# 2010 Central American Championships in Athletics

The 21st Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Mateo Flores in Guatemala City, Guatemala, between September 17–18, 2010.
A total of 40 events were contested, 20 by men and 20 by women.

## Medal summary

Complete results and medal winners were published.

### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: NWI) | Cruz Rolando Palacios (HON) | 10.73 | Alberto Perriman (PAN) | 10.89 | Rober Trigueño (GUA) | 10.91 |
| 200 metres (wind: -2.2 m/s) | Cruz Rolando Palacios (HON) | 21.92 | Alberto Perriman (PAN) | 21.98 | Jorge Luis Jiménez (CRC) | 22.08 |
| 400 metres | Takeshi Fujiwara (ESA) | 47.33 | Luis Hassan (PAN) | 48.45 | Pedro Miguel Suazo (HON) | 49.33 |
| 800 metres | Jenner Pelicó (GUA) | 1:56.00 | Irving Sánchez (PAN) | 1:57.17 | Roberto Rodríguez (ESA) | 1:58.45 |
| 1500 metres | Jenner Pelicó (GUA) | 4:02.39 | Erick Rodríguez (NCA) | 4:04.71 | Esdras Ixcaquic (GUA) | 4:11.85 |
| 5000 metres | Alfredo Arévalo (GUA) | 14:49.91 | José Carlos Raxón (GUA) | 14:54.53 | Jeremías Saloj (GUA) | 15:18.01 |
| 10,000 metres | José Amado García (GUA) | 32:06.26 | Jeremías Saloj (GUA) | 32:07.69 | José Francisco Chávez (CRC) | 32:15.71 |
| 110 metres hurdles (wind: -2.1 m/s) | Ronald Bennett (HON) | 14.58 | Luis Carlos Bonilla (GUA) | 15.18 | Kennet Henry (GUA) | 15.39 |
| 400 metres hurdles$^†$ | Pedro Miguel Suazo (HON) | 55.25 | Stiven Navarrete (GUA) | 55.45 | Kennet Henry (GUA) | 58.99 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase$^†$ | Erick Rodríguez (NCA) | 9:55.86 | Miguel Chan (GUA) | 9:57.38 | Dolman Barrios (GUA) | 10:07.54 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | Honduras Cruz Rolando Palacios Ronald Bennett Josef Norales Pedro Miguel Suazo | 42.02 | Panama Alberto Perriman Luis Hassan Jonathan Romero Benigno Ortega | 42.71 | El Salvador Takeshi Fujiwara Marlon Colorado Juan Francisco Cuellar Antonio Flamenco | 43.17 |
| 4 x 400 metres relay | Honduras Cruz Rolando Palacios Ronald Bennett Pedro Miguel Suazo Kessel Campbell | 3:20.84 | Panama Alberto Perriman Irving Sánchez Luis Hassan Jonathan Romero | 3:21.83 | El Salvador Takeshi Fujiwara Roberto Rodríguez Juan Francisco Cuellar Walter Lara | 3:23.54 |
| 20,000 metres track walk | Allan Segura (CRC) | 1:26:44.45 | Mario Bran (GUA) | 1:27:14.10 | Jaime Daniel Quiyuch (GUA) | 1:31:54.72 |
| High Jump | Marlon Colorado (ESA) | 2.03 | Luis Carlos Bonilla (GUA) | 1.90 | Byron Nolberto (GUA) | 1.80 |
| Long Jump | Kessel Campbell (HON) | 7.39 (wind: 0.8 m/s) | Jonathan Romero (PAN) | 7.19 (wind: 0.7 m/s) | Chemaikel Ramírez (CRC) | 7.17 (wind: 1.8 m/s) |
| Triple Jump | Jason Castro (HON) | 15.26 (wind: 2.0 m/s) | Juan Carlos Nájera (GUA) | 15.06 (wind: 0.6 m/s) | Seilik Emeterio Gamboa (GUA) | 14,18 (wind: 0.7 m/s) |
| Shot Put | Luis Folgar (GUA) | 14.48 | Edson Monzón (GUA) | 14.23 | Juan José Alvarez (HON) | 14.07 |
| Discus Throw | Raúl Rivera (GUA) | 43.88 | Winston Campbell (HON) | 43.85 | Juan Galdámez (ESA) | 43.59 |
| Javelin Throw | Javier Ugarte (NCA) | 64.61 | Benigno Ortega (PAN) | 60.51 | Mario Membreño (HON) | 44.16 |
| Decathlon | Rolando Ayala (ESA) | 4960 | Josué Noriega (GUA) | 4486 | Osby Gutiérrez (GUA) | 4237 |

#### Note

$^†$: Event with no points for the team trophy contest because of the low number of participants.

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: -2.7 m/s) | Kaina Martínez (BIZ) | 12.55 | Tricia Flores (BIZ) | 12.72 | Michelle Zúñiga (GUA) | 12.74 |
| 200 metres (wind: NWI) | Kaina Martínez (BIZ) | 25.54 | Mardel Alvarado (PAN) | 25.66 | Yelena Alvear (PAN) | 25.81 |
| 400 metres | Andrea Ferris (PAN) | 54.73 CR | Sharolyn Scott (CRC) | 55.54 | Ana Lucía Hurtado (GUA) | 57.78 |
| 800 metres | Andrea Ferris (PAN) | 2:08.78 CR | Ana Lucía Hurtado (GUA) | 2:16.80 | Yolide Solís (CRC) | 2:19.29 |
| 1500 metres$^†$ | Andrea Ferris (PAN) | 4:37.18 | Cecilia Gutiérrez (GUA) | 4:59.34 | Evonne Marroquín (GUA) | 5:00.61 |
| 5000 metres | María Ferris (PAN) | 18:50.98 | Norma Rodríguez (CRC) | 18:56.37 | Imelda Bac (GUA) | 19:26.98 |
| 10,000 metres$^†$ | Norma Rodríguez (CRC) | 38:56.92 | | | | |
| 100 metres hurdles (wind: 0.2 m/s) | Jeimy Bernárdez (HON) | 14.63 | Claudia Marisol Villeda (GUA) | 15.98 | Migdalia Morgan (PAN) | 16.52 |
| 400 metres hurdles$^†$ | Sharolyn Scott (CRC) | 61.53 | Bessy Flores (ESA) | 69.67 | Iris Santamaría (ESA) | 72.75 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Evonne Marroquín (GUA) | 11:29.86 | María Ferris (PAN) | 11:54.97 | Aldy Villalobos (NCA) | 12:10.28 |
| 4 x 100 metres relay | Costa Rica Mariela Leal Cindy Sibaja Tatiana Zamora Sharolyn Scott | 48.48 | Panama Mardel Alvarado Yelena Alvear Migdalia Morgan Kashani Ríos | 49.46 | Belize Tricia Flores Kaina Martínez Charnelle Enríquez Kay-De Vaughn | 50.75 |
| 4 x 400 metres relay | Panama Mardel Alvarado Yelena Alvear Andrea Ferris María Ferris | 4:01.72 | Belize Kaina Martínez Tricia Flores Charnelle Enríquez Kay-De Vaughn | 4:27.26 | | |
| High Jump | Kashani Ríos (PAN) | 1.70 | Kay-De Vaughn (BIZ) | 1.60 | María Gabriela Carrillo (ESA) | 1.55 |
| Long Jump | Tricia Flores (BIZ) | 5.89 CR (wind: NWI) | Cindy Sibaja (CRC) | 5.58 (wind: NWI) | Kaina Martínez (BIZ) | 5.48 (wind: NWI) |
| Triple Jump | Ana Lucía Camargo (GUA) | 12.04 (wind: -0.2 m/s) | Cindy Sibaja (CRC) | 11.46 (wind: 1.5 m/s) | Thelma Fuentes (GUA) | 11.15 (wind: -0.5 m/s) |
| Shot Put | Doroty López (GUA) | 12.85 | Aixa Middleton (PAN) | 11.46 | Silvia Piñar (CRC) | 11.24 |
| Discus Throw | Doroty López (GUA) | 45.53 CR | Aixa Middleton (PAN) | 44.27 | Silvia Piñar (CRC) | 34.48 |
| Hammer Throw | Silvia Piñar (CRC) | 40.30 | Elena Lojo (PAN) | 38.96 | Stephanie Zúñiga (CRC) | 25.48 |
| Javelin Throw | Dalila Rugama (NCA) | 46.84 | Lorena Medina (ESA) | 38.43 | Sofía Alonso (GUA) | 34.14 |
| Heptathlon$^†$ | Ruth Morales (GUA) | 4043 | Andrea Melgar (ESA) | 3475 | Yizel Méndez (GUA) | 2891 |

#### Note

$^†$: Event with no points for the team trophy contest because of the low number of participants.

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Guatemala)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Guatemala (GUA)* | 11 | 13 | 17 | 41 |
| 2 | Honduras (HON) | 9 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 | Panama (PAN) | 6 | 14 | 2 | 22 |
| 4 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 5 | 4 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | El Salvador (ESA) | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
| 6 | Belize (BIZ) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 7 | Nicaragua (NIC) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 40 | 39 | 38 | 117 |

### Note

$^†$: The unofficial medal count is almost in agreement with the published one. The difference of 10 bronze medals for Costa Rica (7 in the unofficial count compared to 17 published) is most probably a typo.

## Team trophies

Guatemala won the overall team trophy.

### Total

| Rank | Nation | Points |
| | Guatemala | 118 |
| | Panama | 67 |
| | Costa Rica | 52 |
| 4 | Honduras | 50 |
| 5 | El Salvador | 32 |
| 6 | Belize | 24 |
| 7 | Nicaragua | 18 |