Puerto Rican beach teams continue to train

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, March 22, 2018 – The Puerto Rican beach volleyball teams continue their preparation toward the NORCECA Central Zone Qualification Tournament for the Youth Olympic Games Argentina 2018 to be held in Havana Cuba.

The teams that earned the right to represent their country after dominating the Under-Age National Tournament organized by the Puerto Rican Federation, have been training hard for two weeks under the supervision of national coach Alexis Feliciano.

The teams to participate in Cuba are William Rivera and Randall Santiago in the boys’ division and Allanis Navas and María González in the girls’ event

 “We will have only 11 weeks of preparation and that includes the technical and tactical scheme on the sand, the physical preparation and a tournament in Florida,” said Feliciao.

Both teams will be seeking to repeat the representation of Puerto Rico in the Youth Olympic Games. In the last edition held in Nanjing, China where they finished fifth in the boys’ division and ninth in the girls’ division                       

 The NORCECA Central Zone Tournament will have teams from Cuba, United States, Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

 The tournament will take place at Cuban National Volleyball School in Havana on May 26-27. The top two teams per gender earn tickets to Buenos Aires, Argentina next October.