# 2002 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

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 |
| 200 m | 20.61s (-0.4 m/s) | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | CR |
| 400 m | 48.00s (heat) | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | CR |
| 400 m | 47.12s | Usain Bolt | Jamaica | CR |
| 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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 | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | 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)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Jamaica (JAM) | 27 | 13 | 19 | 59 |
| 2 | Mexico (MEX) | 13 | 14 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Cuba (CUB) | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 5 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | Venezuela (VEN) | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Bahamas (BAH) | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 |
| 7 | Barbados (BAR)* | 2 | 8 | 6 | 16 |
| 8 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Dominican Republic (DOM) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 11 | Bermuda (BER) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Saint Lucia (LCA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | British Virgin Islands (IVB) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Grenada (GRN) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 15 | Antigua and Barbuda (ATG) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | El Salvador (ESA) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | Belize (BIZ) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Colombia (COL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 19 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Guyana (GUY) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Panama (PAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 69 | 69 | 67 | 205 |

## 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:
* Anguilla (4)
* Antigua and Barbuda (9)
* Aruba (2)
* Bahamas (37)
* Barbados (44)
* Bermuda (8)
* Belize (2)
* British Virgin Islands (4)
* Cayman Islands (3)
* Colombia (3)
* Costa Rica (2)
* Cuba (13)
* Dominica (5)
* Dominican Republic (12)
* El Salvador (6)
* Grenada (10)
* Guatemala (7)
* Guyana (8)
* Haïti (1)
* Honduras (1)
* Jamaica (65)
* México (50)
* Netherlands Antilles (2)
* Nicaragua (1)
* Panamá (5)
* Puerto Rico (47)
* Saint Kitts and Nevis (9)
* Saint Lucia (7)
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (19)
* Trinidad and Tobago (41)
* Turks and Caicos Islands (1)
* Venezuela (17)