Ninth stop of NORCECA Circuit at Chula Vista

CHULA VISTA, California, October 2, 2014 – The ninth stop of the 2014 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit will take place at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, California from October 3-5.

Teams from Aruba, Bonaire, Canada, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts & Nevis, Trinidad & Tobago, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands are taking part in the double-gender event.

Thirteen women’s teams and sixteen men’s are registered with Canada and United States being represented by two teams per gender.

Costa Rica, Mexico and U.S. Virgin Islands are entering two women’s teams and one men’s pair, while El Salvador has one pair per gender.

USA’s Lane Carico, who won last year’s women event in Chula Vista playing alonlgside with Heather Hughes, will be out to defend her title partnering Kimberly McGiven-Dicello.

In the men’s division, Mexico’s Lombardo Ontiveros and Juan Virgen, who won here in 2010 and were victorious in Boqueron, Puerto Rico two weeks ago, are considered the favourites to win here.

Puerto Rico’s Roberto Rodriguez and Erick Haddock, winners in Manzanillo, Mexico and third place finishers in Boquerón are also strong contenders.

Teams will be divided into pools, according to their rankings, and will play each other in a round robin before advancing to the knock out round.

Women
Canada-A (Claudia Seguin/Brandie Wilkerson), Canada-B (Kacie MacTavish/Caleigh Whitaker), Costa Rica-A (Karen Cope/Natalia Alfaro), Costa Rica-B (Katherine Quesada/Eugenia Ramirez), El Salvador (Kathia Vasquez/María Vargas), Honduras (Christianne Etches/Gina Flores), Mexico-A (Martha Revuelta/Bibi Candelas), Mexico-B (Stephanie Burnside/Gloria Santoyo), United States-A (Lane Carico/Kimberly Dicello), United States-B (Heather Hughes/Emily Day), United States-C (Amanda Dowdy/ Sarah Day), United States-D (Emily Stockman/Morgan Miller) U.S. Virgin Islands-A (Valissia Brathwaite/Mannika Charles), U.S. Virgin Islands-B (Jamie Farley/Amber Bennett).

Men
Aruba (Mitchel Daniel/Eargenell De Cuba), Bonaire (Eamnuel Silie/Percy Prudencia), Canada-A (Cameron Wheelan/Michael Plantinga), Canada-B (Daniel Dearing/Garrett May), Costa Rica (Diego Alpizar/Julio Alvarez), El Salvador (David Vargas/Luis Morales), Guadeloupe (Rony Sophiyair/Anthony Baltyde), Guatemala (Andy Leonardo/Erick Garrido), Mexico (Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen), Nicaragua (Rubén Mora/Gerson Contreras), Puerto Rico (Roberto Rodriguez/Eruck Haddock), St Kitts & Nevis (St Clair Hodge/Kemoroy Percival), Trinidad & Tobago (Fabien Whitfield/Daneil Williams), United States-A (William Allen/Trevor Crabb), United States-B (Derek Olson/James Avery Drost), United States-C (Marty Lorenz/Skyler McCoy), U.S. Virgin Islands (Carlos Rosa/Edward Peter).

Past Winners in Chula Vista

Women                                                          Men

2010 PUR Yarleen Santiago/Dariam Acevedo      MEX Juan Virgen/Aldo Miramontes

2012 USA Emily Day/Heather Hughes                 CAN Chaim Schalk/Benjamin Saxton

2013 USA Heather Hughes/Lane Carico              USA Theo Brunner/Nick Lucena

Winners in 2014 NORCECA Circuit

Cayman Islands

USA Tealle Hunkus/Kimberly McGiven-Dicello      USA Todd Rogers/Theodore Brunner

Guatemala City

USA Heather Hughes/Christal Engle                    CUB Nivaldo Díaz/Sergio González

Antigua Guatemala

USA Tealle Hunkus/Kimberly McGiven-Dicello      CUB Nivaldo Díaz/Sergio González

Manzanillo, México

CAN Melissa Humana/Taylor Pishcke                  PUR Roberto Rodríguez/Erik Haddock

Huixquilucan, Mexico

MEX Martha Revuelta/Bibi Candelas                   CUB Nivaldo Díaz/Sergio González

North Bay, Ontario

USA Tealle Hunkus/Kimberly McGiven-Dicello      CAN Josh Binstock/Sam Schachter

Varadero, Cuba

CUB Lianma Flores/Leila Martinez                      USA Todd Rogers/Theo Brunner

Boqueron, Puerto Rico

MEX Martha Revuelta/Bibiana Candelas              MEX Lombardo Ontiveros/Juan Virgen