Guam at the 2019 Pacific Games

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Guam at the
2019 Pacific Games
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IOC code GUM
8 July 2019 (2019-07-08) – 20 July 2019 (2019-07-20)
Competitors in 11 sports
Pacific Games appearances
2015

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]

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Athletics

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

Men
Women

Basketball

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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

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

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

Women

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

Golf

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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
Women

Non-playing captain: Daryl Poe

Judo

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Outrigger canoeing

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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

Coach: David Palomo Jr

Women's team

Coach: Josh Duenas

Swimming

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Six swimmers represented Guam at Samoa 2019: [8]

Men
Women

Coaches: Ed Ching and Don San Agustin

Taekwondo

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

Men
Women

Coaches: Mike Ho and Ronald Cook

Tennis

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

Men

Triathlon

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Volleyball

Men's beach volleyball

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

  • Zakhary Zacarias
  • Brian Tsujii

Women's volleyball (indoor)

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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

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

Men
Women

Coach: Edgar Molinos

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