Campolindo High School is home to one of the state's best Olympic sized facilities.  Situated in Moraga, CA, the Soda Aquatic Center opened its doors in November 1999.  Home of Elite's first weekend of camps in 2007, Soda is a fantastic camper location as the facilities include ample deck space, two full size locker rooms, and a team room.

Elite Camp Staff

MARKO PINTARIC
HEAD ASST. COACH, USC
5-TIME NCAA CHAMPION, 1998 NCAA PLAYER OF THE YEAR, 2-TIME ALL-AMERICAN

Former USC All-American Marko Pintaric is in his seventh season as an assistant coach of both the men's and women's water polo teams at USC.

Pintaric was a two-year starter for the Trojans in 1997 and 1998. He recorded 44 goals during the Trojans' 1998 national championship season and earned National Player of the Year and first team All-America honors. He also earned second team All-America honors in 1997. Pintaric was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team both years. He transferred to USC from the University of Zagreb in Croatia, where he was a member of the Croatian Junior National Team (1989-94).

Along with his current coaching experience, Pintaric served as the varsity coach at Loyola High in Los Angeles during the 1999-2000 school year. He continues to play for the New York Athletic Club, where he was a member of the 2001 summer national championship team and four consecutive winter national championship teams (1999-2002).

Pintaric graduated from USC in 2000 with a degree in communications and earned his master's degree in 2003 in communications management.



JAMES GRAHAM
HEAD COACH, UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC

James joins the Elite Polo coaching staff as the new head coach of Division I power University of the Pacific. James will continue to build on a Tiger program which has consistently been a force in the college ranks. The 2007 squad finished the year ranked No. 13 in the nation, while the 2006 Tigers finished with a record of 19-14 and a No. 7 national ranking. Since 2001, Pacific has produced 13 All-Americans and 16 all-conference student athletes.

From 2005-07, James served as the assistant coach for the United States National Youth Team, and recently traveled to Europe with the USA Men's Senior National Team as a part of their staff for the World Super Finals. James has been the head coach for the National 2-Meter Development Camp and Holiday Camp held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Col., over the past three years.

Prior to Pacific, Graham spent the past five seasons at Santa Rosa Junior College, building the Bear Cubs into a state power at the JC level. He led Santa Rosa JC to a record of 86-50-1 over his five years, including a third place finish at the California State Championships in 2007. The third place finish was the highest in school history, coming on the heels of a Big 8 Conference championship. For his efforts in 2007, he was named Big 8 Conference Coach of the Year. He won the same award in 2006, in addition to Northern California Coach of the Year honors, after leading the Bear Cubs to the Northern California championship.

KEITH WILBUR
HEAD COACH, SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY

Menlo Park native Keith Wilbur is in his sixth season as head coach of the men's and women's water polo teams. Wilbur joined Santa Clara in July 2002. For the women's team, Wilbur has piled up 104 wins in five seasons, while taking the team to new heights.

Since his first season overseeing the women's program in spring 2003, Wilbur has been behind the continued improvement of the program, highlighted by an historic 2006 campaign in which the team finished 25-8 and took third place at the WWPA Championships, both program bests. The squad also reached No. 15 in the national rankings, and for his efforts, Wilbur was named WWPA Coach of the Year.

Last year, the Broncos had another strong season, posting a 22-16 record, while placing fourth at the WWPA Championships. Wilbur won the Coach of the Year award for a second consecutive year and both Kristin Barnes and Katie Radvanyi were All-WWPA First Team selections. Andrea In his third year as the Broncos' head coach in 2005, Wilbur took his team to a program-best fourth-place finish at the Western Water Polo Association championships and coached Catherine Flynn to All-WWPA First Team accolades, the first water polo player from the Mission Campus to earn such recognition. During the 2004 season, Wilbur guided the women to a 21-16 record and a fifth-place finish at the WWPA Championships.

Wilbur graduated from Princeton in 1996 with a degree in Economics. As a player, he was a team captain as a senior, leading the Tigers defensively from the cage to three Ivy League Championships and the 1992 East Coast Championships. Wilbur was also a member of the U.S. National Team in 1997-98 and competed at the 1997 World University Games in Sicily, Italy.