ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, September 6, 2011 - A four-member team leaves here on Tuesday to represent Grenada at
the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games in the Isle of Man.
The team
consisting of athletes Nerena Aberdeen and Judd Cadet and swimmers Oreoluwa
Cherebin and Andrew Hopkin will compete in the September 7-13 Games.
Aberdeen
will compete in the Girls’ 800 and 1500m while Cadet will race in the Boys’ 200
and 400m. In swimming, Cherebin and Hopkin will splash in the 50m Freestyle, 50m
Breaststroke, and 100m Breaststroke. Cherebin will also compete in the 200m
Breaststroke and Hopkin in the 50m Backstroke.
Competition
for the athletes and swimmers begin on Friday and Saturday. The participating
team is accompanied by athletics coach Kwame Hypolite, swimming coach Nataly
Regis-Sihera and team official Diana Hopkin.
Co-incidentally,
Kirani James is the lone Grenadian medallist at the CYG when he won the 400m in
Pune, India in 2008. Rondell Bartholomew was also a finalist but finished
sixth.
The team departs
the Maurice Bishop International Airport on British Airways flight 2152 at 7:04
p.m. for the Isle of Man via Gatwick.
2011
Commonwealth Youth Games
Isle of
Man
Participants-
Nerena
Aberdeen
Age: 16
800 and
1500m
St.
David’s Catholic Secondary School
Judd
Cadet
Age:17
200 and
400m
Grenville
Secondary School
Oreoluwa
Cherebin
Age: 13
50m
Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke, 100m Breaststroke and 200m Breaststroke
St.
Joseph’s Convent (St. George’s)
Andrew
Hopkin
Age: 16
50m
Freestyle, 50m Breaststroke, 100m Breaststroke and 50m Backstroke
Westmorland
School
Officials
Diana
Hopkin- Team Official
Kwame
Hypolite- Athletics Coach
Nataly
Regis-Sihera- Swimming Coach
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