Three members of the Harvard women's water polo team qualified for the National Women's Water Polo "B" Team-East Coast at the National Team try-outs this past weekend in Annapolis, Md. Jesse Gunderson, Natasha Magnuson and Mary Naber, a former Crimson executive, were initially invited to the National try-outs earlier this month and have continued training past the end of the regular season.

The National Women's Water Polo "A" Team, which trains in California year round, is made up of the top 20 women's water polo players in the U.S. The squad represents the U.S. at the Pan Pacific Games, as well as at the Olympics in 2000. The National Women's Water Polo Association, to remain consistent with the National Men's Water Polo Association, decided to form National "B" Teams on each coast, as a developing ground for the "A" Team. The "B" Team-East and West Coast also compete in a number of national tournaments.

The University of Massachusetts, the University of Maryland and Slippery Rock University--the other collegiate women's water polo powerhouses on the East Coast--each qualified one to two players to the National "B" Team, as well. The remaining members of the team are made up of college graduates.

Gunderson and Magnuson, who are both under 19, were also invited to play on the Junior National Team-East Coast in a number of additional tournaments this upcoming summer.