The Central American Age Group Championships in Athletics (Campeonatos Centroamericanos Juvenil C y Infantil A) is an athletics event organized by the Confederación Atlética del Istmo Centroamericano CADICA (Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation) which is open for athletes from member associations. The event is divided into the Junior C (U-16) Central American Championships and the Infantile A (U-14) Central American Championships. The Junior C category is open for girls and boys aged 14–15. The Infantile A category is open for girls and boys aged 12–13. The competition started to be open for age groups U-14 (Spanish: Infantil A) and U-12 (Spanish: Infantil B) as Campeonatos Centroamericanos Infantil. There is a report on an early competition held in the year 1984 in El Salvador. From 1999 onwards, it is verified that the competition was held annually. In 2007, the format was changed to be open for the age groups U-16 and U-14, with U-12 competitions being held occasionally. In 2012, a specific Central American "Kids Athletics" tournament (Spanish: Torneo Centroamericano Kids Athletics) was introduced for the age group of 9–11 years.
Editions The following list was compiled from the CADICA website, and from a variety of other websites and articles from the archives of different newspapers.
Campeonatos Centroamericanos Infantil Edition Year City Country Date Venue No. of Events No. ofAthletes 1994 III 1996 San José November 9 - 10 Estadio Nacional 1997 Ciudad de Guatemala June 19–20 V 1999 San Salvador September 18–19 VI 2000 San Pedro Sula September 9–10 VII 2001 Tegucigalpa June 9–10 VIII 2002 Santa Ana August 17–18 Complejo Deportivo INDES IX 2003 San José September 4–6 Estadio Nacional X 2004 San Pedro Sula October 1–2 XI 2005 San Salvador June 18–19 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca XII 2006 San Salvador November 18–19 Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González
Campeonatos Centroamericanos Juvenil C y Infantil A Edition Year City Country Date Venue No. of Events No. ofAthletes I 2007 San Salvador November 9–10 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca "Magico Gonzalez" II 2008 Managua November 21–22 Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes III 2009 San José November 27–28 Estadio Nacional IV 2010 San Pedro Sula November 26–27 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano V 2011 Managua November 25–27 Estadio de Atletismo del Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes VI 2012 San José November 23–25 Estadio Nacional VII 2013 San Salvador November 22–24 VIII 2014 San José November 14–16 IX 2015 San José November 27–29
References
External links CADICA website (in Spanish)