3, 2, 1 gold medals in doubles at the 2017 IRF World Junior Racquetball Championships

Bolivia won three of the four gold medals in doubles, Mexico two and USA one at the 2017 International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Racquetball Championships at the Lifetime Fitness Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Saturday. Bolivia took two of the three gold medals in Girls Doubles and one in Boys, while Mexico took one in each, and the USA won the other Boys division.

Bolivians Valeria Centellas and Romina Rivero went undefeated through the Girls U16 round robin competition to capture the gold, and their team-mates Camila Arnez and Micaela Meneses Cuellar did the same in Girls U14. On the boys side, Bolivians Diego Garcia and Gerson Miranda narrowly defeated Sebastian Fernandez and Oscar Nieto of Mexico, 15-10, 15-14, to claim the Boys U16 title.

Mexico took both the U18 titles. Gerardo Franco and Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) beat Canadians Simon Comeau and Trevor Webb, 15-9, 15-2, for the Boys U18 title, and Denisse Maldonado and Montserrat Mejia of Mexico were winners in the Girls U18 title, going 3-1 over the double round robin competition.

Akul Ramayani and Antonio Rojas won the USA's only doubles title by defeating Mexicans Sebastian Longoria and Erick Trujillo, 15-12, 15-11, in the final of Boys U14 Doubles. The win gave Ramayani two gold medals in U14, as he also won gold in Boys U14 Singles.

There were two girls who were double gold medalists: Mejia in Girls U18 Singles and Doubles, and Cuellar in U14 Singles and Doubles.

The 2017 IRF World Juniors concluded Saturday at the Lifetime Fitness Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

29th IRF World Junior Racquetball Championships
Minneapolis, Minnesota
November 4-11, 2017

U18 Boy's Doubles

Final - Saturday

Gerardo Franco & Eduardo Portillo (Mexico) d. Simon Comeau & Trevor Webb (Canada), 15-9, 15-2

U16 Boy's Doubles

Final - Saturday

Diego Garcia & Gerson Miranda (Bolivia) d. Sebastian Fernandez & Oscar Nieto (Mexico), 15-10, 15-14

U14 Boy's Doubles

Final - Saturday

Akul Ramayani & Antonio Rojas (USA) d. Sebastian Longoria & Erick Trujillo (Mexico), 15-12, 15-11

U18 Girl's Doubles - Double Round Robin

Round 6 - Saturday

Megan Carver & Hollie Scott (USA) d. Denisse Maldonado & Montserrat Mejia (Mexico), 15-14, 15-13

Standings

1 Denisse Maldonado & Montserrat Mejia (Mexico) - 3-1
2 Megan Carver & Hollie Scott (USA) - 2-2
3 Maria Jose Muñoz & Ana Lucia Sarmiento (Ecuador) - 1-3

U16 Girl's Doubles - Round Robin

Round 5 - Friday

Valeria Centellas & Romina Rivero (Bolivia) d. Nathalia Pinero & Ana Lucia Sarmiento (Ecuador), 15-3, 15-7
Delia Aguilar & Laura Flores (Mexico) d. Briana Jacquet & Graciana Wargo (USA), 15-4, 15-2
Cassie Prentice & Camilia Wilscam (Canada) d. Aranxa Anguizola & Melissa Barrantes (Costa Rica), 15-2, 15-3

Standings

1 Valeria Centellas & Romina Rivero (Bolivia) - 5-0
2 Delia Aguilar & Laura Flores (Mexico) - 4-1
3 Briana Jacquet & Graciana Wargo (USA) - 3-2
4 Nathalia Pinero & Ana Lucia Sarmiento (Ecuador) - 2-3
5 Cassie Prentice & Camilia Wilscam (Canada) - 1-4
6 Aranxa Anguizola & Melissa Barrantes (Costa Rica) - 0-5

U14 Girl's Doubles - Round Robin

Round 5 - Saturday

Camila Arnez & Micaela Meneses Cuellar (Bolivia) d. Guadalupe Griffin & Valeria Hernandez (Mexico), 11-15, 15-8, 11-8
Sofia Freer & Maricruz Ortiz (Costa Rica) d. Aoife Beckett & Kelly Ann Ryan (Ireland), 15-3, 15-1
Heather Mahoney & Julia Stein (USA) d. Juliette Parent & Riley Sommerville (Canada), 15-8, 15-4

Standings

1 Camila Arnez & Micaela Meneses Cuellar (Bolivia) - 5-0
2 Sofia Freer & Maricruz Ortiz (Costa Rica) - 4-1
3 Guadalupe Griffin & Valeria Hernandez (Mexico) - 3-2
4 Heather Mahoney & Julia Stein (USA) - 2-3
4 Juliette Parent & Riley Sommerville (Canada) - 1-4
6 Aoife Beckett & Kelly Ann Ryan (Ireland) - 0-5

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