The U.S. Virgin Islands earned its initially two medals — the two in sailing — from the Caribbean Affiliation of National Olympic Committees’ inaugural CANOC 2022 Seaside Video games.
Both Peter Stanton and Mathieu Dale, equally from St. Croix, claimed bronze medals in their respective classes following publishing a sequence of powerful finishes — like race wins — more than the remaining two times of the competitiveness, which concluded Wednesday.
Stanton took the bronze in the men’s Sunfish class right after profitable twice — including the final race Wednesday — and publishing a runner-up end in the remaining three races.
That remaining Stanton with 13 total factors, just two driving Puerto Rico’s Marco Jose Teixidor and Venezuela’s Marx Chirinos Guevara, who concluded with 11 details every single.
Teixidor wound up taking the gold medal above Guevara based mostly on the tiebreaker — total race wins, with Teixidor successful three races to just one by Guevara, who acquired the silver medal.
This is Stanton’s 2nd bronze medal in an intercontinental opposition. He gained the bronze in the Sunfish course at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Game titles in Tubara, Colombia.
As for Dale, a Fantastic Hope Place Day University graduate and sophomore on Roger Williams University’s sailing team, his first-ever bronze medal arrived in the ILCA 7 class (normally regarded as the Laser Typical class).
Dale also experienced a potent exhibiting over the ultimate two times, putting up finishes of fifth and 3rd locations on Tuesday, then profitable the ultimate race on Wednesday.
That still left Dale with 23 complete details and in a tie with Cuba’s Dennier Infante Pupo for third. On the other hand, Dale’s last-race victory gave him the tiebreaker edge — and the bronze medal — around Pupo, whose very best end was a second place.
El Salvador’s Enrique Jose Arathoon Pacas took the gold medal by a few points above Puerto Rico’s Pedro Luis Fernandez Gamboa, 9-12.
In other U.S. Virgin Islands entries at the CANOC Beach Games:
• Both of those of the USVI’s seaside volleyball groups shed their opening matches Wednesday.
On the men’s aspect, the USVI’s Andreas Bump and William Clements missing 2- (21-9, 21-12) to Curacao’s Leonard Elsevijf and Justin van Henneigen.
Bump and Clements have two far more group-engage in matches now — in opposition to Trinidad and Tobago’s Joshua Persaud and Nicholas Williams, then in opposition to Nicaragua’s Christopher Cascante Cardenas and Jefferson Cascante Herrera.
Bump and Clements are tied with the Trinidad workforce in the Group C standings at -1.
On the women’s facet, the USVI’s Khrysti Rosa and Tia Hughes lost 2- (21-7, 21-13) to Colombia’s Ana Maria Beltran Preciado and Vanessa Buenanoz Monsalve.
Rosa and Hughes also have two team-enjoy matches these days — in opposition to Puerto Rico’s Allanis Navas Sanchez and Maria Gonzalez Valentin, then against Shaniva Balkaran and Sharon Balkaran of Suriname.
Rosa and Hughes are tied with the Suriname team at -1 in Group A.
The best-finishing workforce in each and every group advances to the elimination rounds.
• The USVI’s entries in the open h2o swimming competitons will start out right now, with St. Croix young people Kalonji Von Schilling-Royer and Kaeden Gleason swimming in the men’s 3,000-meter swim.
The duo will also swim in the men’s 5,000-meter swim on Saturday.
Rodrigo Andresen
