From your beloved General Alvear The pampering comes to Miami, through social networks, from his mother. A) Yes Genesis Toledano He spends the days recovering from an operation on his right knee ligaments that was performed on December 27. This basketball player came to the United States to do his first experience at School House Preparatory in Miami, is the first step to college basketball.
The Genesis story is from constant improvement and he was fulfilling the steps according to his achievements and sports growth. A story that deserves to be told.
Genesis was born on August 28, 2002 in General Alvear product of the relationship of Laura Set, a physical education teacher and a basketball player, who was part of several Mendoza teams and made it to the Argentine National Team, and from Darío Toledano, also a teacher and a player, raised in Maipú.
The tall babe was taking her first steps and playing with a basketball. His growth was faster in physique than at the young age he was. Already at Colegio San Martín he always played with the older girls under the watchful eye of the teacher Néstor Sánchez. Later, in high school, it was Mauro Coria who had her training until 2nd year
The mother tells that “Once he saw her play in a Chiquito Segura tournament, the experienced Regatas junior coach told me more or less this: ‘It’s like seeing a ballet dancer on the court, coordinated, precise, she loves her game, she distributes , it’s calm. ‘ So I was surprised and asked him ‘Is it like this?’ To which Chiquito affirmed: ‘It will go far, I will sign it for you now’.
And Laura continued: “Several spoke to me in those days about my daughter Pipi, but Segura enjoyed watching her play and what she transmitted to me was forceful to open my head and understand that the girl had a future in this sport.”
time to leave
At the age of 14, Gustavo Maza from Alva, after seeing her on a campus in Guillermo Vecchio, took her to play Municipality of Maipú, that stood out in the smaller divisions of the feminine one of the Federation of Basketball of Mendoza. The maipucinas led by María Marta Parsich dominated the U13 and U14 and Génesis joined the team, where there were players like Federica Del Bosco and Abril Arias, to gain national momentum.
The Maipucinas, in addition to winning locally, played the National League and in 2017 the great team of under 15s (U15) was put together that went through regional stages until reaching the final tournament in Concepción del Uruguay, in Entre Ríos. In the defining match, the Muni de Maipú beat the local Club Tomás de Rocamora by 70 to 60. They became national champions and it was the first time at the junior club level for a team from Mendoza.
But since the girl was tall, the Maipú volleyball coaches convinced her to try that sport. Of course she stood out and was quickly included in the Mendoza team, of her category, in an Argentine tournament.
The effort of practicing two federated sports at the same time took a lot of time and energy. He had to decide on one of the two.
Basketball tipped the scale to his side. She continued to play in local tournaments, in the Mendoza youth and senior team but received several calls from Buenos Aires clubs, who considered her with great potential.
In 2018, he went to Obras de Capital Federal.
From the official page of the Club Obras Sanitarias de Capital Federal and thus referred to Toledano’s two years there.
“Her arrival at Obras took place at the beginning of 2018, because from there she became one of those recruited (full scholarship) by the institution. It meant a great opportunity to develop her work at school and basketball. At the same time who worked in the female inferiors, he took care to continue traveling his study in the Institute that owns the club “.
“Academically, it was the best training. I will always be grateful to the director Paula Larrayoni, teachers, secretaries, preceptors and especially to my colleagues and their parents, “said Génesis, taking into account all the people with whom the aurinegra institution shared.
As a result of work, commitment and effort, The pivot grew little by little in the Obras Basket quarry. In her first year, she was champion with the AFMB North / West Zone 1 Women’s U17 and received the MVP award for the final. But the achievements did not stop there, since he raised again with the Cadets the trophy of the North / West Zone 2019. He did the same with the U19 on that day that both games were played at the Temple of Rock.
Génesis Toledano acquired various experiences that helped strengthen her path as a player. Not only did she actively participate in the last two seasons of the Women’s Development League, but she was also part of the professional roster during 2019.
She was summoned on several occasions for the Argentine National Team, among which the bronze medal in the South American U17 in Barranquilla, Colombia stands out.
The player did not forget Mendoza for the national calls and attended the call for the senior team that was enshrined in the Argentine Championship played in Entre Ríos. It was the third time that the senior Mendoza team achieved it and the youth Toledano was present sharing a team with international consecrated women such as Andrea Boquete, Natacha Pérez, Victoria Gauna, Agustina Leiva.
An opportunity in the USA
Communications reached Miami about a tall youth who played in Argentina. His parents heard offers and from the southeastern US. approved the arrival of Toledano to School House Preparatory in Miami, in 2020, when the pandemic was opening up a bit.
And Genesis said: “It was a new experience. The gameplay is very different. Although there is a whole collective part, the style of play is more individualistic. At the high school level (which is the secondary level here) where I am, there are more than 700 teams that play, they are divided by zone and of those teams we remain 250, and in the last part of the season we remain in 50th place. This in high school had never happened before, so it was a huge achievement. Unfortunately we were left out in the semifinals, but our goal for next year is going to be to go to those finals and we are going to train for that. “
“I’m going to finish high school at High School House Preparatory in Miami. I have already started studying, but I have to do two years to enter the University directly, because my English is not that good“.
In May of last year he had the terrible news of the death of his father Darío Toledano. He took strength and his feelings gave him a greater armor to protect himself in his lonely moments away from his mother. Life and play went on.
El DT Sebastian Silva saw Toledano’s progress and He did not hesitate to include her among the 12 Argentine players for the U19 World Cup which would be held in Debrecen, Hungary, in August 2021.
The mendocina played his first World Cup, for girls under 19 years of age, with good performances that allowed them to receive the best evaluation of their team, in several games, although Argentina could only occupy the 15th position ahead of Brazil in a tournament where the USA was champion. , Australia second and local third.
Back in Miami he was in full season and a movement warned him that his right knee had a ligament problem previous. She underwent an operation and The entire process and recovery are in charge of the Miami school where he has a full scholarship both in the educational process and place of residence.
His WhatsApp is burning in messages that come and go in the imaginary line of General Alvear to Miami with his mother and relatives. After recovering, he will continue to drop rebounds and score points.
It has conditions and what Chiquito Segura said, when he saw her as a child, is being fulfilled. The girl is coming.
