[ATHLETICS/CAC]

600 athletes and officials for CAC in Grenada
Posted June 03, 10:30 AM

By Michael Bascombe

Members of the LOC at a recent meeting at the National Stadium.

More than 600 athletes and officials are expected for 19^th Central American and Caribbean Senior Track and Field Championships here next month.

The Local Organising Committee (LOC) said there are Preliminary Entries totaling 604 from 27 countries.

So far the largest delegation is expected from Mexico with 68, followed by the Bahamas with 49, Grenada 46 and Jamaica and Puerto Rico 44 each.

On Monday, the local Cuban Embassy issued a release confirming a 25-member delegation from Cuba to the Championships.

“In accordance with the information provided by the Cuban Athletic Association, the Cuban delegation will include twenty-five members. Twenty-one are athletes - eighteen in the regular line-up and others three as a reserve, while the others four are coaches.” The release stated.

The Cuban team will compete, among others, in the following events:  javelin, shotput, hammer, discus, pole vault, heptathlon, decathlon, triple jump, hurdles (110 and 400 meters), 100, 200 and 800 meters, and relay (4 x 100).

Some of the other top names expected for the meet are Usain Bolt (Jamaica), Kim Collins (St Kitts & Nevis), Darrel Brown (Trinidad & Tobago), Debbie Ferguson (Bahamas), Ana Guevara (Mexico), Felix Sanchez (Dominican Republic) and Alleyne Francique, Hazel-Ann Regis and Neisha Bernard-Thomas (Grenada), among others.