President Godfrey Munroe and the Executive committee of the Guyana Olympic Association named Guyana’s swimming ace Raekwon Noel and Hockey’s Junior girls team captain Sarah Klautky as Guyana’s flag bearers for the opening ceremony 2025 Junior Panam Games
The duo will lead a six sports disciplines team of athletes qualified and selected to represent Guyana at the highest continental Junior games.
The opening ceremony for the games is scheduled for Saturday 9th August 7, 2025 at 7.00pm at the UENO Defensores del Chaco Stadium Asunción Paraguay.
Noel, one of the region’s top Junior swimmers who recently won several medals at Junior Panam Swimming Championships is expected to lead Guyana’s medal hunt, while Sarah Klautky will lead Guyana’s hockey team in what represents one of our first team sports participation at the junior edition of the games.
The Junior Panam American games bring together the best junior athletes and future Olympic prospects from South, North, Central America and the Caribbean to compete in 21 sports disciplines. It is a flagship developmental bridge competition for the Panam Sports Organization, the region lead international sports organization.
The sports disciplines qualified for the games are Athletics, Hockey, Swimming, Archery, Weightlifting and Badminton.
Guyana will be represented by a fifty (50) member Guyana delegation comprising of the following athlete’s coaches and officials
Athletics Team
- Malachi Austin
- Kaidon Persaud
- Shamar Horatio
- Simeon Adams
- Wesley Tyndall
- Afi Blair
- Stafon Roach
- Anisha Gibbons
- Narissa McPherson
- Kelisa Smith
Coach Athletics
- Mark Scott
- Johnny Gravesande
Swimming Team
- Raekwon Noel
- Paul Mahaica
- Shareefah Lewis
- Ariel Rodrigues
Coach Swimming
- Stephanie Fraser
Archery Team
Archery is set to make its historic debut at the Junior Pan Am Games with
- Lucas Chung
Coach Archery
- Jeewanram Persaud
Weightlifting Team
will be represented by young talented prospect Kymani Joseph who recently participated in the High-performance training camp in Paraguay and Tyson English Weightlifting Coach
- Kymani Joseph
Coach Weightlifting
- Tyson English
Hockey Team
- Sarah Klautky Team Captain
- Solana Crum-Ewing
- Tinashe Henry
- Kazaquah Uzzi
- Keitanna Percival
- Kendra James
- Charlia Webb
- Sara Matthias
- Anna Rebecia Ferreira
- Africo Blackman
- Clayza Bobb
- Makaylah Poole
- Sarah Harry
- Kirsten Gomes
- Hannah Percival
- Madison Fernandes
Coach Hockey
Philip Fernandes Coach
- Gabriella Xavier Team Manager
- Abosaide Cadogan Team Manager
Dr. Aaron Finer Physiotherapist and Doctor
Badminton
- Mishka Beharry
- Joanathan Debidin
- Frank Waddell
- Leshaunte Berkley
Coach Akili Haynes
The team will be accompanied and supported by Chef-de-Mission Sileena Arjune, Deputy Chief-de-Mission Nalini McKoy, Vanessa Wickham Physiotherapist and Carolyn Garraway, Welfare Officer
The Games get under way on Sunday 10th August 2025 and ends on the 23rd August, 2025.
Swimmers will commence Sunday and end on the 14th August 2025
Badminton will shuttle off on the 10th of August and ends on 13th August 2025
Athletics commences from 18th to 22nd August
Hockey will commence their quest for medal prospects on the 10th Sunday and ends on the 19th August 2025
Archery starts on the 10th and ends on the 12th August 2025
Weightlifting starts on the 20th and ends on the 23rd August 2025
The swimming team departed Guyana on Wednesday morning via Copa Airlines and arrived on Thursday morning.
Hockey and badminton contingent are en route to Asuncion.
Archers are currently in Asuncion after completing High performance program in Paraguay
Athletics depart on the 15th August 2025
Badminton departs Guyana on Friday 8th August 2025
