The Grenada Olympic Committee (GOC) is pleased to announce that 10 athletes will represent Grenada at the inaugural Pan-American Junior Games scheduled for 25 November to 5 December 2021, in Cali, Colombia.
The team comprises 4 females and 6 males who will compete among the best junior athletes in the Pan-American region in athletics, boxing, swimming, table tennis, and tennis. They are Jonair Thomas, Kelsie Murell-Ross, and Gamali Felix (Athletics); Jaffer Shade (Boxing); Anaika Charles, Gabrielle Hyson, Kerry Ollivierre, and Zacakary Gresham (Swimming); Cedric Marquez (Table Tennis); and, Yosef Ross (Tennis).
The team will be led by Chef de Mission Denise Williams, who will be accompanied by 4 coaches: Wayne McSween (Athletics), Sebastian Stiell (Boxing), Jason Stanislaus (Table Tennis and Tennis), and Gerson Escobar (Swimming).
The Pan-American Junior Games is a new multisport event organised by PanAm Sports for athletes aged 17 to 22, who are just starting their careers in elite sport and seeking a path to compete at the 2 most important multisport events in the World, the Santiago 2023 Pan-American Games and Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Grenada will join 41 countries comprising 3,800 athletes to compete in 39 sporting disciplines, with individual Gold medalists earning their country a guaranteed spot at the Santiago 2023 PanAmerican Games. The Games will be streamed LIVE for free to sports fans throughout the World on the PanAm Sports Channel website https://www.panamsportschannel.org/cali-2021 and mobile application available for download on Google Play, Apple Store, Roku, FireTV and Apple TV, among others.
Please visit https://www.callivalle2021.com/en/home/ for the preliminary competition schedule and more about the games.
The full listing of Grenada’s team for the 2021 Pan-American Junior Games is as follows:
| Team Grenada Women | Sport | Event |
| Gabrielle Hyson | Swimming | 100m Butterfly; 50m Freestyle; 200m Freestyle |
| Anaika Charles | Swimming | 200m Breaststroke; 100m Breaststroke; 100m Freestyle |
| Jonair Thomas | Athletics | Heptathlon |
| Kelsie Murrell-Ross | Athletics | Shot Put |
| Team Grenada Men | Sport | Event |
| Kerry Ollivierre | Swimming | 100m Freestyle; 50m Freestyle |
| Zackary Gresham | Swimming | 100m Backstroke; 200m Individual Medley; 100m Butterfly |
| Gamali Felix | Athletics | 400m Sprint |
| Jaffer Shade | Boxing | 69Kg |
| Yosef Ross | Tennis | Singles |
| Cedric Marquez | Table Tennis | Singles |
Officials: Denise Williams, Chef de Mission; Wayne McSween, Athletics Coach; Sebastian Stiell, Boxing Coach; Gerson Escobar Swimming Coach; Jason Stanislaus, Tennis and Table Tennis Coach.
GOC
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Congratulations to all the athletes! Dear GOC: can you please provide an update on the $440,000? What facts prove there was no malfeasance? Is a clawback pending?