DENVER, Colo. --- Tusculum College men's lacrosse student-athlete Tim Drumtra will be playing for the Colombian National Team at the 2014 Federation of Internatio¬¬nal Lacrosse World Championships in Denver, Colorado. The FIL World Championships will be held July 10-19 with pool play starting on July 11th.

Drumtra and Team Colombia will begin their world championship quest on Friday when they face Finland at 11:30 a.m. (MST) to begin pool play in the Turquoise Division.

Drumtra was born in Bogota, Colombia and adopted by his American parents Jeff Drumtra and Meredith McGehee when he was eight weeks old. The rising Tusculum sophomore and criminal justice major was added to the Colombian roster when a spot opened due to an injury.

Drumtra, who resides in Fort Washington, Maryland, graduated from Commonwealth Academy and played for the Oxen Hill Varsity Lacrosse where he was named his program's Offensive Most Valuable Player at attack.

A record 38 nations will participate in this year's world championship and will play 142 games over 10 days. The field is broken into nine divisions, with the top six teams (Australia, Canada, England, Iroquois, Japan and the United States) competing in the Blue Division. The other eight divisions all have four teams and are not grouped by world ranking. The Blue Division has six days of pool play (July 10-15) and the top four teams in the Blue Division advance to the quarterfinal round. The top two seeds receive a bye into the semifinals. The other eight divisions have three pool play games and will begin bracket play on July 14. The top team in each of the eight divisions after pool play will have the opportunity to advance to the quarterfinal round of the championship bracket.

Following Friday's game with Finland, Colombia will face Spain on Saturday (9:00 a.m. MST) and close out pool play on Sunday against Mexico (10:00 a.m. MST).

The Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) is the international governing body for men's and women's lacrosse. The FIL currently has 50 member nations and sanctions five World Championships (women's and men's field, women's and men's U19 field and men's indoor.) The FIL is responsible for the governance and integrity of all forms of lacrosse and provides responsive and effective leadership to support the sports' development throughout the world.

Drumtra will be blogging about his experience at the FIL World Lacrosse Championships in Colorado. The blog will be posted on the Tusculum Athletic Web Site (www.TusculumPioneers.com).

Tusculum College, located in Greeneville, Tenn., is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, USA and is a NCAA Division II member of the South Atlantic Conference. Tusculum, the oldest college in the State of Tennessee, sponsors 16 intercollegiate sports, including women's lacrosse, which will be competing in its first season during the 2014-2015 academic year.

Tusculum, the 28th oldest college in the nation, is a liberal arts institution committed to providing a liberal arts education in a Judeo-Christian and civic arts environment, with pathways for career preparation, personal development and civic engagement. Approximately twenty-one hundred students are enrolled on the main campus in Greeneville and three off-site locations in East Tennessee. The academic programs for both traditional-aged students and working adults served through the Graduate and Professional Studies program are delivered using focused calendars whereby students enroll in one course at a time.

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