Cayman Islands at the 2015 Pan American Games

Cayman Islands at the 2015 Pan American Games
IOC code	CAY
NOC	Cayman Islands Olympic Committee
Website	www.caymanolympic.org.ky
in Toronto, Canada 10–26 July 2015
Competitors	7 in 4 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Brett Fraser
Flag bearer (closing)	Kemar Hyman
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Pan American Games appearances (overview)
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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]

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

Competitors

The following table lists Cayman Island's delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	0	2
Beach volleyball	0	2	2
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Swimming	1	1	2
Total	3	4	7

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

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]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are for the entire round
• Q = Qualified for the next round

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	—		13.78	15	did not advance

Beach volleyball

Main articles: Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games and Beach volleyball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

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

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2015 Pan American Games and Gymnastics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

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

Main articles: Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games and Swimming at the 2015 Pan American Games – Qualification

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

• Cayman Islands at the 2016 Summer Olympics

References

1. "PASO Member National Olympic Committees". toronto2015.org. TO2015. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. 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.