Guam at the 2019 Pacific Games

Guam at the
2019 Pacific Games
Guam at the; 2019 Pacific Games
IOC code	GUM
8 July 2019 – 20 July 2019
Competitors	in 11 sports
Pacific Games appearances
	1966; 1969; 1971; 1975; 1979; 1983; 1987; 1991; 1995; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2015; 2019; 2023;
	← 2015 2023 →

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]

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]

William Belger
Tomas Calvo
JP Cruz
Earvin Rose
Takumi Simon
William Stinnett (c)
Mekeli Wesley
Russell Wesley
Tai Wesley

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

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

[guam-team-2019-1] 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.

[guam-bb-and-3x3-3] "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.

[eligible-samoa-2019-6] "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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