Player Arrival & Fitness Testing
The 144 players arrived in St. Cloud beginning at 2 p.m. local time today. After checking in, players dropped their luggage at campus housing before heading to fitness testing, which included both on- and off-ice setups.
Strength and conditioning coaches Tyler Travis (Mercyhurst University), Bill Delongis (Trinity College) and Kelli Vossler (Spark Fitness) ran the players through a series of tests designed to measure each players’ quality of movement, strength, acceleration and agility. The tests are focused on developing the overall athlete and used to set a benchmark for players to improve upon throughout their season.
The players qualified for camp through participation at their district camps, where evaluators helped select the players that would advance to the national camp. This week, they are competing to advance to the Girls U18 Select Camp taking place July 15-21 in St. Cloud. Though a partial roster for that camp was named earlier this spring, eight forward, two defense and six goalie spots are up for grabs.
