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Vargas has five golds and one silver medal

BARRANQUILLA, Colombia, July 25, 2018 – In the middle of the emotional celebration after winning their fifth consecutive title at the Central American and Caribbean Games by the Dominican Republic women’s volleyball team, one outstanding feat was overlooked: Annerys Vargas has been part of each one of those squads.

The winning streak by the Dominican Team started in San Salvador 2002 and has continued in Cartagena 2006, Mayaguez 2010, Veracruz 2014 and Barranquilla 2014.

The fifth gold medal by Vargas was added to her collection in the quadrennial games as she was part of the 1998 team that won a silver medal in Maracaibo, Venezuela.

The slender middle blocker, who will turn 37 next August 7, still is one of the key pieces in the starting team of coach Marcos Kwiek as it showed during the tournament in Barranquilla won by the Dominicans with a 5-0 win-loss record.

 “I try to manage Annerys over the course of the competitions giving her the necessary rest in some matches and reserving her experience for those when we need the most of it,” Kwiek commented before the tournament.

Despite not playing all the sets for the Barranquilla tournament, Vargas scored 13 blocks as she finished as the fourth best blocker of the event.