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Wilson’s star Billish sisters are going international this Summer, as they’ll represent America on the USA Water Polo 16U Youth National Team on the world stage.
Junior Abby Billish and incoming freshman Claire Billish both made the roster for the 15-player youth national team, which will travel abroad to play the best youth teams from around the world. The Billish sisters and the rest of the USA Youth team will be in Zagreb, Croatia, which will play host to the World Aquatics U16 Water Polo Championship the last week of July.
The tournament will feature the best from several continents as the other teams include Canada, Zimbabwe, Spain, Serbia, Italy, Russia, Israel, South Africa, Greece, Mexico, Hungary, Romania, China, Brazil, Netherlands, Germany, Croatia, Turkiye, Australia, Peru, Ukraine, New Zealand, and Czechia.
