The 2000 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 5–6, 2000. The races were held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, jointly with the Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships.

Complete results, results for junior and youth competitions, and medal winners were published.

Medallists

South American Cross Country Championships IndividualSenior men(12 km)Daniel Lopes Ferreira 37:14Silvio Guerra 37:21Marílson Gomes dos Santos 37:59Men's short(4 km)Daniel Lopes Ferreira 11:59Freddy González 12:00Celso Ficagna 12:06Junior (U20) men(8 km)James Vidal 25:41Jonathan Monje 25:52Víctor Hugo Ocampo 26:10Youth (U18) men(4 km)Yeisson Caucali 12:49Giovanny Amador 12:53Wendell Hébio da Conceição 13:00Senior women(8 km)Bertha Sánchez 28:10Lidia Karwowski 28:12Érika Alejandra Olivera 28:12Women's short(4 km)Fabiana Cristine da Silva 13:13Bertha Sánchez 13:24Érika Alejandra Olivera 13:24Junior (U20) women(6 km)Lucélia de Oliveira Peres 22:10Tatiana de Souza Sá 22:19Valquíria Silva Santos 23:01Youth (U18) women(3 km)Jennifer Garzón 11:30Michelli de Carvalho 11:36Lina María Arias 11:41 TeamSenior men 8 15 Panamá 42Men's short 10 19 20Junior (U20) men 12 20 24Youth (U18) men 6 Senior women 11 21 Women's short 11 23 25Junior (U20) women 6 22 23Youth (U18) women 13

Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships This is an unofficial extraction from the results. IndividualSenior men(12 km)Fidencio Torres México 38:40Salvador Miranda México 38:51José Macías México 39:29Junior (U20) men(8 km)José Luis Santos México 25:39James Vidal 25:41Víctor Hugo Ocampo 26:10Senior women(8 km)Bertha Sánchez 28:10América Mateos México 28:23Mardrea Hyman 28:53Junior (U20) women(6 km)Alma Xicoténcatl México 22:21Luisa Jiménez 23:15Fabiola Juárez México 23:21 TeamSenior men México 10 Panamá 66 67Junior (U20) men 32 56 59Senior women México 11 18 31Junior (U20) women México 11 26

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km) +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time — João N'Tyamba 37:11 Daniel Lopes Ferreira 37:14 Silvio Guerra 37:21 Marílson Gomes dos Santos 37:59 — Fidencio Torres México 38:40 4 Benedito Donizetti Gomes 38:45 — Salvador Miranda México 38:51 — William Ramírez 39:14 — José Macías México 39:29 5 Néstor Quinapanta 39:35 — José Luis Villanueva México 39:42 6 Wellington Correia Fraga 39:46 — José Amado García 39:50 7 Ademir Fernandes da Silva 39:53 — Juan Carlos Hernández 39:53 — Wilmer Moreno 39:59 8 Washington Tenorio 40:04 — Francisco Gómez Vega 40:10 — John Freddy Torres 40:11 — Luis Collazo 40:14 — Selvin Molineros 40:17 9 Leónidas Rivadeneira 40:19 — Víctor Velázquez 40:22 10 Rolando Pillco 40:48 11 Wilson Wall 40:56 12 Richard Arias 41:03 13 Agustín Morán Panamá 41:12 — Winston Taylor 41:20 — Zepherinus Joseph 41:25 — Joaquín Córdoba 41:39 14 Simón Alvarado Panamá 41:47 — Claudio Cabán 41:51 — Michel Tomlin 41:52 15 Guillermo Ramírez Panamá 42:15 16 Mauricio Ladino 42:16 — Victor Ledgers 42:19 — Wayne St. Ange 42:27 — Daniel Castillo 42:32 — Kerlyn Brown 42:36 — Robert Watson 42:49 — Delroy Hayden 43:02 — Mauricio Naranjo 43:24 — Andrés Rizo 43:30 — Stephen Ason 43:37 — Guido Alzate 43:49 — Germán Rodriguez 44:21 — Omar Brooks 44:36 — Michael Losmay 45:02 — John Grajales 45:04 17 Héctor Martínez Panamá 45:08 18 Ricardo Concepción Panamá 45:31

+TeamsRank Team Points Daniel Lopes Ferreira 1 Marilson Gomes dos Santos 3 Benedito Donizetti Gomes 4 (Wellington Correia Fraga) (6) (Ademir Fernandes da Silva) (7) 8 Silvio Guerra 2 Néstor Quinapanta 5 Washington Tenorio 8 (Richard Arias) (12) 15 Panamá Agustín Morán 13 Simón Alvarado 14 Guillermo Ramírez 15 (Héctor Martínez) (17) (Ricardo Concepción) (18) 42 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Men's short race (4 km) +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Daniel Lopes Ferreira 11:59 Freddy González 12:00 Celso Ficagna 12:06 4 Juan Carlos Gutiérrez 12:06 5 Emigdio Delgado 12:09 6 Daniel Bernardo das Neves 12:13 7 Mauricio Ladino 12:18 8 Wilson Wall 12:25 9 William Roldán 12:32 10 Leónidas Rivadeneira 12:33 11 Rolando Ortiz† 12:41 12 Froilán Bonilla 12:47 13 Agustín Morán Panamá 12:53 14 Mark Olivo 12:56 15 José Alirio Carrasco 13:06 16 Simón Alvarado Panamá 13:07 17 Guillermo Ramírez Panamá 13:19 18 Héctor Martínez Panamá 14:11 19 Ricardo Concepción Panamá 14:28 †: Athlete marked as guest, but accounted for team score.

+TeamsRank Team Points Daniel Lopes Ferreira 1 Celso Ficagna 3 Daniel Bernardo das Neves 6 10 Freddy González 2 Emigdio Delgado 5 Froilán Bonilla 12 (Mark Olivo) (14) 19 Juan Carlos Gutiérrez 4 Mauricio Ladino 7 William Roldán 9 (Rolando Ortiz)† (11) (José Alirio Carrasco) (15) 20 4 Panamá Agustín Morán 13 Simón Alvarado 16 Guillermo Ramírez 17 (Héctor Martínez) (18) (Ricardo Concepción) (19) 46 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result. †: Athlete marked as guest, but accounted for team score.

Junior (U20) men's race (8 km) +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time — José Luis Santos México 25:39 James Vidal 25:41 Jonathan Monje 25:52 — Adalberto Castillo 26:03 Víctor Hugo Ocampo 26:10 — Sergio de León 26:14 — Anacleto Salazar México 26:25 4 José da Silva 26:28 5 Mesías Zapata 26:35 — Gonzálo Equite 26:39 — Víctor Jacobo Solís 26:41 6 César Pilaluisa 26:46 7 Franck Caldeira de Almeida 26:47 8 Jaime Baquero 27:03 9 Ángel Campos 27:11 10 Marcel Siefert 27:19 — José Nevares 27:35 — Nabor Pérez México 27:44 — Edwin Cedeño 27:49 11 Byron Piedra 28:01 12 Luis Gamin 28:14 — Mario Smith 28:19 — Leon Foster 28:26 — Joan Méndez 28:42 — Francisco Sánez 28:50 — Andre Crawford 28:54 — Alexander Rendón 28:55 — Guillermo Martínez 29:21 — César Lozano 29:28 — Lerone Lawson 29:56 — Gregory McKenzie 30:07 — Winder Marin 30:26 — Omar Powell 31:06 — Yusmi Chamorro 31:24 — O'Neill Williams 31:47 — Leider Lara 31:51 — Ariel Vásquez 32:04 — Ricardo Carillo 32:08 — Edison Henao 32:44 — Mario Alvarez 33:04 — Julio Reyes 33:53 — André Rolle 33:55

+TeamsRank Team Points James Vidal 1 Víctor Hugo Ocampo 3 Jaime Baquero 8 12 Mesías Zapata 5 César Pilaluisa 6 Ángel Campos 9 (Byron Piedra) (11) 20 Jonathan Monje 2 Marcel Siefert 10 Luis Gamin 12 24 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Youth (U18) men's race (4 km) +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Yeisson Caucali 12:49 Giovanny Amador 12:53 Wendell Hébio da Conceição 13:00 4 James Murillo 13:01 5 Erick Molina 13:26 — Edison Pico 13:26 — Lenin Montero 13:49 — José Ramírez 13:49 — Jaime Castillo 14:31 — Mario Meneses 14:41 — Arnold Caicedo 14:52 — Felipe Perez 15:04 — Luis Herrera 15:36 — Luis Martínez 15:46 — José Luis Cárdenas 16:02 — Eder Franco 16:38 — Hand Sands 17:20

+TeamsRank Team Points Yeisson Caucali 1 Giovanny Amador 2 James Murillo 4 6 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Senior women's race (8 km) +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Bertha Sánchez 28:10 Lidia Karwowski 28:12 Érika Alejandra Olivera 28:12 4 Adriana de Souza 28:22 — América Mateos México 28:23 — Mardrea Hyman 28:53 — Dulce María Rodríguez México 28:56 5 Maria Cristina Bernardo Vaqueiro Rodrigues 29:04 6 Rosangela Raimunda Pereira Faria 29:26 — Martha Garcés México 29:40 — Giselle Bautista México 29:46 7 María Paredes 29:46 8 Clara Morales 29:47 9 Miriam Pulido 29:51 — Dina Cruz 29:54 — Elsa Monterroso 30:05 10 Flor Venegas 30:10 11 Cecilia Rojas 30:20 12 Lilian Guerra 30:26 — Esneda Londoño 30:31 13 Narcisa Calderón 30:58 14 Erika Abril 31:24 15 Anahí Soto 31:32 — Marcela Jackson 31:34 16 Karina Moncayo 32:00 — Luz Chuquillo 32:11 — Herlinda Xol 32:49 — Judith Thomas 34:19 — Paula Whitmore 34:41 — Candia Esnard 34:54 — Priscila Emmanuel 36:38 — Juliena Actie 37:10 — Jodie Johnson 37:40

+TeamsRank Team Points Lidia Karwowski 2 Adriana de Souza 4 Maria Cristina Bernardo Vaqueiro Rodrigues 5 (Rosangela Raimunda Pereira Faria) (6) 11 Érika Alejandra Olivera 3 Clara Morales 8 Flor Venegas 10 (Anahí Soto) (15) 21 Bertha Sánchez 1 Miriam Pulido 9 Cecilia Rojas 11 (Erika Abril) (14) 21 4 María Paredes 7 Lilian Guerra 12 Narcisa Calderón 13 (Karina Moncayo) (16) 32 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Women's short race (4 km) +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Fabiana Cristine da Silva 13:13 Bertha Sánchez 13:24 Érika Alejandra Olivera 13:24 4 Selma Cândida dos Reis 13:39 5 Niusha Mancilla 13:53 6 Ana Paula de Almeida Ferreira 13:56 7 María Paredes 13:58 8 Elizabeth Esteves de Souza 14:03 9 Clara Morales 14:04 10 Miriam Pulido 14:05 11 Cecilia Rojas 14:09 12 Narcisa Calderón 14:10 13 Anahí Soto 14:11 14 Flor Venegas 14:11 15 Lilian Guerra 14:16 — Esneda Londoño 14:19 16 Susana Rebolledo 14:37 17 Erika Abril 14:58 18 Silvia Paredes 15:19 19 Karina Moncayo 15:36

+TeamsRank Team Points Fabiana Cristine da Silva 1 Selma Cândida dos Reis 4 Ana Paula de Almeida Ferreira 6 (Elizabeth Esteves de Souza) (8) 11 Bertha Sánchez 2 Miriam Pulido 10 Cecilia Rojas 11 (Erika Abril) (17) 23 Érika Alejandra Olivera 3 Clara Morales 9 Anahí Soto 13 (Flor Venegas) (14) (Susana Rebolledo) (16) 25 4 María Paredes 7 Narcisa Calderón 12 Lilian Guerra 15 (Silvia Paredes) (18) (Karina Moncayo) (19) 34 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Junior (U20) women's race (6 km) +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Lucélia de Oliveira Peres 22:10 Tatiana de Souza Sá 22:19 — Alma Xicoténcatl México 22:21 Valquíria Silva Santos 23:01 4 Adriana Aparecida da Silva 23:11 5 Luisa Jiménez 23:15 6 Marlene Acuña 23:18 — Fabiola Juárez México 23:21 7 Silvia Paredes 23:22 8 Martha Roncería 23:29 9 Mercedes Aguilar 23:35 10 Sara Nivicela 23:38 — María del Pilar Díaz 23:47 — Irene González México 23:59 — Olga Rodas 24:42 — Yaritza Rivera 24:54 — Beverly Morris 24:55 — Lisayra del Valle 24:58 — Lorraine McKenzie 25:29 — Helena Isaza 25:12 — Kerry-Ann White 25:47 — Nicola Smith 27:41

+TeamsRank Team Points Lucélia de Oliveira Peres 1 Tatiana de Souza Sá 2 Valquíria Silva Santos 3 (Adriana Aparecida da Silva) (4) 6 Luisa Jiménez 5 Martha Roncería 8 Mercedes Aguilar 9 22 Marlene Acuña 6 Silvia Paredes 7 Sara Nivicela 10 23 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Youth (U18) women's race (3 km) +Individual raceRank Athlete Country Time Jennifer Garzón 11:30 Michelli de Carvalho 11:36 Lina María Arias 11:41 — Adriana Molano 11:50 — Diana Alzate 12:08 4 Cristina Tovar 12:08 — Martha Rojas 12:14 — Diana Díaz 12:31 5 Ruby Riativa 12:35 — Ayde Meneses 13:08 — Cristina Herrera 13:24 — Natalia Montoya 14:01 — Diana Sosa 14:08 — Karine Montero 15:30

+TeamsRank Team Points Jennifer Garzón 1 Lina María Arias 3 Ruby Riativa 9 13 Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Medal table (unofficial)

South American Cross Country Championships

Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships

Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation According to an unofficial count, a total of 195 athletes from 16 countries participated.

South American Cross Country Championships According to an unofficial count, 81 athletes from 7 countries were competing for the South American Cross Country Championships.

(3) (23) (10) (20) (15) Panamá (5) (5)

Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships According to an unofficial count, 86 athletes from 9 countries were competing for the Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships. 13 athletes from Colombia and 5 athletes from Panamá competed for both championships.

(2) (13) (4) (11) (20) México (14) Panamá (5) (9) (8)

Guests In addition, one African guest athlete, and 45 local Colombian athletes participated.

(1) (45 local athletes)

See also 2000 in athletics (track and field)

References