Cyclist Njisane Phillip joined swimmer George Bovell on T&T's medal list at the Pan American Games when he won silver in the Men's Match Sprint at the Cisco Milton Velodrome in Toronto last night. Coming up against Canadian Hugo Barrette in the final, Phillip was beaten in two races by the local, who clocked 10.409 and 10.709, respectively.
It was the 24 year old Phillips's second Pan Am medal following his bronze in the same event in Mexico four years ago. He had earlier made it through the semifinals by defeating Brazilian Flavio Cipriano in times of 10.711 and 10.761.
Phillip will begin competing in the Keirin today, entering a heat which includes American Matt Baranoski, Barrette and Argentinian Leandro Bottasso. His teammate Varun Maharaj placed ninth in the 40,000m points race of the Men's Omnium, giving him a ninth place overall finish.
On Friday night, Bovell won T&T's first medal of the Games when he placed third in the Men's 50m freestyle at the CIBC Aquatic Centre and Field House. Bovell clocked 22.17 to finish behind American Josh Schneider (21.86) and Brazilian Bruno Fratus (21.91) while Puerto Rican Erik Risolvato (22.22) and American Olympic gold medallist Cullen Jones (22.23) rounded out the top five.
It marked Bovell's fifth Pan American medal, following his two golds and two silvers at the 2003 Games.
Meanwhile, Dylan Carter won the event's B Final, touching the wall in 22.39 to edge Brazilian Nicholas Santos (22.55) and Canadian Karl Krug (22.59).
At the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, 18-year-old Kelly-Ann Arrindell placed fifth in the Women's Laser Radial Medal Race while Olympian Andrew Lewis was seventh in the Men's Laser Medal Race.
In football, T&T's Men team squandered a 1-0 lead to go down 5-1 to Paraguay. Midfielder Nathanel Garcia put T&T ahead in the 53rd minute but the Paraguayans struck back hard with goals from Carlos Ferreira (63rd and 71st), Ivan Ramirez (65th), Derlis Alegre (76th) and Arturo Aranda (79th). The result left T&T at the bottom of Pool B with two losses in two matches. Its third and final group game will be against Mexico on Tuesday.
T&T's women's team was down 3-1 to Mexico at press time yesterday evening.At the Angus Glen Golf Club, Sachin Kumar and Talin Rajendranath both finished the third day in a four way tie for 24th place on a tally of 227 (+11). Kumar shot 73 yesterday to go with his 78 and 76 over the first two days while Rajendranath shot 75, having registered 74 and 78 previously.
The table was led by Chilean Felipe Aguilar with 205 (-11).Monifa Sealy shot a 77 (+5) to give her a three day tally of 235 (+19) while Christina Ferreira's 79 (+7) left her on 248 (+32). All of the golfers were yet to finish the round so overall standings were not yet final.
In beach volleyball, T&T's men beat Nicaragua 2-1 to qualify for the final of the 9-12th playoff. T&T's Fabien Whitfield and Daneil Williams won the first set over Nicaragua's Dany Lopez Alvarado and Ruben Mora Romero 23-21, lost the second 17-21 and won the third 15-13 in a match lasting 58 minutes. They will come up against Venezuela in the battle for ninth place.
In field hockey, T&T's men went down 2-1 to USA.The Americans went up 2-0 in the first quarter with goals from forward Holt Williams (6th) and midfielder Alex Grassi (13th) though T&T struck back when forward Ishmael Campbell found the net in the 14th to keep the match alive.Despite the best efforts of both teams, the scores remained the same by the final whistle. The result saw T&T finish at the bottom of Pool A with one draw and two losses from its three games.