News:

06-30    MIddle School games tonight:

For the games scheduled for 6/30, SLAP will scrimmage at 5:30 & then play Mad Dog at 6:30

06-22    Team Suits:

All team suit orders must be placed by this Friday. Please bring your checks made out to Clayton Water Polo no later than Thursday in an envelope with your name on them. On the memo line write your suit size. Boys suits are $30 & girls are $55. Suite are navy with a yellow polo ball on the right hip with St. Louis Area Polo wrapped around.

Info

St. Louis Area Polo is divided into 4 levels of play: Senior A Team (High school Varsity ability & older), High School B Team (High School Junior Varsity ability), SLAP Women and Junior Team (8th grade and younger). The Senior A & B Teams are made up of water polo players from several area high school teams (Clayton HS, DeSmet Jesuit HS, Kirkwood HS, John Burroughs, Parkway West, Parkway North, Ladue, Oakvile and U.City HS) as well as recent HS graduates playing collegiate club. The club is open to both male and female players of any age or experience. Beginners are more than welcome! The Junior Team has been successful in it's first 3 years and has helped introduce players younger players to the sport. The Women's team is for girls only and is new to SLAP program. While most of the girls compete with the Senior or Junior team, the Women's team is dedicated to helping promote the sport to girls and give them a chance to play exclusively with their peers. The Junior Team is coached by Corey Miller (Ladue HS) & the Senior Team A is coached by Miguel Figueras (DeSmet Jesuit HS) and Andrew Schonhoff and the Senior B team and Women's team is coached by Miguel Figueras and Corey Miller.

History

Slap has a very rich and eventful histroy. The program began in the summer of 2001 as a pick up team playing out of Heman Park in U. City. The program was started by then U. City asst. coach, Miguel Figueras. The program was expanded to include a Winter/Spring season working out at U.City High School. The team began traveling to Carbondale, IL to participate in the Annual Paul Bell Invitational. The summer of 2002 the team moved to the outdoor pool at Clayton Shaw Park and began the tradition of traveling to Des Moines and participating in the Clayton Senior Open. In 7 years the team has expanded from 10 players to over 70. The team has sent players to play at the following colleges: Grinell College, Lindenwood College, Mercyhurst College, United States Military Academy, University of Arizona, University of Missouri, University of Dayton, St. Louis University, Washington University, Yale, St. Francis College, Colorado College and Xavier University. Players from the following high schools have played with Slap over the past 7 years: Clayton, DeSmet, Eureka, John Burroughs, Kirkwood, Ladue, Lafayette, Marquette, Parkway North, Parkway West, Summit, SLUH and U. City.