SmashCity proudly congratulates Elite Team members Arnold Setiadi and Lauren Todt on qualifying to represent the U.S. at the Thomas and Uber Cups! At the USA Badminton 2008 Team USA Trials held January 4-6, Arnold qualified for the U.S. Thomas Cup Team and Lauren qualified for the U.S. Uber Cup Team. The Pan Am zone Thomas and Uber Cup Preliminary will be held February 16-18 in Campinas, Brazil. The U.S. Teams will compete against Teams from Brazil, Canada, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad & Tobago. The winning Teams will represent the Pan Am zone in the Finals in Jakarta, Indonesia, in May. Please join us in congratulating Arnold, Lauren, and the rest of the Teams and wishing them the best in Brazil!
Congrats.. ..to Arnold and Lauren for making the squads...Best of the luck in the qualifying tourney, next month, in Brazil!
Sweet! They show a lot of promise, having already gone to these cups before. I think. But yeah, I've seen them train before, so it's a good shot!
The USA women's team won their Pan Am Zone Prelim -- so Lauren and the rest of the the USA women's team will be off to Indonesia for the finals. Congrats to Lauren!! Unfortunately, the USA men's team came in 2nd place -- so they are done. Congrats to Arnold and the rest of the USA men's team for getting this far!!
