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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, March 10, 2016 – Guatemala will host
the 2016 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour season opener at Ciudad
Cayala running from March 11-13 while featuring a total of
thirty two teams representing seventeen countries.
This is the ninth time that Guatemala has hosted the most
prestigious Beach Volleyball event in the region that’s
celebrating its tenth edition, granting important ranking points
for Pan American, World and Olympic qualifications and launching
player’s successful careers.
Among the innovations in Guatemala is a new venue, the sand
courts will be installed in Ciudad Cayala, the largest shopping,
entertainment and housing complex in the city, where numerous
artistic and fashion shows have been held, and now Beach
Volleyball will be the first international sport competition.
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, St. Lucia, Trinidad
& Tobago and U.S. Virgin Islands compete in both genders, while
Guatemala and United States have registered two duos per gender;
Canada has two women’ teams.
Belize, Guadeloupe, Jamaica and St. Kitts & Nevis will
participate only in the men’s field; and Antigua & Barbuda, Cuba
and Honduras in women.
The last time that Guatemala hosted the event in 2014,
Cuban Nivaldo Diaz and Sergio Gonzalez claimed the men’s gold
defeating William Montgomery and Stafford Slick of United States
in straight sets 21-17, 21-15; and Heather Hughes with Christal
Engle of United States prevailed over Karen Cope and Natalia
Alfaro of Costa Rica by 2-1 (21-14, 24-26, 15-0) in the women’s
final.
Registered Men´s teams:
Belize
Baydir Sajia/Jason Cabral, Canada Daniel Dearing/Garrett
May, Costa Rica Alexander Villegas/Fabian Guerra, El
Salvador Franklin Flores/Armando Jose, Guadeloupe
Steeve Burgatha/Frantz Olivier Karam, Guatemala-A Andy
Leonardo/Luis Garcia, Guatemala-B Moises Reyes/Erick
Garrido, U.S. Virgin Islands Dillon Lesniak/Jake
Dietrich, Jamaica Triston Hitchaman/Mark Lewis, St.
Lucia Darnell Eudoxie/Tevin St. Jean, Mexico Jose
Luis Rubio/Josue Gaxiola, Nicaragua Dany Lopez/Ruben
Mora, St. Kitts and Nevis St. Claire Hodge/Kemorroy
Percival, Trinidad and Tobago Christian Francoise/Simon
Blake, United States-A Stafford Slick/William Allen,
United States-B Taylor Crabb/Trevor Crabb
Registered Women’s teams:
Antigua and Barbuda
Mail Nyota/Rosemarie Kimba, Canada-A Julie Gordon/Brandie
Wilkerson, Canada-B Camille Saxton/Rachel Cockrell
Costa Rica Marcela Araya/Valeria Valenciano, Cuba
Leila Consuelo/Lianma Flores, El Salvador Kathya
Vasquez/Ma Fernanda Vargas, Guatemala-A Ada Patricia/Aury
Pricila, Guatemala-B Dayrin Leticia/Rut Gomez,
Honduras Christeanne Etches/Jarisa Hynds, U.S. Virgin
Islands Mannika Charles/Kimberly Hohl, St. Lucia
Kerin Neptune/Dala Noel, Mexico Claudia Rios/Gloria
Santoyo, Nicaragua Elia Torres/Lolette Rodriguez, ,
Trinidad and Tobago Malika Davidson/Ayana Dyette United
States-A Amanda Dowdy/Emly Stockman, United States-B
Kendra Vanzwieten/Kimberly Dicello
Past winners in Guatemala
Year
Men
Women
2007 CUB Yoandri Kindelan/Yunieski Ramirez PUR Maritere
Ramos/Annia Ruiz
2008 MEX Juan Virgen/Aldo Miramontes MEX Bibi
Candelas/Mayra Garcia
2009 USA Hans Stolfus/Anthony Medel CUB
Kirenia Ballar/Nirian Sinal
2010 CUB Karel Peña/Sergio Gonzalez CAN
Katherine Zakrzewski/Julie Rodriguez
2011 MEX Juan Virge/Aldo Miramontes CAN
Heather Bansley/Elizabeth Maloney
2012 PUR Roberto Rodriguez/Pablo Guzman USA Jenny
Lropp/Whitney Pavlik
2013 MEX Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen CAN Kacey
MacTavis/Caleigh Whitaker
2014 CUB Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio Gonzalez USA
Heather Hughes/Christal Engel |
