The Guyana Body Building & Fitness Federation (GBBFF) has announced the list of countries and territories confirmed to participate in the Central America & Caribbean (CAC) 2024 Championships which will be hosted here in Guyana on October 19-20 at the National Cultural Centre.
Nineteen in total have confirmed their participation in the premier competition in what is already being predicted to be the most competitive in recent times.
The 19 that will be sending athletes are Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire, Curacao, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, St. Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, Jamaica, St. Maarten (Dutch side), Haiti, Nicaragua, Mexico, Costa Rica and St. Vincent & the Grenadines along with host Guyana.
As host, Guyana will be encouraged by its performance last year in Aruba where it produced a haul of seven medals including four golds, two silvers and a bronze. Among those returning this year are gold medallists Emmerson Campbell and Hannah Rampersaud, who also grabbed a silver medal. Bronze medallist Julio Sinclair is also on the team shortlisted to represent Guyana this year.
Meanwhile, some of the sponsors already on board are Fitness Express, Twins Manufacturing, Ministry of Culture, Youth & Sport, National Sports Commission and the Guyana Olympic Association.
The full list of Guyanese athletes are:
Selwyn Grogan (Masters Under 75KG, Sylvon Gardner (Masters Under-70KG), Orlanzo Valenzuela (U-65KG), Daniel Lutchman (U-70KG), Delrae McLean (Masters-U-75KG), Christopher Anthony (Masters U-75KG), Seon Budhan (U-65KG), Julio Sinclair (Over 100KG), Marley Vyphuis ( Men’s Physique 186cm), Kewsie Anderson (Men’s Physique 186cm & Physique Mass), Roger Callender (U-60KG), Yusuf Khan (Physique 172cm), Antowyn Bayley (Men’s Physique 176cm), Sachin Sharma (Men’s Physique 170cm), Jamal Pollydore (Men’s Physique 176cm), Emmerson Campbell (Men’s Physique 170cm), Renaldo Caldeira (Men’s Physique 170cm), Hannah Rampersaud (Junior Wellness), Melitha Fernandes-Anderson (Women Wellness under 158), Christine Ramsammy (Bikini Under 169), Sabita Stephenson (Bikini Under 165), Joel Caldeira ( Bodybuilding under 65kg), Vanisha Munroe (Women’s Wellness under 160), Aliya Wong (Women’s Wellness under 158) and Rawle Green (Masters Bodybuilding Under 90kg).
