Guam at the 2019 Pacific Games

Guam competed at the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia, Samoa from 7 to 20 July 2019. A team of 150 athletes and staff was sent to represent the territory in eleven disciplines at the games.[1]

Guam at the
2019 Pacific Games
IOC codeGUM
8 July 2019 (2019-07-08) – 20 July 2019 (2019-07-20)
Competitors in 11 sports
Pacific Games appearances
  • 1963
  • 1966
  • 1969
  • 1971
  • 1975
  • 1979
  • 1983
  • 1987
  • 1991
  • 1995
  • 1999
  • 2003
  • 2007
  • 2011
  • 2015
  • 2019
  • 2023

Athletics

Guam's athletics team was twelve strong and included two Olympians, Derek Mandell and Regine Tugade.[2]

Men
  • Paul Dimalanta: 100 m, 200 m, Long jump.
  • Derek Mandell: 1500 m, 5000 m, Half-marathon.
  • Benjamin Middlebrooke: 5000 m, 10,000 m, Half-marathon.
  • Bleu Perez: 100 m, 200 m.
Women
  • Noshista Benavente: 5000 m, 10,000 m.
  • Alison Bowman: 800 m, 1500 m, 3000 m steeple chase.
  • Genina Criss: 800 m, 1500 m.
  • Genie Gerardo: Shotput, Discus, Hammer throw, Javelin.
  • Madison  Packbier: 200 m, 400 m, 800 m.
  • Emma Sheedy: 400 m, 1500 m.
  • Regine Tugade: 100 m, 200 m, Long jump.
  • Richelle Tugade: 100 m, 100m hurdles, 400m hurdles.

Basketball

Men's basketball

Nine players were selected in Guam's squad for men's basketball to defend the Pacific Games title won in 2015. JP Cruz, gold medal-winner as a member of that team, returned in 2019 and also played in the four-man squad for the 3x3 tournament.[3]

Coach: EJ Calvo

Women's basketball

Guam named 15 players in its women's team for the 2019 games:[4]

  • Brianna Benito
  • Alexandra Carbullido
  • Destiny Castro
  • Kathryn Castro
  • Kara Duenas
  • Monica Giger
  • Maria Mesa Nauls
  • Chloe Miranda
  • Joylyn Pangilinan
  • Jocelyn Pardilla
  • Elysia Perez
  • Janniliese Quintanilla
  • Mia San Nicolas
  • Derin Santos

Head coach: Paul Pineda

3x3 basketball

Guam selected eight players (four male[3] and four female[5]) to compete in 3x3 at the 2019 games:

Men Final winners

  • Ben Borja
  • AJ Carlos
  • Michael Sakazaki
  • Seve Susuico (c)

Women

  • Kali Benavente
  • Destiny Castro
  • Joylyn Pangilinan
  • Mia San Nicolas

Golf

Guam qualified eight players for the tournament in Samoa,[6] but one member of the women's team dropped out. Seven Guam players participated in the 2019 games.

Men
  • Roberto Manalo
  • John Muna
  • Eduardo Terlaje
  • Ricardo Terlaje
Women
  • Teresita Blair
  • Kristin Oberiano
  • Emiri Satake
  • Anna-Rose Tarpley

Non-playing captain: Daryl Poe

Judo

Outrigger canoeing

Guam sent 23 athletes and two coaches to contest the various Va'a events men's and women's outrigger canoeing at the 2019 games.[7]

Men's team
  • John Aguon
  • Jesse Cabrera
  • Klyde Castro
  • Collin Murphy
  • Joseph Nowell
  • Johnny Palomo
  • Shane Palomo
  • John Sablan
  • Christopher Salas
  • Matthew Savares
  • Tony Vivas

Coach: David Palomo Jr

Women's team
  • Ruby Castro
  • Isabel Gutierrez
  • Jenynne Guzman
  • Jennifer Horeg
  • Sue Lee
  • Kai Perez
  • Kiara Quichocho
  • Misako Sablan
  • Michele Salas
  • Ashley Taitano
  • Miriam Terlaje
  • Diane Vice

Coach: Josh Duenas

Swimming

Six swimmers represented Guam at Samoa 2019:[8]

Men
  • Sebastian Castro
  • Chrios Duenas
  • Mark Imazu
  • Benji Schulte
  • Jagger Stephens
Women
  • Mineri Gomez

Coaches: Ed Ching and Don San Agustin

Taekwondo

Three men and two women competed for Guam in Taekwondo:[9]

Men
  • Alexander Allen
  • Joseph Ho
  • Leon Ho
Women
  • Tierra-Lynn Chargualaf
  • Amber Toves

Coaches: Mike Ho and Ronald Cook

Tennis

The Guam Tennis Federation selected four male tennis players for the 2019 games in Samoa:[10]

Men
  • Mason Caldwell
  • Camden Camacho
  • Danny Llarenas
  • Derek Okuhama

Triathlon

Volleyball

Men's beach volleyball

Guam qualified one men's pair for beach volleyball:[11]

  • Zakhary Zacarias
  • Brian Tsujii

Women's volleyball (indoor)

Guam selected ten players for their women's volleyball team:[12]

  • Joie Blas
  • Adriana Chang
  • Edeline Cruz
  • Hilary Diaz (c)
  • Samara Duenas
  • Mariana Kier
  • Austia Mendiola
  • Lori Okada
  • Jestyne Sablan
  • Tatiana Sablan

Weightlifting

Guam selected six athletes to compete in weightlifting at the 2019 games.[13]

Men
  • David Bautista, −73 kg
Women
  • Armie Almazan, −64 kg
  • Dayalani Calma, −45 kg
  • Dayamaya Calma, −49 kg
  • Dayanara Calma, −59 kg
  • Jacinta Sumagaysay, −55 kg

Coach: Edgar Molinos

References

  1. Weiss, Matt (27 June 2019). "Guam set for Pacific Games in Samoa". The Guam Daily Post. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019.
  2. Sablan, Jerick (25 June 2019). "Guam sending a strong athletics team to the Samoa 2019 Pacific Games". Pacific Daily News. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  3. "Pacific Games: Men's basketball & 3x3". Guam Sports Network. 21 June 2019. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  4. Akimoto, Kai (30 June 2019). "Pacific-Games: women's basketball". Guam Sports Network. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019.
  5. "PG Women: Guam". fiba3x3.com.
  6. "Athlete List for Samoa 2019 Pacific Games". Pacific Games Council. 17 June 2019. Archived from the original on 30 June 2019.
  7. "Samoa 2019 Pacific Games: Guam national paddling teams ready to put the paddle to a medal". Pacific Daily News. 26 June 2019.
  8. "Pacific Games: Swimming". Guam Sports Network. 25 June 2019. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019.
  9. "Pacific Games: Taekwondo". 27 June 2019. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019.
  10. Guerrero, Jay Leon (3 July 2019). "Pacific Games:Tennis". Guam Sports Network. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019.
  11. "Pacific Games: Beach volleyball". Guam Sports Network. 23 June 2019. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019.
  12. "Pacific Games: Women's indoor volleyball". Guam Sports Network. Archived from the original on 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  13. "Lifting for the weight of gold". Pacific Daily News. 29 June 2019.
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