2002_Central_American_and_Caribbean_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics
2002 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics
International athletics championship event
The 15th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships were held in the National Stadium in Bridgetown, Barbados between 5–7 July 2002. A discussion of the results is given.[1] Usain Bolt of Jamaica set a total of 6 new championship records.
Quick Facts XV Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships, Dates ...
| XV Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5–7 July |
| Host city | Bridgetown, Barbados  |
| Venue | National Stadium |
| Level | Junior and Youth |
| Events | 69 (38 junior, 31 youth) |
| Participation | about 445 (275 junior, 170 youth) athletes from 32 nations |
| Records set | 22 championship records |
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A total of 22 new championship records were set.[2][3][4][5] Moreover, during the Girls' U-20 Javelin Throw, there were probably a couple of intermediate records set: Yuneisy Rodríguez of Cuba 46.96m, Ana Gutiérrez of Mexico 46.98m, and again Yuneisy Rodríguez 48.48m, as well as in the Girls' U-20 Triple Jump: Arianna Martínez of Cuba 13.43m, and Mabel Gay of Cuba 13.65m.
More information Event, Record ...
| Event | Record | Athlete | Country | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys Under 20 (Junior) | ||||
| 100 m | 10.18s (0.7 m/s) | Darrel Brown |  Trinidad and Tobago |
CR |
| 1500 m | 3:45.20 | Juan Luis Barrios |  Mexico |
CR |
| Girls Under 20 (Junior) | ||||
| 200 m | 23.22s (-0.9 m/s) | Simone Facey |  Jamaica |
CR |
| 400 m | 52.81s | Sheryl Morgan | Jamaica |
CR |
| 800 m | 2:06.13 | Yuneisy Santiusty |  Cuba |
CR |
| 1500 m | 4:24.96 | Yuneisy Santiusty | Cuba |
CR |
| 100 m hurdles | 12.93s (0.0 m/s) | Anay Tejeda | Cuba |
CR |
| 400 m hurdles | 57.84s | Yusmelys García |  Venezuela |
CR |
| Pole vault | 3.70m | Citlalli Huerta | Mexico |
CR |
| Triple jump | 13.93m (-0.6 m/s) | Mabel Gay | Cuba |
CR |
| Javelin | 48.53m | Yuneisy Rodríguez | Cuba |
CR |
| Boys Under 17 (Youth) | ||||
| 200 m | 21.34s (heat) (0.3 m/s) | Usain Bolt | Jamaica |
CR |
| 20.61s (-0.4 m/s) | ||||
| 400 m | 48.00s (heat) | Usain Bolt | Jamaica |
CR |
| 47.12s | ||||
| 1500 m | 3:56.60 | Edgar Santoyo | Mexico |
CR |
| 5000 m Race Walk | 21:24.33 | Éder Sánchez | Mexico |
CR |
| 4 × 100 m relay | 40.95s | Dwain Bryden Usain Bolt Andre Wellington Matthew Palmer |
Jamaica |
CR |
| 4 × 400 m relay | 3:16.61 | Nasser Johnson Josef Robertson Davian Parker Usain Bolt |
Jamaica |
CR |
| Girls Under 17 (Youth) | ||||
| 100 m | 11.59s (0.0 m/s) | Anneisha McLaughlin | Jamaica |
CR |
| 200 m | 23.27s (-1.0 m/s) | Anneisha McLaughlin | Jamaica |
CR |
| 4 × 100 m relay | 45.33s | Shelly-Ann Fraser Anneisha McLaughlin Latoya Greaves Diane Dietrich |
Jamaica |
CR |
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More information AR — Area record • CR — Championship record • NR — National record ...
| AR — Area record • CR — Championship record • NR — National record |
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The results are published.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Male Junior A (under 20)
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (0.7 m/s) |
Darrel Brown (TRI) | 10.18 CR | Marc Burns (TRI) | 10.42 | Winston Hutton (JAM) | 10.58 |
| 200 metres (0.1 m/s) |
 Grafton Ifill (BAH) | 20.89 | Sékou Clarke (JAM) | 21.05 | Orion Nicely (JAM) | 21.19 |
| 400 metres | Jermaine Gonzales (JAM) | 45.80 | Wilan Louis (BAR) | 46.04 | Yhann Plummer (JAM) | 46.38 |
| 800 metres | Jermaine Myers (JAM) | 1:50.36 | Juan Luis Barrios (MEX) | 1:52.36 | Shaun Smith (JAM) | 1:52.77 |
| 1500 metres | Juan Luis Barrios (MEX) | 3:45.20 CR | Isaías Haro (MEX) | 3:49.00 | Shaun Smith (JAM) | 3:54.93 |
| 5000 metres | Isaías Haro (MEX) | 15:15.87 | Danny Cornieles (VEN) | 15:18.82 |  Cleveland Forde (GUY) | 15:21.71 |
| 10,000 metres | Danny Cornieles (VEN) | 31:35.86 | Edilberto Méndez (MEX) | 31:42.80 | Cleveland Forde (GUY) | 31:51.13 |
| 110 metres hurdles (-0.2 m/s) |
Sheldon Leith (JAM) | 14.72 | Shamar Sands (BAH) | 14.79 |  Alleyne Lett (GRN) | 14.83 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Greg Little (JAM) | 50.95 | Roberto García (MEX) | 52.14 | Richard Phillips (JAM) | 52.36 |
| High jump | Germaine Mason (JAM) | 2.23 | Damon Thompson (BAR) | 2.20 | Olutola Fakehinde (JAM) | 2.15 |
| Pole vault | Christián Sánchez (MEX) | 4.80 | Dany Pratt (MEX) | 4.40 |  Pedro Fuentes (ESA) | 4.20 |
| Long jump | Sedain McDonald (JAM) | 7.44 (0.1 m/s) |
Jairo Guibert (CUB) | 7.42 (0.8 m/s) |
 Irving Saladino (PAN) | 7.39 (-0.2 m/s) |
| Triple jump | David Giralt (CUB) | 16.75 (1.8 m/s) |
Osniel Tosca (CUB) | 15.87 (1.0 m/s) |
 Ayata Joseph (ATG) | 15.56 (0.2 m/s) |
| Shot put | Kimani Kirton (JAM) | 16.93 | Shamir Thomas (GRN) | 16.83 | Juan Jaramillo (VEN) | 16.72 |
| Discus throw |  Eric Mathias (IVB) | 51.36 | Jesús Sánchez (MEX) | 51.21 | Shamir Thomas (GRN) | 50.97 |
| Javelin throw | Yudel Moreno (CUB) | 67.59 | Jamal Forde (BAR) | 63.27 |  Dayron Márquez (COL) | 62.86 |
| Decathlon | Alan Mitchell (TRI) | 6637 | Randy Gutiérrez (VEN) | 6203 | Adrian Griffith (BAH) | 6123 |
| 10,000 metres track walk | Álvaro García (MEX) | 44:58.30 | José Pérez (MEX) | 45:14.98 |  Ezequiel Nazario (PUR) | 45:26.09 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Trinidad and Tobago | 39.95 | Jamaica Winston Hutton Orion Nicely Adian Cephas Yhann Plummer | 40.19 | Bahamas Don Wood Grafton Ifill Michael Mathieu Jerrel Forbes | 40.57 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Jamaica Jacques Smith Sékou Clarke Yhann Plummer Jermaine Gonzales | 3:07.61 | Bahamas Drameco Bridgewater Michael Mathieu Andrae Williams Andretti Bain | 3:11.11 | Venezuela Ronald Amaya Kevin Balzán Ángel Rodríguez Luis Luna | 3:11.91 |
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Female Junior A (under 20)
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (0.0 m/s) |
Simone Facey (JAM) | 11.46 | Sherone Simpson (JAM) | 11.60 | Lyn-Marie Cox (BAR) | 11.76 |
| 200 metres (-0.9 m/s) |
Simone Facey (JAM) | 23.22 CR | Lyn-Marie Cox (BAR) | 23.86 | Nickesha Anderson (JAM) | 24.03 |
| 400 metres | Sheryl Morgan (JAM) | 52.81 CR | Davita Prendergast (JAM) | 54.10 |  Tiandra Ponteen (SKN) | 54.17 |
| 800 metres | Yuneisy Santiusty (CUB) | 2:06.13 CR | Carlene Robinson (JAM) | 2:07.30 | Gabriela Medina (MEX) | 2:10.35 |
| 1500 metres | Yuneisy Santiusty (CUB) | 4:24.96 CR | María Elena Valencia (MEX) | 4:33.72 | Janill Williams (ATG) | 4:39.08 |
| 3000 metres | María Elena Valencia (MEX) | 10:10.96 | Yanelli Neri (MEX) | 10:14.43 |  Nessa Paul (LCA) | 10:25.23 |
| 100 metres hurdles (0.0 m/s) |
Anay Tejeda (CUB) | 12.93 CR | Keisha Brown (JAM) | 13.94 | Sandrine Legenort (VEN) | 13.98 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Yusmelys García (VEN) | 57.84 CR | Camille Robinson (JAM) | 58.04 | Veronia Patterson (JAM) | 58.96 |
| High jump | Levern Spencer (LCA) | 1.81 | Catherine Ibargüen (COL) | 1.79 | Peaches Roach (JAM) | 1.79 |
| Pole vault† | Citlalli Huerta (MEX) | 3.70 CR | Michelle Rivera (ESA) | 3.55 | Isadora García (MEX) | 3.40 |
| Long jump | Yargelis Savigne (CUB) | 6.25 (-1.3 m/s) |
Peta-Gaye Beckford (JAM) | 6.15 (1.1 m/s) |
Kedine Geddes (JAM) | 6.12 (0.0 m/s) |
| Triple jump | Mabel Gay (CUB) | 13.93 CR (-0.6 m/s) |
Arianna Martínez (CUB) | 13.43 (-2.2 m/s) |
Catherine Ibargüen (COL) | 13.01 (-1.3 m/s) |
| Shot put | Mailín Vargas (CUB) | 14.26 | Kaia Durrant-Naire (JAM) | 12.96 |  Kimet Sánchez (DOM) | 12.10 |
| Discus throw | Shernelle Nicholls (BAR) | 44.23 | Aymara Albury (BAH) | 41.17 | Natalee Pesoa (JAM) | 40.86 |
| Javelin throw | Yuneisy Rodríguez (CUB) | 48.53 CR | Ana Gutiérrez (MEX) | 46.98 | Kimet Sánchez (DOM) | 45.52 |
| 5000 metres track walk | Estela Hernández (MEX) | 24:48.15 | Karla Benavides (ESA) | 24:53.21 | Linett Bustamente (MEX) | 25:56.12 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Jamaica Sherone Simpson Nadine Palmer Nickesha Anderson Simone Facey | 44.30 | Barbados Katrina Carter Genna Williams Lyn-Marie Cox Jade Bailey | 45.48 | Saint Kitts and Nevis Julietta Johnson Tiandra Ponteen Nathandra John Virgil Hodge | 46.65 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Jamaica Camille Robinson Davita Prendergast Carlene Robinson Sheryl Morgan | 3:34.76 | Venezuela Jenny Mejías Sandrine Legenort Angela Alfonso Yusmelys García | 3:44.69 | Barbados Jade Bailey Genna Williams Sharon Larrier Lyn-Marie Cox | 3:45.18 |
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†: Event marked as exhibition.
Male Junior B (under 17)
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (0.3 m/s) |
Moroni Rubio (MEX) | 10.73 |  Jaheed Smith (BIZ) | 10.91 | Tyrone Sawyer (BAH) | 11.00 |
| 200 metres (-0.4 m/s) |
Usain Bolt (JAM) | 20.61 CR | Jaheed Smith (BIZ) | 21.83 | Moroni Rubio (MEX) | 21.84 |
| 400 metres | Usain Bolt (JAM) | 47.12 CR | Jamil James (TRI) | 47.95 | Rimardo Rolle (BAH) | 49.12 |
| 800 metres | Salvador Mateo (DOM) | 1:56.33 | James Baird (ATG) | 1:56.71 | Chadrick Nelson (JAM) | 1:57.90 |
| 1500 metres | Edgar Santoyo (MEX) | 3:56.60 CR | James Baird (ATG) | 4:05.14 | Ricardo Estremera (PUR) | 4:08.64 |
| 3000 metres | José Antonio Uribe (MEX) | 8:46.68 | Leonardo Trejo (MEX) | 8:53.48 | Ricardo Estremera (PUR) | 8:55.25 |
| 100 metres hurdles (0.0 m/s) |
Matthew Palmer (JAM) | 13.27 | Damian Farmer (BAR) | 13.31 | Rudolph Lowe (JAM) | 13.55 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Damian Farmer (BAR) | 53.65 | José Paniagua (DOM) | 54.19 | Josef Robertson (JAM) | 54.65 |
| High jump | Alain Bailey (JAM) | 2.02 | Edgar Torres (MEX) | 2.02 | Jermaine Alphous Jackson (JAM) | 1.99 |
| Long jump | Alain Bailey (JAM) | 6.77 (0.8 m/s) |
Delano Coakley (BAH) | 6.70 (1.7 m/s) |
Irving Castro (MEX) | 6.64 (0.1 m/s) |
| Triple jump | Ramon Farrington (BAH) | 14.25 (0.1 m/s) |
 Josell Ramírez (CRC) | 13.95 (-0.8 m/s) |
Jermaine Alphous Jackson (JAM) | 13.90 (-2.4 m/s) |
| Shot put |  Adonson Shallow (VIN) | 15.14 | Carlix Román (PUR) | 14.61 | Aarón Valadez (MEX) | 13.83 |
| Discus throw | Aarón Valadez (MEX) | 44.35 | Neil Pinder (BAH) | 41.93 | Adonson Shallow (VIN) | 40.60 |
| Javelin throw | Ramon Farrington (BAH) | 60.89 | Adonson Shallow (VIN) | 55.30 | Murvine Charles (GRN) | 55.17 |
| 5000 metres track walk | Éder Sánchez (MEX) | 21:24.33 CR | Gerardo Chávez (MEX) | 23:12.82 | Marco Benavides (ESA) | 24:36.28 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Jamaica Dwain Bryden Usain Bolt Andre Wellington Matthew Palmer | 40.95 CR | Trinidad and Tobago | 42.73 | Barbados Kareem Boyce Ryan Smith Ramon Gittens Jamar Nurse | 42.79 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Jamaica Nasser Johnson Josef Robertson Davian Parker Usain Bolt | 3:16.61 CR | Trinidad and Tobago Damon Douglas Oshun Glasgow Dante Carrington Jamil James | 3:19.13 | Puerto Rico Marcos Sánchez-Valle Carlos Benítez Miguel Ortíz Joseph Rodríguez | 3:22.39 |
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Female Junior B (under 17)
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100 metres (0.0 m/s) |
Anneisha McLaughlin (JAM) | 11.59 CR | Diane Dietrich (JAM) | 11.76 | Afeisha O'Neil (TRI) | 12.04 |
| 200 metres (-1.0 m/s) |
Anneisha McLaughlin (JAM) | 23.27 CR | Kelly Ann Baptiste (TRI) | 24.82 | Tavara Rigby (BAH) | 24.90 |
| 400 metres | Kashain Page (JAM) | 55.30 | Kineke Alexander (VIN) | 55.42 | Abigail David (TRI) | 56.32 |
| 800 metres | Jennifer Velázquez (PUR) | 2:11.83 | Arusha McKenzie (JAM) | 2:12.06 | Cadien Beckford (JAM) | 2:13.40 |
| 1200 metres | Arusha McKenzie (JAM) | 3:36.41 | Beverly Ramos (PUR) | 3:37.38 | Cristina Guevara (MEX) | 3:38.46 |
| 300 metres hurdles | Kashain Page (JAM) | 42.26 | Marty Phillips (GRN) | 43.62 | Trishana McGowan (JAM) | 44.06 |
| High jump | Marielys Rojas (VEN) | 1.71 | Rhonda Watkins (TRI) | 1.71 | Kimberley Cadogan (BAR) | 1.68 |
| Long jump | Rhonda Watkins (TRI) | 5.56 (-0.4 m/s) |
Tamara Francis (JAM) | 5.55 (0.0 m/s) |
Thonya Joseph (BAR) | 5.33 (-0.1 m/s) |
| Triple jump | LaToya Heath (JAM) | 11.60 (0.5 m/s) |
 Latroya Darrell (BER) | 11.31 (0.1 m/s) |
Shantal Maldonado (MEX) | 11.27 (0.3 m/s) |
| Shot put | Ahymará Espinoza (VEN) | 13.97 | Tressa-Anne Charles (LCA) | 12.22 | Brittney Marshall (BER) | 11.96 |
| Discus throw | Brittney Marshall (BER) | 38.46 | María Padilla (MEX) | 37.37 | Keisha Walkes (BAR) | 36.45 |
| Javelin throw | Ilsa Rodríguez (MEX) | 37.96 | Anna Lovell (BAR) | 36.62 | Tracy Morrison (BAH) | 35.81 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Jamaica Shelly-Ann Fraser Anneisha McLaughlin Latoya Greaves Diane Dietrich | 45.33 CR | Barbados Nakita Clarke Keisha Walkes Anna Lovell Shadir Greene | 46.83 | Bahamas Tamara Rigby Cotrell Martin Crista Strachan Eugenia Neely | 47.08 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Trinidad and Tobago Latasha Roach Crystal Skeete Sade St. Louis Abigail David | 3:41.83 | Jamaica Diedre Harrison Cadien Beckford Latoya Greaves Kashain Page | 3:42.45 | Bahamas Crystal Strachan Tavara Rigby Crista Strachan Tamara Rigby | 3:49.76 |
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The medal count was published.[12]
Total
* Host nation (Barbados)
More information Rank, Nation ...
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamaica (JAM) | 27 | 13 | 19 | 59 |
| 2 | Mexico (MEX) | 13 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Cuba (CUB) | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Venezuela (VEN) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Bahamas (BAH) | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | Barbados (BAR)* | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| 8 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Bermuda (BER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Saint Lucia (LCA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Grenada (GRN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | Antigua and Barbuda (ATG) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| El Salvador (ESA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| 17 | Belize (BIZ) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Guyana (GUY) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 22 | Panama (PAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | 69 | 69 | 67 | 205 | |
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Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website.[13] An unofficial count yields a number of about 443 athletes (257 junior (under-20) and 159 youth (under-17)) from about 32 countries, a new record number of participating nations:
Anguilla (4)
Antigua and Barbuda (9)
Aruba (2)
Bahamas (37)
Barbados (44)
Bermuda (8)
Belize (2)
British Virgin Islands (4)
Cayman Islands (3)
Colombia (3)
Costa Rica (2)
Cuba (13)
Dominica (5)
Dominican Republic (12)
El Salvador (6)
Grenada (10)
Guatemala (7)
Guyana (8)
Haïti (1)
Honduras (1)
Jamaica (65)
México (50)
Netherlands Antilles (2)
Nicaragua (1)
Panamá (5)
Puerto Rico (47)
Saint Kitts and Nevis (9)
Saint Lucia (7)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (19)
Trinidad and Tobago (41)
Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
Venezuela (17)
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