Results of 2017 D-I College Ultimate Championships

USA Ultimate's D-I College Championships were played over May 26-29. A total of 40 college ultimate teams competed at the end-of-season tournament in Ohio. The championship games were decided on Monday and broadcast live on ESPNU.

Women's Division
Dartmouth Women's Ultimate Team: Princess Layout (#2) won 15-9 [8-5 half] over Texas Melee (#4).

From Princess Layout's website:

"Our mission is to provide our players with high-level, competetive Ultimate skills, while fostering a positive, fun, team culture and friendships that go beyond the field."


Men's Division 
Carleton College CUT (#6) won 15-11 [8-6 half] over UNCW Seamen (#11). Carelton CUT's previous titles were in 2001, 2009 and 2011.

Carleton College's D3 women's ultimate team won their 2017 championship last weekend.

My Frisbee is On the Roof

Losing a Frisbee is common punchline for the comic section whether it's on the roof or in a tree. Here's another one:

ZITS [5//3/2017]

[h/t Five]

Good Times! Roll Part 2

Anniversary of Wham-O's Frisbee Trademark (1959)

On this day in 1959, Wham-O Manufacturing Company's request to trademark "Frisbee" was officially registered by U.S. Patent Office. Frisbee (trademark #679186) was described as "toy flying saucers for toss games". The plastic flying saucer toy was originally sold to Wham-O in January 1957.

According to this article:
~300 million = # of Frisbees® sold by Wham-O since it first began marketing their plastic flying saucer toys

$2 million = royalties earned by Frisbee inventor "Fred" Morrison by 1982

ESPNU's Cable Listing for College Ultimate Championships

Taking a page out of Bent's gender equity book, it does not go unnoticed that the cable listing for the 2017 USA Ultimate college ultimate championship games is qualified for the women's game, but not the men's game.

Below are how Monday's live broadcasts are listed in the cable guide on ESPNU:

USA College Championship

USA "Women's" College Championship 

Qualifying one championship game as "women's" without qualifying the other as "men's" indubitably assigns greater importance to the men's.

UPDATE: Bent club ultimate from New York started a letter writing campaign to ESPN on behalf of this issue:

Go to https://t.co/yTDOVRav8n to ask to describe the @USAUltimate college finals equally #genderequity @sludgebrown pic.twitter.com/Bb1Fh2fcxH

— BENT Ultimate (@BentUltimateNYC) May 26, 2017

UPDATE [5/29]: ESPNU cable listing was updated!

Chesapeake Open 2017

The 2017 Chesapeake Open is scheduled for mid August.

When: Saturday, August 12 - Sunday, August 13

Where: Same location as 2016 at Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland.

Bid: Hosting Men, Women & Mixed teams and accepting bids on a rolling basis. The entry fee is $725 and bids are due June 11.

Amenities: Lined soccer fields with player and gear lines, a tent for each team on the sideline, refilled water stations on each sideline, good competition, gear and food for sale on site, multiple athletic trainers, a venue using a ratio of one grass ultimate field per soccer field and an experienced tournament staff to make sure the event runs smoothly.

[UPDATED with actual logo]