Hosts USA Strike Triple-Gold In PanAm Championships by Howard Harding
photo US Squash
September 26, 2016
- In the 24th staging of the Pan American Squash Championships - but
the first to be held in the USA - the hosts clinched three gold medals,
including a clean sweep in the Team Championships.
Played over a week at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, the
event began with the individual championships. 18-year-old Californian
Mariam Kamal, winner of the Pan American Junior Championship title last
month, claimed the women's title in an all-USA final against Haley
Mendez - both players having eliminated the top two seeds in the
semi-finals.
A tough men's final which went the full distance saw unseeded Leandro
Romiglio upset second-seeded Mexican Arturo Salazar 9-11, 11-4, 3-11,
12-10, 12-10 to become Argentina's first men's champion since 2004.
Salazar recovered to take gold in the Men's Doubles event, partnering
Eric Galvez to an 11-5, 11-2 win for Mexico over Chileans Rafael
Allendes and Sebastian Gallegos in the final.
Chile took gold in the Women's Doubles, however, where Giselle Delgado
and Anita Pinto upset Nayelly Hernandez and Luz Sarahi López Dominguez,
the No.2 seeds from Mexico, 11-8, 6-11, 11-10.
Argentina scored a sole gold in the championships when Antonella
Falcione and Gonzalo Miranda progressed from a mighty upset over the
top seeds in the Mixed Doubles semi-finals to win the final 11-7, 9-11,
11-4 over Colombians Catalina Pelaez and Erick Herrera.
RESULTS: Pan American Squash Championships, Hartford, CT, USA
Men's Doubles Semi-Finals:
Eric Galvez and Arturo Salazar (MEX) bt Robertino Pezzota and Leandro Romiglio (ARG) 4-11, 11-4, 11-6
Rafael Allendes and Sebastian Gallegos (CHI) bt Antonio de la Torre and Mauricio Sedano (GUA) 11-6, 11-4
Final:
Eric Galvez and Arturo Salazar (MEX) bt Rafael Allendes and Sebastian Gallegos (CHI) 11-5, 11-2
Women's Doubles Semi-Finals:
[3/4] Giselle Delgado and Anita Pinto (CHI) bt [1] Grace Doyle and Mariam Kamal (USA) 8-11, 11-10, 11-7
[2] Nayelly Hernandez and Luz Sarahi López Dominguez (MEX) bt [3/4] Karol Gonzalez and Ana Gabriela Porras (COL) 11-8, 11-5
Final:
[3/4] Giselle Delgado and Anita Pinto (CHI) bt [2] Nayelly Hernandez and Luz Sarahi López Dominguez (MEX) 11-8, 6-11, 11-10
Mixed Doubles Semi-Finals:
Antonella Falcione and Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt [1] Diana Garcia and Edgar Zayas (MEX) 11-9, 11-4
Catalina Pelaez and Erick Herrera (COL) bt [2] Winifer Bonilla and Josue Enriquez (GUA) 11-7, 7-11, 11-8
Final:
Antonella Falcione and Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt Catalina Pelaez and Erick Herrera (COL) 11-7, 9-11, 11-4
Men's Team Championship Semi-Finals:
USA bt MEXICO 2/1; ARGENTINA bt COLOMBIA 2/0
Final:
USA bt ARGENTINA 2/1 (Todd Harrity bt Leandro Romiglio 11-8, 11-6,
11-7; Faraz Khan lost to Gonzalo Miranda 11-13, 11-8, 9-11, 7-11;
Christopher Gordon bt Robertino Pezzota 11-8, 11-4, 11-2)
Women's Team Championship Semi-Finals:
USA bt COLOMBIA 2/0; MEXICO bt ARGENTINA 2/0
Final:
USA bt MEXICO 2/1 (Mariam Kamal bt Diana Garcia 7-11, 11-8, 11-9, 7-11,
11-8; Grace Doyle lost to Luz Sarahi López Dominguez 8-11, 6-11, 9-11;
Marina Stefanoni bt Dina Soledad Anguiano Gomez 8-11, 11-8, 11-1, 11-8)
