XXX Pan American Championships - Preview

The XXX Pan American Racquetball Championships begin Saturday in San Jose, Costa Rica, and we have a run down of the rosters for each country for you. Mexico is led by last year’s double gold medalist Paola Longoria and her doubles partner Samantha Salas. But on the men’s side, only one player from last year - Alejandro Landa - is in Costa Rica. Landa is playing both Men’s Singles and Men’s Doubles, but he’s joined by Javier Mar as the other singles player and Polo Gutierrez as his doubles partner.

Most of the USA team is the same, as Jake Bredenbeck and David Horn will play Men’s Doubles, and Horn will also play singles. But Charlie Pratt is their other singles player, making his first appearance on the US National Team. The women representing the USA are veteran Rhonda Rajsich in Women’s Singles and Women’s Doubles as well as Sharon Jackson in singles and Sheryl Lotts in doubles.

Team Canada has most of the same players. Indeed, their men are all playing the same positions as last year. Tim Landeryou and Pedro Castro will play Men’s Doubles with Mike Green and Samuel Murray as the Men’s Singles players. Jennifer Saunders is also in Costa Rica playing both Women’s Singles and Women’s Doubles for Canada, and Michèle Morissette will be other Canadian Singles play with Danielle Drury partnering with Saunders in Women’s Doubles. Thus, Frédérique Lambert, who was the silver medalist in Women’s Singles and bronze medalist in Women’s Doubles last year, is missing this year.

Other players of note in men’s play include Bolivians Carlos Keller and Conrado Moscoso, and Ecuadorans Fernando Rios and Jose Daniel Ugalde. In women’s action, look for Colombian Cristina Amaya, Bolivian Jenny Daza, Ecuadorans Veronica Sotomayor and Maria Paz Muñoz, Argentines Véronique Guillemette and Natalia Mendez, Gabriella Martinez of Guatemala, as well as Carla Muñoz of Chile, and Melania Sauma of Costa Rica.

The Pan American Championships have two parts. A preliminary round will be played first to determine seeding for an elimination round, similar to the FIFA World Cup. The preliminary round will be played on Saturday, Sunday and Monday with the elimination round beginning Wednesday.

XXX Pan American Racquetball Championships
San Jose, Costa Rica - April 8-15, 2017

Women's Competitors

Véronique Guillemette (Argentina) - Doubles & Singles
Natalia Mendez (Argentina) - Doubles & Singles

Stefanny Barrios (Bolivia) - Doubles & Singles
Jenny Daza (Bolivia) - Doubles & Singles

Danielle Drury (Canada) - Doubles
Michèle Morissette (Canada) - Singles
Jennifer Saunders (Canada) - Doubles & Singles

Carla Muñoz (Chile) - Doubles & Singles
Josefa Parada (Chile) - Doubles & Singles

Cristina Amaya (Colombia) - Doubles & Singles
Carolina Gomez (Colombia) - Doubles & Singles

Maricruz Ortiz (Costa Rica) - Doubles
Melania Sauma (Costa Rica) - Doubles
Naomi Sasso Kessler (Costa Rica) - Singles

Yurisledis Araujo (Cuba) - Doubles & Singles
Maria Viera (Cuba) - Doubles & Singles

Maria Cespedes (Dominican Republic) - Doubles & Singles
Merynanyelly Delgado (Dominican Republic) - Doubles & Singles

Veronica Sotomayor (Ecuador) - Doubles & Singles
Maria Paz Muñoz (Ecuador) - Doubles
Ana Christina Velez (Ecuador) - Singles

Maria Renee Rodriguez (Guatemala) - Singles
Andrea Martinez (Guatemala) - Doubles
Gabriella Martinez (Guatemala) - Doubles & Singles

Pamela Sierra (Honduras) - Singles

Paola Longoria (Mexico) - Doubles & Singles
Samantha Salas Solis (Mexico) - Doubles & Singles

Sharon Jackson (USA) - Singles
Sheryl Lotts (USA) - Doubles
Rhonda Rajsich (USA) - Doubles & Singles

Paola Guerra (Venezuela) - Doubles & Singles
Mariana Tobon (Venezuela) - Doubles & Singles

Men's Competitors

Shai Mazuri (Argentina) - Doubles & Singles
Fernando Kurzbard (Argentina) - Doubles & Singles

Roland Keller (Bolivia) - Doubles
Carlos Keller (Bolivia) - Singles
Conrado Moscoso (Bolivia) - Doubles & Singles

Tim Landeryou (Canada) - Doubles
Pedro Castro (Canada) - Doubles
Mike Green (Canada) - Singles
Samuel Murray (Canada) - Singles

Francisco Troncoso (Chile) - Doubles & Singles
Rodrigo Salgado (Chile) - Doubles & Singles

Set Cubillos (Colombia) - Doubles & Singles
Francisco Gomez (Colombia) - Doubles & Singles

Andrés Acuña (Costa Rica) - Singles
Felipe Camacho (Costa Rica) - Doubles
Teobaldo Fumero (Costa Rica) - Doubles
Jose Ubilla (Costa Rica) - Singles

Maikel Mollet Suarez (Cuba) - Doubles & Singles
Raul Gutierrez (Cuba) - Doubles & Singles

Luis Perez (Dominican Republic) - Doubles & Singles
Ramon De Leon (Dominican Republic) - Doubles & Singles

Christian Chavez (Ecuador) - Singles
Fernando Rios (Ecuador) - Doubles
Jose Daniel Ugalde (Ecuador) - Doubles & Singles

Juan Jose Salvatierra (Guatemala) - Singles
Edwin Garcia (Guatemala) - Doubles & Singles
Christian Wer (Guatemala) - Doubles

Marco Sarmiento (Honduras) - Singles
Carlos Medrano (Honduras) - Doubles & Singles
Sergio Ortega (Honduras) - Doubles

Polo Gutierrez (Mexico) - Doubles
Alejandro Landa (Mexico) - Doubles & Singles
Javier Mar (Mexico) - Singles

Fernando Mansell (Nicaragua) - Singles

Jake Bredenbeck (USA) - Doubles
David Horn (USA) - Doubles & Singles
Charlie Pratt (USA) - Singles

Ricardo Gomez (Venezuela) - Doubles & Singles
Luis Felipe Zea (Venezuela) - Doubles & Singles

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