Nine Athletes Representing The BVI At The 24th Central American and Caribbean

Nine athletes from three sports will represent the British Virgin Islands at the 24th Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in San Salvador, El Salvador from June 23 – July 8.

A statement from the British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee (BVIOC) said the team has seven track and field athletes, one sailor and one archer.

Team BVI will arrive in El Salvador between June 22 and July 1, and will be met by Chef de Mission Gloria Fahie.

“This year’s CAC Games are seen as an important qualifying and ranking opportunity for athletes from all sports we can expect to see some tough competition,” said BVIOC President Wphraim Penn, who is in San Salvador to attend the Centro Caribe Sport AGM.

Penn explained that “it will be the first time that archery will be represented at these Games and the second time for sailing since 1993 in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Athletics has seen representation since the VI’s first participation in the CACs in 1982 and has included softball, squash, triathlon and cycling. This historic achievement for archery is a promising trajectory for the development of different sports in the Territory and brings to fruition one of the BVIOC’s missions for this quadrennial to have more sports compete at major Games.”

Laser sailor Thad Lettsome, competing in the ILCA 7 men’s single person dinghy event, will be the first BVI athlete to compete on Saturday, June 24 at Lake Ilpongo.