Old Capitol Open Ultimate Tournament is March 25-26

Cedar Rapids, IA – March 21, 2017 – The Iowa Hawkeye Ultimate Club (IHUC) and Cedar Rapids Parks & Recreation will co-host the fifth annual Old Capitol Open (OCO) Ultimate Tournament March 25-26 at Tuma Sports Complex, 3239 C Avenue Extension, Marion. OCO is an USA Ultimate sanctioned college regular season event for open and women’s teams that draws competition from a large number of states including Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri and Nebraska. A one-day, sanctioned high school tournament will be held the same weekend.

This year, registrations have filled all three divisions with a total of 41 teams (36 college, 5 high school).  The estimated participation will exceed 800 players and coaches. “We enjoy coming to OCO each year. This year we are poised for one of our best ever, and this serves as a perfect warm up for the series, wind or no wind,” said Alex Stumphauzer, DUC Ultimate Team, Drake University.   A portion of the tournament proceeds fund current University of Iowa Ultimate teams. The remainder goes to the Brian Gleason Memorial Fund at the University of Iowa Foundation with the goal of establishing a permanent endowment for team funding.

Ultimate is a sport born in the 1970s with the advent of the Frisbee®, and was commonly called Frisbee® Football or Ultimate Frisbee®. Now known just as Ultimate and governed by a national body (USA Ultimate), the game has grown in sophistication and popularity both on campus and off. Its fluid motion looks like soccer or hockey, and the field resembles a football field, but it’s played with a disc that is kept in flight.

For more information visit the tournament website http://oldcapitolopen.com or contact Liz Malloy at e.malloy@cedar-rapids.org or (319) 286-5698.

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