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Polo pair bound for JR Olympics

Published 10:12 am Saturday, May 30, 2015

The Puget Sound Junior Water Polo Club team.
The Puget Sound Junior Water Polo Club team.

SALEM, OREGON – Two members of Bainbridge High School girls water polo team, Kate Eckert and Josie Davis, will be heading to the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics in Orange County, California this summer to play with the 18-and-under Puget Sound Water Polo Club team.

The team is coached by Kristin Gellert, who is also the BHS water polo girls assistant coach.

Athletes qualified for the big event at the Northwest Region Qualifying Tournament for the USA Water Polo Junior Olympics, recently held in Salem, Oregon. Only the top teams from the tournament go on to compete against the best teams in the country.