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NORCECA Circuit stops in St Lucia for penultimate leg of 2016
PIGEON POINT, St Lucia, October 12, 2016 – The 10th stop of the
2016 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit will take place in St
Lucia at Pigeon Point Beach from October 14 to 16.
St Lucia National Volleyball Federation is organizing the double
gender event for the fourth time with the previous tournaments
held in 2012, 2013 and 2015.
Twenty-five foreign pairs (12 women’s and 13 men’s) will be
joined by the athletes representing the host country in the
penultimate competition of the year. Players will be divided
into four pools with the top two pairs from the round-robin
pool-play will advance to the winners’ bracket.
Canadians Cameron Wheelan and Michael Plantinga, who won the
men’s gold medal in Guanacaste, Costa Rica are among the
participating teams and figure to be among the favorites.
Americans Irene Hester and Caitlin Ledoux, winners in Saint
Lucia last year are both competing along new partners this time
around. Hester will have four-time gold medal winner Emily Day
as her partner, while Ledoux will play with Emily Stockman.
Costa Rica’s Olympians Karen Cope and Natalia Alfaro are also a
strong duo as well as Canada’s Megan Nagy and Marie Christine
Lapointe, who finished second in the previous event of the year
held in Boqueron, Puerto Rico.
Players representing the United States have won in both genders
in the three events held in St Lucia.
Will Montgomery and Jonathan Mesko claimed the men’s top honors
in 2012, followed by David McKensie and Austin Rester in 2013
and brothers Trevor and Taylor Crabb in 2015. Kathryn Babcock
and Traci Weamer, Heather Hughes and Lane Carico, and Irene
Hester and Caitlin Ledoux took home the women’s gold medals.
Foreign registered teams are the following:
Women
Megan Nagy/Marie Christine Lapointe (Canada-1), Amanda Harnett/Caleigh
Cruickshank (Canada-2), Karen Cope/Natalia Alfaro (Costa Rica),
Jamelar Billy/Cassie Paul (Grenada), Fanny Katarzynki/Caroline
Reb (Guadeloupe), Natalia Giron/Estefanie Bethancourt
(Guatemala), Christianne Etches/Jarisa Hynds (Honduras), Ayana
Dyette/Malika Davidson (Trinidad & Tobago-1), Rheeza Grant/Abby
Blackman (Trinidad & Tobago-2), Emily Day/Irene Hester (United
States-1), Caitlin Ledoux/Emily Stockman (United States-2),
Manika Charles/Bethany Whitenton (U.S. Virgin Islands).
Men
Rakeem Jones/Aldus Frank (Anguilla), Adrian Constant/Rixon
Joseph (Antigua), Ryan Vandeburg/Sergey Grabovsky (Canada-1),
Cameron Wheelan/Michael Plantinga (Canada-2), Yahan Florent/Kerwin
George (Dominica), Darron Christopher/Akim Alix (Grenada),
Baptiste Arnoust/Cedric Lovoye (Guadeloupe-1), Pascal Mori/Yan
Billette (Guadeloupe-2), Luis García/Erick Garrido (Guatemala),
Mark Lewis/Omar Williams (Jamaica), Daneil Williams/Christian
Francoix (Trinidad & Tobago), Ryan Doherty/John Mayer (United
States-1), Stafford Slick/Mark Burik (United States-2).
Previous winners in Saint Lucia
2012
USA Will Montgomery/Jonathan Mesko
(M)
USA Kathryn Babcock/Traci Weamer (W)
2013
USA David McKensie/Austin Rester (M)
USA Heather Hughes/Lane Carico (W)
2015
USA Trevor Crabb/Taylor Crabb (M)
USA Irene Hester/Caitlin Ledoux (W)
Previous 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)
La Paz, Mexico
CUB Nivaldo Díaz/Sergio González (M)
CAN Julie Gordon/Brandie Wilkerson (W)
Guanacaste, Costa Rica
CAN Cameron Wheelan/Michael Plantinga (M)
USA Kelly Reeves/Allison Daley-McColloch (W)
Cayman Islands
USA Trevor Crabb/Taylor Crabb (M)
USA Betsi Flinch/Kelley Larsen (W)
Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
CUB Karell Peña/Daisel Quesada (M)
CUB Lianma Flores/Leila Martínez (W)
North Bay, Canada
USA Marty Lorenz/Adam Roberts (M)
USA Sara Hughes/Kelly Claes (W)
Varadero, Cuba
CUB Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio González (M)
CUB Yanisleidis Sanchez/Lidiannis Echeverría (W)
Boqueron, Puerto Rico
CAN Christian Redmann/Felipe Humana-Paredes (M)
USA Sara Hughes/Kelly Claes (W) |
