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NORCECA Tour Finals start Friday in Punta Cana
PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic, December 12, 2022.- The 2022 NORCECA
Beach Volleyball Tour Finals, the beginning of the Olympic Qualification
System of NORCECA to Paris 2024 kicks off on Friday with the preliminary
pool-play.
The Beach Volleyball Director of the Dominican Republic Volleyball
Federation, Amos Anglada, welcomed the 24 participating teams on behalf
of NORCECA President Cristóbal Marte Hoffiz during the General Technical
meeting on Thursday, that opened with a minute of silence in memory of
Dr. Roosevelt Comarazamy, NORCECA Press Officer who recently passed
away.
Amos Anglade, was accompanied by Oscar De La Cruz, representative of the
Dominican Ministry of Tourism.
Julio Martínez, Competition Director explained that teams are
distributed in three pools of four, starting with the modified pool-play
round on Friday at 9:00 am (local time).
In women, United States registered Betsi Flint and Julia Scoles who won
the silver medal a few days ago at the Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 in
Torquay, Australia.
As well as Puerto Ricans Allanis Navas and María González winner of the
first Central American and Caribbean Games of Sea and Beach in Santa
Marta, one gold medal and two silvers in this NORCECA Tour season.
Also Amanda Harnett and Marie-Alex Bélanger of Canada will aim for their
first gold medal after winning three bronze medals and a silver this
year.
In the men’s division Cubans Noslen Díaz and Luis Alayo opened the tour
winning the first stop in Aguascalientes, and winning a silver and a
bronze, as well as finishing champions in Santa Marta.
Juan Virgen returns with teammate Miguel Sarabia of Mexico, this 2022
they won a silver and bronze.
While Andy Leonardo and Luis García of Guatemala finished second place
in Managua and Cayman Islands.
Women’s Pools:
Pool A United States, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Cuba; Pool B Mexico,
Canada, El Salvador, U.S. Virgin Islands; Pool C Dominican Republic,
Puerto Rico, Nicaragua, Guatemala.
Men´s Pools:
Pool A United States, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico; Pool B Canada,
Cuba, El Salvador, U.S. Virgin Islands; Pool C Dominican Republic,
Mexico, Costa Rica, Jamaica.
Women’s Teams
CAN Amanda Harnett/Marie-Alex Bélanger; CRC Angel Williams/Kianny Araya
Quesada; CUB Charlot Deroncele Nahomi/Dayani Zerqueira Morera; DOM
Bethania Almanzar/Crismil Paniagua; ESA Yvonne Soler/Sofía Velásquez;
GUA Natalia Girón/Naomi Monney; JAM Petal Smith/Kelly Chauna; MEX Atenas
Gutiérrez/Abril Flores; NCA Socorro López/Lolette Rodríguez; PUR Allanis
Navas/María González; USA Betsi Flint/Julia Scoles; ISV Amber Bennett/Taylor
Buchner
Men’s Teams
CAN Samuel Schatcher/Daniel Dearing; CRC Jhostin Varela/Daniel Dyner;
CUB Noslen Díaz/Jorge Luis Alayo; DOM Oscar Martínez/Hayerling De Jesús;
ESA Franklin Flores/David Vargas; GUA Andy Leonardo Blanco/Luis García;
JAM Mark Blake/Owayne Lawrence; MEX Juan Virgen/Miguel Sarabia; NCA
Ruben Mora/Jefferson Cascante; PUR Franco Roark/Lorenzo Antonio Rivera;
USA Chaim Schalk/Theodore Brunner; ISV Bryce Mayer/Travis Edward Lee |
