The Salvadoran Squash Federation began today the Qualifying Tournament to form the U-19 national team that will represent El Salvador in the 2024 Pan American Youth Championship, which will take place from June 16 to 22 in Quito, Ecuador.
Nine men’s athletes and five women’s athletes participate in the competition, seeking the three available places in each branch.
In the women’s category, Alicia Sorto, Keiry Velasco, Adriana García, Sofía Aguiñada and María Fernanda Reyes compete, who will play under the one-against-all format.
In the men’s branch, Moisés Mendoza, Henry Amaya, Herbert Hernández, Alejandro Rivas, Daniel Narváez, Osiris Pérez, Jordy López, Alejandro Rivera and Edixon Rivera participate, who will first have a group stage from which the best two will advance to the main bracket , from where the three selected will come.
In the case of Osiris Pérez, he is an athlete born in the United States with Salvadoran roots and came to the competition with the desire to seek one of the three places for the national team.
Likewise, Alejandro Rivera was born in the country but resides with his family in Michoacán, Mexico. The athlete will begin his participation until tomorrow.
El Salvador has not competed in a Youth Pan American Squash since 2019 and will return with a group of athletes with between four and three years of experience.
“We are betting on the juniors, I have been working with them for two and a half years, they come from public schools and have emerged from the Talent Search Program of the Salvadoran Squash Federation,” said Byron García, coach of this sport.
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