2014 IRF World Juniors - Medal Summary

Mexico was the clear winner overall at the 26th International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Racquetball Championships in Cali, Colombia last week. Mexicans were in 10 of the 12 World Cup finals (Boy's & Girl's U14, U16 & U18 divisions in singles & doubles), and won 8 of them. The four other gold medals were split evenly with Bolivia, Costa Rica, Guatemala and the USA winning one each.

Mexican boys swept the doubles divisions and won the U16 singles title while Mexican girls won two singles titles (U18 & U16) and two doubles titles (U18 & U14). Thus, Mexico was the clear winner in the boy's, girl's and overall team points totals.

The Mexicans' 14 medals is one fewer than last year (and two fewer gold than in 2013), but three more than in 2012 (six more gold than 2012).

Bolivia came second with eight medals, six fewer than in 2013. The USA - long the dominant country at World Juniors - brought home seven medals, which was up from last year's all time low of three.

Costa Rica was also up this year, and hit an all time high with seven medals, including one gold. They had only three medals last year, but six in 2012.

There were two players who won doubles gold in Cali. Alexandra Herrera (Mexico) won Girl's U18 singles and doubles (with Ximena Gonzalez), and Cristian Longoria won Boy's U16 singles and doubles (with Jordy Alonso).

Also, Mexican Diana Aguilar has now won four consecutive World Junior singles titles, winning U16 for a second time last week, although remarkably she wasn't undefeated in Cali, as American Jordan Cooperrider beat her in the group stage. They didn't have a re-match in the medal round, as Cooperrider lost in the semi-finals to Costa Rican Melania Sauma, who Aguilar beat in the final.

Aguilar was in the Girl's U16 doubles final with Ana Sofia Gasca, but lost to Sauma and Sofia Soley.

26th IRF World Junior Racquetball Championships
Cali, Colombia

Boy's U18 Singles

GOLD - Mario Mercado (Bolivia)
SILVER - Conrado Moscoso (Bolivia)
BRONZE - Coby Iwaasa (Canada) & Andres Acuña (Costa Rica)

Boy's U16 Singles

GOLD - Cristian Longoria (Mexico)
SILVER - Cristhian Mina (Bolivia)
BRONZE - Mauro Rojas (USA) & Christian Chavez (Ecuador)

Boy's U14 Singles

GOLD - Jordan Barth (USA)
SILVER - Andres Montero (Costa Rica)
BRONZE - Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) & Mario Ruiz (Mexico)

Boy's U18 Doubles

GOLD - Erik Garcia & Francisco Mar (Mexico)
SILVER - Sawyer Lloyd & Adam Manilla (USA)
BRONZE - Andres Aviles & Pablo Sauma (Costa Rica) & Conrado Moscoso & Mario Mercado (Bolivia)

Boy's U16 Doubles

GOLD - Jordy Alonso & Cristian Longoria (Mexico)
SILVER - Jordan Barth & Justus Benson (USA)
BRONZE - Christian Chavez & Juan Francisco Cueva (Ecuador) & Alexander Pirie & Jose Ubilla (Costa Rica)

Boy's U14 Doubles

GOLD - Santiago Garcia & Eduardo Portillo (Mexico)
SILVER - Julian Homberger & Andres Montero (Costa Rica)
BRONZE - Simon Comeau & Chris Culhane (Canada) & David Cordoba & Gerson Miranda (Bolivia)

Girl's U18 Singles

GOLD - Alexandra Herrera (Mexico)
SILVER - Lucia Gonzalez (Mexico)
BRONZE - Natalia Mendez (Bolivia) & Lexi York (USA)

Girl's U16 Singles

GOLD - Diana Aguilar (Mexico)
SILVER - Melania Sauma (Costa Rica)
BRONZE - Hawira Rojas (Bolivia) & Jordan Cooperrider (USA)

Girl's U14 Singles

GOLD - Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala)
SILVER - Wanda Carvajal (Bolivia)
BRONZE - Ana Laura Flores (Mexico) & Monserrat Mejia (Mexico)

Girl's U18 Doubles

GOLD - Ximena Gonzalez & Alexandra Herrera (Mexico)
SILVER - Gabriela Martinez & Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala)
BRONZE - Merinanllely Delgado & Maria Cespedes (Dominican Rep.) & Danielle Drury & Michèle Morissette (Canada)

Girl's U16 Doubles

GOLD - Melania Sauma & Sofia Soley (Costa Rica)
SILVER - Diana Aguilar & Ana Sofia Gasca (Mexico)
BRONZE - Jordan Cooperrider & Erika Manilla (USA) & Alexandra Murray & Jewel Sauvé (Canada)

Girl's U14 Doubles

GOLD - Monserrat Mejia & Andrea Ramirez (Mexico)
SILVER - Wanda Carvajal & Adriana Homsi (Bolivia)
BRONZE - Alejandra Jimenez Castillo & Rodaliza Perdomo (Dominican Rep.) & Maria Jose Munoz & Ivana Sempertegui (Ecuador)

MEDAL COUNTS BY COUNTRY

Mexico - 8 Gold, 2 Silver, 4 Bronze = 14 Overall
Bolivia - 1 G, 4 S, 4 B = 9
Costa Rica - 1 G, 3 S, 3 B = 7
USA - 1 G, 2 S, 4 B = 7
Guatemala - 1 G, 1 S, 0 B = 2
Canada - 0 G, 0 S, 4 B = 4
Ecuador - 0 G, 0 S, 3 B = 3
Dominican Republic - 0 G, 0 S, 2 B = 2

World Cup Team Points

Girl's

GOLD - Mexico - 1252
SILVER - Bolivia - 720
BRONZE - USA - 508
4th - Guatemala & Canada - 440

Boy's

GOLD - Mexico - 1088
SILVER - Bolivia - 884
BRONZE - USA - 808
4th - Costa Rica - 748

Overall

GOLD - Mexico - 2340
SILVER - Bolivia - 1604
BRONZE - USA - 1316
4th - Costa Rica - 1092

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