5 Athletes from Belize's under-18 women's national football team and their coach will travel to the United States for a sports exchange through the U.S. State Department Sports Visitor Program.
Elva Nunez, Nigelli Myers, Shamika Lambey, Carol Avila, and Chelsea Chuc will become the first Belizeans ever to participate in the Program.
They join other 49 other talented youth athletes from Bangladesh, Barbados, Brazil, Guinea, Nepal, New Zealand, Nicaragua, and Maldives at a two-week sports camp in Princeton, New Jersey.
The trip was announced this morning in an official ceremony hosted by U.S. Ambassador Michelle Kwan and Minister of Sports, Rodwell Ferguson. Plus TV was there and spoke to both officials about what this exchange program will mean for the development of these girls as athletes and beyond.
And while football is the main focus of the exchange program the girls will also be immersed in sessions on nutrition, strength and conditioning, gender equity in sport, sport and disability, and team building.
