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LA PAZ, Mexico, April 6, 2016 – Cubans Nivaldo Diaz and Sergio
Gonzalez, one of the most successful men’s beach volleyball team
in NORCECA recent history, are one of the main attractions at
the upcoming La Paz Tournament, the third stop of the 2016
Circuit.
Díaz and González, have won six gold medals, plus one silver and
one bronze, in sporadic participation since they have been
associated in 2014. Over that period the duo won also the gold
medal at the Central American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico in
2014 and the bronze at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto.
The men’s field includes the USA pair of brothers Trevor and
Taylor Crabb, winners in Guatemala City and bronze medalists in
Guaymas, Mexico last week as well as compatriots Stafford Slick
and William Allen, who finished third and second, respectively,
in the first two events of the year.
One of the teams representing Mexico is the one formed by José
Luis Rubio and Josué Gaxiola who finished second in the opening
tournament and concluded fourth last week after losing a
three-set battle against the Crabb brothers.
In the women’s side, Americans Kimberly Dicello and Kendra
Vanzwieten will be going for their second victory following
their triumph in Guaymas over the Canadian pair of Julie Gordon
and Brandie Wilkerson, who have finished second twice this year
and likely hope to go one step higher in La Paz.
Fellow Americans Kelly Reeves and Allison Daley-McColloch, who
claimed the gold medals in Guatemala City and got the bronze in
Guaymas, complete the USA entries for the third leg of the
circuit.
The women’s field also includes Canada’s two-time gold medalist
Caleigh Whitaker and Sphie Bukovec as well as Costa Rica’s
Natalia Alfaro and Karen Cope, silver medalists in St Lucia’s
last year and third-place finishers in Varadero, Cuba.
Men’s teams
Canada-A
(Christian Redmann/Felipe Humana), Canada-B (Cameron
Wheelan/Michael Plantinga), Costa Rica (Sebastián
Valenciano/Richard Smith), Cuba (Nivaldo Díaz/Sergio
González), Dominican Republic (William Sánchez/Luis
Rodríguez), El Salvador (Carlos Escobar/David Vargas),
Guatemala (Moisés Reyes/Erick Garrido), Honduras
(Manuel Serrano/Randall Vigil), Mexico-A (José
Rubio/Josué Gaxiola), Mexico-B (Juan Revuelta/Ricardo
Galindo), Nicaragua (Winston Calderón/Miguel López),
St Lucia (Darnel Eudoxie/Tevin St Jean), Trinidad &
Tobago (Daneil Williams/Fabiel Whitfield), United
States-A (Taylor Crabb/Trevor Crabb), United States-B
(Stafford Slick/William Allen), U.S. Virgin Islands (Marc
Lomeli/Dillon Lesniak).
Women’s teams
Canada-A
(Julie Gordon/Brandie Wilkerson), Canada-B (Caleigh
Whitaker/Sophie Bukovec), Costa Rica (Karen Cope/Natalia
Alfaro), Guadeloupe (Veronique Berthelot/Silvia Sidney),
Guatemala (Dayrin Alarcón/Ana Villagrán), El Salvador
(Kathya Vásquez/María Vargas), Mexico-A (Claudia
Ríos/Gloria Santoyo), Mexico-B (Diana Estrada/Ana Ríos),
Mexico-C (Stephanie Burnside/Zaira Orellana), Trinidad
& Tobago (Ayana Dyette/Malika Davidson), United States-A
(Kimberly Dicello/Kendra Vanzwieten), United States-B
(Kelly Reeves/Allison Daley-McColloch).
Winners in 2016
Guatemala City
USA Trevor Crabb/Taylor Crabb (M)
USA Kelly Reeves/Allison Daley-McColloch (W)
Guaymas, Mexico
CUB Nivaldo Díaz/Sergio González (M)
USA Kimberly Dicello/Kendra Vanzwieten (W) |
