Kristen Bellows

Career

Wachtel was ranked #9 at the end of the 2011-2012 Women"s Professional Racquetball Organization season. Professional

Walsh Bellows has been a top 10 player on the women"s pro tour in 9 of the past 11 seasons, and has been as high as #4. International

Walsh Bellows played for the United States of America in the Pan American Championship four consecutive years from 2004 to 2007.

She played both singles and doubles in both 2004, earning a bronze medal in doubles with Kersten Hallander, and 2005, getting a silver medal in doubles with Gudinas to go with the gold medal in singles.

In 2006 and 2007, Walsh Bellows played singles only. Junior and collegiate

Two were with Krystal Csuk: the 18 and under title in 2000, and 16 and under in 1998, and two with Jeni Fuller: the 14 and under title in 1996 and 12 and under in 1995.

Achievements

• She was a three-time collegiate champion, and a four-time World Junior champion. Bellows"s only WPRO tournament victory came in May 2009, when she won the Ektelon WPRO World Championships defeating Paola Longoria in the final. Walsh Bellows won the 2005 Pan American Championships, defeating Cheryl Gudinas in the final, 15-8, 8-15, 11-8. Walsh Bellows won the Girls 18 and under Junior World Championship twice, in 2000 and 2001, and also won Girls 16 and under in 1999, and Girls 14 and under in 1996. Bellows won four World Juniors doubles titles. She won the United States of America Girls 18 and under champion in 2000 and 2001, and was the United States of America Racquetball"s Female Junior Athlete of the Year in 2000. Walsh Bellows also won the United States of America Girls 16 and under title in 1999, and the 12 and under title in 1995. Walsh Bellows won the United States Army Reserve Collegiate Championship three times, in 2001 for Baldwin-Wallace College and in 2003 and 2004 for the University of Utah. She was also the women"s collegiate doubles champion in 2001 with Elle Summers and in 2004 with her mother Marianne Walsh, who had gone back to university at age 45. Her two titles in 2004 helped the University of Utah win the women"s team title that year.

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She had a chance to defend that title in 2006, but lost in the final to Paola Longoria, 15-4, 15-6.