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GUAYMAS, México, March 30, 2016 – Americans Taylor and Trevor
Crabb and Kelly Reeves and Allison Daley-McColloch, winners of
the NORCECA Circuit first event of the year in Guatemala City
earlier this month, are among the participants at the inaugural
Guaymas Tournament the second stop of 2016 to be held from April
1-3.
The Crabb brothers, who have been successful in their two
NORCECA competitions they have entered thus far, are going for a
third victory. They also won in St Lucia in 2015.
Taylor and Trevor prevailed over Mexicans José Luis Rubio and
Josué Gaxiola in an epic three-set battle 2-1 (25-23, 31-33,
17-15) to claim the men’s gold medal in Guatemala City.
Rubio and Gaxiola are also registered to take part in Guaymas as
well as the powerful Cuban duo of Nivaldo Díaz and Sergio
Gonzalez, who have collected five wins in the last two years.
Reeves and Daley-McColloch, playing as a team or the first time,
took home the gold medal in Guatemala City by defeating the
Canadian pair of Julie Gordon and Brandie Wilkerson 2-0 (25-23,
21-10).
Gordon and Wilkerson will be going for the revenge in Guaymas as
they are also entering the tournament along with compatriot and
two-time winner Caleigh Whitaker who is partnering with Sophie
Bukovec.
Teams from Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Guadeloupe, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico,
Nicaragua, St Lucia, Trinidad & Tobago, United States and U.S.
Virgin Islands are registered for the double gender event with
total prize money of US$ 16,000.
Men’s Teams
Belize
(Jason Cabral/Baydr Sajia), Canada (Christian Redmann/Felipe
Humana), Costa Rica (Bryan Monge/Richard Smith), Cuba
(Nivaldo Diaz/Sergio González), Dominican Republic
(William Sanchez/Luis Castillo), El Salvador (Franklin
Flores/Armando Hernández), Guatemala (Andy Leonardo/Luis
García), Honduras (Wilfredo Vega/Mercuri Miller),
Jamaica (Triston Hitchaman/Christopher Walters), Mexico-A
(Ricardo Galindo/Juan Revuelta), Mexico-B (Jose Luis
Rubio/Josué Gaxiola), Saint Lucia (Darnell Eudoxie/Tevin
St Jean), Trinidad & Tobago (Fabien Whitfield/Daneil
Williams), 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), El Salvador (Kathya Vásquez/María
Vargas), Guadeloupe (Veronique Berthelot/Sylvia Sidney),
Guatemala (Aury Álvarez/Ada Villalobos), Jamaica
(Danielle Perry/Kai Wright), Mexico-A (Diana Estrada/Ana
Ríos), Mexico-B (Claudia Ríos/Gloria Santoyo),
Mexico-C (Stephanie Burnside/Zaira Orellana), Nicaragua
(Claudia Machado/Socorro López), United States-A
(Kimberly Dicello/Kendra Vanzwieten), Unites States-B
(Kelly Reeves/Allison Daley-McColloch), U.S. Virgin Islands
(Amber Bennett/Melanie Valencia). |
