Palisadian Jordan Cohen and his partner, Michael Wilder of El Segundo, finished second in the 16-and-under division at the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic beach volleyball championships last Wednesday in Virginia Beach, Virginia. On the first day of competition, Cohen and Wilder beat two teams from Florida before losing to Ian Satterfield (Manhattan Beach) and Alec Mackensen (Laguna Niguel) to earn the No. 3 seed going into the final day. In the first round of the knockout phase they avenged their earlier loss with a 21-11, 21-19 victory over second-seeded Satterfield and Mackensen. In the gold medal match, Cohen and Wilder fell 21-19, 21-11 to Manuel De Jesus and Rafael Melendez of Puerto Rico. Cohen, who will be a sophomore at Palisades High in the fall, made varsity as a freshman for the Dolphins last spring, playing outside hitter, libero and defensive specialist. He attends Sinjin Smith and Randy Stoklos’ Beach Volleyball Camp and was included in the Volleyball TV Show “DIG” on Fox Sports Net, which profiled the camp earlier this summer.
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