IRT Rankings February 12, 2013 - Top 5 the same, T. Carson up to 6th

Tony Carson has reached a career high ranking of 6th in the latest International Racquetball Tour (IRT) rankings, and the five spots above him remain unchanged. Kane Waselenchuk remains #1, Rocky Carson #2, Alvaro Beltran #3, Jose Rojas #4 and Chris Crowther #5.

Tony Carson jumped ahead of Shane Vanderson and Ben Croft, who are now 7th and 8th, respectively.

Rounding out the top 10 are Javier Morneo and Andy Hawthorne, who have flipped places with Moreno in 9th and Hawthorne in 10th.

Alejandro (Alex) Landa is now 11th behind Anthony Herrera in 10th. Daniel De La Rosa and Jose Diaz also moved up and are now 14th and 16th.

Moving into the top 20 are Nick Montalbano in 19th and Marco Rojas in 20th.

The IRT's next Tier 1 event is the Florida Spring Break Pro/Am in Tampa, Florida March 6-10.

IRT Rankings - 12 February 2013

Rank - Player - Country - Points

1 Kane WASELENCHUK (Canada) 3560
2 Rocky CARSON (USA) 3258
3 Alvaro BELTRAN (Mexico) 2940
4 Jose ROJAS (USA) 2156
5 Chris CROWTHER (USA) 2000
6 Tony CARSON (USA) 1698
7 Shane VANDERSON (USA) 1672
8 Ben CROFT (USA) 1559
9 Javier MORENO (Mexico) 1267
10 Andy HAWTHORNE (USA) 1092

11 Anthony HERRERA (USA) 967
12 Alejandro LANDA (Mexico) 881
13 Charlie PRATT (USA) 799
14 Daniel DE LA ROSA (Mexico) 753
15 Brad SCHOPIERAY (USA) 725
16 Jose DIAZ (USA) 706
17 Alex ACKERMANN (USA) 680
18 Juan HERRERA (Colombia) 653
19 Nick MONTALBANO (USA) 570
20 Marco ROJAS (USA) 554

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