James Drost and Troy Field Win Gold

on NORCECA Punta Cana Tour

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, September 28, 2025 – Americans James Drost and Troy Field defeated Cuban duo Damián Gómez and Eblis Veranes in a nail-biting three-set match 2-1 (19-21, 21-18, 15-10) to win the gold medal in the ninth leg of the NORCECA Continental Beach Volleyball Tour, which concluded this Sunday in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Drost/Field (USA) defeated Mexico's Antonio Lares/Carlos Ayala 2-0 (21-16, 21-17) in the semifinals to advance to the final, while Cuba's Gomez/Veranes defeated Nicaragua's Ruben Mora/Dany Lopez 2-0 (21-16, 23-21) in the semifinals.

Mexico's Lares/Ayala took the bronze medal, defeating Nicaragua's Mora/Lopez 2-0 (21-16, 21-18).

Venezuela's Juliangel Vargas/Enyensser Delgado finished fifth, defeating Canada's Rouzbeh Rahnavard/Dylan Devecseri 2-0 (21-17, 21-15).

In seventh place were Dominicans Hayerling de Jesús/Jorge Matos (DOM1), who defeated their counterparts Melvin de Jesús/Ramón de Jesús (DOM2) 2-0 (21-13, 21-16), while Justin Solano/Victorio González finished in ninth place, defeating Sean Tucker/Benjamin Barnett of Bermuda 2-0 (21-14, 21-18).

Eleventh place went to José Izaguirre/Santiago Penagos of Guatemala, who defeated Jared Brown/Colem Sommer of the Virgin Islands 2-0 (21-10, 21-13). In 13th place was Rafael Vargas/Fernando Ortiz of El Salvador, who defeated Joel Theodore/Stephen Enile of Trinidad and Tobago 2-1 (21-16, 18-21, 15-7).

In fifteenth place were Aiden Hazzard/Da'Qwan Fredericks of Anguilla.

Other results of the day were: CAN Rahvanard/Devecseri in DOM2 M. de Jesús/R. de Jesús 2-0 (21-16, 21-15); VEN Vargas/Delgado in DOM1 H. de Jesús/Matos 2-0 (21-17, 21-13).