Cayman Islands at the 2015 Pan American Games

The Cayman Islands competed at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015.[1] For the first time ever the country had a national house at a multi-sport event. The offices of FUSE Marketing Group, in Downtown Toronto served as the location of the house.[2]

Cayman Islands at the
2015 Pan American Games
IOC codeCAY
NOCCayman Islands Olympic Committee
Websitewww.caymanolympic.org.ky
in Toronto
10–26 July 2015
Competitors7 in 4 sports
Flag bearer Brett Fraser (opening)
Kemar Hyman (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Pan American Games appearances (overview)

Swimmer Brett Fraser was the flagbearer for the team during the opening ceremony.[3]

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 202
Beach volleyball 022
Gymnastics 011
Swimming 112
Total347

Athletics

The Cayman Islands qualified two athletes. Originally the country had qualified more athletes including a 4x100 metres relay team. However organizers had to reduce the quota in athletics as too many athletes had qualified.[4]

Men
Track
Athlete Event Heat Semi-final Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kemar Hyman 100 m 10.14 =9 Q 10.17 =9 Did not advance
Ronald Forbes 110 m hurdles N/A 13.78 15 Did not advance
Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
  • Q = Qualified for the next round

Beach volleyball

The Cayman Islands qualified a women's pair.[5]

Athlete Event Preliminary Round 13th to 16th Round 15th to 16th Round Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Ileann Powery
Chante Smith-Johnson
Women's  Humana-Paredes / Pischke (CAN)
L (8–21, 10–21)
 Gómez / Nieto (URU)
L (7–21, 7–21)
 Bernier Colon / Torruella (PUR)
L (5–21, 11–21)
 Davidson / Dyette (TRI)
L (18–21, 18–21)
 Machado / Rodríguez (NIC)
L (7–21, 16–21)
16

Gymnastics

The Cayman Islands qualified one female gymnast.[6] This will be the first time ever the country has competed in the sport at the Pan American Games.

Artistic
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Apparatus Total Rank Apparatus Total Rank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Morgan Lloyd All-Around 11.750 7.450 10.750 10.100 40.050 30 R 11.550 8.750 10.550 10.300 41.150 23

Qualification Legend: R = Qualified to apparatus final since two athletes per country can qualify for finals and United States and Brazil had reached the maximum number of athletes qualified into the finals.

Swimming

The Cayman Islands qualified two swimmers (one male and one female).[7]

Key
  • Note – Ranks given for swimming events are for all heats
  • FB = Qualified for the B Final
  • NR = National record
Athlete Event Heat Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Brett Fraser Men's 50 m freestyle 22.71 11 FB 22.93 13
Men's 100 m freestyle 49.58 9 FB 49.56 9
Lara Butler Women's 200 m backstroke 2:26.43 17 Did not advance
Women's 200 m butterfly 2:22.81 15 FB 2:21.52 15
Women's 200 m individual medley 2:26.50 14 FB 2:24.64 NR 13

See also

References

  1. "PASO Member National Olympic Committees". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  2. Spence, Monique (11 June 2015). "Toronto offices dedicated to Cayman for Pan Am Games". Cayman Reporter. George Town, Cayman Islands. Archived from the original on 11 July 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  3. "Pan Am Games: Flag-bearers named for all countries". www.panam.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
  4. Shillingford, Ron (15 July 2015). "Pan Am Games blocks Cayman athletes". Cayman Compass. George Town, Cayman Islands. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  5. "Beach Volleyball starts on Monday at the Pan American Games". www.norceca.net/. North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (NORCECA). 11 July 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
  6. "Países clasificados a Juegos Panamericanos 2015 Gimnasia Artística Femenina" [Qualified Places for the 2015 Pan American Games Women's Artistic Gymnastics] (PDF). www.upag-gymnastics.com/ (in Spanish). Pan American Gymnastics Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
  7. "No Pan Am medals yet". Cayman Compass. George Town, Cayman Islands. 21 July 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
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