发布以下消息的是美国排球官方网站:
http://www.usavolleyball.org/VolleyballNews/news.asp?id=1897
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Sept. 14, 2007) – Outside hitter Logan Tom (Hometown: Salt Lake City, Utah; Resides: Long Beach, Calif.), a two-time Olympian in indoor volleyball for the U.S. Women’s National Volleyball Team, began training with the squad on Sept. 10 after nearly three years away from the program.
科罗拉多(2007年7月14日) -代表美国女排参加过两届奥运会的主攻手罗根汤姆,离开了三年以后,在9月10日,重新回归美国女排并参加集训.
In addition, Tom was granted an exemption to replace an injured Kim Glass (Lancaster, Pa.) on the preliminary 18-player Team USA 2007 NORCECA Continental Championship roster that was submitted earlier this summer.
汤姆将代替受伤的10号KIM Glass进入参加中北美洲杯(NORCECA:全称North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation)的十八人大名单.
“Logan’s addition to the team is very good news,” U.S. Women’s National Team Head Coach ‘Jenny’ Lang Ping said. “She has quality international tournament experience that will be beneficial to the team.”
美国女排主教练郎平说:罗根的回归对美国队是个好消息.她丰富的国际大赛经验,对我们的球队是很有帮助的.
Tom has been competing the past two summers in beach volleyball on the AVP Crocs Tour in the United States. She played in 16 events during the 2007 season with one second-place finish and five fifth-place finishes to rank 13th. Tom also participated in two SWATCH FIVB Beach Tour events in 2007 in hopes of qualifying for the 2008 Olympics in beach volleyball. Last year she played in nine events on the AVP Crocs Tour with one fifth-place finish to earn the AVP Rookie of the Year award.
汤姆过去的两个夏天一直在参加美国的AVP沙排巡回赛.在2007年共参加了16站比赛,取得了一个第二名,五个第五名的成绩,最后排名13.为了2008年奥运沙排比赛,汤姆同时还参加了两站FIVB的沙排巡回赛(只有参加FIVB的赛事才有可能拿到参加奥运的门票,不过TOM的成绩看来没什么戏).在2006年,TOM参加了9站AVP的比赛,取得了一个第五名的成绩,并且获得最佳新人奖.
Tom, who began training with Team USA earlier this week in preparation for the FIVB World Cup in November, will help fill a void at the NORCECA Championship.
本周初开始参加集训的汤姆本来准备参加11月份的世界杯,但是现在刚好填补了中北美洲杯的空缺.
“We were not thinking about adding Logan to the NORCECA roster when she started training because she needs some rest after the beach season,” Lang Ping said. “However, with the injury to Kim, Logan agreed to play at the NORCECA Championship.”
郎平说:我们本来没有打算把汤姆放进泛北美洲的名单中,因为我们觉得她打完了沙排的赛季,应该需要一些时间来适应.但是因为GLASS的受伤,汤姆同意参加NORCECA杯.(郎平用了"AGREE"这个词,说明TOM在队中的地位还是很高的,掌握了主动权~~)
Despite her time away from the U.S. Women’s National Team, Tom has spent the off-season months competing overseas in professional indoor leagues. She played for Spar Tenerife Marichal (Spain) during the 2006-2007 professional indoor season. During the 2005-2006 season, Tom teamed with current Team USA setter Robyn Ah Mow-Santos (Honolulu) to play for Volero Zurich in Switzerland.
尽快离开美国女排一段时间了,但汤姆一直利用沙排休赛的时间参加海外的室内排球俱乐部联赛.2005-2006年在瑞士的Volero Zurich打球,2006-2007年在西班牙的Spar Tenerife Marichal打球.