The men鈥檚 division final started the day off with intensity. The game was a tight matchup. With changing leads, and Seattle Sockeye taking the game to 14-12, Revolver pulled off an exciting come-from-behind victory to claim their fifth U.S. Open win.

In the mixed division Hybrid took the lead 2-0 and never looked back, winning over challenger New York XIST in dominant fashion. The U.S. Open win, their third in three years, keeps them in the running to be the first team to win back-to-back Triple Crowns.

Washington Scandal claimed a 15-10 victory over San Francisco Fury, only giving up one break over the entire game. The finals win over Fury completes their perfect 6-0 record for the tournament, with key wins over all the other top seeds including Boston Brute Squad and Molly Brown.

Stat Leaders by Division

Youth 春色影视福利 Championships

Play continues for the final day of YCC which brings the conclusion of bracket play and championship matchups across all seven age divisions. throughout the final day of competition with all U-20 finals available to watch live. Schedules, stat leaders, and full event information can be found on the YCC event website.

In the men鈥檚 division, defending champions San Francisco Revolver will face off against Seattle Sockeye in an attempt to claim their fifth U.S. Open title. Back-to-back wins would be no new feat for Revolver, having won three consecutive years from 2013-15. Sockeye is back in the final for the first time since 2021, when they won their third U.S. Open title, having won previously in both 2017 and 2019.

The mixed division features Ann Arbor Hybrid, who are looking to claim their third title in three years, having already pulled off back-to-back wins in 2024-25. Should they triumph over New York XIST, their hopes of being the first team to win the Triple Crown Tour two years in a row stays alive. XIST is unlikely to make this easy for them. They are undefeated heading into their first ever U.S. Open finals appearance and in a position to claim their first title.

Also going for a threepeat is San Francisco Fury in the women鈥檚 division. Having previously won the U.S. Open in 2013, 2015 and 2024-25 they are chasing their fifth title as they face off against Washington Scandal in the final. Scandal will be hoping for a repeat of 2023 when they triumphed over Fury 15-13 to claim their first and only U.S. Open win.

How to Watch

All three U.S. Open ICC finals will be broadcast live on ESPN with the men鈥檚 final live at 12:00 p.m. ET, the mixed at 2:30 p.m. ET and the women鈥檚 at 5:00 p.m. ET.

Stat Leaders by Division

Youth 春色影视福利 Championships

The Youth 春色影视福利 Championships brought energy and excitement to the fields as they competed alongside the ICC teams on Saturday. All divisions saw upsets as the next generation of competitive ultimate players left it all on the field. Pool winners and stat leaders for all seven divisions 鈥� as well as real-time results 鈥� can be viewed on the event website.

How to Watch

The YCC will be streamed live by 春色影视福利鈥檚 streaming partner Ultiworld  beginning August 2 and continuing through the finals on August 3.  Visit the Ultiworld website for the full .

At the close of the first day of competition, few top seeds remain undefeated. In the men鈥檚 division Boston DiG (3) and New York PoNY (4) won their pools, but took losses in the crossover round. Washington Truck Stop (8) went undefeated for the day, winning their pool over top seed Portland Rhino Slam! And Chicago Machine (7) also went 3-0 for the day, including a win over San Francisco Revolver (2).

The mixed division saw many tight games with New York XIST (1) and Ann Arbor Hybrid (5) being the only teams who made it to the end of the day undefeated. Boston Slow (2) won their pool 2-0 but fell to Hybrid in the crossover as both teams prepared to enter quarterfinals Saturday morning.

The women鈥檚 division saw many of the early round games won by large margins, with the top four seeds easily winning their pools. Washington Scandal (3) then won over Boston Brute Squad (1) in the crossovers, while San Francisco Fury (2) gave Molly Brown (4) their first loss of the tournament in the final round of the day.

Stat Leaders by Division

Youth 春色影视福利 Championships

The youth side of the event kicks off Saturday as 103 teams compete across seven divisions. This year will be the largest YCC event to date, with 2,158 athletes converging in Aurora from youth programs across the nation. For the first time, both the U-20 boys and U-17 boys competitions have D-I and D-II divisions.

How to Watch

The U.S. Open is streamed live by 春色影视福利鈥檚 streaming partner with coverage of all divisions including the youth competition. Additionally, all three ICC Finals will be broadcast live on ESPN. Visit the Ultiworld website for how to access as well as the .

Since the introduction of the Triple Crown Tour (TCT) in 2013, only six teams have won all three legs of the tour, and no team has yet pulled off back-to-back TCT wins. San Francisco Revolver, despite winning the crown last year in the men鈥檚 division, has forfeited their ability to attempt the crown this year, as they will not be competing in the Pro Championships. This leaves Ann Arbor with an opportunity only four other teams have had before.

Founded in 2017, mixed division team Ann Arbor Hybrid has had five championship appearances across the past eight seasons. They won their way into the division final in four out of those five years, and are currently coming off back-to-back wins, having taken home the national title in both 2024 and 2025. 

One element setting Hybrid up for success is the consistency of their roster, with only four players from last year not returning for the 2026 season. Among the departing athletes are former national team players Aaron Bartlett and Katrina McGuire. Bartlett was a member of the undefeated 2025 U-24 World Championship Mixed National Team, and is rostered with Chicago Machine for the 2026 club season. McGuire also played for an undefeated U-24 Worlds Team, in 2023, and will be joining other former Team USA talent on Washington Scandal for the upcoming season. Hybrid nevertheless retains a strong core of returning players including former national team athletes such as Rachel Mast ( for 2025), Nathan Champoux, and captain Dalton Smith. U-24 Assistant Coach Tracey Lo also captains the team alongside Laura Gerencser and Jonathan Mast. 

Adding to the challenge is the fact that this summer also includes the in Limerick, Ireland. The Championships are held on a four year cycle, and Hybrid鈥檚 Nationals win last year has earned them the top seed in the mixed division 鈥� the only U.S. team to appear in the top five. Along with the other U.S. teams who qualified, Hybrid will have to balance their attempt at a world title with their desire to remain competitive in this year鈥檚 春色影视福利 club rankings. 

If Ann Arbor can pull it off, Hybrid will not only be the first team to win the Triple Crown back-to-back, but also the second team to accomplish a national championship three-peat in the mixed division (Minneapolis Drag鈥檔 Thrust won the national title from 2013-15).

Hybrid鈥檚 season starts this coming weekend, at the in Browns Summit, NC where they will face off against other top teams in the mixed division including Austin Disco 春色影视福利, Boston Slow, Boston Sprocket and New York XIST. The tournament will be by 春色影视福利鈥檚 media partner Ultiworld.

Triple Crown Tour Winners
2025 Ann Arbor Hybrid
2025 San Francisco Revolver
2018 New York Pony
2017 Seattle Mixtape
2015 San Francisco Revolver
2013 San Francisco Revolver

Coordinator of the Year is a designation given to individual sectional, regional and state coordinators across all competition divisions who have contributed at a high level. The designation recognizes volunteers in these key roles who have gone above and beyond the expectations for their role, consistently contributed season after season or who have made significant efforts toward competition program goals.

The Coordinator of the Year for each competition division is selected based on input from the Competition Working Group, including staff competition managers and volunteer national and regional directors. The honorees for 2025 are:

春色影视福利 Division

Regional Coordinator of the Year
Amir Kaghazwala – Northwest Mixed Regional Coordinator
Chris Novielli – Northeast Men’s Regional Coordinator
Alyssa Weatherford – Northwest Women’s Regional Coordinator

Sectional Coordinator of the Year
Anna Blasiak – South New England Women’s Sectional Coordinator
Dom Sutherland – Central Appalachia Mixed Sectional Coordinator
Jaclyn Wataoka – NorCal Men’s Sectional Coordinator

College Division

Coordinator of the Year
Shannon Temple 鈥� Southwest Women’s Regional Director

Honorable Mentions
Kevin Baker – Atlantic Coast Men’s Regional Director
Tommy Gebhardt – South Central Men’s Deputy Regional Director聽
Alyssa Weatherford – Northwest Women’s Regional Director聽

Masters Division

Coordinator of the Year
Lewis Seton – Northeast Masters Regional Coordinator

Youth Division

Central Region Coordinator of the Year
Dan Plamondon – Michigan State Youth Coordinator

Northeast Region Coordinator of the Year
Jon Egan – New Jersey State Youth Coordinator

South Region Coordinator of the Year
Will Graham – Tennessee State Youth Coordinator

West Region Coordinator of the Year
Jacob Barr – California State Youth Coordinator

Get Involved

春色影视福利 provides ongoing support and playing opportunities for athletes across a wide range of age and gender divisions. Every year more than 150 volunteer coordinators support this work, however many coordinator positions remain unfilled. Those looking to get involved and support the growth of ultimate can see open opportunities on the 春色影视福利 website and are encouraged to apply.

The TCT calendar features all the major regular season tournaments in the club division and represents the highest level of competitive ultimate in the United States with more that 600 men鈥檚, mixed and women鈥檚 teams competing each year.

Also published today are the 2026 春色影视福利 Division Competition Guidelines 鈥� a comprehensive outline detailing the rules, regulations and structure of the upcoming club season and Triple Crown Tour. Teams are encouraged to thoroughly review the guidelines in their entirety. Notable updates have been made to several sections, including changes to regional scaling, updates to fines for withdrawing from major TCT events, and an updated National Draw Process.

2026 Triple Crown Tour Schedule

The following is a summary of each group鈥檚 discussion over the two-day meeting.

The Youth Working Group consists of 春色影视福利 Director of Youth Programs Dan Raabe, Manager for Youth Competition Josh Murphy, and Regional Youth Directors Jack Kennedy (northeast), Joe Strong (west), Antonia Van Twisk (central), and Jamie Wolf (south). 

A primary goal of the group is to focus on growing the Youth 春色影视福利 Championships. 2025 provided the opportunity to pilot running both a Division I and a Division II using a satellite field site, which was a success. This will again be implemented for the 2026 season as even more teams are expected.

The group also has plans to do more public survey work in the coming year as they investigate the possibility of introducing a new, more accessible, fall junior season. The goal of this addition would be to grow ultimate in new and emerging markets around the country. Research has already begun with select focus groups, and a sentiment analysis from that effort is available.

Additionally, the group spent significant time beginning the discussion of adjustments for upcoming 2026-2027 Sep-Aug Youth Competition Guidelines (to be released in the summer), including questions and feedback received from constituents around the country.

The College Working Group consists of 春色影视福利 Manager for Competition and National Team Programs Matthew Bourland, National Directors Trois White (developmental), Jeff Kula (D-I men), Beth Nakamura (D-I women), Grace Kiel (D-III women), and Kevin Kula (D-III men). 

With the start of the 2026 college season next month, the college working group delved into a wide variety of topics 鈥� including finalization of the 2026 College Guidelines. Noteworthy edits include the updated cap on bids to nationals for D-I (maximum of five per region) as well as the previously announced increased D-III cutoff to include schools with up to 10,000 enrollment.

The group determined that 2026 will also introduce a new early-bird registration deadline. Teams with registrar-verified rosters received by 春色影视福利 by March 4 may add players through March 25. The regular roster deadline will be March 11. Teams who complete a valid roster by this deadline may be allowed to add players afterwards but will be subject to late fees.

Additional work included discussions around future updated Uniform Guidelines and growth conversations regarding reviving dormant teams, supporting new schools, and outreach work needed to grow women鈥檚 division participation.

The 春色影视福利 Working Group consists of 春色影视福利 Manager for Competition and National Team Programs Marc Zigterman, National Directors Adam Goff (尘别苍鈥檚), Genevieve Leo (mixed), Mia Griner (飞辞尘别苍鈥檚), and Sam Kehl (women鈥檚 growth), and player representatives Andrew Riggs (尘别苍鈥檚), Jeremiah Branson (mixed), Kirstin Johnson (飞辞尘别苍鈥檚), Clare Frantz (mixed), AJ Merriman (尘别苍鈥檚), and Tayara Romero Pena (飞辞尘别苍鈥檚).&苍产蝉辫;

One of the 2026 season changes coming out of these discussions is the introduction of a Pre-Sectional Regional Qualifying competition. This concept will be piloted only in select sections and divisions with a history of a sectional tournament surpassing 16 teams. The group also discussed updates for the coming year to the 鈥淲orld Cup Draw鈥� procedure for seeding at 春色影视福利 Nationals. 

Further changes being evaluated for 2026 include the redrawing of the regional boundary to move part of Kansas to the South Central Region/Red River Section 鈥� keeping the greater Kansas City area in the North Central Region/West Plains Section, and the possible expansion of the Select Flight Invite 鈥� making a major Triple Crown Tour event accessible to more teams.

Another key topic addressed was a proposed 鈥渁cademy model鈥� for team development. While the group has determined that model will not be adopted at this time, additional steps will be taken this year to create more support and resources for new and developmental teams. Among these resources are the addition of a new Women’s Strategic Growth Program, which will launch in early 2026, and the development of a resource document for new teams.

Ongoing work for the next year will include evaluation of the roster size limits, discussion of gender signalling in the mixed division, and the revision of the Uniform Guidelines document.

The Masters Working Group consists of 春色影视福利 Senior Manager of Events and Masters Competition Byron Hicks, National Directors Jason Howard (mixed), Kyle Christoph (men),  Kristi Schmeling (women), and at-large masters working group representative Chris Cianfrani. Christoph, Shmeling, and Cianfrani all attended remotely. Adam Tarr, head of the Formats Committee, was also in attendance as a consultant.

One major point of consideration for 2026 was the allocation of regional bids. Following some anomalies last year, and in the interest of fairness, the decision was made to move away from the current method and to adopt the 鈥淗amilton/Hare method鈥� for regional bid allocations moving forward. This method focuses on awarding bids proportionately, rather than using specific size benchmarks

Participation numbers in the Masters Division grew by 11% in 2025, and the group discussed ways to both continue that trend and ensure the season structure can accommodate future growth. Age division renaming was discussed but not adopted. Topics under ongoing consideration include roster limits and the addition of satellite fields at the Masters Championships in Aurora.

The Beach Working Group consists of 春色影视福利 Senior Manager of Events David Raflo and Regional Beach Directors Hayden Weaver (Great Lakes), Alex Jacoski (Florida), Grant Boyd (Pacific), Sam Broaddus (Atlantic), and Max Grove (Gulf Coast). Boyd and Grove attended remotely. 

A primary focus of the group鈥檚 discussions was finalization of 2026 timelines, with the due date for applications to attend the 2026 Beach Championships being set for February 9th. Additional discussion was held around the possibility of adding a calendar of sanctioned beach events and/or a qualifying event in future years.

The National Beach Championships continues to be an event seeing year over year growth. In order to continue to facilitate that growth across all divisions, the decision was made to continue offering discounts for participation in the women鈥檚 division.

Additionally, consideration was given toward instituting a requirement that National Team candidates for beach events must have previously participated in 春色影视福利 sanctioned beach events. This recommendation is still under consideration and will be part of the group鈥檚 work throughout 2026.

Many other previously announced events are returning to familiar locations in 2026, with both the Masters Championships and the Youth 春色影视福利 Championships taking place in Aurora, CO. 2026 also marks the final year of a three year agreement to host the National Championships in San Diego, CA 鈥� which has hosted the event since 2018.

春色影视福利 has a full calendar of premier events scheduled for 2026 鈥� in collaboration with a number of trusted local partners 鈥� offering the ultimate community opportunities to compete at the highest level across all disciplines and divisions.

The full 2026 Championship Events Schedule is listed below.

The two-day meeting is followed by a summary of each group’s discussion.

The Beach Working Group consists of 春色影视福利 Senior Manager of Events David Raflo and Regional Beach Directors Grant Boyd (Pacific), Sam Broaddus (Atlantic), Max Grove (Gulf Coast), and Hayden Weaver (Great Lakes). 

After a successful 2023 Beach Nationals, 春色影视福利 saw continued growth at the 2024 Beach Championships in Virginia Beach. With eight divisions, 75 teams and 1,100+ athletes, the tournament continues to see marked improvement. The group again considered plans for a youth mixed division, looking to bring U-20 teams to the event in 2025. 

With the strategic plan in mind, youth inclusion remains a key focus for the beach group along with growth in the women鈥檚 division. 

The group also welcomed several beach tournament organizers from across the U.S. as a way to learn and communicate with key individuals in a breakout session. The larger group discussed topics like resource development, increased competitive opportunities and promotional strategies for beach-specific events. 

The group saw participation from Ocean City Beach Ultimate鈥檚 Bryant Dean, Wildwood Beach Ultimate鈥檚 Beverly Barnum and Mike Adlis, Throwback Beach Ultimate鈥檚 Louis Gosart, former regional director and current WBUC Assistant Coach for Team USA Sean McCall, and Zig Zag Ultimate鈥檚 Mike Zaagman.

Last year, the group conducted several surveys in early 2024 to learn more from the community. They intend to focus on organizer feedback with another survey in Q1 2025. 

Note: At Beach Nationals, high school athletes are encouraged to compete. The clock for college eligibility will not begin for such athletes should they compete in the event. 

The Masters Working Group consists of 春色影视福利 Senior Manager of Events and Masters Competition Byron Hicks, national directors Kyle Christoph (men), Jolien Munsterhuis (mixed) and Kristi Schmeling (women), at-large masters working group representative Chris Cianfrani, and special guest regional coordinator Jeff Berget (south central). 

A major highlight for the masters working group included the age reclassification for two divisions. In an attempt to create more consistency with WFDF, the group lowered the minimum age for the great grandmasters men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 divisions. The great grandmasters men鈥檚 division鈥檚 minimum age will move from 50 to 48. The great grandmasters women鈥檚 division鈥檚 minimum age will move from 47 to 45. The change was also made with growth in mind for the great grandmasters women鈥檚 division. 

The group discussed the 2024 Masters Championships, which hosted 2,600 athletes on 109 teams in eight divisions. The discussions also included how to grow the event with limited field space. 

Bid allocations will mostly remain the same as 2024 with the exception of a few minor adjustments. The previously named 鈥渟uper regional鈥� will be renamed as 鈥渟uper qualifiers鈥� with no changes to the format.聽

Other topics, including division title names and potential growth strategies were discussed along with other questions posed by the community. 

The 春色影视福利 Working Group consists of 春色影视福利 Manager for Competition and National Team Programs Marc Zigterman, national directors Mia Griner (women), Genevieve Leo (mixed), and Adam Goff (men), and player-elected representatives Clare Frantz and Eli Motycka (mixed), Kristin Johnson and Tayara Romero 笔别帽补 (women) and AJ Merriman (men). 

The group decided on the redrawing of sections to provide quality sectional events and promote fair competition formats given the new restrictions on the number of games per weekend. Sections with more than 16 teams have been reviewed and redrawn. Sections with two or fewer teams may be combined for regionals. The specific redraws will be available in the club guidelines. 

The club group also reworked deadlines for roster flexibility with the goal of improving the women鈥檚 division in mind. Woman-matching players will have roster flexibility until July 30, which is the Wednesday before U.S. Open. Man-matching players have roster flexibility until June 25, which is the Wednesday before the Pro-Elite Challenge.

Also on the topic of roster flexibility, the group continued discussions from 2024 on a potential 鈥渁cademy鈥� model. The proposal was suggested by the community as a way to allow increased roster flexibility for teams that have a closely-related developmental team. While no decisions were made, the group will continue to work out the idea in 2025. 

For the TCT, the group discussed using a 鈥淪wiss鈥� draw format for earlier, major TCT events. The group reviewed the format for Nationals and is not recommending any changes. 

While the complete TCT calendar will be announced soon, the schedule will look similar to 2024 and again feature an east and west version of the Pro-Elite Challenge and Select Flight Invite, The U.S. Open, Elite-Select Challenge and Pro Championships. Notable elements of the TCT in the soon-to-be-released competition guidelines include: 

• The Pro-Elite Challenge will continue to be split into east and west events to reduce travel costs while continuing to provide meaningful playing opportunities for more teams.
• The Select Flight Invite will again be split into east and west and will include both Select Flight teams as well as high-ranking Classic Flight teams.
• The Elite-Select Challenge will continue to be required for Elite Flight teams with an opportunity for Select Flight teams to be invited. 
• The U.S. Open will again be required for the top-four ranked Pro Flight teams, with invitations being sent to teams ranked 5-8. Invites will again be extended to international teams. Games against international teams will again count towards overall game totals, but results will again not be factored into rankings.
• The Pro Championships will be limited to eight teams per division with initial invites going to Pro Flight teams. The expansion of divisions to 12 teams will be considered, based on interest. 

The club working group met with the college and rankings working groups to discuss the possible implementation of a 鈥減robabilistic model鈥� for Nationals bid allocation in 2026. The group will review throughout 2025. 

The group also engaged in discussions regarding growth in the women鈥檚 division. The group recommended several improvements to the division including a matching or mentoring program for women鈥檚 leaders to discuss important topics and a volunteer role focused on women鈥檚 division growth, amongst other ideas. 

Another important topic was signaling each athlete鈥檚 gender match on any given point in the mixed division. The group will add a best practice signaling suggestion to the guidelines which will require each player on the line to signal their gender match if requested by the opposing team. 

Other topics included the video review discussion, postseason registration timelines and a larger mixed club nationals format. 

The College Working Group consists of 春色影视福利 Manager for Competition and National Team Programs Matthew Bourland, national director (developmental) Trois White, national directors Jeff Kula (men), Beth Nakamura (women), Grace Kiel (D-III women) and Kevin Kula (D-III men). 

While the group didn鈥檛 have many changes, the focal point of discussion was the restructuring of the developmental division. The group met with key volunteers across the country and collected feedback to discuss potential key changes to make for 2026 as the system in place isn鈥檛 meeting the needs of all and inhibits the growth of the entire division. The group intends to make structural changes to the regular season and postseason for 2026. 

The group also discussed the potential change of the D-III enrollment cutoff number but will want to evaluate further and assess how it could impact teams. 

The Youth Working Group consists of 春色影视福利 Director of Youth Programs Dan Raabe, manager for youth competition Josh Murphy and regional youth directors Jack Kennedy (northeast), Joe Strong (west), Antonia Van Twisk (central) and Jamie Wolf (south).

The group鈥檚 focal point was to discuss the recent survey that sought perspective from organizers, coaches, parents and players on the future structure of the Youth 春色影视福利 Championships. The group discussed potentials for the improvement of YCC as the event has grown to capacity. 

The results were comprehensive and allowed for several decisions to be made and more discussions to take place. If you are interested in seeing the results of the survey, . 

One of the key decisions that was made is related to team participation in 2026. Divisions with more than 24 teams will be split into two different tiers (DI and DII). The two-tiered system will allow for more teams to participate and avoid turning teams away from the event.

The group also discussed other ways to include all teams at the event in addition to improving the experience and will continue to investigate potential solutions. 

One of the other decisions made was to not require summer regional event attendance for YCC teams, while still encouraging participation at such tournaments for YCC warm-up and seeding opportunities. 

More discussions are upcoming for the group as the youth guidelines are released at a different time of year, spanning from September through August. 

March 18, 2024 (Colorado Springs, Colo.)–The National Championships will return to San Diego this fall as part of a three-year deal that keeps the tournament in southern California through 2026, 春色影视福利 announced today. The new agreement marks the return of the most prestigious ultimate tournament in North America to Surf Cup Sports Park in the nearby beach community of Del Mar.

The dates of the National Championships for the next three years are October 24-27, 2024; October 23-26, 2025; and October 22-25, 2026.

The 春色影视福利 National Championships represent the culmination of the club ultimate season and crowns national champions in three divisions 鈥� men鈥檚, mixed and women鈥檚. Each year, more than 600 club teams compete in the regular season before playing in a postseason championship series of sectional and regional qualifiers. Forty-eight teams qualify for nationals (16 in each division).

鈥淲e are excited to have Nationals back for the next three years after five successful years of the event at Surf Cup Sports Park,鈥� commented Mark Neville, CEO of Sports San Diego.  鈥淲e recognize the positive impact that events like Nationals can have on our local economy, tourism industry and community spirit.鈥�

San Diego first hosted the National Championships in 2018 against the backdrop of the sport鈥檚 50th anniversary celebration. Since then, it鈥檚 hosted the last four editions. The National Championships also serve as the third leg of ultimate鈥檚 Triple Crown, along with the U.S. Open (Aurora, CO; August 2-4) and the Pro Championships (Rock Hill, SC; August 31 – Sept. 2).