NORCECA
Beach Tour last stage underway in Cayman Islands
SEVEN
MILE BEACH, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, November 10, 2022.- The
NORCECA Beach Volleyball Tour last stage is underway at Seven Mile Beach
in Grand Cayman, from November 11 to 13, with teams representing sixteen
countries.
The
event features seventeen teams per gender, divided into four pools. The
preliminary pool-play round is being held this Friday, quarterfinals on
Saturday and semifinals along with the finals on Sunday.
Bermudas, Canada, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Jamaica,
Mexico, St. Kitts and Nevis, U.S. Virgin Islands and the United States
are competing in both genders, while Puerto Rico and Trinidad and Tobago
are only in the women’s field, and Haiti with Bahamas and Guatemala
compete only in the men’s division.
The
women’s trio medalists from the sixth stage held last weekend in Hato
Mayor, Puerto Ricans Allanis Navas and María González, Teegan Van Gunst
and Katie Lindstrom of the United States and Canadians Amanda Harnett
and Marie-Alex Bélanger are here in Cayman Islands, expecting to reach
the finals.
In the
men’s division, Mexican Gabriel Cruz, silver medalist in Hato Mayor is
teaming up with Jorge Barajas who finished third; Guatemalans Andy
Leonardo and Luis Garcia, silver medalists in Managua and Liam Kopp with
Arran Chambers of Canada fourth in Hato Mayor are also here in Cayman
Islands.
Women’s Teams
BER
Allison Settle-Smith/Lisa LeBlanc; CAN Amanda Harnett/Marie-Alex
Bélanger; Molley McBain/Lea Monkhouse; CAY Ileann Powery/Jessica
Wolfender; Deajra Tulloch/Anjia Delapenha; Heather Thompson/Stefania
Gondolfi; CRC Ximena Núñez/Isabela Rodríguez; DOM Bethania Almanzar/Crismil
Paniagua; ESA Yvonne Soler/Sofía Velásquez; JAM Alexandria Ashman/Chevonna
Lewis; MEX Atenas Gutiérrez/María Celeste Ibarra; Abril Flores/Esperanza
Albarran; PUR Allanis Navas/María González; SKN Amanda Allen/Genelle
Howell; TTO Britney Choon/Tsyan Selvon; ISV Amber Bennett/Cristina
Almeida-Anz; USA Teegan Van Gunst/Katie Lindstrom
Men’s
Teams
BAH Jon
Isaacs/Donavain Wilmott; BER Ian Bucci/Brandon Sousa; Ryan Davies/Kyle
Hamilton; CAN Liam Kopp/Arran Chambers; CAY Casey Santamaría/Jesario
Ebanks; Jesper Barrozo/Tarek Wright; CRC Criforth Fallas/Daniel Dyner;
ESA David Vargas/Armando Guatemala; HAI Rony Fleridor/Olando Joseph; JAM
Martin Blake/Owayne Lawrence; MEX Jorge Barajas/Gabriel Cruz; GUA
Andy Leonardo/Luis García; SKN Shawn Seabrookes/Nage Hendrickson; ISV
Marc Lomeli/Daniel Samuelson; USA Ian Satterfield/Jake Urrutia. |