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Sixteen countries represented in Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, April 16, 2013 – Players from 16
countries will take part in the Gatorade’s Guatemala Beach
Volleyball Tournament to be held at Campo Marte Park in the
capital of Guatemala from April 19-21.
The countries represented are: Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands,
Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Trinidad &
Tobago, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands.
Twenty men’s pairs and seventeen women’s duos, to be divided in
four pools, have been registered for the tournament. The top two
teams from each pool will advance to the medals’ bracket with
the teams of the bottom to continue playing for the remaining
positions.
It is the seventh edition of the double-gender competition
traditionally held at the courts of Campo Marte Park located in
the center of Guatemala City.
Americans Jenny Kropp and Whitney Pavlik will be defending their
throne in the women’s competition while Roberto Rodriguez, who
won last year with Pablo Guzman, will team up with Erik Haddock
trying to repeat.
Canada, El Salvador, Guatemala, Trinidad & Tobago and United
States will be represented by two teams per gender while Puerto
Rico has two entries in the men’s event. Bahamas, Cayman
Islands, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua and U.S. Virgin Islands
have registered teams in both genders. Cuba and Mexico will play
only with a men team while Costa Rica and Jamaica are entering
only with women pairs.
Men’s teams:
BAH (Tonny Simon/Princtanique Howard), CAN-A (Grant O’Gorman/Sam
Pedlow), CAN-B (Michael Plantinga/Cameron Wheelan), CAY (Richard
Campbell/Duncan Hamann), CUB (Karell Peña/Sergio Gonzalez), DOM
(Luis Castillo/Alex Medina), ESA-A (Carlos Talavera/David
Vargas), ESA-B (Carlos Guatemala/Armando Guatemala), GUA-A (Andy
Leonardo/Eric Garrido), GUA-B (Julio Recinos-Luis García), HON (Jesús
Quintanilla/Manuel Serrano), ISV (Marc Lomeli/Anthony Pippen),
MEX (Juan Virgen/Lombardo Ontiveros), NCA (Ruben Mora/Miguel
Lopez), PUR-A (Roberto Rodriguez-Erik Haddock), PUR-B (Hector
Soto/Víctor Rivera), TRI-A (Simon Blake/Dabneil Williams), TRI-B
(Akim Bushe/Taran Deonath), USA-A (Stafford Slick/John Mayer),
USA-B (Joseph Dykstra/Andrew McGuire).
Women’s teams:
BAH (Kelcie Johnson/Davia Moss), CAN-A (Kacie MacTavish/Caleigh
Whitaker), CAN-B (Victoria Altomare/Sophie Bukovec), CAY
(Jessica Wolfenden/Cristin Alexander), CRC (Valeria González/Angie
Montero), DOM (Diana Peguero/Nairobi Agramonte), ESA-A (Kathya
Vázquez/María Vargas), ESA-B (Yvonne Soler-Laura Molina), GUA-A
(María José Orellana/Lourdes Ramírez), GUA-B (Nadia Galan/Andrea
Orellana), HON (Gina Flores/Martha Euceda), ISV (Jamie
Farley/Laurie Bachler), JAM (Shedelky Hamilton-Barnes/Kai
Wright), NCA (Elia Torres/Swan Mendoza), TRI-A (LaTeisha Joseph/Apphia
Glasgow), TRI-B (Rachel Noel/Arielle Folker), USA-A (Jenny Kropp/Whitney
Pavlik), USA-B (Brittany Hochevar/Emily Day).
The past winners in Guatemala are the following:
Men
2007 Yoandri Kindelán/Yunieski Ramírez (CUB)
2008 Juan Virgen/Aldo Miramontes (MEX)
2009 Hans Stolfus/Anthony Medel (USA)
2010 Karell Peña/Sergio González (CUB)
2011 Juan Virgen/Aldo Miramontes (MEX)
2012 Roberto Rodríguez/Pablo Guzmán (PUR)
Women
2007 Maritere Ramos/Annia Ruiz (PUR)
2008 Bibi Candelas/Mayra García (MEX)
2009 Kirenia Ballar/Nirian Sinal (CUB)
2010 Katherine Zakrzewski/Julie Rodríguez (CAN)
2011 Heather Bansley/Elizabeth Maloney (CAN)
2012 Jenny Kropp/Whitney Pavlik (USA) |
