While most of Team Guam will be holding down the courts and field in the 2019 Pacific Games, Guam’s Va’a team will be braving Samoa’s waters. Both the men and women’s team have been hitting rigorous training since Fall of 2018 and they’re in the final stretch before they head out to the Games.
The 2019 IIAAG Paddling season hit their final races of year Saturday morning with teams starting off the morning doing preliminary events in the 1000m and 500m sprints to set up the final heats of the day in the Sottera, Sotteru and Mixed Divisions.
After a weekend break from racing and week long off from school, the IIAAG’s paddlers hit Matapang Beach for Week 2 of the season. This week, teams hit the 1000m distance followed by a 500m sprint.
Saturday morning was a Jollibee opening celebration for most, but not for Guam’s paddlers as they officially kicked off their 2019 season with Meet 1 at Matapang Beach. Check out
Guam Va’a wrapped up their competition days Thursday afternoon with a double-header distance featuring the men’s 15-mile endurance followed directly by the women’s 10-mile.
Guam’s National Paddling Team is set to traverse Yap’s waters with the goal to improve their previous Micro Games standing, which is gold inclusive. Both the men and women’s teams have been ramping up their training as the departure for the 2018 Micro Games quickly approaches.
The 2018 IIAAG Paddling season came to a close early Saturday morning as schools came together for the final 500m races. At the end of the morning, paddlers were awarded seasonal trophies for 500m, 1000m and team champions.
Week 3 provided plenty of big moments as teams begin to find their chemistry.
The 2018 IIAAG Paddling season started it’s first week of races at Matapang Beach. Check out photos of Week 1 from GSPN’s Raine Delos Reyes. PHOTO GALLERY BROUGHT TO YOU
Check out the full results from Saturday’s IIAAG Paddling Season opener!
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On the 35th Annual FD Alumni Basketball Tournament, the school honored Dr. Andrew Eusebio who thought of and started the storied tournament in 1984.
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Guam’s S.K.I.P. dancers won 2 gold, 5 silver and 1 bronze at the Olympics of Dance – the Dance World Cup in Braga, Portugal.
– Pacific Games in Samoa
