Swim­mer George Bovell III, track and field duo Cleopa­tra Borel and Ayan­na Alexan­der, and shoot­er Roger Daniel, all for­mer gold medal win­ners head a list of 197 T&T ath­letes who will rep­re­sent this coun­try at the 22nd Cen­tral Amer­i­can and Caribbean (CAC) Games which gets un­der­way in Ve­r­acruz, Mex­i­co, from to­day un­til No­vem­ber 25.

The 31-year-old Bovell III, who re­cent­ly re­turned home from an­oth­er suc­cess­ful FI­NA/Mast­bank World Cup sea­son, is the two-time de­fend­ing cham­pi­on in the men's 50m freestyle hav­ing won the last two events in Mayaguez, Puer­to Ri­co, (2010) and 2006 in Carta­ge­na, Colom­bia, and Borel is the reign­ing women's shot put cham­pi­on.

In ad­di­tion, Alexan­der is the de­fend­ing women's triple jump gold medal win­ner and Daniel, the gold medal­ist in the men's 25m stan­dard pis­tol.

Last time out, T&T cap­tured 34 medals, nine gold, 12 sil­ver and 13 bronze for eighth spot on the medal ta­ble and sec­ond best among Caribbean coun­tries be­hind Ja­maica which won 42 medals, 15 gold, 11 sil­ver and 16 bronze.

The T&T con­tin­gent, led by Chef de Mis­sion An­nette Knott, can boast as be­ing one of the strongest women's con­tin­gents to par­tic­i­pate in a mul­ti-sport games rep­re­sent­ing the red, white and black.

With 97 fe­male ath­letes from a con­tin­gent of 200 and a num­ber of women's of­fi­cials on both the med­ical team and tech­ni­cal staff these games will feel the full pow­er of the T&T women.

They in­clude the So­ca Princess­es who will host Ecuador on De­cem­ber 2, in a 2015 FI­FA In­ter-Con­ti­nen­tal World Cup sec­ond-leg play­off af­ter a 0-0 draw in Quito last Sat­ur­day in the first-leg.

Over­all, T&T women will be rep­re­sent­ed in five team sports, foot­ball, rug­by, hock­ey, vol­ley­ball both in­door and beach, and bas­ket­ball.

There are al­so a few firsts in the young women mem­bers of the team, with open-wa­ter swim­ming be­ing rep­re­sent­ed for the first time by the two young David sis­ters, Syr­i­ah and Sa­nia while Kel­ly-Ann Ar­rian­dale is the first woman sailor to com­pete at the Games.

In the team sports, the women's hock­ey squad will al­so de­fend their ti­tle.

CAC Games con­tin­gent

?Ad­min­is­tra­tion: An­nette Knott (chef de mis­sion), Wen­dell La Bastide (as­sis­tant to chef de mis­sion), Lovie San­tana (ad­min­is­tra­tive as­sis­tant), Al­lan Crane (press per­son­nel)

Med­ical staff: Dr Ram­sawak, Dr Khan, Karielle De Bique, Kern Roberts, Verne Al­leyne, Kem­ba Lon­don, June Durham, Brent El­der, Kevin Mac­in­tyre, Derek Ash­by, Nicole Fuentes, Zeph Nicholas

Track and Field: Em­manuel Cal­len­der, Kyle Greaux, Kendis Bullard, Ja­mal James, Mikel Thomas, Quin­cy Wil­son, Akeem Stew­art, Tonya Nero, Josanne Lu­cas, Ayan­na Alexan­der, Cleopa­tra Borel

Tech­ni­cal staff: George Comis­siong (man­ag­er), Wade Franklyn (coach), Ger­ard Franklyn (coach), Is­mael Lopez (coach), Michelle Pen­nie (coach), Paul Voi­son (coach).

Archery: George Vire, Has­math Ali, Am­rit Siew, Neela Cezair, Jean-Luc Es­pinet, So­nia Thomp­son

Tech­ni­cal staff: Gre­go­ry Ques­nel (man­ag­er), Colvin Chin (coach).

Aquat­ics

Swim­ming: George Bovell III, Joshua Mcleod, Abra­ham Mc Leod, David Mc Leod, Kristin Julien, Cherelle Thomp­son

Tech­ni­cal staff: Paul Newal­lo (coach)

Open Wa­ter swim: Chris­t­ian Mars­den, Sachin Sankar, Syr­i­ah David, Sha­nia David

Tech­ni­cal staff: Hazel Haynes (coach)

Wa­ter Po­lo: Gre­go­ry Joseph, Daniel Al­varez, Justin Bod­den, Matthew George, Jake Gillette, Kieron Em­manuel, Rus­sell Fer­reira, Christo­pher Forte, Alec Chin Lee, John Lit­tlepage, Daniel Abra­ham, Ryan West

Tech­ni­cal staff: Mar­sha Bhawanie (man­ag­er), An­drew Fran­cis (coach)

Bad­minton: Nekeisha Blake, Ja­da Re­nales, Ker­wyn Pan­tin, Will Lee, Ker­ian Quan Chee, Al­is­tair Es­pinoza

Tech­ni­cal staff: Ronald Clarke (man­ag­er), Solan­gel Guz­man (coach)

Bas­ket­ball

Women: Rhea Co­dio, Jowan Or­te­ga, Jel­lene Richard­son, Kielle Con­nel­ly, Ali­cia Cum­ber­batch, Saman­tha Wal­lace, Melis­sa Guerero, Trecha Jack­son-Kennedy, Patrice Ed­wards, Shaki­ra Clarke, Ali­cia Liv­er­pool, Afeisha Noel

Tech­ni­cal staff: Arnold Thomas (man­ag­er), Christo­pher Jack­son Charles (coach), Clair Mitchell (Chap­er­on), Shawn Ryan (As­sis­tant Coach),

Box­ing: An­tho­ny Joseph, Michael Alexan­der, Stephen Charles, Aaron Prince, An­drew Fer­min

Tech­ni­cal staff: Reynold Cox (man­ag­er), Floyd Trum­pet (coach)

Ca­noe/Kayak: Satyam Ma­haraj, Sher­lon Pierre, Matthew Robin­son, Keian Hug­gins

Tech­ni­cal staff: Mer­ryl See Tai (coach)

Cy­cling: Quin­cy Alexan­der, Kwe­si Browne, Jude Co­dring­ton, Emile Abra­ham, Varun Ma­hara­jh

Tech­ni­cal Staff: Joel Browne (man­ag­er), Desmond Dick­ie (coach), Kevin Tin­to (me­chan­ic)

Gym­nas­tics: William Al­bert, The­ma Williams

Tech­ni­cal Staff: Ben­jamin Kene­telsen (coach), Clifton Mc Dow­ell (coach)

Ju­do: Christo­pher George, De­von Brito, Je­lanie Boyce, Sean Lawrence, Khaliqa Mo­hammed

Tech­ni­cal Staff: Joel Bernard (man­ag­er), Je­sus Chavez Ramirez (coach)

Rug­by:

Men: Ag­boola Sil­ver­thorn, Dar­rel Scott, Shakir Flem­ming, Row­ell Gor­don, Aasan Lewis, Joseph Quashie, Keis­hon Walk­er, Christo­pher Hud­son, Jesse Richards, James Phillip, An­tho­ny Forde, David Gokool

Women: Ake­lar George, Sara Grif­fith, Kerchelle Hink­son, Dalia Jor­dan-Brown, Mari­ka Mendez, Vani­cia Mootoo, Nico­lette Pan­tor, La Shaun Sandy, Ayana Skeete, Kath­leen Stephen, Blos­som Stew­art, Kan­isha Vin­cen

Tech­ni­cal staff: Cur­tis Nero (man­ag­er), Lar­ry Mendez, Dale Trot­man, Ebony Young, Carl­ton Fe­lix, Je­nilee Li­ma­da

Hock­ey:

Women: Alan­na Lewis (cap­tain), Amie Olton, Avion Ash­ton, Blair Wynne, Bri­an­na Govia, Brit­tney Hingh, Dana-Lee De Gannes, Elise Olton, Kay­la Brath­waite, Kristin Thomp­son, Krizia Layne, Oire Trot­man, Pa­tri­cia Wright-Alex­is (cap­tain), Petal Der­ry (goal­keep­er), Sekayi Liburd, Tamia Roach.

Tech­ni­cal staff: An­tho­ny Mar­cano (coach), Stacey Siu Butt (as­sis­tant coach), Karielle De Bique (phys­io­ther­a­pist), Val­isha Sylvester (man­ag­er), Cindy Mar­tin-Faustin (as­sis­tant man­ag­er), Zynul Khan (doc­tor)

Men: Dar­ren Cowie (cap­tain), Dil­let Gilkes, Nicholas Grant, Mar­cus James, Shaquille Daniel, Tariq Mar­cano, Ste­fan Mout­tet, Mick­el Pierre, Akim Tou­s­saint, Kiel Mur­ray, An­drey Rocke (goal­keep­er), Jor­dan Reynos, Michael O'Con­nor II, Kris­ten Em­manuel, Do­minic Young, Shane Leg­erton.

Tech­ni­cal staff: Raphael Govia (coach), Chris­to­bel­la George-Ford (man­ag­er), Zynul Khan (doc­tor), Cindy Mar­tin-Faustin (as­sis­tant man­ag­er), Karielle De Bique (phys­io­ther­a­pist)

Vol­ley­ball:

Men: Nolan Tash (cap­tain), Saleem Ali, Ryan Ma­hadeo, Ryan Stew­art, Si­mon Blake, Col­in Bernard, Joshua Mo­hammed, Dar­nel David, Bran­don Legall, Kevin Nim­rod, Kwe­si Daneil, Sean Mor­ri­son.

Tech­ni­cal staff: Gideon Dick­son (coach), David Ca­ma­cho (as­sis­tant coach), Arthur Robin­son (phys­io­ther­a­pist/train­er), Lyn­don Sim­mons (man­ag­er)

Women: Kel­ly-Anne Billingy (cap­tain), Joeli­cia Ross-Ky­dd, Chan­non Thomp­son, Sinead Jack, Mar­isha Her­bert, Dar­lene Ramdin, Ma­li­ka Davi­do­son, Court­nee-Mae Clif­ford (libero), Mak­i­la Yorke, Sak­ile Grannum, Maya Roberts, Kay­lon Cruick­shank.

Tech­ni­cal staff: Nichol­son Drakes (coach), Mac­sood Ali (as­sis­tant coach), Peer Nas­seir (man­ag­er)

Foot­ball: T&T women's team not yet fi­nalised.