Samantha Leads The Pack
by Bob Hanscom
Samantha Teran At The 2008 WISPA LA Open
April 5, 2012 - In the latest (April 1, 2012) world squash rankings, (PSA / WSA) we found no less than 23 North American men and women squash-players in the world's top 20. Interestingly, over half of them have appeared at The Los Angeles Athletic Club at one time or other.
Regarding the American players, there are two men and six women, with three Canadian men, five Canadian women and three men and four women from Mexico completing the list.
Interestingly, it's Samantha Teran from Mexico leading the pack! Samantha won The LAAC's 2008 WISP LA Open. Turning 31 on may 6th, Samantha has been the #1 squash-player in Mexico for over a dozen years!
Added to Samantha's twelve pro Tour titles are Gold Medals at the Pan American Games, as well as earning four Golds in the Central American and Caribbean Games. In 2011 Samantha reached the semi-finals of the 2011 World Open, becoming the first player from Mexico ever to do so.
See below for the complete list of the North Americans who are among the top 100 squash-players in the world...
MEN
29 Shahier Razik CAN
36 Julian Illingworth US
52 Shawn Delierre CAN
53 Cesar Salazar MEX
55 Arturo Salazar MEX
66 Eric Galvez MEX
80 Andrew Schnell CAN
81 Christopher Gordon US
WOMEN
11 Samantha Teran MEX
23 Amanda Sobhy US
27 Latasha Khan US
37 Samantha Cornett CAN
44 Miranda Ranieri CAN
45 Olivia Blatchford US
62 Alexandra Norman CAN
63 Stephanie Edmison CAN
71 Nayelly Hernandez MEX
75 Kristen Lange US
79 Ivonne Diaz MEX
84 Elpiniki Clement US
85 Genevieve Lessard CAN
86 Sabrina Sobhy US
98 Imelda Martinez MEX
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