Team standings for 2017 IRF World Junior Racquetball Championships

Mexico came out on top of the team standings at the 2017 International Racquetball Federation (IRF) World Junior Racquetball Championships in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which wasn’t a surprise. But it was surprising that Bolivia won the Girls Team title, especially considering they didn’t have a team in Girls U18 Doubles, so scored zero in the division. Yet they were narrowly ahead of the Mexican girls1032 points to 1028. We think this is the first time Bolivia has won the girls title at World Juniors.

Micaela Meneses Cuellar led the Bolivian girls with gold medals in both U14 Girls Singles and U14 Girls Doubles with Camila Arnez. Three other Bolivian girls were double medalists: Stefanny Barrios won gold in U16 Singles and bronze in U18 Singles, Valeria Centellas won gold in Girls U16 Doubles (with Romina Rivero) and bronze in U18 Singles, and Romina Rivero won gold in Girls U16 Doubles (with Centellas) and bronze in Girls U16 Singles.

The USA boys won three gold medals - two from Akul Ramayani (Boys U14 Singles & Doubles, with Antonio Rojas) and one from Mauro Rojas (Boys U18 Singles), which was the most of any country. Yet they were still 2nd in the Boys Team standings with 932 points compared to Mexico’s 1200, which included gold from Sebastian Fernandez in Boys U16 Singles and gold from Gerardo Franco and Eduardo Portillo in Boys U18 Doubles.

29th IRF World Junior Racquetball Championships
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Boys Team Standings

1 Mexico - 1200 points
2 USA - 932
3 Bolivia - 844
4 Ecuador - 544
5 Canada - 510
6 Costa Rica - 506
7 Guatemala - 262
8 Chile - 252
9 Colombia - 158
10 Ireland - 152
11 Korea - 114
12 Honduras - 74
13 Argentina - 20

Girls Team Standings

1 Bolivia - 1032 points
2 Mexico - 1028
3 USA - 692
4 Canada - 304
5 Costa Rica -302
6 Ecuador - 280
7 Guatemala - 200
8 Ireland - 80
9 Korea & Colombia - 76
11 Chile - 56

Overall Team Standings

1 Mexico - 2228 points
2 Bolivia - 1876
3 USA - 1624
4 Ecuador - 824
5 Canada - 814
6 Costa Rica - 808
7 Guatemala - 462
8 Chile - 308
9 Colombia - 234
10 Ireland - 232
11 Korea - 190
12 Honduras - 74
13 Argentina - 20

U18 Boy's Singles

Gold - Mauro Rojas (USA)
SIlver - Eduardo Portillo (Mexico)
Bronze- Gerardo Franco (Mexico) and Trevor Webb (Canada), 15-3, 15-11

U16 Boy's Singles

Gold - Sebastian Fernandez (Mexico)
SIlver - Gerson Miranda (Bolivia)
Bronze- Diego Garcia (Bolivia) and Liam Evangelista (Mexico)

U14 Boy's Singles

Gold - Akul Ramayani (USA)
SIlver - Sebastian Longoria (Mexico)
Bronze- Hector Barrios (Bolivia) and Antonio Rojas (USA)

U18 Girl's Singles

Gold - Montserrat Mejia (Mexico)
SIlver - Gabriela Martinez (Guatemala)
Bronze- Stefanny Barrios (Bolivia) and Valeria Centellas (Bolivia)

U16 Girl's Singles

Gold - Stefanny Barrios (Bolivia)
SIlver - Laura Flores (Mexico)
Bronze- Romina Rivero (Bolivia) and Nikita Chauhan (USA)

U14 Girl's Singles

Gold - Micaela Meneses Cuellar (Bolivia)
SIlver - Guadalupe Griffin (Mexico)
Bronze- Karime Arreola (Mexico) and Annie Roberts (USA)

U18 Boy's Doubles

Gold - Gerardo Franco & Eduardo Portillo (Mexico)
SIlver - Simon Comeau & Trevor Webb (Canada)
Bronze- Juan Francisco Cueva & Jorge Ochoa Moreira (Ecuador) and Sergio Acuña & Andres Montero (Costa Rica)

U16 Boy's Doubles

Gold - Diego Garcia & Gerson Miranda (Bolivia)
SIlver - Sebastian Fernandez & Oscar Nieto (Mexico)
Bronze- Julian Homberger & Tomas Sanchez (Costa Rica) and Juan Sebastian Flores & Esteban de Janon (Ecuador)

U14 Boy's Doubles

Gold - Akul Ramayani & Antonio Rojas (USA)
SIlver - Sebastian Longoria & Erick Trujillo (Mexico)
Bronze- Josue Bermeo & Pablo Vera (Ecuador) and Hector Barrios & Adrian Jaldin (Bolivia)

U18 Girl's Doubles

Gold - Denisse Maldonado & Montserrat Mejia (Mexico)
SIlver - Megan Carver & Hollie Scott (USA)
Bronze- Maria Jose Muñoz & Ana Lucia Sarmiento (Ecuador)

U16 Girl's Doubles

Gold - Valeria Centellas & Romina Rivero (Bolivia)
SIlver - Delia Aguilar & Laura Flores (Mexico)
Bronze- Briana Jacquet & Graciana Wargo (USA) and Nathalia Pinero & Ana Lucia Sarmiento (Ecuador)

U14 Girl's Doubles

Gold - Camila Arnez & Micaela Meneses Cuellar (Bolivia)
SIlver - Sofia Freer & Maricruz Ortiz (Costa Rica)
Bronze- Guadalupe Griffin & Valeria Hernandez (Mexico) and Heather Mahoney & Julia Stein (USA)

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