Olympic bronze medallist George Bovell III, cyclist Njisane Phillip and shooter Roger Daniel are among the athletes named to represent Trinidad and Tobago at the July 10-26 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada.
In a press release, yesterday, the T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC) listed a team of 80 athletes in 13 sports – aquatics, badminton, beach volleyball, boxing, cycling, football, golf, gymnastics, hockey, judo, sailing, shooting and taekwondo.
The track and field team has not yet been named.
“We await confirmation of the final athletics (track and field) team,” the TTOC release explained, “as the NGC-Sagicor National Association of Athletics Administrations (NAAA) Open Track and Field Championships concluded this weekend. News on the final athletics team will be released on 3rd July 2015.” Diane Henderson is the T&T chef de mission for the Pan American Games.
Trinidad and Tobago team:
Aquatics: George Bovell III, Dylan Carter, Christian Marsden
Badminton: Nicholas Bonkowsky
Beach Volleyball: Daneil Williams, Fabien Whitfield, Ayana Dyette, Malika Davidson
Boxing: Chimere Taylor
Cycling: Njisane Phillip, Quincy Alexander, Jude Codrington, Justin Roberts, Varun Maharajh, Emile Abraham
Football (men): Montell Joseph, Shannon Gomez, Maurice Ford, Alvin Jones, Jesus Perez, Neveal Hackshaw, Jomal Williams, Tristan Hodge, Nathaniel Garcia, Kadeem Corbin, Shakeil Henry, Xavier Rajpaul, Dwight Quintero, Jelani Felix, Neil Benjamin, Dario Holmes, Aikim Andrews, Jovan Sample
Football (women): Kennya Cordner, Tasha St Louis, Karyn Forbes, Kimika Forbes, Maylee Attin Johnson, Rhea Belgrave, Janine Francois, Arin King, Patrice Superville, Dernelle Mascall, Mariah Shade, Khadidra Debessette, Ayanna Russell, Ahkeela Mollon, Brianna Ryce, Shalette Alexander, Lauryn Hutchinson, Shinelle Henry
Golf: Monifa Sealy, Christina Ferreira, Talin Rajendranath, Sachin Kumar
Gymnastics: William Albert, Marisa Dick
Hockey (men): Darren Cowie, Solomon Eccles, Shaquille Daniel, Mickel Pierre, Akim Toussaint, Che Modeste, Christopher Scipio, Dillet Gilkes, Jordon Reyos, Aidan De Gannes, Kiel Murray, Stefan Mouttet, Tariq Marcano, Andrey Rocke, Kristien Emmanuel, Ishmael Campbell
Judo: Christopher George
Sailing: Andrew Lewis, Kelly-Ann Arrindell
Shooting: Marlon Moses, Anthony Maraj, Roger Daniel
Taekwondo: Dorian Alexander