Guamanian national record holder Regine Tugade, a high school senior at the time, was the only athlete from Guam to compete, and her only event was the women's 100m.

[1] After classes ended, Tugade trained with the Guam Central Athletics Club for this race.

[2] Tugade traveled with a larger Oceania team to the Games, sponsored by the Guam Track & Field Association.

[4] Her decision to run the World Championships rather than the more regional Pacific Games in Papua New Guinea that year was questioned.

She decided to run the more competitive senior world championships instead, saying "It was a late notice and if I wanted to go I would have to raise $2000 on my own.