- Sheldon Longley
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Bahamian athletes were back in action as the 19th Pan American Games continued on Monday in Santiago, Chile.
In swimming Lamar Taylor was in action in a couple of individual events.
The Bahamian multi national record holder also qualified for the ‘B’ final of the men’s 100m free on Monday. He was fifth in his heat and 16th overall out of 31 swimmers in 50.95 seconds. Taylor didn’t swim in the ‘B’ final in that event either.
Taylor will swim in the heats of the men’s 50m free today.
Also in action at the Centro Acuático en Ñuñoa, Santiago, on Monday, was Emmanuel Gadson in the men’s 200m breast. He was eighth in his heat and finished 18th overall out of 24 swimmers in a new personal best time of 2:21.56. He was nearly a full two seconds faster than his previous personal best time of 2:23.49 that was swam at the Bahamas Aquatics Federation’s National Championships this year.
Gadson came back in the ‘B’ final and went even faster, swimming 2:21.35, finishing eighth. He will swim in the heats of the men’s 200m IM on Wednesday.
Zaylie-Elizabeth Thompson was up first for The Bahamas on Monday, swimming in the heats of the women’s 100m free. In an event in which retired Bahamian swimmer Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace held the games record, Thompson touched the wall in 59.39 seconds, about six tenths of a second off her personal best time of 58.78 seconds. Her performance was good enough for fifth in her heat and 29th overall out of 39 swimmers. American Amy Fuller was the top qualifier for the final, swimming 54.78 seconds.
In the final, Fuller settled for fifth in 54.90 seconds. Canadian Maggie Mac Neil won the gold medal in a new games record of 53.64 seconds. Brazilian Stephanie Balduccini was second in 54.13 seconds and American Catie De Loof won the bronze medal in 54.50 seconds. Canadian Mary-Sophie Harvey held off Fuller for fourth, swimming 54.64 seconds.https://313861c4536e86d399527fe54f080581.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-40/html/container.html
Thompson will swim in the heats of the women’s 200m Individual Medley (IM) on Wednesday.
Jack Barr was in action in the men’s 800m and finished 22nd overall out of 22 swimmers in a new personal best time of 9:03.54. He will swim in the heats of the men’s 1500m free on Wednesday.
The Bahamas’ mixed 4x100m medley relay team of Katelyn Cabral, Mark-Anthony Thompson, Gadson and Ariel Weech, in that order, finished fifth in their heat and was 11th overall in 4:12.80.
Today, Victoria Russell will swim in the heats of the women’s 50m free and Taylor will compete in the heats of the men’s 50m free.
In tennis, in men’s singles, Justin Roberts fell in the round of 32 to Daniel Vallejo, of Paraguay, in straight sets, 6-1 and 6-3, in a match that lasted an hour and 34 minutes on the grandstand at the Centro Deportivo de Tenis in Ñuñoa, Chile. On court number two, the other Bahamian male, Kevin Major Jr., fell in straight sets to Alan Rubio, of Mexico, in a round of 64 match. Major also lost in straight sets, falling 6-3 and 6-0, in a match that lasted an hour and 11 minutes.
The only Bahamian female on the tennis team, Sydney Clarke, dropped her round of 32 women’s singles match to American Jamie Loeb in straight sets, 6-3 and 6-0, in a match that lasted 55 minutes.
The multi-sport event will continue this week with action in swimming and tennis for The Bahamas.
The Bahamas has 20 athletes who are competing at the games. The country will be represented in six disciplines – tennis, sailing, swimming, athletics, golf and wrestling. There are nine swimmers, five athletes in athletics, three tennis players, one sailor, one golfer and one wrestler.