2002 AAU Junior Beach Volleyball Tour Championships
Final Grand Slam Event of the Season Features 152 Teams

Manhattan Beach, Calif. - A total of 152 teams competed in the AAU
Tour
Championships, the fourth and final Grand Slam tournament on the 2002
Amateur
Athletic Union Junior Beach Volleyball Tour. The event was held in
Manhattan
Beach August 10 and 11 along side the AVP Manhattan Open pro
tournament.

The last tournament of the year will be the AAU Beast of the Beach,
August 17
in Hermosa Beach. Players enter as individuals and are then rotate
partners in
order to determine the "Best of the Beach". The tournament is for
the 14
and 16 boys and girls division and players may only enter on line at
www.aaubeach.com.

Results from the AAU Tour Championships:
Boys
18-Under-Gold-Dane Jensen, Encinitas/Beau Peters, Huntington Beach;
Silver-Mario Ruiz, Whittier/Tanner Sutherland, Corona; Bronze-Chris
Waddill/Andrew Abshere, Santa Barbara.
16-Under-Gold-Connor Hastings, San Luis Obispo/Andy Northness,
Arroyo
Grande; Silver-Dustin Watten/Anthony Morehouse, Long Beach; Bronze-
Scott
Leserman/Matt Nash, Manhattan Beach.
14-Under-Gold--Chris Kruhl/Alex Dufek, Redondo Beach; Silver-Dylan
Kordic,
Manhattan Beach/William Thomas, Hermosa Beach; Bronze-Vince
Altamura/Tommy
Becker, Manhattan Beach.
12-Under-Gold-Gustiano Tuaniga, Carson/Bandion Fuimano, Long,
Beach;
Silver-Matt Mirick/Calvin Short, Manhattan Beach; Bronze-Andrew
Thomason, Seal
Beach/Cody Watten, Long Beach.
10-Under-Gold-Corina Spitaleri/Johnny Galindo, Huntington Beach;
Silver-Westin Carico, Manhattan Beach/Ryan Olson, Redondo Beach;
Bronze--Vaun
Lennon, Westchester/Dylan Ramey, Manhattan Beach.
Girls
18-Under-Gold--Bree Peterson, Huntingon Beach/Cynthia Barboza,
Long Beach;
Silver-Alli Dillon/Loren Barry, Long Beach; Bronze-Jerri Del
Cante/Christina
Baum, Whittier.
16-Under-Gold--Devon Sutherland, Corona/Brittany San Jose, Long
Beach;
Silver-Annie Meyers, Redondo Beach/Lauren McLaughlin, Torrance;
Bronze-Kara
Uhl/Ashley Dutro, Long Beach;
14-Under-Gold-Kelsey Grote, Manhattan Beach/Stephanie Barry, Long
Beach;
Silver--Rachel Short, Manhattan Beach/Kiah Fiers, Palos Verde; Bronze-
Rebecca
Saraceno/Brittany Roderick, Redondo Beach.
12-Under-Gold-Megan Saraceno, Redondo Beach/Kendall Bateman,
Manhattan
Beach; Silver-Alexandra Griffiths, Wesstminster/Kirsten Street,
Cypress;
Bronze-Megan Tryon, Westchester/Alex Ayers, Playa del Rey.
10-Under-Gold-Lauren Gimmallaro/Candace Nicholson, Long Beach;
Silver-Cayla
Sjostrand/Emma White, Manhattan Beach.
Tim Simmons, BFishInc