IRT Rankings - December 11, 2012

Only one change in the latest top 10 International Racquetball Tour (IRT) rankings, as veteran Javier Moreno is up to 10th pushing Charlie Pratt down to 11th.

Kane Waselenchuk remains #1, although word is that he will miss this weekend's New Jersey Open due to a nagging knee injury. That could open the door for a win by one of the other top five players: #2 Rocky Carson, #3 Alvaro Beltran, #4 Jose Rojas or #4 Chris Crowther.

Ben Croft is in 6th, but he's only one ranking point ahead of Shane Vanderson, as Croft has not done well on tour - despite winning a Tier 4 event on the weekend - while Vanderson has done well so far this season.

On the other hand, #8 Tony Carson has a comfortable 357 point advantage over #9 Andy Hawthorne.

There was only a slight reshuffling in the 11-20 spots and Alex Ackermann has made it into the top 20 by landing at #20.

The IRT's New Jersey Open begins tomorrow - December 13, and runs through the weekend at The Racquet Club in Warren, New Jersey. The IRT Network will be webcasting from the event all weekend.

IRT Rankings - 11 December 2012

Rank - Player - Country - Points

1 Kane WASELENCHUK (Canada) 3850
2 Rocky CARSON (USA) 3166
3 Alvaro BELTRAN (Mexico) 2843
4 Jose ROJAS (USA) 2171
5 Chris CROWTHER (USA) 1982
6 Ben CROFT (USA) 1933
7 Shane VANDERSON (USA) 1932
8 Tony CARSON (USA) 1671
9 Andy HAWTHORNE (USA) 1314
10 Javier MORENO (Mexico) 1229

11 Charlie PRATT (USA) 1084
12 Anthony HERRERA (USA) 1025
13 Juan HERRERA (Colombia) 765
14 Brad SCHOPIERAY (USA) 740
15 Daniel DE LA ROSA (Mexico) 727
16 Ruben GONZALEZ (USA) 719
17 Alejandro LANDA (Mexico) 700
18 Polo GUTIERREZ (Mexico) 617
19 Jose DIAZ (USA) 598
20 Alex ACKERMANN (USA) 515

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