The 2017 Central American Championships in Athletics was the 28th edition of the annual competition in athletics organized by the CADICA. It was held from 30 June to 2 July 2017 in the Estadio Olímpico José Simón Azcona in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. A total of 230 athletes representing 7 different nations competed at the Championships. The Most Valuable Player of the Championships was Samantha Dirks of Belize. Background The Central American Championships in Athletics is an annual athletics competition organised by the Confederación Atlética del Istmo Centroamericano (CADICA). This edition of the Championships marked the 28th edition of the competition. It was held from 30 June to 2 July 2017. It was held in the Estadio Olímpico José Simón Azcona in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. A total of 44 events were held during the Championships; 22 for the men and 22 for the women. Participants A total of 230 athletes representing 7 different nations competed at the Championships.
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Medal summary Men One championship record in the men's events was set during the competition. Guatemala had the most gold medals in the men's events with six gold medals. Gerald Drummond of Costa Rica was the best male athlete of the competition after he had won three gold medals in the men's events. 100 metres (wind: -0.4 m/s) 10.52 10.55 10.70200 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s) 21.30 21.39 21.42400 metres 46.76 46.82 47.83800 metres 1:50.58 1:51.12 1:51.181500 metres 3:58.65 3:58.73 3:59.675000 metres 15:25.01 15:26.51 15:6.5510,000 metres ? ? ?110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.9 m/s) 15.03 15.04 15.72400 metres hurdles 51.43 51.48 52.813000 metres steeplechase 9:16.69 9:31.34 9:34.194 × 100 metres relayShaun GillBrandon JonesMark AndersonRahim Monsanto 41.54José Adalberto ChorroRonal MorenoJosé David BraghieriJuan Carlos Rodríguez 41.36Calet IsaulaJosef NoralesVicente ArandaRolando Palacios 41.644 × 400 metres relay Josué MurciaShermal CalimoreSherman GuityGerald Drummond 3:16.63Jaime SmithJoseph AcevedoVirjilio GriggsChamar Chambers 3:18.29Rodrigo GarnicaByron HerreraWesly GregorioJosé Humberto Bermúdez 3:18.5320,000 metres track walk 1:27:03.62 1:28:36.29 1:29:05.55 High jump 2.17 2.10 2.05Pole vault 4.70 4.65 3.80Long jump 7.33 7.30 7.22Triple jump 15.40 15.33 14.79Shot put 14.61 13.48 13.36Discus throw 49.35 40.97 40.19Hammer throw 55.30 52.19 49.78Javelin throw 69.35 61.85 58.76Decathlon 5612 5174 5077
Women Two championship records were set during the women's events of the championships. Panama had the most gold medals in the women's events with seven gold medals. Samantha Dirks of Belize was awarded as the Most Valuable Player of the competition and the best female athlete during the competition after she had earned three gold medals. 100 metres (wind: -2.1 m/s) 12.07 12.64 12.73200 metres (wind: -1.1 m/s) 24.22 25.44 26.08400 metres 53.54 54.26 55.02800 metres 2:11.62 2:13.70 2:18.701500 metres 4:42.22 4:45.63 4:48.635000 metres 18:43.30 18:58.54 19:19.4410,000 metres 39:31.29 39:40.08 41:17.03100 metres hurdles (wind: -1.0 m/s) 13.65 14.40 15.50400 metres hurdles 59.19 61.20 65.733000 metres steeplechase 11:50.04 12:13.58 12:59.684 × 100 metres relayFaith MorrsTricia FloresHilary GladdenSamantha Dirks 48.21Keylin PennantAndrea VargasMaría Alejandra MurilloMelanie Foulkes 48.36Iris SantamaríaAdriana AndradeMariella MenaNancy Sandoval 48.724 × 400 metres relaySharolyn ScottMaría Alejandra MurilloDaniela RojasDesiré Bermúdez 3:49.87Jarey VásquezAsling VásquezMaría Odily GarcíaIngrid Narváez 3:53.67Iris SantamaríaBrenda SalmerónAdriana AndradeIrma Aldana 4:15.8010,000 metres track walk 51:08.41 52:13.99 53:02.24High jump 1.66 1.63 1.60Pole vault 3.40 3.30 2.80Long jump 6.21 5.80 5.80Triple jump 12.40 12.40 12.13Shot put 12.92 12.29 11.47Discus throw 49.87 41.31 36.82Hammer throw 47.83 45.03 42.87Javelin throw 48.51 41.78 40.90Heptathlon 4054 3849 Only two participants
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