SANTO DOMINGO. The president of the Dominican Softball Federation (Fedosa), engineer Garibaldy Bautista, and the general manager of national teams, Fabio de León Sánchez, announced 22 players who are training as part of the preselection, which is preparing for the 2024 Bolivarian Games.
The event, also called the Bolivarian Bicentennial Games, will take place in the city of Ayacucho, Peru, from November 28 to December 8, in commemoration of the second century of Peru’s independence, the Battle of Ayacucho and the 20 anniversary of the event.
The Dominican team, current champion, won the title with a rebound of three wins in the last stage, against Peru, Venezuela and Colombia, in the event held in Velladupar/Colombia and where the hosts were second place and Peru took third place. position.
The Creoles do their training from Friday to Sunday, every week in October, in softball stadiums No. 1 and No. 2 of the Juan Pablo Duarte Olympic Center, under the supervision of Pedro Luis Franco, technical director of Fedosa, assisted by Francisco García (pitching coach), Modesto Figuereo (hitting coach), Kelvinson Núñez (assistant coach).
The team will be led by Ricky Carvajal, who pointed out that “the Bolivarians will be part of the team’s preparatory team en route to the Central American and Caribbean Games, Santo Domingo 2026, which are in their XXV edition, and will be played for the second time in Santo Sunday, capital of the Dominican Republic, from July 24 to August 8.”
Bautista indicated that the coaching staff that will assist Carvajal in the Peru match will be announced later.
For his part, Franco pointed out that pitchers Ana Richiez, Anyela Gómez, Cauris Rincón, Eduarda Rocha, Estefani Mejía, Jelina Medina, Massiel Heredia and Melody Vizcaíno are summoned to training.
From the infield, Anabel Ulloa, Daniela Bautista, Felicia de los Santos, Jayla Santana, Brianna Estévez, Josleny Jaime, María Peña, Yanela Gómez and Yisel Sánchez are invited.
Atalyia Rijo, Claudia Santana, Emmy Segura, Marianny Casó and Yasmel Vargas train to defend the gardens. Leader Carvajal follows up on the athletes who reside in the United States, who will be in the country starting October 16.
“It is a good group, they all have excellent conditions to successfully represent the country, so we are confident that we will do a good job in the event that also brings together Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Venezuela, Chile and the Peruvian hosts,” Bautista and De León stated.
About the games
The sports venues and facilities will be at the Mariscal Cáceres School, San Ramón School, Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes School, Guaman Poma de Ayala School, Canaán Alto Recreational Complex, Pampa de la Quinua, San Cristóbal de Huamanga University, Andrés Avelino Cáceres Avenue, Cerro Campanayoc, Ayacucho Skatepark, Quinua-Huamanga Route and Videna.
The Bolivarian Games – Ayacucho 2024 will have 23 sports and 37 disciplines and a budget of around 70 million soles (18 million dollars).
The organization is in charge of the Organizing Committee of the Bolivarian Games of the Bicentennial 2024 made up of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Ministry of the Interior, Peruvian Olympic Committee (COP), Regional Government of Ayacucho , Provincial Municipality of Huamanga, Peruvian Sports Institute (IPD) and the Special Legacy Project.
