Thread for 16th Pan American Games 2011 (Sat. 15th to Sun. 30th October)

[A.B.]

Callender is no longer under John Smith in LA.

[Socapro]

Callender is no longer under John Smith in LA.

Interesting!! How long was he at HSI for and where has he moved to now?

[keelz]

4x1oom semi's
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq2MmTCIlEw

[Socapro]

4x1oom semi's
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[Socapro]

Here are official results & video links for yesterday's (Friday 28-10-11) Pan Am T&F Finals of interest!
I suggested that someone archive these videos to YouTube before the links are lost or removed! Thanks 

Link for Men's 110m Hurdles Final official results:
http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATM01201250000001ENG.htm

Men's 110m Hurdles Final

Rec. Type   Mark   Name   Location   Date
World Record    12.87     ROBLES Dayron    Ostrava - CZE    12 June, 2008
Panamerican Record    13.17     GARCIA Anier    Winnipeg - CAN    30 July, 1999

Wind: +1.6
Rank    Bib   Name   Birth Date   Lane    Reaction   Fn   Result      
1    547     ROBLES Dayron 19 November, 1986    4    0.153       13.10   PR   
2    518     VILLAR Paulo Cesar 28 July, 1978    5    0.155       13.27   PB   
3    545     ORTEGA Orlando 29 July, 1991    6    0.155       13.30      
4    752     PORTER Jeffrey Issac 27 November, 1985    8    0.151       13.45   
5    689     COTTO Hector 8 August, 1984    1    0.107       13.49   PB   
6    694     LLANOS Enrique 5 July, 1980    2    0.119       13.52   PB   
7    723     BERGER Dominic Mikel 19 May, 1986    3    0.147       13.65   
8    459     INOCENCIO Matheus 17 May, 1981    7    0.131       13.76         

Video link for Men's 110m Hurdles Final (winner Dayron Robles of Cuba in 13.10 PR):
http://deportesus.terra.com/road-to-2012/videos/0,,343954.html

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Link for Men's 800m Final official results:
http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATM00800850000001ENG.htm

Men's 800m Final

Rec. Type   Mark   Name   Location   Date
World Record    1:41.01     RUDISHA David    Rieti - ITA    29 August, 2010
Panamerican Record    1:44.58     LOPEZ Yelmer    Rio de Janeiro - BRA    28 July, 2007

Rank    Bib   Name   Birth Date   Lane    Reaction   Fn   Result      
1    534     GONZALEZ Andy 17 October, 1987    8          1:45.58   SB
2    452     DAVIDE Kleberson 20 July, 1985    3          1:45.75      
3    525     ACEA Raidel 31 October, 1990    7          1:46.23      
4    748     MULDER Tyler Dean 15 February, 1987    4          1:46.46   
5    764     WIECZOREK Mark Andrew 25 December, 1984    2       1:47.75   
6    464     PAES Lutimar 14 December, 1988    6          1:47.76      
7    486     RANKIN Jon Byron 9 February, 1982    1          1:52.72      
8    600     JOSEPH Moise 27 December, 1981    1          1:54.88      
9    515     RODRIGUEZ Rafhit 1 June, 1989    5          1:58.27      

Video link for Men's 800m Final (winner Andy Gonzalez of Cuba in 1:45.58 SB):
http://deportesus.terra.com/road-to-2012/videos/0,,343946.html

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Link for Women's Triple Jump Final official results:
http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATW06206250000001ENG.htm

Women's Triple Jump Final

Rec. Type   Mark   Name   Location   Date
World Record    15.50     KRAVETS Inessa    Gothenburg - SWE    10 August, 1995
Panamerican Record    14.80     SAVIGNE Yargelis    Rio de Janeiro - BRA    27 July, 2007

Rank    Bib   Name   Birth Date   1 2 3 4 5 6   Result Wind       
1    84     IBARGUEN Catherine 12 February, 1984    14.80 +1.2 14.49 0.0 14.75 -0.2 X 14.73 -0.2 14.92 +0.1 14.92 +0.1 PR
2    127     SAVIGNE Yargeris 13 November, 1984    14.10 +1.9 X 14.36 -0.5 13.19 -0.1 13.90 +0.3 X 14.36 -0.5       
3    111     GAY Mabel 5 May, 1983    13.47 +0.8 14.08 -0.4 14.28 +0.4 X 14.23 +0.6 14.24 +0.1 14.28 +0.4       
4    31     COSTA Keila 6 February, 1983    13.77 +1.4  13.85 +0.2 13.89 +1.4 13.89 -0.5 14.01 +0.6 13.93 +0.2 14.01 +0.6       
5    237     ALEXANDER Ayanna 20 July, 1982    13.48 +0.6 13.54 +0.6 13.40 +1.1 13.53 -0.8 13.02 +0.2 13.43 +0.9 13.54 +0.6       
6    267     MANNING Crystal Ladawn 15 April, 1986    13.53 +0.3 X X 13.18 -0.4 12.99 +0.3 X 13.53 +0.3
7    266     LEWIS Yvette Christine 16 March, 1985    12.84 +0.1 X 13.17 +0.3 12.89 0.0 12.99 -0.5 13.17 +0.3       
8    208     VILLAREAL Aydee Yesenia 12 January, 1986    X X 12.92 +0.4 13.06 -1.0 12.77 -0.6 12.66 -0.2 13.06 -1.0       
9    157     CRUZ Estefany Mariaconchita 3 December, 1990    12.83 +2.1 X 12.86 +1.4 12.86 +1.4       
10    134     JOSE TIMA Ana Lucia 10 October, 1989    12.69 +0.4 12.69 +0.9 12.80 +1.4 12.80 +1.4       
11    149     PACHITO Mayra Nadia 28 October, 1985    12.74 +1.3 12.30 +1.0 X 12.74 +1.3
12    205     TRIANA Jaqueline Rosa Margarit.. 18 June, 1987    X 12.58 +1.0 X 12.58 +1.0    
13    161     DELAUNAY Pascale 21 September, 1982    X 12.30 -0.2 12.41 +1.5 12.41 +1.5    
14    21     VAUGHN Kay-De 8 May, 1986    X 11.49 +0.8 11.64 +0.6 11.64 +0.6
15    155     CAMARGO Ana Lucia 23 June, 1991    X X 11.59 -0.2 11.59 -0.2       

Video link for Women's Triple Jump Final (winner Catherine Ibarguen of Colombia with a jump of 14.92m new PR; T&T's Ayanna Alexander was 5th with a jump of 13.54m):
http://deportesus.terra.com/road-to-2012/videos/0,,343975.html

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Link for Men's Javelin Throw Final official results:
http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATM05305350000001ENG.htm

Men's Javelin Throw Final

Rec. Type   Mark   Name   Location   Date
World Record    98.48     ZELEZNY Jan    Jena - GER    25 May, 1996
Panamerican Record    81.72     GONZALEZ Emeterio    Santo Domingo - DOM    6 August, 2003

Rank    Bib   Name   Birth Date   1 2 3 4 5 6   Result       
1    542     MARTINEZ Guillermo 28 June, 1981    87.20 X - - - -   87.20 PR
2    737     HOSTETLER Cyrus Dean 8 August, 1986    77.97 X 75.24 79.20 77.17 82.24 82.24 SB
3    419     TOLEDO Braian Ezequiel 8 September, 1993    76.50 79.53 76.12 X 73.54 76.71 79.53 PB
4    734     FUREY Sean Patrick 31 August, 1982    74.22 72.94 74.83 X 77.05 X 77.05   
5    675     FATECHA Victor Abel 10 March, 1988    73.02 76.92 X 73.51 74.10 X 76.92 SB
6    462     OLIVEIRA Julio Cesar 4 February, 1986    75.61 76.24 73.74 X 70.12 75.03 76.24
7    716     WALCOTT Keshorn 2 April, 1993    72.92 X 75.77 67.65 - 70.08 75.77 PB
8    658     MENDEZ Juan Jose 27 April, 1988    74.18 X 66.50 69.39 68.68 X 74.18
9    543     MIRANDA Michel 26 July, 1989    73.91 X X 73.91
10    507     IBARGUEN Arley 4 October, 1982    72.93 X 72.46 72.93
11    697     ORTIZ Felipe S. 4 June, 1988    67.93 67.71 63.23   67.93
12    655     LAGUNES Jose 30 June, 1985    62.43 64.59 64.70   64.70
13    432     CUMMINS Justin 24 December, 1980    X 64.34 63.91 64.34
14    616     JONES Omar 7 April, 1988    54.98 60.24 X 60.24
     493     GUERRA Ignacio 15 September, 1987    X X X NM      

Video link for Men's Javelin Throw Final (winner Guillermo Martinez of Cuba with a throw of 87.20 new PR; T&T's Keshorn Walcott was 7th with a throw of 75.77 new PB):
http://deportesus.terra.com/road-to-2012/videos/0,,343979.html

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Link for Women's 4x100m Relay Final official results:
http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATW40140150000001ENG.htm

Women's 4x100m Relay Final

Rec. Type   Mark   Name   Location   Date
World Record    41.37     EAST GERMANY    Canberra - AUS    6 October, 1985
Panamerican Record    42.62     JAMAICA    Winnipeg - CAN    30 July, 1999

Rank    Bib   Name   Lane   Reaction   Fn   Result      
1        BRAZIL 7    0.180       42.85      NR
   43    LEMOS DA SILVA Ana Claudia
   40    GOMES Vanda
   42    KRASUCKI Franciela
   53    SANTOS Rosangela
2        UNITED STATES 5    0.157       43.10      
   281    WILSON Kenyanna`
   273    PIERRE Barbara
   266    LEWIS Yvette Christine
   275    RIGGIEN Chastity Ann
3        COLOMBIA 6    0.181       43.44      SB
   79    FLORES Lina Marcela
   92    PADILLA Yenifer
   83    HINESTROZA Yomara
   81    GONZALEZ Norma
4        CUBA 3    0.160       43.97      SB
   108    DIAZ Roxana Tomasa
   104    CASABONA Nelkis Teresa
   114    GUILLEN Gretther
   120    ODELIN Dulaimi Debora
5        CANADA 2    0.151       44.33      SB
   65    MITCHELL Kerri-Ann
   59    BAYLEY Krysia
   60    BRENNAN Christian Evelyn
   68    WHYTE Angela Patricia
6        ECUADOR 4    0.192       46.18      NR
   144    CHALA Carla Pamela
   145    CHAVEZ Erika Benilda
   141    CASTILLO Winnie Daniela
   142    CEVALLOS Celene Alejandra
       JAMAICA 8    0.163       DNF      
   173    LIVINGSTON Ornella
   171    LEROY Anastasia
   168    FACEY Simone
   167    ELLINGTON Yanique
       MEXICO 1    0.215       DNF      
   201    SANTOS Gabriela Belen
   200    SANCHEZ Jessica Lynn
   208    VILLAREAL Aydee Yesenia
   183    ALVAREZ Matilde

Video link for Women's 4x100m Relay final (winner Brazil in 42.85 new NR):
http://deportesus.terra.com/road-to-2012/videos/0,,343960.html

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Link for Men's 4x100m Relay Final official results:
http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATM40140150000001ENG.htm

Men's 4x100m Relay Final

Rec. Type   Mark   Name   Location   Date
World Record    37.04     JAMAICA    Daegu - KOR    4 September, 2011
Panamerican Record    38.18     BRAZIL    Winnipeg - CAN    30 July, 1999

Rank    Bib   Name   Lane   Reaction   Fn   Result      
1        BRAZIL 7    0.183       38.18      =PR
   457    FEITOSA Ailson
   474    VIANA Sandro
   446    ANDRE Nilson
   453    DE BARROS Bruno
2        SAINT KITTS & NEVIS 6    0.166       38.81      
   707    ROGERS Jason Alston
   703    ADAMS Antoine
   705    DELANEY Delwayne
   706    LAWRENCE Brijesh
3        UNITED STATES 3    0.165       39.17      
   749    NEWMAN Calesio Albert
   730    DODSON Jeremy Raponi
   765    WILLIAMS Rubin Jamal    731    EDWARDS Monzavous
4        CUBA 5    0.139       39.75      
   541    LESCAY David
   536    HERRERA Michael
   535    GONZALEZ Victor Angel
   551    SKYERS Roberto
5        ECUADOR 8    0.259       39.76      SB
   576    TAMAYO Jhon Daniel
   571    NAZARENO Franklin Andres    574    QUIÑONEZ Alex Leonardo
   567    CHILA Hugo Dionicio
6        MEXICO 1    0.192       41.08      
   653    HERNANDEZ Miguel Enrique
   640    ALONZO Jorge Arturo
   663    REYES Juan Jose
   646    CEBALLOS Jose Luis
       CHILE 4    0.153       DNF      
   497    ROJAS Ignacio Hernan
   496    REYES Cristián Eduardo
   491    BECERRA Kael Alejandro
   495    PINEDA Daniel Antonio
       BAHAMAS 2          DNS      

Video link for Men's 4x100m Relay final (winner Brazil in 38.18 new PR; St Kitts beat USA for 2nd in 38.81):
http://deportesus.terra.com/road-to-2012/videos/0,,343965.html

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Link for Women's 4x400m Relay Final official results:
http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATW40440450000001ENG.htm

Women's 4x400m Relay Final

Rec. Type   Mark   Name   Location   Date
World Record    3:15.17     SOVIET UNION    Seoul - KOR    1 October, 1988
Panamerican Record    3:23.35     UNITED STATES    Indianapolis - USA    16 August, 1987

Rank    Bib   Name   Lane   Reaction   Fn   Result      
1        CUBA 3    0.404       3:28.09      
   115    MARTINEZ Aymee
   122    PEÑA Diosmely
   106    CLEMENT Susana Aylen
   101    BONNE Daysiurami
2        BRAZIL 8    0.242       3:29.59      
   58    SOUSA Joelma
   32    COUTINHO Geisa
   51    OLIVEIRA Barbara
   44    LIMA Jailma
3        COLOMBIA 4    0.210       3:29.94      NR
   90    OLIVEROS Maria Princesa
   81    GONZALEZ Norma
   75    AGUILAR Evelis Jazmin
   92    PADILLA Yenifer
4        UNITED STATES 1    0.515       3:33.42      
   277    SHORT Ciara Elizabeth
   249    COLE Leslie Eugenia
   262    JAMESON Takecia Ryelle
   259    HILL Mackenzie Mcclain
5        MEXICO 7    0.216       3:40.07      
   202    SAVIÑON Karla Adriana
   192    MEDINA Gabriela Elizabeth
   206    VELA Nallely
   197    RODRIGUEZ Zudikey
6        ECUADOR 6    0.605       3:45.59      NR
   144    CHALA Carla Pamela
   142    CEVALLOS Celene Alejandra
   145    CHAVEZ Erika Benilda
   147    JARAMILLO Luci Maria Del Carme..
       DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 2          DNS      
   null           JAMAICA
5          DNS         null    

Video link for Women's 4x400m Relay final (winner Cuba in 3:28.09):
http://deportesus.terra.com/road-to-2012/videos/0,,343969.html

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Link for Men's 4x400m Relay Final official results:
http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/AT/ATR173A_ATM40440450000001ENG.htm

Men's 4x400m Relay Final

Rec. Type   Mark   Name   Location   Date
World Record    2:54.29     UNITED STATES    Stuttgart - GER    22 August, 1993
Panamerican Record    2:57.97     JAMAICA    Winnipeg - CAN    30 July, 1999

Rank    Bib   Name   Lane   Reaction   Fn   Result      
1        CUBA 4    0.238       2:59.43      SB
   549    RUIZ Noel
   525    ACEA Raidel
   528    CISNEROS Omar
   529    COLLAZO Williams
2        DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 6    0.194       3:00.44      SB
   561    PEGUERO Arismendy
   564    SANTOS AQUINO Luguelin
   565    TAPIA GOMEZ Yoel Armando
   559    CUESTA Gustavo
3        VENEZUELA 5    0.221       3:00.82      SB
   780    RAMIREZ Arturo
   769    AGUILAR Alberto
   768    ACEVEDO Jose
   776    LONGART Omar
4        UNITED STATES 8    0.184       3:03.91      
   757    SCOTT Joshua
   745    MILLER II Bryan Keith
   746    MOORE Lee Ellis
   744    MCCOY Reuben Isaiah
5        CANADA 7    0.186       3:07.12      SB
   478    OSEI Philip
   479    RICHARDS Dontae
   477    HARRIS Tremaine Ryan Alexander
   480    ROBERTSON Michael Peter John
6        MEXICO 3    0.208       3:11.52      
   646    CEBALLOS Jose Luis
   650    ESPARZA Jose Juan
   671    STENNER Juan
   652    GARCIA Orlando

Video link for Men's 4x400m Relay final (winner Cuba in 2:59.43 SB):
http://deportesus.terra.com/road-to-2012/videos/0,,343976.html

[Socapro]

Final Medal Table 2011 Pan Am Games!!

Click link here to view:
http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/ZZ/ZZM195A_@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG.htm

Cuba is in 2nd position behind the USA with a total of 136 medals, very impressive!!
Cuba has proven once again that they are the undisputed Caribbean Track & Field superpower, no contest!!
Jamaica is the next Caribbean country in the medal table in 14th place with a total of 7 medals including 1 gold!
Bahamas is next Caribbean country in medal table in 15th position with a total of 3 medals including 1 gold!
Cayman Islands is in joint 15th position with Bahamas in medal table with a total of 3 medals: 1 gold, 1 silver & 1 bronze!
Netherlands Antilles is next Caribbean country in medal table in 17th position with a total of 1 gold medal!
T&T is the next Caribbean country in the medal table in 21st place with a total of 4 medals including 2 silver & 2 bronze!
St Kitts & Nevis is the next Caribbean country in the medal table in 22nd place with a total of 2 silver medals!
Barbados is the next Caribbean country in the medal table in 24th place with a total of 2 bronze medals!
Dominica & Guyana are both in joint 27th place in the medal table with 1 bronze medal each!

Well done to the Caribbean countries on a decent Pan Am showing especially Cuba!! 

[Socapro]

Official Stats link for T&T's Pan Am Sport/Discipline Entries & Event Schedule!!
http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/ZZ/ZZS102A_@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG_country=TRI.htm

We sent a total of 94 athletes to the 2011 Pan Am Games, breakdown 53 Men & 41 Women who participated in 14 different Sport Disciplines: Artistic Gymnastics, Athletics, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Canoeing, Cycling, Football, Hockey, Karate, Sailing, Shooting, Table Tennis & Taekwondo.

You can click each Discipline to see who represented T&T in that Discipline and then other links within for results of how they performed!

Big-up to our 4 Pan Am medalists, Roger Daniel (Shooting/10m Air Pistol), Njisane Phillip (200m Sprint Cycling), Emmanuel Callender (Athletics/100m Sprint) & Cleopatra Borel (Athletics/Shot Put).

We would have definitely won another medal in the Men's 4x100m relay if the guys didn't mess-up by dropping the baton in their semifinal! Hope they will improve on doing their baton changes with much more practice and regular relay competition come next season! We can't afford to mess-up like that again come the Olympics in London!

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Final Medal Table 2011 Pan Am Games!!

Click link here to view:
http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/ZZ/ZZM195A_@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG.htm

Cuba in 2nd position behind the USA with a total of 127 medals, very impressive!!
Cuba has proven once again that they are the undisputed Caribbean Track & Field superpower, no contest!!
Jamaica is the next Caribbean country in the medal table in 14th place with a total of 7 medals including 1 gold!
Bahamas is next Caribbean country in medal table in 15th position with a total of 3 medals including 1 gold!
Cayman Islands is in joint 15th position in medal table with Bahamas with a total of 3 medals including 1 gold, 1 silver & 1 bronze!
Netherlands Antilles is next Caribbean country in medal table in 17th position with a total of 1 gold medal!
T&T is the next Caribbean country in the medal table in 20th place with a total of 4 medals including 2 silver & 2 bronze!
St Kitts & Nevis is the next Caribbean country in the medal table in 21st place with a total of 2 silver medals!
Barbados is the next Caribbean country in the medal table in 24th place with a total of 2 bronze medals!
Dominica & Guyana are both in joint 27th place in the medal table with 1 bronze medal each!

Well done to the Caribbean countries on a decent Pan Am showing especially Cuba!! 

London looking bad for T&T.

[Socapro]

Final Medal Table 2011 Pan Am Games!!

Click link here to view:
http://info.guadalajara2011.org.mx/ENG/ZZ/ZZM195A_@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ENG.htm

Cuba in 2nd position behind the USA with a total of 136 medals, very impressive!!
Cuba has proven once again that they are the undisputed Caribbean Track & Field superpower, no contest!!
Jamaica is the next Caribbean country in the medal table in 14th place with a total of 7 medals including 1 gold!
Bahamas is next Caribbean country in medal table in 15th position with a total of 3 medals including 1 gold!
Cayman Islands is in joint 15th position in medal table with Bahamas with a total of 3 medals including 1 gold, 1 silver & 1 bronze!
Netherlands Antilles is next Caribbean country in medal table in 17th position with a total of 1 gold medal!
T&T is the next Caribbean country in the medal table in 21st place with a total of 4 medals including 2 silver & 2 bronze!
St Kitts & Nevis is the next Caribbean country in the medal table in 22nd place with a total of 2 silver medals!
Barbados is the next Caribbean country in the medal table in 24th place with a total of 2 bronze medals!
Dominica & Guyana are both in joint 27th place in the medal table with 1 bronze medal each!

Well done to the Caribbean countries on a decent Pan Am showing especially Cuba!! 

London looking bad for T&T.

Don't agree!! That was far from our strongest teams that we sent to Pan Am!!

[Socapro]

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Alexander_fifth_in__Pan_Am_triple_jump-132834568.html

Alexander fifth in Pan Am triple jump
Story Created: Oct 28, 2011 at 10:56 PM ECT

Trinidad and Tobago's Ayanna Alexander finished fifth in the women's triple jump event at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, yesterday.
 
Alexander's best attempt was a 13.54-metre jump which could not come close to eventual winner, Colombia's Catherine Ibarguen, who set a new Pan American Games record of 14.92 metres in her final attempt.
 
Cuba's Yargeris Savigne came in second with a 14.36-metre jump while teammate Mabel Gay (14.28 metres) rounded out the top three.
 
The Trinidad and Tobago women's hockey team were also in action yesterday, finishing their campaign in seventh place, following their 3-1 win over Barbados in their play-off at the Pan American Hockey Stadium.
 
Blair Wynne put T&T ahead in the 24th minute, but the Bajans drew level a minute later through Charlia Warner's strike.
 
Trinidad and Tobago were soon in the lead again, with Kristin Thompson scoring in the 29th.
 
Wynne then scored her second in the 33rd to give T&T the victory and an overall seventh-place finish.
 
The T&T stickmen were also in action at the Hockey Stadium, losing 2-0 to the USA in their Men's Classification 5th-8th play-off on Thursday night.
 
Trinidad and Tobago were undermined by a brace from Tyler Sundeen. He put the Americans ahead in the 33rd minute to grab a 1-0 lead at halftime and doubled the lead seven minutes from time.
 
The T&T men will be in action today in their Men's Classification 7th-8th match against Barbados at the Hockey Stadium from 9 a.m. (Mexico time).

[Socapro]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/games-cuba-dominate-pan-american-athletics-18-gold-013553275.html

Cuba dominate Pan-American athletics with 18 gold medals
By Rex Gowar | Reuters – Sat, Oct 29, 2011

GUADALAJARA, Mexico (Reuters) - Hurdler Dayron Robles and pole vaulter Lazaro Borges led Cuba to four Pan-American Games records to seal their athletics dominance on the final day of competition at the Telmex stadium Friday.
 
Discus thrower Yarelys Barrios and Guillermo Martinez in the javelin also set Games records as the Cubans kept Brazil firmly in second place in the track and field medals table of the quadrennial event.
 
Cuba finished with 18 gold medals and 33 overall to Brazil's nine and 22 with the United States third (four and 16).
 
Olympic champion Robles retained his 110 meters hurdles title in 13.10 seconds, well short of his three-year-old world record of 12.87, but 0.07 seconds better than Cuban Anier Garcia's previous record set at Winnipeg in 1999.
 
"I had the idea of this record always in my mind," Robles told reporters after the final in which Colombian Paulo Cesar Villar was second in 13.27 and Cuban Orlando Ortega third in 13.30.
 
It was a satisfying finish to a troubled season for Robles after disqualification at the world championships in Daegu, South Korea where he came through first but was ruled to have made contact with Chinese rival Liu Xiang.
 
Borges, the silver medal winner in Daegu, enthralled the crowd with his win at 5.80 meters, a Games record, after securing the gold medal at 5.70 when silver medallist Jeremy Scott of the U.S. failed.
 
RAISING THE BAR
 
The bar was raised to 5.76, one centimetre higher than the record set by American Patrick Manson in Mar de Plata, Argentina in 1995. It took Borges three attempts to surpass that height but only one, to massive applause, when the bar was then raised to 5.80.
 
Barrios, Olympic runner-up in 2008, retained her Pan-Am title with her first throw, a personal best 66.40.
 
That mark was superior to her bronze medal finish in Daegu of 65.73 meters and the 65.58 record set by compatriot Maritza Marten in Indianapolis in 1987.
 
Martinez, third at the world championships, hurled the javelin for a personal best of 87.20 meters with his first throw, 6.52 meters further than compatriot Emeterio Gonzalez's 2003 record.
 
Cyrus Hoestetler of the U.S. was second with 82.24 and Argentine 18-year-old Braian Toledo, the Olympic Youth champion, third with a personal best 79.53.
 
Cubans were pushed into second and third place in the women's triple jump won by world bronze medallist Catherine Ibarguen of Colombia with a Games record leap of 14.92 meters.
 
It was 12 centimetres better than the previous record set four years ago in Rio de Janeiro by Cuba's Yargeris Savigne, who won silver, with Mabel Gay taking bronze.
 
There were also Cuban gold medals in the men's 800 meters for Andy Gonzalez and both 4x400 meters relay teams but the islanders had to settle for fourth place in both 4x100.
 
The Brazilians took the sprint relays, winning the women's in a national record time before the men equaled the 12-year-old Games record of 38.15 seconds set by a Brazil quartet in 1999.
 
Jamaica, relay world record holders and champions with Usain Bolt in their line-up in 37.04 seconds in Daegu, were not even represented in the men's race after their second string quartet was disqualified in Thursday's semi-finals for a late baton change.
 
Sara Marie Hall won the women's steeplechase in a rare athletics gold medal for a United States development team in a slow time of 10 minutes 3.16 seconds, while Venezuelan Jose Pena won the men's race in 8:48.19.

(Editing by Patrick Johnston)

[Socapro]

http://www.trackalerts.com/news/lead-stories/5980-pan-am-games-taf-wrap-up-the-cubans-are-back

Pan Am Games T&F wrap-up; The Cubans are back!
Saturday, 29 October 2011 20:38 Hutch

The most glaring thing about these Pan Am Games is the deflated Jamaican performances.
 
But for the stellar sprinting displayed by Lerone Clarke, the cupboards seemed bare. Only recently have I boastfully touted the class of the fine depth of the Jamaican sprint core, both men and women, which now seems depleted with the team that was fielded for these once stellar regional Games.
 
The one thing I would like to now note, is the poor timing of the staging of these games.
 
It is as if they were destined to fail!
 
The sad part of that statement is that there was just no place else to slot these Games, as the late staging of the World Championships nixed any earlier time slot, and on a global scale, these games would rank last, because of the heavy hemispheric concentration.
 
Commonwealth Games
 
The Commonwealth Games include a chunky swath of African talent like Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and a healthy swipe of Europe in Great Britain, Ireland and Scotland and the extremely talented Caribbean pickings and the Canadian giants of the once mighty British Commonwealth.
 
The participants once included the great Don Quarrie, Hasley Crawford, Harry Jerome, Marty Liquori and a host of Olympic medalists, that once used its forum to prepare for the big stage.
 
Pan Am Games
 
This staging was short on named athletes but the talent appeared nonetheless shoving 14 records into history.
 
Five were 'stellar' events 100m, 110mH, 400mH, women's marathon and the decathlon. (Yes I dared to include the last two because they are prime events that have been grossly overlooked).
 
My choice outside of Lerone's run would be the women's pole vault.
 
SILVA Yarisley of Cuba produced a 15'-7" vault, to become the only black athlete to accomplish that height.

Yelena Isinbayeva's 5.06 meters (16 feet, 7¼ inches) is a quantum 12.5" higher but considering her seeming meteoric rise, I have long considered this an event that Jamaican and Caribbean athletes are well suited for.
Speed, upper body strength and agility combine into a technique that includes using a pole. I think the 'Machine' has aptly responded and very ably filled this void that the black athlete has so far missed.
 
The Cuban Athletic Machinery
 
That being said, I must state that I have often asked the question "Whatever happened to the Cuban athletics Machinery?"
 
I recall the sprinting of the wiry Silvio Leonard.
 
The big hearted and fearless long sprinting of Alberto "El Caballo" Juantorena.
 
It seems I got my answer in these Games.
 
The Cubans are back!
 
8 of the 14 records broken were manufactured by the Cuban 'Machinery'.
 
At the end of the day (in this case a week) the 'Machine' tallied a staggering 33 medals, leaving the surging Brazilians and the great USA in its wake.
 
Talk about returning with a swagger!
 
The 'Machine' seems to have made a statement or is prepared to make one come 2012, with the strong youth core that is evident in it's winners.
 
SILVA is 24.
 
Dayron 25.
 
Omar CISNEROS (47.99 400mH beating the more accomplished Isa Phillips and the fading Felix SANCHEZ (DR) into the lower placings) is all of 22.
Decathlon winner, Leonel SUAREZ is 24 and PR'd while breaking the record. This youngster is on the build!
 
I know Jamaica and Jamaicans.
 
They sent a team that is way below what has become their own high reaching standards of recent years.
 
This team was representative of the pre-heyday years when there was one good athlete and several good prospects.
 
Yes, this used to be our standard performance back in the day.
 
Now having seen this, I know that we have the ability to fix this.
 
By fixing I mean to enhance the capacities of the athletes who represented us at these games, thereby increasing the depth of the talent pool I had earlier mentioned.
 
There are interesting days ahead, come 2012.

[Socapro]

http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2011/10/30/walcott-improves-national-junior-record

Walcott improves national junior record
Published: Sun, 2011-10-30 00:15

Kershorn Walcott smashed his national junior javelin record yet again throwing 75.77 metres in finishing seventh at the 16th Pan American Games at the Telmax Athletic Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico on Friday. The reigning 2010/2011 Carifta Boys Under-20 champion opened up with 72.92m to improved on the 72.87m he set on June 25. The 18-year-old then fouled his second throw before unleashing a big 75.77m finish in the top eight. The Toco Secondary student shared that he was happy with getting a personal best. “I am thanking God for today (yesterday) although I placed seventh, I came out with a personal best of  75.77.” 
 
Walcott has improved the national junior mark no lesser than five times for the season and broke the 24-year-old Carifta record in capturing his second Carifta title in Jamaica in April. The tall thrower will be going for a third Carifta crown in Bermuda next year and will be aiming to medal at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain from July 10-15. His older brother Elton captured his third Carifta boys U-20 triple jump gold as well at the Pan American Junior Championships title earlier this year. Keshorn missed the junior event because of visa problems.
 
T&T’s Ayanna Alexander came away the fifth best among the women in the triple jump event. Her best effort was 13.54m. The winner was Colombian Catherine Ibarguen, who set a new Pan Am record of 14.92m in her final attempt. Yesterday, midfielder Akim Toussaint unleashed five goals to see T&T hockey men whip Barbados, 9-1 and earn the seventh spot. His goals came in the eighth, 20th, 52nd, 67th and 69th minutes. Christopher Scipio netted three for T&T in the 13th, 39th and the 68th. Kwadnwane Browne was the only other player to get his name on the scoresheet with a goal in the 16th minute.
 
Jemar Small produced the Barbadians lone item in the 45th minute. At the end of the Games, T&T emerged with four medals two silver and two bronze. Cleopatra Borel, got silver in the Women’s Shot Put; and Shooter Roger Daniel earned a silver in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol while Emmanuel Callender won bronze in the Men’s 100m final in 10.16 seconds; and cyclist Phillip, bronze in the Match Sprint event.

[Socapro]

http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2011/10/30/shooter-daniel-eyes-london-olympics

Shooter Daniel eyes London Olympics
Published: Sun, 2011-10-30 00:4

Two weeks after becoming T&T’s first ever Pan American medallist in the sport of shooting, First Citizens Sports Foundation Sportsman of the Year  Roger Daniel, is setting his sights on climbing the podium at the Olympics Games in London next year. The Defence Force corporal has enjoyed the form of his life in recent times, claiming a silver and bronze at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, a gold and bronze at the 2010 CAC Games in Puerto Rico, two golds at the Hell Open in Norway in January and two golds at the Canadian Air Gun Grand Prix in February. His latest accomplishment, a silver in the Men’s Air Pistol 10m at the ongoing Pan Ams in Mexico, has motivated him to continue striving. “A lot of work and sacrifice went into this and it’s paid off… It’s a historic moment for the sport in T&T,” he told the Guardian recently. “The feedback has been tremendous. You could see the expression on people’s faces when I came back with the medal. It was so uplifting. The soldiers would come up to me and say that I had made them proud to be a soldier. I never thought that this could have such an effect on people.”
 
With just nine months left to go until the London Games, Daniel feels that his lifelong dreams are finally within his grasp. “It’s getting closer and closer to the Olympics and I’m getting better and better. It is my time and I know I can medal. I’ve done it in events around the world and this is the ultimate one that I want to go for… It’s not just the Olympics but the journey towards the Olympics,” he said, adding, “Some of my Pan Am opponents were world champions that I will be meeting in London and I’m confident I can go there and beat them again.” Daniel, 41, has already been to the quadrennial Games twice, placing 27th in the Air Pistol 60m in Athens in 2004 and 36th in the same event in Beijing in 2008. “I have a greater understanding of what is needed at that level now. That’s why I feel that I will do greater.
 
Having those past two experiences, I got to see what it was like. The second time I felt like I could have done it, but I just did not have enough experience at that level. Now I have the confidence and the knowledge to do it.” In order to compete against the best in the world, he says he will have to prepare himself by training abroad since the facilities in T&T are yet to come up to an international standard. “The Olympics uses an electronic system. We can’t be using paper targets here and having to walk down the range to pick them up and then walk back. These are things of the past and its time that we get electronic systems in place.”

[Socapro]

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/T_T_21st_at_Pan_Am_Games-132901038.html

T&T 21st at Pan Am Games
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Oct 31, 2011 at 12:53 AM ECT

Trinidad and Tobago captured four medals at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico—two silver and two bronze—to finish 21st on the medal table.
 
Four years earlier, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, T&T also secured 21st spot. The 2011 showing, however, was an improvement on 2007. In Rio, Team T&T had earned three bronze medals and a solitary silver.
 
Cleopatra Borel was the lone repeat medallist in Guadalajara, the 32-year-old athlete seizing silver in the women's shot put to add to the bronze she had bagged in the same event in Rio.
 
Shooter Roger Daniel was the first T&T athlete to earn a medal in Guadalajara. He snapped up silver in the men's 10 metres air pistol event.
 
Njisane Phillip sent out a warning to his rivals, breaking the Pan American Games record in the flying 200 metres with a 9.977 seconds scorcher. The 20-year-old T&T cyclist went on to capture bronze in the men's sprint.
 
And Emmanuel Callender became only the third T&T sprinter to earn precious metal in a Pan American Games 100m dash when he picked up bronze in the men's century, joining Mike Agostini and Hasely Crawford in the elite club.
 
Eighteen-year-old Keshorn Walcott was not among the medals, but his performance in the men's javelin was one of the highpoints for T&T in Guadalajara. Walcott hurled the spear 75.77 metres to finish seventh in a field of 15. The throw is a new national junior (under-20) record.

[Trini1]

Don't think London is looking bad at all.... as Socapro said this is not our strongest team but good them for going out therre and competing!

[Deeks]

We lack dept though. No women 4x100, no men and women 4x400!

[Socapro]

We lack dept though. No women 4x100, no men and women 4x400!

Because we did not send a team for those events it doesn't necessarily mean that we lack depth! Our NAAA may lack foresight definitely by not sending more of our upcoming athletes to Pan Am for the experience with preparation for qualifying for Olympics next year in mind but that does not necessarily equate to us lacking depth!

[Deeks]

We lack dept though. No women 4x100, no men and women 4x400!

Because we did not send a team for those events it doesn't necessarily mean that we lack depth! Our NAAA may lack foresight definitely by not sending more of our upcoming athletes to Pan Am for the experience with preparation for qualifying for Olympics next year in mind but that does not necessarily equate to us lacking depth!

Thanks for telling meh the real reason and the real culprits!!!!

[Swima]

NAAA's do not decide who goes. TTOC decides.

[Socapro]

NAAA's do not decide who goes. TTOC decides.

Ok my bad, I thought NAAA decided on the athletes!
Thanks for the correction!!
I think if some of our swimmers went to this Pan Am that we would have won more medals and this would have been great preparation for them with London Olympics qualification in mind!

[Swima]

While the NSO's pick their teams, the TTOC sets the criteria for the respective sports. Swimming would have gotten a medal through George in the 50 freestyle. Other than that, the rest would have had a shot at making the finals. We still have some way to go, but we do have a few prospects for the next Olympic cycle and beyond that to 2020.

[Socapro]

I just corrected 200m to 100m in the article for Callender's Pan Am bronze medal!
That was a careless mistake by the writer/editors!

http://www.newsday.co.tt/sport/0,150046.html

Manager defends Pan Am athletes
By WALTER ALIBEY Friday, November 4 2011

DESPITE receiving just two medals at the recent Pan American Games in Mexico, Manager of the Trinidad and Tobago team George Commissiong has said the performances were not bad.

The TT track and field team earned a bronze medal from 200 100 metre sprinter Emmanuel Callender and a silver from Cleopatra Borel-Brown in the Shot Put.

Yesterday, Commissiong highlighted a number of factors which he said prevented better performances and more medals at the games.

“The team generally struggled with the environmental conditions in Mexico. During the day the air was hot and dry while at nights it was cold and dry. Generally the athletes struggled with the high altitude.”

Commissiong, a former Trinidad and Tobago Olympian, is convinced the athletes just did not have sufficient time to acclimatise.

“We arrived in Mexico (on) October 19 and had a mere three days in which to settle and perform which just was not enough time. It is one thing when someone tells you about high altitude but it is a completely different experience when you have to face it,” Commissiong said.

The TT manager blamed the competition for space on the tracks to prepare for the poor returns.

“We were given a 200 metre track to prepare on and therefore runners like Emmanuel Mayers who was down to compete in the 400 metres hurdles faced serious challenges. The 4x 100 metres relays men also suffered because of this. Mayers and the 4x100 metres men had literally to try and use the competition tracks to train.”

To deal with the conditions, athletes also tried practicing the same time of the day that their events were held.

“This means that if the athlete had to run in the evening then he would train about the same time the day before because of the atmosphere. However even this posed a major challenge because athletes’ preparation depended on whether they had the time and space on the tracks. They had to compete with other athletes,” he explained.

“When you consider all these factors I would say that the overall performance was not bad,” he added.

[jai john]

I just corrected 200m to 100m in the article for Callender's Pan Am bronze medal!
That was a careless mistake by the writer/editors!

http://www.newsday.co.tt/sport/0,150046.html

Manager defends Pan Am athletes
By WALTER ALIBEY Friday, November 4 2011

DESPITE receiving just two medals at the recent Pan American Games in Mexico, Manager of the Trinidad and Tobago team George Commissiong has said the performances were not bad.

The TT track and field team earned a bronze medal from 200 100 metre sprinter Emmanuel Callender and a silver from Cleopatra Borel-Brown in the Shot Put.

Yesterday, Commissiong highlighted a number of factors which he said prevented better performances and more medals at the games.

“The team generally struggled with the environmental conditions in Mexico. During the day the air was hot and dry while at nights it was cold and dry. Generally the athletes struggled with the high altitude.”

Commissiong, a former Trinidad and Tobago Olympian, is convinced the athletes just did not have sufficient time to acclimatise.

“We arrived in Mexico (on) October 19 and had a mere three days in which to settle and perform which just was not enough time. It is one thing when someone tells you about high altitude but it is a completely different experience when you have to face it,” Commissiong said.

The TT manager blamed the competition for space on the tracks to prepare for the poor returns.

“We were given a 200 metre track to prepare on and therefore runners like Emmanuel Mayers who was down to compete in the 400 metres hurdles faced serious challenges. The 4x 100 metres relays men also suffered because of this. Mayers and the 4x100 metres men had literally to try and use the competition tracks to train.”

To deal with the conditions, athletes also tried practicing the same time of the day that their events were held.

“This means that if the athlete had to run in the evening then he would train about the same time the day before because of the atmosphere. However even this posed a major challenge because athletes’ preparation depended on whether they had the time and space on the tracks. They had to compete with other athletes,” he explained.

“When you consider all these factors I would say that the overall performance was not bad,” he added.

what I love about our officials is the way we always know now, what we should have known then, to have taken such action then as we know we should have taken now. If you get that you are probably reading this tomorrow morning and not tonight !

So is when this manager knew about the athletes having to perform above sea level ? when he reach back ? Some of our athletic officials  need to be introduced to the internet !

Commisiong is pleased with the performance given the fact that neither he nor anyone else for that matter knew before hand that sea level and above sea level are not one and the same ..so let me ask Commisiong ...why was DR Hypolite in Mexico at least a week before the team arrived ? so dat he could get acclamitized ? he runnin

Next reason fo a disappointing performance was space on de track ( maybe we practised in such a small space that we could not handle a normal size lane and dropped the baton in the 4X100 metres for men ?......if it wasn't so late at night I woudda ask Commisiong what school he went to and how he get de wuk ....but just one question will suffice ...so space only affected the trinidad and Tobago athletes ?? dem other countries din have the same constraints ? Dis man so jokey he should not be in such a position ...stay home next time brother you eh ready for 2011 and beyond ...

[Deeks]

I agree with Jai for the most part. We have been going to Pan Am and CAC games for the longest while. Plus our football teams go to Mex. to play very often. TT has participate in the previous PAN AM games at high altitude in Cali, Colombia and Mex. City. They have also particpated in CAC games in Medellin. So don't tell us that the knowledge about high altittude is not a familiar one.