01/07/2015
The Bahamas Olympic Committee (BOC), along with national sporting federations, today announced the Bahamas Telecommunications Corporation National Team for the Pan American Games in Toronto.
The 53-member team – 36 athletes and 17 officials – will compete in five sports at the Games, scheduled for July 10 – 26. The Bahamas will be represented in swimming, athletics, boxing, tennis and gymnastics. It is the first time that a gymnast would be included on the team, said BOC president Wellington Miller.
“We are very proud now that a new discipline has been added to the sports that are going off to represent The Bahamas, gymnastics," Mr. Miller said. "Some time ago, the Bahamas Olympic Committee decided to put its weight behind the smaller sports that are coming up and being formed in The Bahamas. Today is a reality, today is a proud day for us to have a gymnast on our team.”
Mr. Miller congratulated the Bahamas Gymnastics Federation and their president Barbara Thompson. He said he was very familiar with the hard road the sport travelled to reach the milestone, and he promised that the BOC would continue to help small federations.
The athletes competing on the BTC national Pan Am team are:
Gymnastics
Kianna Dean
Tennis
Philip Major
Boxing
Carl Hield
Keishno Major
Rasheed Williams
Swimming
Ariel Weech
Joanna Evans
Dustin Tynes
Laura Morley
Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace
Athletics
Shavez Hart
Johnathan Farquharson
Elroy McBride (tentative)
Stephen Gardener (tentative)
Michael Mathieu
Jeffrey Gibson
Raymond Higgs (tentative)
Latario Collie (tentative)
Ryan Ingraham
Trevor Barry
Terray Smith
Warren Frazer
Latoy Williams
Ramon Miller
Alonzo Russell
Andretti Bain
Adanaca Brown
Sheniqua Ferguson
Lenece Clarke
Bianca Stuart
Tamara Myers (tentative)
Anthonique Strachan
Devynne Charlton
Tayla Carter
Carmeisha Cox
Christine Amertil
Katrina Seymour
Shakitha Henfield
Myriam Byfield
Shaunae Miller
