2002 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

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. Usain Bolt of Jamaica set a total of 6 new championship records.

Records A total of 22 new championship records were set. 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.

Event Record Athlete Country TypeBoys Under 20 (Junior)100 m10.18s   (0.7 m/s)Darrel Brown CR1500 m3:45.20Juan Luis Barrios CRGirls Under 20 (Junior)200 m23.22s   (-0.9 m/s)Simone Facey CR400 m52.81sSheryl Morgan CR800 m2:06.13Yuneisy Santiusty CR1500 m4:24.96Yuneisy Santiusty CR100 m hurdles12.93s   (0.0 m/s)Anay Tejeda CR400 m hurdles57.84sYusmelys García CRPole vault3.70mCitlalli Huerta CRTriple jump13.93m   (-0.6 m/s)Mabel Gay CRJavelin48.53mYuneisy Rodríguez CRBoys Under 17 (Youth)200 m21.34s (heat)   (0.3 m/s) Usain Bolt CR20.61s   (-0.4 m/s)400 m48.00s (heat) Usain Bolt CR47.12s 1500 m3:56.60Edgar Santoyo CR5000 m Race Walk21:24.33Éder Sánchez CR4 × 100 m relay40.95sDwain Bryden Usain Bolt Andre Wellington Matthew Palmer CR4 × 400 m relay3:16.61Nasser Johnson Josef Robertson Davian Parker Usain BoltCRGirls Under 17 (Youth)100 m11.59s   (0.0 m/s)Anneisha McLaughlin CR200 m23.27s   (-1.0 m/s)Anneisha McLaughlin CR4 × 100 m relay45.33sShelly-Ann Fraser Anneisha McLaughlin Latoya Greaves Diane DietrichCR Key AR — Area record CR — Championship record NR — National record

Medal summary

The results are published.

Male Junior A (under 20) 100 metres (0.7 m/s) 10.18 CR 10.42 10.58200 metres (0.1 m/s) 20.89 21.05 21.19400 metres 45.80 46.04 46.38800 metres 1:50.36 1:52.36 1:52.771500 metres 3:45.20 CR 3:49.00 3:54.935000 metres 15:15.87 15:18.82 15:21.7110,000 metres 31:35.86 31:42.80 31:51.13110 metres hurdles (-0.2 m/s) 14.72 14.79 14.83400 metres hurdles 50.95 52.14 52.36High jump 2.23 2.20 2.15Pole vault 4.80 4.40 4.20Long jump 7.44 (0.1 m/s) 7.42 (0.8 m/s) 7.39 (-0.2 m/s)Triple jump 16.75 (1.8 m/s) 15.87 (1.0 m/s) 15.56 (0.2 m/s)Shot put 16.93 16.83 16.72Discus throw 51.36 51.21 50.97Javelin throw 67.59 63.27 62.86Decathlon 6637 6203 612310,000 metres track walk 44:58.30 45:14.98 45:26.094 × 100 metres relay 39.95 Winston Hutton Orion Nicely Adian Cephas Yhann Plummer 40.19 Don Wood Grafton Ifill Michael Mathieu Jerrel Forbes 40.574 × 400 metres relay Jacques Smith Sékou Clarke Yhann Plummer Jermaine Gonzales 3:07.61 Drameco Bridgewater Michael Mathieu Andrae Williams Andretti Bain 3:11.11 Ronald Amaya Kevin Balzán Ángel Rodríguez Luis Luna 3:11.91

Female Junior A (under 20) 100 metres (0.0 m/s) 11.46 11.60 11.76200 metres (-0.9 m/s) 23.22 CR 23.86 24.03400 metres 52.81 CR 54.10 54.17800 metres 2:06.13 CR 2:07.30 2:10.351500 metres 4:24.96 CR 4:33.72 4:39.083000 metres 10:10.96 10:14.43 10:25.23100 metres hurdles (0.0 m/s) 12.93 CR 13.94 13.98400 metres hurdles 57.84 CR 58.04 58.96High jump 1.81 1.79 1.79Pole vault† 3.70 CR 3.55 3.40Long jump 6.25 (-1.3 m/s) 6.15 (1.1 m/s) 6.12 (0.0 m/s)Triple jump 13.93 CR (-0.6 m/s) 13.43 (-2.2 m/s) 13.01 (-1.3 m/s)Shot put 14.26 12.96 12.10Discus throw 44.23 41.17 40.86Javelin throw 48.53 CR 46.98 45.525000 metres track walk 24:48.15 24:53.21 25:56.124 × 100 metres relay Sherone Simpson Nadine Palmer Nickesha Anderson Simone Facey 44.30 Katrina Carter Genna Williams Lyn-Marie Cox Jade Bailey 45.48 Julietta Johnson Tiandra Ponteen Nathandra John Virgil Hodge 46.654 × 400 metres relay Camille Robinson Davita Prendergast Carlene Robinson Sheryl Morgan 3:34.76 Jenny Mejías Sandrine Legenort Angela Alfonso Yusmelys García 3:44.69 Jade Bailey Genna Williams Sharon Larrier Lyn-Marie Cox 3:45.18

†: Event marked as exhibition.

Male Junior B (under 17) 100 metres (0.3 m/s) 10.73 10.91 11.00200 metres (-0.4 m/s) 20.61 CR 21.83 21.84400 metres 47.12 CR 47.95 49.12800 metres 1:56.33 1:56.71 1:57.901500 metres 3:56.60 CR 4:05.14 4:08.643000 metres 8:46.68 8:53.48 8:55.25100 metres hurdles (0.0 m/s) 13.27 13.31 13.55400 metres hurdles 53.65 54.19 54.65High jump 2.02 2.02 1.99Long jump 6.77 (0.8 m/s) 6.70 (1.7 m/s) 6.64 (0.1 m/s)Triple jump 14.25 (0.1 m/s) 13.95 (-0.8 m/s) 13.90 (-2.4 m/s)Shot put 15.14 14.61 13.83Discus throw 44.35 41.93 40.60Javelin throw 60.89 55.30 55.175000 metres track walk 21:24.33 CR 23:12.82 24:36.284 × 100 metres relay Dwain Bryden Usain Bolt Andre Wellington Matthew Palmer 40.95 CR 42.73 Kareem Boyce Ryan Smith Ramon Gittens Jamar Nurse 42.794 × 400 metres relay Nasser Johnson Josef Robertson Davian Parker Usain Bolt 3:16.61 CR Damon Douglas Oshun Glasgow Dante Carrington Jamil James 3:19.13 Marcos Sánchez-Valle Carlos Benítez Miguel Ortíz Joseph Rodríguez 3:22.39

Female Junior B (under 17) 100 metres (0.0 m/s) 11.59 CR 11.76 12.04200 metres (-1.0 m/s) 23.27 CR 24.82 24.90400 metres 55.30 55.42 56.32800 metres 2:11.83 2:12.06 2:13.401200 metres 3:36.41 3:37.38 3:38.46300 metres hurdles 42.26 43.62 44.06High jump 1.71 1.71 1.68Long jump 5.56 (-0.4 m/s) 5.55 (0.0 m/s) 5.33 (-0.1 m/s)Triple jump 11.60 (0.5 m/s) 11.31 (0.1 m/s) 11.27 (0.3 m/s)Shot put 13.97 12.22 11.96Discus throw 38.46 37.37 36.45Javelin throw 37.96 36.62 35.814 × 100 metres relay Shelly-Ann Fraser Anneisha McLaughlin Latoya Greaves Diane Dietrich 45.33 CR Nakita Clarke Keisha Walkes Anna Lovell Shadir Greene 46.83 Tamara Rigby Cotrell Martin Crista Strachan Eugenia Neely 47.084 × 400 metres relay Latasha Roach Crystal Skeete Sade St. Louis Abigail David 3:41.83 Diedre Harrison Cadien Beckford Latoya Greaves Kashain Page 3:42.45 Crystal Strachan Tavara Rigby Crista Strachan Tamara Rigby 3:49.76

Medal table

The medal count was published.

Total

Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website. 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:

(4) (9) (2) (37) (44) (8) (2) (4) (3) (3) (2) (13) (5) (12) (6) (10) (7) (8) Haïti (1) (1) (65) México (50) (2) (1) Panamá (5) (47) (9) (7) (19) (41) (1) (17)

References

External links Official CACAC Website Local Championships Website World Junior Athletics History