Irvine, CA - June 5 - The USA Men's Junior National Team roster has been announced for the upcoming World Aquatics Men's Junior World Championships (U20) starting later this month in Zagreb, Croatia. Head Coach Jack Kocur will lead 15 of the top up and coming athletes from around the country into action starting on June 14. Team USA was drawn into Group A and will meet Croatia, Hungary, and Montenegro in group play. A champion will be crowned on June 21. All matches are scheduled to stream live on the
World Aquatics YouTube. Live statistics will be available for every match from
MicroPlus Timing Services.
Men's Junior National Team (Hometown/School/Club)
1.
Charles Mills (Tiburon, CA/USC/San Francisco Water Polo)
2.
Baxter Chelsom (Los Angeles, CA/UC Davis/Los Angeles Premier)
3.
Peter Castillo (Costa Mesa, CA/UCLA/Newport Beach WPC)
4.
William Schneider (San Clemente, CA/Stanford/Mission WPC)
5.
Jonathan Carcarey (Santa Maria, CA/Pepperdine/SOCAL)
6.
Gavin Appeldorn (Newport Beach, CA/Princeton/Newport Beach WPC)
7.
Ryder Dodd (Long Beach, CA/UCLA/Mission WPC)
8.
Ryan Ohl (Greenwich, CT/Stanford/Greenwich Aquatics)
9.
Landon Akerstrom (Costa Mesa, CA/UC San Diego/SOCAL)
10.
Connor Ohl (Newport Beach, CA/Newport Harbor HS/Newport Beach WPC)
11.
Benjamin Liechty (Newport Beach, CA/UCLA/Newport Beach WPC)
12.
Bode Brinkema (San Juan Capistrano, CA/UCLA/Mission WPC)
13.
Kiefer Black (San Diego, CA/Naval Academy/La Jolla United)
14.
Max Zelikov (Boca Raton, FL/Stanford/South Florida WPC)
15.
Corbin Stanley (Yorba Linda, CA/Long Beach State/SOCAL)
Staff
Jack Kocur - Head Coach
Felix Mercado - Assistant Coach
Alex Rodriguez - Assistant Coach
Derek Clappis - Assistant Coach
2025 World Aquatics Men's Junior World Championships Schedule (subject to change)
June 14 - USA at Croatia 1:00pm et/10:00am pt
June 15 - USA vs Hungary 11:30am et/8:30am pt
June 16 - USA vs Montenegro 11:30am et/8:30am pt
June 17 - TBD
June 18 - TBD
June 19 - TBD
June 20 - TBD
June 21 - TBD
