The XI Pacific Mini Games is officially underway Friday night with its Opening Ceremonies taking place at the Oleai Sports Complex in Saipan.
Pro triathlete Manami Iijima-Martin had the honor to be the flag bearer for Guam. The 2017 GSPN Athlete of the Year represented Guam in the 2005 Mini Games and 2006 Micronesian Games in Saipan for swimming before requirements changed and she no longer could represent Guam because she wasn’t a U.S. citizen. She received her citizenship in 2021 and is back again representing her island.
Twenty countries are there to compete in nine sports over the next week.
Guam hopes to improve on their medal performance in the last Mini Games in Vanuatu where it won only one silver and one bronze in 2017.
TENNIS
Tennis continued play earlier in the day with team competition. Guam got in the win column, sweeping Nauru 3-0 in the men’s side while the women beat Kiribati two matches to one (2-1).
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IIJIMA TO LEAD GUAM’S TRIATHLON TEAM
Baseball
BASEBALL LOOKS FOR REDEMPTION
Baseball
LITTLE LEAGUE ALL-STARS ANNOUNCED
Basketball
TRIO OF FRIARS COMMIT FOR COLLEGE BALL
Baseball
BASEBALL LOOKS FOR REDEMPTION
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FOUR WEIGHTLIFTERS READY TO LIFT GUAM
QUICK HITS
The JFK Islanders won the first ever Memorial Weekend High School Basketball Tournament.
The All-Tournament selection were Zhion Macapinlac JFK, Darwin Ecijan JFK, Matthew Quinata Southern, and Malcom Fernandez Tiyan.
JFK’s Collin Rillamas was named tournament MVP.
