Swimming has the biggest unit of four, siblings Emma Harvey and Jack Harvey, Madelyn Moore and Sam Williamson. This past summer’s Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games 1500-metre bronze medallist Dage Minors is the sole representative for the island in track and field.
The squad for the October 20 to November 6 event, is completed by cyclists Conor White and Kaden Hopkins, Campbell Patton and Adriana Penruddocke in sailing, and triathletes Erica Hawley and Tyler Smith.
Julia Hawley, Bermuda’s chef de mission for the Games is looking forward to the final push for the event.
“I’m thrilled to be leading our Bermuda Team,” she said.
“Our team is small, but our athletes have had to attain very difficult standards in order to qualify and compete at these Games. There are Olympic points, Olympic time standards and even Olympic spots at all the events our athletes have qualified for.
“They will do Bermuda proud on the world stage and I will do everything as Chef to ensure their journey to the Games, and at the Games, is as smooth as possible and they are able to focus only on their competitions,” Hawley added.
Trinidad and Tobago owed their position to cyclist Nicholas Paul, who won gold in the Men’s Sprint which he followed up with a silver medal in the Men’s Keirin.
The country’s bronze medals came from the Men’s 3x3 basketball team and Michelle-Lee Ahye in the final of the Women’s 100m.
Jamaica were twenty-second overall having won six medals, the most of any English-speaking Caribbean nation, but only had one gold medal courtesy of Jaheel Hyde in the men’s 400m hurdles. Jamaica won five bronze medals – Dahlia Palmer (cycling), Fedrick Dacres (discus), Navasky Anderson (men’s 800m final), Samantha Hall (women’s discus) and Aaron Johnson (wrestling).
The Bahamas were 25th overall with three medals –one silver and two bronze medals. They were tied with Guyana who had a similar medal haul. Antigua and Barbuda’s silver medal saw them finish 28th ahead of Barbados, whose two bronze medals saw them finish 30th.
Bermuda, Dominica, and St Kitts and Nevis were tied in 31st with one bronze medal each.
The United States topped the medal table with 286 medals (124 gold, 75 silver, 87 bronze), followed by Brazil's 205 (66 gold, 73 silver, 66 bronze) and Mexico 142 (52 gold, 38 silver, 52 bronze).
Trinidad and Tobago secured their first medal of the Pan American (PanAm) Games courtesy of the Men’s 3X3 basketball team, which edged Venezuela 21-20 in the third-place playoff in Santiago, Chile on Monday.
The twin island republic, who had knocked off Brazil in Sunday’s quarterfinal, lost in their semi-final contest 21-9 to the United States. The Americans eventually won gold, 21-15 over hosts Chile in the final.
Trinidad and Tobago's National Basketball Federation vice president of organising and development Daron Lall was over the moon and said the fraternity appreciates every effort the team put out.
“We are extremely proud of our team. These guys have been working extremely hard over the last eight to ten weeks. We played some powerhouses. Thank you to the team and the coaching staff for all they did. We know the struggles they went through and the obstacles that happened, but we are grateful as a country for putting us on the map. It’s emotional," Lall said.
At the Centro Acuatico, TT swimmer Nikoli Blackman had another tough day in the pool as the settled for sixth place in the men’s 100m freestyle B final. He clocked 50.81s.
In the earlier heats, Blackman placed sixth in heat three of four, in 51.01s. His time was 17th fastest overall but good enough for the B final. Racing out of heat four was compatriot Zarek Wilson, who was eighth fastest to the wall in 58.37s.
Meanwhile, one of CARICOM’s best hopes for a PanAm Games boxing medal in Chile, Keevin Allicock was eliminated Monday.
The Guyanese lost his featherweight quarter-final bout to American Jahmal Harvey, the 2021 world champion in the 57kg division. Top Barbadian Charles Cox also lost his light heavyweight quarterfinal, going down 4-1 to Haiti’s Cedric Belony-Duliepre.
