Lake Forest Squash Hosts First Ever US Men’s Team Selection Event

 

Preston Quick won the first ever pro men’s tour event held in Lake Forest last weekend hosted by Lake Forest Squash, the nation’s only public/municipal squash program.

 

Quick beat runner-up Michael Puertas 3-1 with Richard Chin beating Dylan Patterson 3-0 to take third place honors.  Chicago local pros Beau River, Connor O’Malley and Sean Ballard finished fifth, eighth and tenth respectively. The pro results were used to select the four US Men’s Team members who will represent the United States at the Men’s World Team event staged in Islamabad, Pakistan this December.

 

Eight amateur divisions were contested as well last weekend. Tecnifibre provided racquets, backpacks and strings to amateur winners and finalists.  Both pros and amateurs enjoyed a Saturday night beach party at Lake Forest beach with music by Lake Forest Squash High School team member Will Kyriazis. 

 

The US pros enjoyed their suburban setting and on Friday were invited to Bloomingdale’s, Old Orchard in Skokie for a fashion ‘makeover’.  Three Bloomingdale’s stylists outfitted them in the latest fall fashions and photographer Marian Krause took these very GQ photos which the British website The Squash Site picked up on: http://www.squashsite.co.uk/us_team_selection.htm

 

Lake Forest Squash US Men’s Team Pro Results:

1st place           Preston Quick
2nd place          Michael Puertas
3rd place           Richard Chin
4th place           Dylan Patterson
5th place           Beau River
6th place           Frances Odeh
7th place           Ben Oliner
8th place           Conor O’Malley
9th place           Yasser Kamel
10th place         Sean Ballard
Default              Jared Sandler

 

Lake Forest Squash US Men’s Team Amateur Results:

Division            Winner                       Finalist

Men’s 5.5            David Kay                  Scott Milligan

Men’s 4.5            Nick Burlew             Chad Faragher

Women’s            Leslie Cameron            Jackie Moss

BU-19             George Kacergis            Richard Riggs

BU-17             Luke Foster              Simon Carr

BU-15             William Kacergis            Tom Foorman

BU-13             Will Wardrop                    Jack Herold

GU-13             Alden Drake              Emma Uible