Regine Tugade-Watson is Guam's lone Track and Field athlete heading to the Olympic Games. Regine will take to the starting blocks in the 100m race making her second Olympic Games appearance for Team Guam.

She said, "I'm ecstatic, honestly. I'm super excited and I'm super blessed and super honored to be chosen. To compete in Track and Field once again for our island. Nothing brings me more joy than to wear Guam across my chest. To know that I've trained so hard for so long for this moment. It makes it even better that I get to be home for a little bit for that. I have all the resources I have at home. Just the support all around has been huge. Very thankful for everything and very excited and happy with the way things turned out."

Tugade-Watson graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 2020. She had to get creative with her workouts on the ship, working hard to get to where she is now. GTFA President Derek Mandell says, "Regine has been the standard-bearer of excellence for track and field on Guam in recent years,"

Tugade-Watson said, "Creativity was the name of the game for many reasons. One of it being Covid. We had to find out how to get the work in and how to put in the work with the limited resources we had. Other than Covid being an issue or restricting factor working out on a ship too. I'm very thankful that my coach, I mean he's my husband and he's also in the Navy. He's very aware with the resources we had. I had a full gym and I was very fortunate to have that. Lifting that was fine, strength workouts, ploys that was normal on the ship actually."

Regine holds personal bests of 11.92 seconds in the 100-meters, 24.70 seconds in the 200-meters and 57.89 seconds in the 400-meters.

"I will run faster than the last time I competed at the Olympics. My goal specifically would be just to run fast and run anywhere between low 12's and sub 12. If I can run a sub 12 I would be ecstatic. I would be more than happy with that," she said.

Regine says she's not bothered by all the restrictions put in place at the games. It's all business when she touches down in Japan and represents for Team Guam.

Tugade-Watson said, "I'm here to run and I'm here to run fast. That's all I care about. In Tokyo we're restricted from going from Olympic Village to our training venue and back. And then to our competition and straight back to the village. I can come back to Japan whenever I want to. I'm not worried one bit to not have that Olympic experience. I'm there to compete and I'm all business here."

Tugade-Watson is extremely thankful for the help the GNOC has given her. Without their guidance and constant communication things would have been a lot more difficult.

"I was in a very unique and difficult situation. It was very challenging to work out the logistics but I could not be more thankful for the support that they had for me and for not only nominating me and accepting my nomination and letting me go and giving me this opportunity. But working with me to allow me to get to here. Get home and get to the Olympics. They've done so much and I couldn't be more thankful for that," she said.