{"id":2953,"date":"2016-07-05T17:02:07","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T17:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/?p=2953"},"modified":"2017-03-22T14:52:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T14:52:12","slug":"tori-palumbo-18-chosen-to-compete-in-junior-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2016\/07\/05\/tori-palumbo-18-chosen-to-compete-in-junior-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"Tori Palumbo &#8217;18 Chosen to Compete in Junior Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2954\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2016\/07\/fh-team-champs2-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2954 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2016\/07\/fh-team-champs2-2-300x212.jpg\" alt=\"fh-team-champs2 2\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2016\/07\/fh-team-champs2-2-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2016\/07\/fh-team-champs2-2-250x176.jpg 250w, https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/files\/2016\/07\/fh-team-champs2-2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Girls Varsity Field Hockey team after its November 2015 win.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Tori Palumbo \u201918 is one of 128 field hockey players nationwide chosen to play in the prestigious\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamusa.org\/USA-Field-Hockey\/EVENTS\/2016\/August\/02\/AAU-Junior-Olympics\">Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior Olympic Games<\/a>\u00a0in Houston, Texas, in August.<\/p>\n<p>The AAU Junior Olympic Games are known as the largest multi-sport event for youth in the United States, drawing more than 12,000 athletes each year to compete in 24 sports. USA Field Hockey selects eight teams made up of the top athletes 16 and under from around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Palumbo, who will be returning to campus this fall as a junior and one of three captains of the Varsity Field Hockey team, was crucial to the Wildcats\u2019 November 2015 NEPSAC Class B Tournament <a href=\"http:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2015\/11\/23\/field-hockey-wins-nepsac-championship\/\">win<\/a>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is an outstanding athlete, one with speed and explosiveness that we can always count on,\u201d said her coach Kate Garrity. \u201cShe sees the field well as a midfielder and her ability to anticipate plays, run through balls, and regain our team&#8217;s momentum is invaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations, Tori!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tori Palumbo \u201918 is one of 128 field hockey players nationwide chosen to play in the prestigious\u00a0Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) Junior Olympic Games\u00a0in Houston, Texas, in August. The AAU Junior Olympic Games are known as the largest multi-sport event for youth in the United States, drawing more than 12,000 athletes each year to compete in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/2016\/07\/05\/tori-palumbo-18-chosen-to-compete-in-junior-olympics\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tori Palumbo &#8217;18 Chosen to Compete in Junior Olympics<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":111,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[369],"tags":[370],"class_list":["post-2953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-junior-olympics","tag-tori-palumbo-18"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/111"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2953"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3278,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2953\/revisions\/3278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willistonblogs.com\/athletics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}