Andres Vargas and Alex Domenick to Face Off in NY MET A Final by Dov Kleiner March 5, 2015
The finals for the MET A finals are set with two former collegiate standouts vying for title of best player in NY.
Thursday, March 26th at 7:30 pm at the New York Athletic Club
Andres Vargas v. Alex Domenick
Andres Vargas grew up playing squash in Bogota, Colombia at age 11. Was
Colombian Jr Champ in BU17, BU19. South American Jr Gold medal in
BU19. Panamerican Jr. Silver Medalist. Gold Racquets Invitational
Singles Champion 2013. Played at Trinity College. Captain of the team
in his senior year. Was a four- time All- American in men's
squash while being part of four consecutive College Squash Association
(CSA) National Championship titles. He represented Colombia in several
international tournaments including the World Championships and
Pan-American Games.
Alex Domenick was captain of the Cornell squash team in 2012. Alex was
an All-American and a two-time First-Team All-Ivy League selection. He
was also a two-time Academic All-American and a member of the US team
that won the bronze medal at the World University Games in Melbourne.
He was a two-time National Junior Doubles champion with partner Chris
Callis, and he was part of two National Championship teams at the
William Penn Charter School (2007 and 2008). In 2008 he was on the US
team for the Junior World Championships in Switzerland. Alex is
the current NYAC singles club champion.
BACKGROUND TO THE MET CHAMPIONSHIPS
New York Squash was founded in 1923 after a group of collegiate squash
players moved to New York and wisely decided to continue playing the
game after college. NY Squash was initially known as the
Metropolitan Squash Racquets Association ("MSRA"). At the same time as
the formation of the organization an annual tournament was created to
decide who the best squash players in the area were. The Metropolitan
Squash Championships (aka "The Met") in both singles and doubles were
contested from the very start in 1923.
With the exception of the National Championship, the Met events were
considered the most challenging and prestigious tournaments every
season. Early winners of the event were usually also US National
Squash Champions. So the event was contested by the best players
from the New York area clubs that existed at the time. Prior
winners of the singles event include US Squash Hall of Fame members and
other legendary names. To name a few who appear on the
trophies: Victor Niederhoffer, Jay Nelson, Peter Briggs, Victor
Elmaleh, Treddy Ketcham, David Johnson, Morris Clothier and Jonathan
Foster.
The Met tournament has been structured to continue the long-standing
tradition of the event. This means that the matches were played
throughout each season on an "arrange your own match" basis,
culminating in this month’s final round. Players were nominated
for the tournament as their Club champions and other representative top
players were included.
