KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 1, 2024 – Water polo, a sport often recognized for being performed on the West Coast, has returned to the University of Rhode Island after a few years.
Graduate scholar Adriana Williams grew up taking part in water polo in her dwelling state of California however couldn’t discover an outlet to play organized water polo at URI. She met Claire Thomas by means of URI club swimming apply and collectively they determined URI college students wanted an outlet to play organized water polo. Last spring, they started asking club swim team members and others taking part in aquatic sports activities in the event that they have been keen on becoming a member of a water polo club. Their hunch paid off as they discovered many members who have been keen on forming a club team and Williams grew to become the club’s first president, whereas Thomas grew to become the club’s first coach.
“Coach Claire Thomas volunteered to teach students how to play the sport and has a radiant passion for the sport and this club,” stated Casey McQuesten, the club’s present president. “Her background in both water polo and swimming has made her more than qualified to teach us.”
McQuesten has large aspirations for the team to change into acknowledged as an official URI club team and to play school club groups throughout the nation. The government board for the Water Polo Club has been a giant assist in creating the club by creating an internet site and posting QR codes round the Tootell Aquatic Center.
Becoming a acknowledged club team is essential to club members due to the alternatives that acknowledged standing affords the team—resembling getting precedence pool time for practices, getting to journey and play different colleges, and funding help.
Joe Wilbur, assistant director of club sports activities provides, “Club sports provide unmatched leadership development opportunities for students. Each club is managed by an elected executive board made up of undergraduate students who are responsible for everything from budget development and travel arrangements, to fundraising and hiring coaches.”
Despite the studying curve, Adriana, Claire and Casey with the assist of others have invested their exhausting work and concepts into the club and hope to have the ability to develop and develop its membership to these with related pursuits. They invite anybody who has an curiosity in water sports activities or exercises at any stage of expertise to inquire.
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Ethan Weiner, a junior sports activities media main and PR minor at the University of Rhode Island and an intern in the Department of Communications and Marketing, wrote this press launch.
