The Altitude Youth Ultimate board is appalled at the oppression by police of black and brown people that — while a long-standing issue in this country — has been most recently brought to light by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Elijah McCain and many others. We are also heartened by the world’s response, rising up with words and deeds to try to put a stop to unfair policing and to promote social justice. And while we find that the actions and conversations happening within the Ultimate community are particularly important and necessary, we know that words or a moment of action are not enough.

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While our community is social distancing and sheltering in place to stay safe, we want to provide a space and opportunity for our community members to engage and connect with each other!

Here are some resources and tips we hope will give us all a way to come closer while we're apart.

March 16 Update

USA Ultimate has made the decision to follow the CDC's guidance, released yesterday, to limit public gatherings for eight weeks. As a result, USA Ultimate events are being canceled or postponed through at least May 10. That includes canceling college regional championships and postponing, indefinitely, some high school state championships and the Beach Championships.

AYU will be evaluating the latest updates and recommendations to make a decision on state championships. 

March 13 Update

USA Ultimate has announced that all USAU-sanctioned events through April 20 will be postponed or canceled.  This applies to clinics, leagues, practices, and tournaments – including coaching clinics. This means that all AYU events sanctioned through USAU will be postponed or canceled.

On behalf of our entire board and staff, postponing and delaying events, shortening seasons, and other cancellations or 'pauses' is the last decision any of us wanted to make. We appreciate your understanding and commitment to this sport and the health and safety of the players and the community.

The large organizations we are keeping a close eye on are:

• CHSAA (Colorado’s governing varsity sports’ organizers)
• USA Ultimate
• Colorado Governor's office
• Local School Districts 
• CDC and other health officials

We will be taking the lead from these organizations on how to proceed following the suspension of events. We will keep posting to this page and to our social media platforms.

As frustrations and disappointments elevate, please keep in mind our social responsibility to the rest of the community. It is a privilege to be strong and healthy at this time, and with privilege comes the responsibility of taking care of those not as healthy.

We would like to introduce Marissa Torres, AYU’s new EDI Coordinator. Marissa will be responsible for developing a relationship with community partners and fostering youth Ultimate in racially diverse and historically marginalized communities in Denver. She is a teacher at Parklane Elementary in Aurora and has a mean low-release flick! She's currently playing in leagues and plans to play club this summer- say hi to her when you see her. Marissa will work closely with and be supported by the AYU EDI Taskforce and Board of Directors.

AYU was excited to host 4 great indoor hat tournaments this winter! Thank you to all players who attended and played with great spirit and enthusiasm and made these tournaments a great environment to have fun and meet new people. We had 197 high school and college players attend this year, with a total of 330 players between the 4 tournaments.  Between the tournaments in January and February, we collected 130 items of canned food to donate to the Action Center in Lakewood.

We want to thank all the players and coaches who participated during the Cutthroat Winter Clinics! We had over 40 players play in all kinds of weather throughout the clinics with excellent coaches leading sessions. The U20 boys finished out the clinics with a fourth-place finish at a college tournament at the Air Force Invite!

Since USAU now requires one certified coach per high school team to compete at State Championships, we have been planning certification clinics throughout the spring to give coaches as many opportunities as possible to become certified. 

We have four coaching certification clinics scheduled before the State Championships.

Find the clinic that fits your schedule and location best >>>

Colorado Cutthroat is Colorado's premier youth ultimate club program, with top players from many different HS teams coming together to represent Colorado in a national tournament in August in Blaine, Minnesota. Cutthroat players get high-level coaching from some of the top coaches in the state, experience top-level competition, and get to be teammates with many of their top opponents on other teams!

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