Former UCI Player Peter Campbell Is Cut From U.S. Water Polo Team

Peter Campbell, a two-time Olympian and UC Irvine graduate, was the last player cut from the U.S. national water polo team, which begins Olympic play Aug. 1 against Australia.

Campbell, 32, who was named the NCAA player of the year after leading the Anteaters to the national championship in 1982, had left the team after the ’88 Olympics and was attempting a comeback.

Five players with Orange County ties made the team. Four played at UC Irvine--Jeff Campbell, Peter’s younger brother; Mike Evans; goalkeeper Chris Duplanty, and John Vargas, who also coaches at Corona del Mar High. The fifth, Doug Kimbell, is a graduate of Villa Park High.

The rest of the players on the 13-member team: goalkeeper Craig Wilson, Kirk Everist, Erich Fischer, Charles Harris, Chris Humbert, Craig Klass, Alex Rousseau and Terry Schroeder.

The U.S. team, which has won silver medals at the past two Olympics, recently completed its final pre-Olympic tournaments in Europe, where it finished third at the Tungsram Cup in Hungary and second at the Catania Cup in Sicily.