This Week in Team USA: August 13, 2018
Posted On: August 13, 2018 By :SportsTravel is proud to partner with the U.S. Olympic Committee to provide this update on Team USA events taking place this week. Below are upcoming events and information on how to learn more.
Western & Southern Open
Date: August 11–19
Venue: Lindner Family Tennis Center, Mason, Ohio
Event description: The Western & Southern Open is the nation’s oldest professional tennis tournament played in its city of origin. The annual event is staged at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, near Cincinnati. The venue has opened its new South Building for this year’s event. First played in 1899 at Xavier University, the tournament has been a fixture in the Cincinnati area for more than a century.
Link for event information: wsopen.com
USA Baseball National Team Identification Series (NTIS)
Date: August 15–19 (15U/16U), August 22–26 (11U/14U/17U)
Venue: USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina
Event description: The most comprehensive player identification program offered by USA Baseball. Sixteen regional teams from across the country will compete in their respective age groups at the NTIS event at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina. From the event, USA Baseball will invite a minimum of 68 players to future National Team Trials, National Team Development Program (NTDP) and Tournament of Stars opportunities.
Number of athletes/participants: 600
Link for event information: bit.ly/2LRY6m0
Streamed/Broadcast Information: Each age level’s gold medal game (13U: August 12; 15U and 16U: August 19; 11U and 14U: August 26) will be streamed live on usabaseball.com and facebook.com/usabaseball.
2018 U.S. Rowing Masters National Championships
Date: August 16–19
Venue: Lake Merritt, Oakland, California
Event description: Hosted by U.S. Rowing, Visit Oakland and the Oakland rowing community, the 2018 U.S. Rowing Masters National Championships is staged at Lake Merritt in downtown Oakland. The regatta is an opportunity for masters rowers from across the country to come together and compete for national championships in more than 200 categories. The course is a 1,000-meter, eight-lane, fully-buoyed course with stakeboats.
Link for event information: bit.ly/2Lo0mgm
U.S. Gymnastics Championships
Date: August 16–19
Venue: TD Garden, Boston, Massachusetts
Event description: Recognition of the men’s and women’s 2008 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team and alternates is just one of the in-venue fan activities during the 2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, the national championships for men’s and women’s gymnastics, at Boston’s TD Garden.
Link for event information: bit.ly/2LOSDvd
Streamed/Broadcast Information: All senior sessions will be broadcast by NBC, NBCSN and/or the Olympic Channel. See the schedule below. All times Eastern.
Aug. 16 / Men Day 1 / NBCSN 8-10 p.m. (live)
Aug. 17 / Women Day 1 / Olympic Channel 8-10 p.m. (live)
Aug. 17 / Women Day 1 / NBCSN 11 p.m.-1 a.m. (delayed)
Aug. 18 / Men Day 2 / Olympic Channel 3:30-4:30 p.m. (live)
Aug. 18 / Men Day 2 / NBC 4:30-6 p.m. (live)
Aug. 19 / Women Day 2 / NBC 8-10 p.m. (live)