The Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships (Spanish: Campeonato Centroamericano y del Caribe de Campo Traviesa) was an annual Cross country running competition organized by the CACAC for athletes representing the countries of its member associations. The competition was established in 1983 following a proposal of Wallace Williams from the Virgin Islands, then secretary of the CACAC. The rationale was that also smaller countries without adequate athletics' facilities could host such an event. The approval for the competitions' implementation was given during the 1982 CACAC meeting in Havana. The first championships were to take place in 1983 on the Virgin Islands, but because of the US invasion of Grenada, the event was postponed and relocated to Puerto Rico.

In the beginning, there were featured races for senior men (about 12 km) and women (6–8 km), and later, from the year 2000 on, also for junior athletes. In addition, there were separate team competitions. The 2000 event was held in conjunction with the South American Cross Country Championships.

Editions The 2002 edition scheduled for Oranjestad, , as well as the 2004 edition scheduled for Kingston, , were cancelled. Finally, in 2005, the competition was continued as NACAC Cross Country Championships under the auspices of the NACAC. Edition Year City Country Venue Date No. ofathletes No. ofnations I 1983 Salinas November 27 II 1984 Devonshire December 8 III 1985 Grand Cayman December 7 IV 1986 Curaçao November 23 V 1987 St. John's November 23 VI 1988 Salinas December 11 VII 1989 Mandeville November 18 33 VIII 1990 St. Croix Flamboyant Race Track December 8 55 IX 1991 Kingstown December 8 54 X 1992 Curaçao December 12 68 XI 1994 Nassau February 12 53 XII 1995 Warwick February 11 46 XIII 1996 Chignahuapan, Puebla March 25 41 XIV 1997 St. George's February 16 XV 1998 San José Parque Metropolitano La Sabana March 1 80 14 XVI 1999 Saint Lucia January 24 XVII 2000 Cartagena February 6 86 9 XVIII 2001 Southampton Point Royal Golf Course November 17 XIX 2003 Acapulco, Guerrero Club de Golf Acapulco March 16 80 8

Results The results for the Mexican athletes were published by the Federation of Mexican Athletics Associations (FMAA). Further results were compiled from other sources.

Men Senior Individual 1983 41:11 1989 41:28 1990 31:35 31:561991 1992 39:13 39:48 1994 41:25 42:00 42:051995 34:37 35:131996 38:06 38:19 38:451997 38:33 38:55 1998 (11.4 km) 34:52 35:02 35:131999 39:55 40:32 2000 (12 km)† 38:40 38:51 39:292001 (11.8 km) 39:41 39:43 39:502003 (12 km) 39:43 39:46 39:49 †: In 2000, the event was held in conjunction with the South American Cross Country Championships, where the medallists were extracted from. Winner was João N'Tyamba from who was invited to participate out of competition in 37:11. Daniel Lopes Ferreira from came in 2nd in 37:14 to become South American Champion. Silvio Guerra from was 3rd in 37:21, Marilson Gomes dos Santos from was 4th in 37:59, and Benedito Donizeti was 6th in 38:45.

Men Senior Team 1994 11 pts 1995 14 pts 1996 10 pts 1997 1998 14 pts 1999 39 pts 2000 10 pts 66 pts 67 pts2001 2003 29 pts 48 pts 85 pts

Women Senior Individual 1989 18:41 1990 18:46 1991 1992 16:09 16:12 16:521994 19:35 19:42 19:481995 18:43 18:43 1996 (6 km) 22:13 22:22 22:451997 (6 km) 22:12 22:15 22:191998 (5.7 km) 20:20 20:25 20:331999 31:15 31:182000 (8 km) 28:10 28:23 28:532001 (7.6 km) 31:01 31:06 31:082003 (8 km) 30:02 30:24 30:35

Women Senior Team 1992 6 pts 1994 6 pts 1995 1996 6 pts 1997 6 pts 1998 6 pts 1999 9 pts 2000 11 pts 18 pts 31 pts2001 2003 6 pts 23 pts 40 pts

Boys Junior Individual 2000 (8 km) 25:39 25:41 26:102001 (7.6 km) 25:03 27:35 27:382003 (8 km) 26:29 27:20 27:40

Boys Junior Team 2000 32 pts 56 pts 59 pts2001 2003 30 pts 41 pts 56 pts

Girls Junior Individual 2000 22:21 23:15 23:212001 25:18 25:20 25:402003 (6 km) 22:57 23:36 24:05

Girls Junior Team 2000 11 pts 26 pts2001 2003 8 pts 18 pts 23 pts

See also IAAF World Cross Country Championships NACAC Cross Country Championships South American Cross Country Championships

References

External links World Junior Athletics History