A 13-member team consisting of the crème de le crème of Guyana’s powerlifters winged out yesterday for Orlando, Florida USA to do battle in the six-day NAPF North American/FE.SO.PO Pan American/ Caribbean Islands Power lifting Championships.
According to a press release from the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation (GAPF), the team comprising 12 males and Kimberley Mars-Loncke (2012 Caribbean silver medalist) will begin their quest for individual as well as team honors tomorrow with Mars-Loncke seeking to go one step further than Dawn Barker in becoming Guyana’s second female Caribbean and first ever female Pan American Champion.
The men’s team will be spearheaded by World Masters Two 74kgs champion Winston Stoby and will include the likes of