IRT's Latest Rankings

Dave Negrete, Commissioner of the International Racquetball Tour (IRT), told The Racquetball Blog that he's having some trouble updating the IRT web site. But he was able to provide TRB with the latest IRT Top 50 that includes last weekend's Juarez Open as well as the Tier 3 and 4 events that took place the weekend before.

Here they are:

2008-2009 Season - Current IRT Rankings
As of November 17, 2008

Rank	Pro	Points	Previous Rank	Season To Date Rank	Season To Date Points	Season To Date Best
1	CARSON, ROCKY	4676	1	1	2056	2056
2	HUCZEK, JACK	4421	2	3	1920	1920
3	BELTRAN, ALVARO	3379	3	4	1662	1662
4	MANNINO, JASON	3278	4	5	1395	1395
5	CROFT, BEN	2554	6	7	1277	1277
6	VANDERSON, SHANE	2513	5	6	1309	1309
7	WILLIAMS, MITCH	2355	7	8	1232	1232
8	WASELENCHUK, KANE	2148	9	2	2029	2029
9	CROWTHER, CHRIS	2100	10	10	867	867
10	THOERNER, JASON	1988	8	9	1213	1213
11	HERRERA, JUAN	1421	12	12	593	593
12	HAWTHORNE, ANDY	1414	11	11	677	677
13	HERRERA, ALEJANDRO	1218	14	13	519	519
14	MORENO, JAVIER	1151	15	18	352	352
15	SHIMIZU, HIROSHI	1088	13	14	461	461
16	ODEGARD, KRIS	975	16	15	454	454
17	WOODBURY, TRAVIS	930	17	16	428	428
18	HERRERA, ANDRES	714	18	22	278	278
19	CONNELL, LEE	593	19	19	326	326
20	CARSON, TONY	578	20	17	413	413
21	HERRERA, ANTHONY D.	521	22	26	224	224
22	GONZALEZ, RUBEN	510	21	36	109	109
23	MEJIA, GILBERTO	454	27	31	147	147
24	SWAIN, CLIFF	452	25	24	243	243
25	GREEN, MIKE	432	26	34	110	110
26	FILIPPINI, RAFAEL	430	23	25	226	226
27	GUTIERREZ, POLO	326	24	20	326	326
28	SYLVESTER, JASON	317	28	124	13	13
29	ROJAS, JOSE	295	31	21	295	295
30	MINOR, KEITH	295	32	23	262	262
31	SIMPSON, BRIAN	292	33	59	45	45
32	BURGESS, MICHAEL	242	36	33	120	120
33	LANDERYOU, TIM	233	29	29	176	176
34	LANDA, ALEJANDRO	223	30	27	223	223
35	ORR, MIKE	220	38	42	93	93
36	TRISTAN, AGUSTIN	205	40	28	181	181
37	ALDINGER, TRAVIS	202	41
38	ISTACE, BRIAN	187	35
39	GAGNON, VINCENT	153	43	30	153	153
40	PRATT, CHARLIE	148	37	66	40	40
41	OTTO, TYLER	138	45	35	109	109
42	LANDA, ARMANDO	131	107	32	131	131
43	GANIM, DOUG	131	39	43	90	90
44	CASE, DAN	120	48	67	38	38
45	ROGERS, BRADLEY	119	49	40	100	100
46	CAMACHO, FELIPE	116	63	46	83	83
47	ZELADA, MAURICIO	112	46	47	79	79
48	STAMBORSKI, MATT	109	47	50	68	68
49	FORREST, RANDY	108	53
50	MANZURI, SHAI	107	54	48	74	74

Of note, Kane Waselenchuk has moved up to 8th in the rankings despite not playing in Juarez. The IRT rankings work on a 12 month schedule, so players can drop points if they do not earn points to replace what they did 52 weeks ago. Thus, Jason Thoerner dropped from 2164 points in the October 27, 2008 IRT rankings to 1988 points now.

Being 8th means that Waselenchuk will be put into the main draw (16 players) at the next IRT Tier 1 event - assuming no ranking changes before then. Thus, Waselenchuk will not have to play any qualifying round matches to make the main draw, or Round of 16.

However, Waselenchuk fell to 2nd in the season to date ranking, as Rocky Carson's victory in Juarez moved him ahead of Waselenchuk for points this season.

Ben Croft's move up to 5th is also notable, as TRB believes this is his highest ranking ever.

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