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Time for the NORCECA Tour 2023 Finals
JUAN DOLIO, Dominican Republic, December 14, 2023. – It’s time for the
2023 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Tour Finals at the Juan Dolio
Beach, Dominican Republic, nearby to the Hotel Costa Caribe from
December 15-17.
The NORCECA Tour Final is part of the Olympic qualification system for
beach volleyball in NORCECA for Paris 2024, hence the significance of
the event that brings together big names from the NORCECA Tour and the
Volleyballworld Beach Pro Tour.
In men, Miles Partain and Andrew Benesh from the United States, ranked
fourth in the world. Canadians Samuel Schachter and Daniel Dearing,
defending champions from the 2022 Tour Final, and Cuba with Noslen
Díaz/Jorge Alayo, who finished second, in addition to bronze this year
in Varadero.
Miguel Sarabia and Juan Virgen from Mexico, winners of the 2023 Central
American and Caribbean Games, claimed gold at the third stage in Cayman
Islands, they began the season in Aguascalientes with a silver medal and
won bronze in San Salvador a week ago.
On the women’s side, current Central American and Caribbean champions,
María González and Allanis Navas from Puerto Rico, silver medalists in
the 2023 Tour Final, champions this year in the Cayman Islands and Punta
Cana and finished second in San Salvador.
2019 world champion, Canada’s Sarah Pavan, joins Molly McBain, aiming to
collect the most points in their Olympic qualification quest.
The tandem of Atenas Gutiérrez and Abril Flores from Mexico, winners of
the first stage in Aguascalientes, are also here.
A total of seventeen countries (14 women’s teams and 16 men’s teams)
will compete for valuable ranking points, divided into four pools per
gender as follows:
Women’s Pools:
POOL A Dominican Republic, U.S. Virgin Islands, Nicaragua; POOL B United
States, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama; POOL C Puerto Rico, El Salvador,
Cuba, St. Vincent; POOL D Canada, Mexico, Cayman Islands, TTO (forfeit).
Men’s Pools:
POOL A Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Trinidad & Tobago, Panama; POOL B
Canada, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, St. Vincent; POOL C United States, El
Salvador, St. Kitts & Nevis, Puerto Rico; POOL D Mexico, U.S. Virgin
Islands, Cuba, Aruba.
Women’s Teams
CANADA Sarah Pavan/Molly McBain; CAYMAN ISLANDS Heather Thompson/Stefania
Gandolfi; COSTA RICA Valentina Molina/Kianny Araya Quesada; CUBA Amanda
Armenteros/Maykelin Drik; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Crismil Paniagua/Nallelin
Tavares; EL SALVADOR Daniela Vigil/Sofía Velásquez; GUATEMALA Natalia
Girón/Paola Alvarado; MEXICO Atenas Gutiérrez/Abril Flores; NICARAGUA
Socorro López/Lolette Rodríguez; PANAMA Krisleen González/Iris Urrunaga;
PUERTO RICO María González/Allanis Navas; ST VINCENT Shanadia Sylvester/Saquanna
Duncan; UNITED STATES Megan Kraft/Terese Cannon; U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
Cristina Almeida-Anz/Taylor Buckner
Men’s Teams
ARUBA Gregory De La Cruz/Jahim Coutinho; CANADA Samuel Schachter/Daniel
Dearing; COSTA RICA Julian Araya/Stanley Grant; CUBA Noslen Díaz/Jorge
Alayo; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Hayerling De Jesús/Oscar Martínez; EL SALVADOR
Christopher Guardado/Yoel Guardado; GUATEMALA José Miguel Izaguirre/Luis
García; MEXICO Miguel Sarabia/Juan Virgen; NICARAGUA Rubén Mora/Jefferson
Cascante; PANAMA Victor Araúz/Adamit Del Cid; PUERTO RICO Arnaldo
Torres/William Rivera; ST KITTS & NEVIS Clerique Ward/St Clair Hodge; ST
VINCENT Jamaar Cropper/Shadron Delpesche; TRINIDAD & TOBAGO Joel
Theodore/Stephen Enile; UNITED STATES Miles Partain/Andrew Benesh; U.S.
VIRGIN ISLANDS Garrett Bucklin/Bryce Mayer |
