earlier.

Richardson, who has competed for Harker since grade 4, then traveled to Milwaukee for the USA Junior Beach Championships, where she and partner Kim triumphed!

CHANTI HOLROYD 

CBVA Finishes in Tournaments for 2012

6/13/2012 Santa Cruz 16 & Under, HOLROYD, CHANTI and MEAD, Kirsten

6/27/2012 Santa Cruz 16 & Under HOLROYD, CHANTI, WALSH, danielle

7/11/2012 Santa Cruz 16 & Under HOLROYD, CHANTI, MEAD, Kirsten

7/14/2012 Pacific Palisades 14 & Under HOLROYD, CHANTI, RICHARDSON, Shannon

7/22/2012 Doheny 16 & Under HOLROYD, CHANTI RICHARDSON, Shannon

7/24/2012Santa Barbara 14 & Under HOLROYD, CHANTI RICHARDSON, Shannon

7/25/2012 Santa Cruz 16 & Under HOLROYD, CHANTI, CRAWFORD, KELSEY

7/31/2012 Santa Barbara 14 & Under HOLROYD, CHANTI, ANDERSON, Milla

9/2/2012 Manhattan Beach Pier14 & Under HOLROYD, CHANTI RICHARDSON, Shannon

Youth Participation Events

7/15/2012 Pacific Palisades 16 & Under Chanti Holroyd

8/8/2012 Santa Cruz 16 & Under Chanti Holroyd 

B.J. Hoeptner Evans

Manager, Communications

HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. (July 21, 2012) – Champions in the under-17 and under-15 divisions were crowned on Saturday at the 2012 USA Volleyball Beach High Performance Championships (Beach HPC).

In the girls’ U17 division, Sarah Sponcil (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Madeline Mertz (Phoenix, Ariz.) defeated Heidi Dyer (San Clemente, Calif.) and Haley Martin (Long Beach, Calif.), 21-15, 21-18 in the gold bracket final.

“It’s definitely different from Arizona,” Mertz said of the Beach HPC. “The fans, the competition, the wind, everything is different. We’ve had to adjust.”

“Sand volleyball is so much fun and we’ll definitely be back,” Sponcil added. “Sand is great because you have to rely on your partner and you have to dig so deep.”

Francesca Goncalves (Dallas) and Raeann Griesen (San Diego, Calif.) finished third in girls’ U17.

In the boys’ U17 bracket, Tyler Cobian (Ventura, Calif.) and Quinn Denkensohn (Santa Barbara, Calif.) beat Connor Inlow (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Chase Corbett (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), 21-11, 21-19 in the gold bracket final.

“I was excited. It’s my second year back and the first year went pretty badly,” Denkensohn said. “It was fun coming back with a really solid partner.”

“It’s been really fun,” Cobian added. “Teamwork and communication really helped.”

Nathanael Vander Meer (Holland, Mich.) and Teddy Hesterman (Fort Wayne, Ind.) finished third in boys’ U17.

In the girls’ U15 division, Chanti Holroyd (Mountain View, Calif.) and Shannon Richardson (Los Gatos, Calif.) defeated Jami Stivers (Dallas) and Alex Bass (Dallas) in the gold bracket championship, 23-21, 19-21, 15-11. Mila Anderson (Danville, Calif.) and Avery Arellana (Dallas) placed third.

In the boys’ U15 division, Gage Worsley (Moraga, Calif.) and Alec Doran (Ankeny, Iowa) won the gold bracket championships, beating Erik McCarthy (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Ellie Anderson (Alameda, Calif.) in the final, 21-13, 21-10. Elijah Margetts (Indianapolis, Ind.) and Logan Glave (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) took third.

The third annual USAV Beach High Performance Championships (Beach HPC) is being held in Hermosa Beach, Calif., and features the best young beach volleyball athletes in the country in an elite competition. The Beach HPC gives participants exposure to international style competition within five separate age divisions. The USAV Beach HP Championships is the marquee event for USA Beach Programs.

For complete results, click here.

USA Volleyball Beach High Performance Championships

Girls’ U15
1. Chanti Holroyd (Mountain View, Calif.) and Shannon Richardson (Los Gatos, Calif.)
2. Jami Stivers (Dallas) and Alex Bass (Dallas)
3. Mila Anderson (Danville, Calif.) and Avery Arellana (Dallas)

Boys’ U15
1. Gage Worsley (Moraga, Calif.) and Alec Doran (Ankeny, Iowa)
2. Erik McCarthy (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Ellie Anderson (Alameda, Calif.)
3. Elijah Margetts (Indianapolis, Ind.) and Logan Glave (Hermosa Beach, Calif.)

Girls’ U17
1. Sarah Sponcil (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Madeline Mertz (Phoenix, Ariz.)
2. Heidi Dyer (San Clemente, Calif.) and Haley Martin (Long Beach, Calif.)
3. Francesca Goncalves (Dallas) and Raeann Griesen (San Diego, Calif.)

Boys’ U17
1. Tyler Cobian (Ventura, Calif.) and Quinn Denkensohn (Santa Barbara, Calif.)
2. Connor Inlow (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Chase Corbett (Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
3. Nathanael Vander Meer (Holland, Mich.) and Teddy Hesterman (Fort Wayne, Ind.)