2002 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

XV Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
Dates5–7 July
Host cityBridgetown, Barbados Barbados
VenueNational Stadium
LevelJunior and Youth
Events69
(38 junior,
31 youth)
Participationabout 445
(275 junior,
170 youth) athletes from
32 nations
Records set22 championship records

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 Type
Boys Under 20 (Junior)
100 m 10.18s   (0.7 m/s) Darrel Brown  Trinidad and Tobago CR
1500 m 3:45.20 Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico CR
Girls Under 20 (Junior)
200 m 23.22s   (-0.9 m/s) Simone Facey  Jamaica CR
400 m 52.81s Sheryl Morgan  Jamaica CR
800 m 2:06.13 Yuneisy Santiusty  Cuba CR
1500 m 4:24.96 Yuneisy Santiusty  Cuba CR
100 m hurdles 12.93s   (0.0 m/s) Anay Tejeda  Cuba CR
400 m hurdles 57.84s Yusmelys García  Venezuela CR
Pole vault 3.70m Citlalli Huerta  Mexico CR
Triple jump 13.93m   (-0.6 m/s) Mabel Gay  Cuba CR
Javelin 48.53m Yuneisy Rodríguez  Cuba CR
Boys Under 17 (Youth)
200 m 21.34s (heat)   (0.3 m/s) Usain Bolt  Jamaica CR
20.61s   (-0.4 m/s)
400 m 48.00s (heat) Usain Bolt  Jamaica CR
47.12s
1500 m 3:56.60 Edgar Santoyo  Mexico CR
5000 m Race Walk 21:24.33 Éder Sánchez  Mexico CR
4 × 100 m relay 40.95s Dwain Bryden
Usain Bolt
Andre Wellington
Matthew Palmer
 Jamaica CR
4 × 400 m relay 3:16.61 Nasser Johnson
Josef Robertson
Davian Parker
Usain Bolt
 Jamaica CR
Girls Under 17 (Youth)
100 m 11.59s   (0.0 m/s) Anneisha McLaughlin  Jamaica CR
200 m 23.27s   (-1.0 m/s) Anneisha McLaughlin  Jamaica CR
4 × 100 m relay 45.33s Shelly-Ann Fraser
Anneisha McLaughlin
Latoya Greaves
Diane Dietrich
 Jamaica CR
Key
AR — Area record  • CR — Championship record  • NR — National record

Medal summary

The results are published.

Male Junior A (under 20)

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(0.7 m/s)
 Darrel Brown (TRI) 10.18 CR  Marc Burns (TRI) 10.42  Winston Hutton (JAM) 10.58
200 metres
(0.1 m/s)
 Grafton Ifill (BAH) 20.89  Sékou Clarke (JAM) 21.05  Orion Nicely (JAM) 21.19
400 metres  Jermaine Gonzales (JAM) 45.80  Wilan Louis (BAR) 46.04  Yhann Plummer (JAM) 46.38
800 metres  Jermaine Myers (JAM) 1:50.36  Juan Luis Barrios (MEX) 1:52.36  Shaun Smith (JAM) 1:52.77
1500 metres  Juan Luis Barrios (MEX) 3:45.20 CR  Isaías Haro (MEX) 3:49.00  Shaun Smith (JAM) 3:54.93
5000 metres  Isaías Haro (MEX) 15:15.87  Danny Cornieles (VEN) 15:18.82  Cleveland Forde (GUY) 15:21.71
10,000 metres  Danny Cornieles (VEN) 31:35.86  Edilberto Méndez (MEX) 31:42.80  Cleveland Forde (GUY) 31:51.13
110 metres hurdles
(-0.2 m/s)
 Sheldon Leith (JAM) 14.72  Shamar Sands (BAH) 14.79  Alleyne Lett (GRN) 14.83
400 metres hurdles  Greg Little (JAM) 50.95  Roberto García (MEX) 52.14  Richard Phillips (JAM) 52.36
High jump  Germaine Mason (JAM) 2.23  Damon Thompson (BAR) 2.20  Olutola Fakehinde (JAM) 2.15
Pole vault  Christián Sánchez (MEX) 4.80  Dany Pratt (MEX) 4.40  Pedro Fuentes (ESA) 4.20
Long jump  Sedain McDonald (JAM) 7.44
(0.1 m/s)
 Jairo Guibert (CUB) 7.42
(0.8 m/s)
 Irving Saladino (PAN) 7.39
(-0.2 m/s)
Triple jump  David Giralt (CUB) 16.75
(1.8 m/s)
 Osniel Tosca (CUB) 15.87
(1.0 m/s)
 Ayata Joseph (ATG) 15.56
(0.2 m/s)
Shot put  Kimani Kirton (JAM) 16.93  Shamir Thomas (GRN) 16.83  Juan Jaramillo (VEN) 16.72
Discus throw  Eric Mathias (IVB) 51.36  Jesús Sánchez (MEX) 51.21  Shamir Thomas (GRN) 50.97
Javelin throw  Yudel Moreno (CUB) 67.59  Jamal Forde (BAR) 63.27  Dayron Márquez (COL) 62.86
Decathlon  Alan Mitchell (TRI) 6637  Randy Gutiérrez (VEN) 6203  Adrian Griffith (BAH) 6123
10,000 metres track walk  Álvaro García (MEX) 44:58.30  José Pérez (MEX) 45:14.98  Ezequiel Nazario (PUR) 45:26.09
4 × 100 metres relay  Trinidad and Tobago 39.95  Jamaica
Winston Hutton
Orion Nicely
Adian Cephas
Yhann Plummer
40.19  Bahamas
Don Wood
Grafton Ifill
Michael Mathieu
Jerrel Forbes
40.57
4 × 400 metres relay  Jamaica
Jacques Smith
Sékou Clarke
Yhann Plummer
Jermaine Gonzales
3:07.61  Bahamas
Drameco Bridgewater
Michael Mathieu
Andrae Williams
Andretti Bain
3:11.11  Venezuela
Ronald Amaya
Kevin Balzán
Ángel Rodríguez
Luis Luna
3:11.91

Female Junior A (under 20)

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(0.0 m/s)
 Simone Facey (JAM) 11.46  Sherone Simpson (JAM) 11.60  Lyn-Marie Cox (BAR) 11.76
200 metres
(-0.9 m/s)
 Simone Facey (JAM) 23.22 CR  Lyn-Marie Cox (BAR) 23.86  Nickesha Anderson (JAM) 24.03
400 metres  Sheryl Morgan (JAM) 52.81 CR  Davita Prendergast (JAM) 54.10  Tiandra Ponteen (SKN) 54.17
800 metres  Yuneisy Santiusty (CUB) 2:06.13 CR  Carlene Robinson (JAM) 2:07.30  Gabriela Medina (MEX) 2:10.35
1500 metres  Yuneisy Santiusty (CUB) 4:24.96 CR  María Elena Valencia (MEX) 4:33.72  Janill Williams (ATG) 4:39.08
3000 metres  María Elena Valencia (MEX) 10:10.96  Yanelli Neri (MEX) 10:14.43  Nessa Paul (LCA) 10:25.23
100 metres hurdles
(0.0 m/s)
 Anay Tejeda (CUB) 12.93 CR  Keisha Brown (JAM) 13.94  Sandrine Legenort (VEN) 13.98
400 metres hurdles  Yusmelys García (VEN) 57.84 CR  Camille Robinson (JAM) 58.04  Veronia Patterson (JAM) 58.96
High jump  Levern Spencer (LCA) 1.81  Catherine Ibargüen (COL) 1.79  Peaches Roach (JAM) 1.79
Pole vault  Citlalli Huerta (MEX) 3.70 CR  Michelle Rivera (ESA) 3.55  Isadora García (MEX) 3.40
Long jump  Yargelis Savigne (CUB) 6.25
(-1.3 m/s)
 Peta-Gaye Beckford (JAM) 6.15
(1.1 m/s)
 Kedine Geddes (JAM) 6.12
(0.0 m/s)
Triple jump  Mabel Gay (CUB) 13.93 CR
(-0.6 m/s)
 Arianna Martínez (CUB) 13.43
(-2.2 m/s)
 Catherine Ibargüen (COL) 13.01
(-1.3 m/s)
Shot put  Mailín Vargas (CUB) 14.26  Kaia Durrant-Naire (JAM) 12.96  Kimet Sánchez (DOM) 12.10
Discus throw  Shernelle Nicholls (BAR) 44.23  Aymara Albury (BAH) 41.17  Natalee Pesoa (JAM) 40.86
Javelin throw  Yuneisy Rodríguez (CUB) 48.53 CR  Ana Gutiérrez (MEX) 46.98  Kimet Sánchez (DOM) 45.52
5000 metres track walk  Estela Hernández (MEX) 24:48.15  Karla Benavides (ESA) 24:53.21  Linett Bustamente (MEX) 25:56.12
4 × 100 metres relay  Jamaica
Sherone Simpson
Nadine Palmer
Nickesha Anderson
Simone Facey
44.30  Barbados
Katrina Carter
Genna Williams
Lyn-Marie Cox
Jade Bailey
45.48  Saint Kitts and Nevis
Julietta Johnson
Tiandra Ponteen
Nathandra John
Virgil Hodge
46.65
4 × 400 metres relay  Jamaica
Camille Robinson
Davita Prendergast
Carlene Robinson
Sheryl Morgan
3:34.76  Venezuela
Jenny Mejías
Sandrine Legenort
Angela Alfonso
Yusmelys García
3:44.69  Barbados
Jade Bailey
Genna Williams
Sharon Larrier
Lyn-Marie Cox
3:45.18

: Event marked as exhibition.

Male Junior B (under 17)

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(0.3 m/s)
 Moroni Rubio (MEX) 10.73  Jaheed Smith (BIZ) 10.91  Tyrone Sawyer (BAH) 11.00
200 metres
(-0.4 m/s)
 Usain Bolt (JAM) 20.61 CR  Jaheed Smith (BIZ) 21.83  Moroni Rubio (MEX) 21.84
400 metres  Usain Bolt (JAM) 47.12 CR  Jamil James (TRI) 47.95  Rimardo Rolle (BAH) 49.12
800 metres  Salvador Mateo (DOM) 1:56.33  James Baird (ATG) 1:56.71  Chadrick Nelson (JAM) 1:57.90
1500 metres  Edgar Santoyo (MEX) 3:56.60 CR  James Baird (ATG) 4:05.14  Ricardo Estremera (PUR) 4:08.64
3000 metres  José Antonio Uribe (MEX) 8:46.68  Leonardo Trejo (MEX) 8:53.48  Ricardo Estremera (PUR) 8:55.25
100 metres hurdles
(0.0 m/s)
 Matthew Palmer (JAM) 13.27  Damian Farmer (BAR) 13.31  Rudolph Lowe (JAM) 13.55
400 metres hurdles  Damian Farmer (BAR) 53.65  José Paniagua (DOM) 54.19  Josef Robertson (JAM) 54.65
High jump  Alain Bailey (JAM) 2.02  Edgar Torres (MEX) 2.02  Jermaine Alphous Jackson (JAM) 1.99
Long jump  Alain Bailey (JAM) 6.77
(0.8 m/s)
 Delano Coakley (BAH) 6.70
(1.7 m/s)
 Irving Castro (MEX) 6.64
(0.1 m/s)
Triple jump  Ramon Farrington (BAH) 14.25
(0.1 m/s)
 Josell Ramírez (CRC) 13.95
(-0.8 m/s)
 Jermaine Alphous Jackson (JAM) 13.90
(-2.4 m/s)
Shot put  Adonson Shallow (VIN) 15.14  Carlix Román (PUR) 14.61  Aarón Valadez (MEX) 13.83
Discus throw  Aarón Valadez (MEX) 44.35  Neil Pinder (BAH) 41.93  Adonson Shallow (VIN) 40.60
Javelin throw  Ramon Farrington (BAH) 60.89  Adonson Shallow (VIN) 55.30  Murvine Charles (GRN) 55.17
5000 metres track walk  Éder Sánchez (MEX) 21:24.33 CR  Gerardo Chávez (MEX) 23:12.82  Marco Benavides (ESA) 24:36.28
4 × 100 metres relay  Jamaica
Dwain Bryden
Usain Bolt
Andre Wellington
Matthew Palmer
40.95 CR  Trinidad and Tobago 42.73  Barbados
Kareem Boyce
Ryan Smith
Ramon Gittens
Jamar Nurse
42.79
4 × 400 metres relay  Jamaica
Nasser Johnson
Josef Robertson
Davian Parker
Usain Bolt
3:16.61 CR  Trinidad and Tobago
Damon Douglas
Oshun Glasgow
Dante Carrington
Jamil James
3:19.13  Puerto Rico
Marcos Sánchez-Valle
Carlos Benítez
Miguel Ortíz
Joseph Rodríguez
3:22.39

Female Junior B (under 17)

Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(0.0 m/s)
 Anneisha McLaughlin (JAM) 11.59 CR  Diane Dietrich (JAM) 11.76  Afeisha O'Neil (TRI) 12.04
200 metres
(-1.0 m/s)
 Anneisha McLaughlin (JAM) 23.27 CR  Kelly Ann Baptiste (TRI) 24.82  Tavara Rigby (BAH) 24.90
400 metres  Kashain Page (JAM) 55.30  Kineke Alexander (VIN) 55.42  Abigail David (TRI) 56.32
800 metres  Jennifer Velázquez (PUR) 2:11.83  Arusha McKenzie (JAM) 2:12.06  Cadien Beckford (JAM) 2:13.40
1200 metres  Arusha McKenzie (JAM) 3:36.41  Beverly Ramos (PUR) 3:37.38  Cristina Guevara (MEX) 3:38.46
300 metres hurdles  Kashain Page (JAM) 42.26  Marty Phillips (GRN) 43.62  Trishana McGowan (JAM) 44.06
High jump  Marielys Rojas (VEN) 1.71  Rhonda Watkins (TRI) 1.71  Kimberley Cadogan (BAR) 1.68
Long jump  Rhonda Watkins (TRI) 5.56
(-0.4 m/s)
 Tamara Francis (JAM) 5.55
(0.0 m/s)
 Thonya Joseph (BAR) 5.33
(-0.1 m/s)
Triple jump  LaToya Heath (JAM) 11.60
(0.5 m/s)
 Latroya Darrell (BER) 11.31
(0.1 m/s)
 Shantal Maldonado (MEX) 11.27
(0.3 m/s)
Shot put  Ahymará Espinoza (VEN) 13.97  Tressa-Anne Charles (LCA) 12.22  Brittney Marshall (BER) 11.96
Discus throw  Brittney Marshall (BER) 38.46  María Padilla (MEX) 37.37  Keisha Walkes (BAR) 36.45
Javelin throw  Ilsa Rodríguez (MEX) 37.96  Anna Lovell (BAR) 36.62  Tracy Morrison (BAH) 35.81
4 × 100 metres relay  Jamaica
Shelly-Ann Fraser
Anneisha McLaughlin
Latoya Greaves
Diane Dietrich
45.33 CR  Barbados
Nakita Clarke
Keisha Walkes
Anna Lovell
Shadir Greene
46.83  Bahamas
Tamara Rigby
Cotrell Martin
Crista Strachan
Eugenia Neely
47.08
4 × 400 metres relay  Trinidad and Tobago
Latasha Roach
Crystal Skeete
Sade St. Louis
Abigail David
3:41.83  Jamaica
Diedre Harrison
Cadien Beckford
Latoya Greaves
Kashain Page
3:42.45  Bahamas
Crystal Strachan
Tavara Rigby
Crista Strachan
Tamara Rigby
3:49.76

Medal table

The medal count was published.

Total

  *   Host nation (Barbados)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Jamaica (JAM)27131959
2 Mexico (MEX)1314835
3 Cuba (CUB)93012
4 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)56213
5 Venezuela (VEN)43310
6 Bahamas (BAH)35816
7 Barbados (BAR)*28616
8 Puerto Rico (PUR)1247
9 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)1214
10 Dominican Republic (DOM)1124
11 Bermuda (BER)1102
 Saint Lucia (LCA)1102
13 British Virgin Islands (IVB)1001
14 Grenada (GRN)0235
15 Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)0224
 El Salvador (ESA)0224
17 Belize (BIZ)0202
18 Colombia (COL)0123
19 Costa Rica (CRC)0101
20 Guyana (GUY)0022
 Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)0022
22 Panama (PAN)0011
Totals (22 entries)696967205


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:


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