Virgin Island Olympic Committee

This past Thursday July 28, 2016 the Rotary Club of St. Thomas was honored to have President – Angel L. Morales of the Virgin Island Olympic Committee and Olympic Boxer Clayton Laurant Jr. speak at the club lunch held at Bolongo Bay.

 

President – Angel L. Morales started his athletic career as a Physical Education teacher in 1974. While teaching, he played on the V.I. National Volleyball Team from 1977- 1980. In 1983 he became Assistant Professor of Physical Education at the University of the Virgin Islands where he remains on staff to date. Mr. Morales first served as the Sports Administrator for the VIOC from 1986-1988 and attended the ’88 Seoul Games in that capacity. He was Asst. Chef de Mission at the ’92 Barcelona Games and Chef de Mission at the ’96 Atlanta Olympics. He was a founding member of the St. Croix Basketball Referee Association and the Caribbean University Sports Association (CUSA) where he served as Treasurer from 1992-2000. In 1988 he was elected on the VIOC Executive Committee as Vice President for St. Croix and in 1996 became Secretary General.

Olympic Boxer Clayton Laurant Jr. spoke of the challenges to train and work at the same time. He is highly motivated to do well in the Rio Olympics and was a very speaker.

 

We wish all of our athletes nothing but success and know they will represent our country and make us all proud. If you want to read more about them all go to;  http://www.virginislandsolympics.org/