Competitive action in the inaugural Junior Pan Am Games gets underway today in Cali, Colombia.
At the multi-sport event, Team Guyana is being represented in seven disciplines: athletics, badminton, boxing, squash, swimming, table tennis, and weightlifting.
The new Games is an international multi-sport event for athletes aged 17 to 22 in the Americas where 315 events in 28 sports are scheduled to be contested. Team Guyana’s boxers, Alesha Jackman, Patrick Harvey and Travis Inverary will start off Guyana’s medal hunt today.
Team Guyana to Junior Pan Am Games 2021 reads:
Badminton: Narayan Ramdhani, Priyanna Ramdhani, Akili Haynes, Tyrese Jeffrey
Boxing: Terrence Poole, Alesha Jackman, Patrick Harvey, Travis Inverary
Squash: Garfield Wiltshire, Shomari Wiltshire, Samuel Ince-Carvalhal, Michael Alphonso
Table Tennis: Idi Lewis, Miguel Wong, Jonathan Van Lange
Weightlifting: Sean Cozier, Esther Nurse
Athletics: Johnny Gravesande, Revon Williams, Noelex Holder, Keliza Smith, Chantoba Bright, Kenisha Phillips
Swimming: Paul Mahaica Sr, Paul Mahaica Jr, Patrice Mahaica, Leon Seaton, Aleka Persaud
