|
Mexicans are favorites to win in Boqueron
BOQUERON, Puerto Rico, September 17, 2014 – The Boqueron Beach
Volleyball Tournament returns to the NORCECA Circuit for second
year in a row and for the third time in the history of the
regional competition with sixteen teams taking part in each
gender representing a total of sixteen countries.
Canada and United States will be entering two teams per gender
while Mexico, Costa Rica and Honduras are each registering two
women teams and Puerto Rico will be represented with two men
duos.
The competition will take part in the facilities built on the
occasion of the Central American and Caribbean Games of Mayaguez
2010 which comply with all the international requirements.
Mexicans Lombardo Ontiveros and Juan Virgen, who captured the
men’s gold medal last year, will be out to defend the title in
Boqueron, located in the western part of Puerto Rico. In fact
Ontiveros will be looking for a third gold medal since he also
won in 2010 partnering with his brother Ulises.
Puerto Rican Roberto Rodriguez and Erick Haddock, who claimed
the gold medal this year in Manzanillo, Mexico, are among the
strong contenders in the men’s division.
In the women’s field, Mexicans Martha Revuelta and Bibi
Canderlas are the pre-tournament favorites to win but will face
a strong competition. They won this year the stop held in
Huixquilucan, Mexico.
Team will be divided into four pools of four teams to play a
round-robin with the top two from each pool moving to the main
draw for a single elimination event. The semifinals and finals
will take place on Sunday and will be nationally televised.
Women’s Teams
Canada-A
(Victoria Altomare/Julie Gordon), Canada-B (Kacie
MacTavish/Caleigh Whitaker), Costa Rica-A (Katherine
Quesada/Eugenia Ramirez), Costa Rica-B (Karen Cope/Natalia
Alfaro), Dominican Republic (Magen Bolton/Pamela Jaime),
El Salvador (Kathia Vasquez/Maria Vargas), Guatemala
(Blanca Ocaña/Anna Ramírez), Honduras-A (Christianne
Etches/Marissa Brady), Honduras-B (Gina Flores/Marta
Euceda), Mexico-A (Martha Revuelta/Bibiana Candelas),
Mexico-B (Stephanie Burnside/Gloria Santoyo), Puerto Rico
(Valeria Cajigas/Lina Bernier), Trinidad and Tobago (Ayna
Dyette/Nancy Joseph), United States-A (Sarah Hughes/Kelly
Claes), United States-B (Irene Hester/Caitlin LeDoux),
U.S. Virgin Islands (Jamie Farley/Amber Bennett).
Men’s Teams
Aruba
(Mitchel Daniel/Eargenell de Cuba), Barbados (Kyle Browne/Ronald
Rice), Canada-A (Sam Pedlow/Grant O’Gorman), Canada-B
(Daniel Dearing/Garrett May), Costa Rica (Bryan Monge/Zlatko
Piskulich), Curacao (Jeandro Tokaay/Darwin Colina), El
Salvador (Alonso Morales/David Vargas), Guadeloupe (Baptiste
Arnouts/Cedric Lavoye), Guatemala (Andy Leonardo/Erick
Garrido), Mexico (Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen),
Nicaragua (Ruben Mora/Gerson Contreras), Puerto Rico-A
(Roberto Rodriguez/Erick Haddock), Puerto Rico-B (Arnell
Cabrera/Sergio Figueroa), United States-A (Devon Hatcher/Clayton
Paullin), United States-B (Marty Lorenz/Steven Vanderwerp),
U.S. Virgin Islands (Ajai Sweeney/Edward Peter).
Past Winners in Boqueron, Puerto Rico
Men
2010
MEX Ulises Ontiveros/Lombardo Ontiveros
2013
MEX Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen
Women
2010
CAN Heather Bansley/Elizabeth Maloney
2013
USA Sara Hughes/Lane Carico
Winners in 2014
Cayman Islands M & W
USA Todd Rogers/Theodore Brunner
USA Tealle Hunkus/Kimberly McGiven-Dicello
Guatemala City M & W
CUB Nivaldo Díaz/Sergio González
USA Heather Hughes/Christal Engle
Antigua Guatemala M & W
CUB Nivaldo Díaz/Sergio González
USA Tealle Hunkus/Kimberly McGiven-Dicello
Manzanillo, México M & W
PUR Roberto Rodríguez/Erik Haddock
CAN Melissa Humana/Taylor Pishcke
Huixquilucan, Mexico M & W
CUB Nivaldo Díaz/Sergio González
MEX Martha Revuelta/Bibi Candelas
North Bay, Ontario M & W
CAN Josh Binstock/Sam Schachter
USA Tealle Hunkus/Kimberly McGiven-Dicello
Varadero, Cuba M & W
USA Todd Rogers/Theo Brunner
CUB Lianma Flores/Leila Martinez |
.jpg)