Nebraska ONE 17 Titanium Finishes 3rd at AAU Nationals

ORLANDO – As the second wave of competition concluded today at the AAU National Championships in Orlando, Nebraska ONE 17 Titanium lead Nebraska in another banner showing for the Cornhusker State.

With its third place finish in the 17 Premier Division at AAU, Nebraska ONE 17 Titanium helped bring the total number of top 10 finishes in the tournament by Nebraska teams to a total of six. A handful of divisions, most notably the 16s, begin the final wave of competition tomorrow.

Along with Nebraska ONE 17 Titanium’s third place finish in 17 Premier, VCNebraska 17 Elite capped off an incredible run in the 17 Open division with a 10th place finish, which included a very memorable win over highly-touted Northern Lights 171 in both pool play and a single-set playoff yesterday. Meanwhile, a third 17s team made it three top 10 finishes for Nebraska today when Nebraska Elite 17 Razee tied for ninth place in the 17 Club Division.

Members of the VCNebraska 17 Elite team are:

Kelsie Cada – Bishop Neumann
Emma Gabel – Lincoln Pius X
Delaney Humm – Lincoln Pius X
Elly Larson – Wahoo
Alexandra Lemke – Lincoln East
Kalynn Meyer – Superior
Alyssa Rezac – Bishop Neumann
Kyla Swanson – Wahoo
Rhianna Wilhelm – Heartland

Members of the Nebraska ONE 17 Titanium team are:

Mariah Buss – Lincoln Lutheran
Lexie Langley – Archbishop Bergan
Hope Leimbach – Lincoln Lutheran
Camryn Opfer – Seward
Paige Silverberg – Lincoln Southwest
Fallon Stutheit – Johnson-Brock
Lauren Taubenheim – Lincoln Pius X
Erin Williams – Lincoln Lutheran
Kamryn Willman – Grand Island Central Catholic
Lauryn Willman – Grand Island Central Catholic
Mariah Zvolanek – Lincoln Southwest 

Members of the Nebraska Elite 17 Razee team are:

Jordan Bowen – Millard South
Paige Holdsworth – Millard North
Grace Jensen – Bennington
Morgan Lihs – Clarinda, Iowa
Maggie McElhose – Elkhorn
Riley Miller – Omaha Marian
Kelsey Olson – Millard South
Ellie Rupprecht – Bennington
Macey VanAckeren – Millard West
Lauren Walenz – Millard South

Below is a list of how all the teams in the second wave of competition did at the AAU National Championships. Teams are listed by oldest age first and divisions are ranked from most competitive to the least.

18 Club

River City Juniors 18 Navy – 45th place

17 Open

VCNebraska 17 Elite – 10th place
Nebraska Elite 17 TKO – tied for 17th place
Nebraska Juniors 171 – tied for 36th place

17 Premier

Nebraska ONE 17 Titanium – tied for 3rd place
VCNebraska 17 Black – tied for 13th place
Nebraska Juniors 172 – tied for 61st place

17 Club

Nebraska Elite 17 Razee – tied for 9th place
Club Legacy 17 ROX – tied for 89th place
River City Juniors 17 Navy – tied for 89th place

15 Club

Club Legacy 15 ROX – tied for 39th place
River City Juniors 15 Navy – tied for 60th place
Nebraska Elite 15 Chaos – tied for 90th place
VCNebraska 15 Blue – 120th place