# 1974 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

The 1st Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships was held in Maracaibo, Venezuela on 12–15 December 1974, one and a half year after having already hosted the 4th CAC senior championships in July 1973.

## Event summary

The athletes from Mexico gained most of the gold medals. In the total medal count, Venezuela equalizes the Mexican result, both countries gaining 21 each.
In the under-20 men category, Anthony Husbands, Trinidad and Tobago, won two gold (100m, 200m) and one silver medal (4 × 100 m relay), double gold was won by José Briano from Mexico (3000m, 5000m), and Carmelo Martínez from Cuba (Long jump, Triple jump).
In the under-20 women category, Dorothy Scott, Jamaica, won three golds (100m, Long jump, 4 × 100 m relay), and Maureen Gottschalk, Jamaica, gained two golds (200m, 4 × 400 m relay) and one bronze medal (400m).
The event saw an early appearance of Ernesto Canto, Mexico, won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States. He was successful in the 10,000 metres track walk competition. Moreover, Luis Delís from Cuba won the Discus competition. He was going to win the bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union, as well as silver at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, and bronze at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy.

## Medal summary

Medal winners are published by category: Junior A, Male, and Junior A, Female.

### Male Junior A (under 20)

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (4.1 m/s) | Anthony Husbands (TRI) | 10.76 w | Miguel Conde (VEN) | 10.76 w | Everard Samuels (JAM) | 10.79 w |
| 200 metres (1.8 m/s) | Anthony Husbands (TRI) | 21.37 | Miguel Conde (VEN) | 21.40 | Hamil Grimes (BAR) | 21.42 |
| 400 metres | Alexis Herrera (VEN) | 48.00 | Harcourt Watson (BAR) | 48.11 | Richard Ross (TRI) | 48.93 |
| 800 metres | Sedley Webster (JAM) | 1:55.1 | Restituto Ibáñez (MEX) | 1:55.5 | Trevor Small (BAR) | 1:56.0 |
| 1500 metres | Ignacio Melecio (MEX) | 3:58.3 | Louis Charles (TRI) | 4:02.5 | Osman Escobar (VEN) | 4:04.1 |
| 3000 metres | José Briano (MEX) | 8:51.4 | Isaías Matías (MEX) | 8:52.6 | Teodisio Perozo (VEN) | 8:53.1 |
| 5000 metres | José Briano (MEX) | 15:05.3 | Pedro Santiago (PUR) | 15:11.1 | Pedro Rodríguez (VEN) | 15:11.2 |
| 2000 metres steeplechase | Rubén Lee (MEX) | 6:07.5 | Guadalupe Bárcenas (MEX) | 6:07.6 | José Torres (PUR) | 6:10.8 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Jesús Costa (PUR) | 14.54 | Jocelyn Wynter (JAM) | 14.64 | David Delgado (MEX) | 14.82 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Mark Stoute (BAR) | 55.82 | Jesús Costa (PUR) | 55.83 | Freddy Aberdeen (VEN) | 55.86 |
| High jump | Juan Lago (MEX) | 1.99 | Owen Cunningham (JAM) | 1.99 | Mariano Reyes (DOM) | 1.84 |
| Pole vault | Carlos Zequeira (PUR) | 4.00 | Tomás Lugo (MEX) | 3.80 | Jorge Taylor (CUB) | 3.70 |
| Long jump | Carmelo Martínez (CUB) | 7.05 | Ray Quiñones (PUR) | 6.85 | Anthony Jones (TRI) | 6.58 |
| Triple jump | Carmelo Martínez (CUB) | 15.58 | José Rivera (PUR) | 13.82 | Héctor Landrau (PUR) | 13.80 |
| Shot put | Santiago Pernía (VEN) | 13.88 | Joey Ward (BAH) | 13.68 | Manuel Estrada (MEX) | 13.00 |
| Discus throw | Luis Delís (CUB) | 49.02 | Armando Orozco (CUB) | 39.76 | Orlando Figueros (PUR) | 39.08 |
| Hammer throw | Armando Orozco (CUB) | 62.84 | Pedro Escalona (PUR) | 43.12 | Raúl Franco (VEN) | 40.64 |
| Javelin throw | Orángel Rodríguez (VEN) | 59.40 | Rafael Vélez (PUR) | 57.48 | Enzo Serra (VEN) | 53.68 |
| Decathlon | Jorge Taylor (CUB) | 6253 | Javier Meza (MEX) | 5653 | Oscar Pérez (VEN) | 5613 |
| 10,000 metres track walk | Ernesto Canto (MEX) | 48:34.5 | Marcos Castro (MEX) | 51:36.0 | Juan Polido (VEN) | 62:45.3 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Jamaica O. James David Green Roberts Everard Samuels | 41.96 | Trinidad and Tobago David Modeste Cyril Lewis Anthony Husbands Gary Andrews | 42.10 | Venezuela Alexis Herrera Gómez Hipolito Brown Manuel Briceño | 42.18 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Meyers Anthony Lyons Searl Pascall Richard Ross | 3:17.71 | Venezuela Ismael Castañeda César Romero Enrique Regis Alexis Herrera | 3:19.54 | Barbados Hamil Grimes Hardecourt Mark Stoute Trevor Small | 3:21.52 |

### Female Junior A (under 20)

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (2.9 m/s) | Dorothy Scott (JAM) | 11.77 w | Esther Hope (TRI) | 12.04 w | Carmeta Drummond (JAM) | 12.07 w |
| 200 metres (3.5 m/s) | Maureen Gottschalk (JAM) | 24.29 w | Sandra Fournillier (TRI) | 25.02 w | Adriana Marchena (VEN) | 25.08 w |
| 400 metres | Mercedes Álvarez (CUB) | 55.90 | Verone Webber (JAM) | 56.23 | Maureen Gottschalk (JAM) | 56.33 |
| 800 metres | Adriana Marchena (VEN) | 2:14.01 | Ileana Hocking (PUR) | 2:14.04 | Reva Knight (JAM) | 2:16.38 |
| 1500 metres | Ileana Hocking (PUR) | 4:45.61 | C. Vinar (JAM) | 4:51.48 | Cheryll Haynes (BAR) | 4:54.08 |
| 100 metres hurdles (2.0 m/s) | María Ángeles Cato (MEX) | 14.57 | Angela Carbonell (CUB) | 14.83 | Cheryl Blackman (BAR) | 14.94 |
| High jump | Angela Carbonell (CUB) | 1.72 | Ana Rojas (VEN) | 1.69 | Margarita Ávila (MEX) | 1.69 |
| Long jump | Dorothy Scott (JAM) | 5.80 | Valerie Morris (JAM) | 5.72 | Angela Carbonell (CUB) | 5.61 |
| Shot put | Luz Gómez (MEX) | 11.20 | Lyn George (TRI) | 10.84 | Zenobia Aranguibel (VEN) | 10.10 |
| Discus throw | Zenobia Aranguibel (VEN) | 34.38 | Luz Gómez (MEX) | 31.38 | Greta Alexander (TRI) | 28.80 |
| Javelin throw | Lyn George (TRI) | 42.04 | Guadalupe Dávila (MEX) | 37.12 | Sonia Ojeda (VEN) | 36.80 |
| Pentathlon | María Ángeles Cato (MEX) | 3717 | Maritza García (CUB) | 3697 | Cheryl Blackman (BAR) | 3038 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Jamaica S. White Dorothy Scott E. Williams Lola Ramsay | 46.86 | Trinidad and Tobago Ann Adams Esther Hope Sandra Fournillier Janice Bernard | 47.07 | Venezuela Virginia Rincón Deyanira Medina Carmen Álvarez Adriana Marchena | 49.03 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Jamaica Reva Knight Verone Webber Jackie Pusey Maureen Gottschalk | 3:51.91 | Trinidad and Tobago Drucilla Maxwell Ann Adams Jennifer Augustine Carol Charles | 3:52.51 | Mexico Guadelupe Gómez Araceli Arana Guadalupe García María Ángeles Cato | 3:55.27 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (VEN)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | MEX | 9 | 8 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | JAM | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | CUB | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | VEN* | 5 | 4 | 13 | 22 |
| 5 | TRI | 4 | 7 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | PUR | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | BAR | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | BAH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DOM | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (9 entries) | Totals (9 entries) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 |

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website. An unofficial count yields the number of about 196 athletes from about 10 countries:
* Bahamas (1)
* Barbados (10)
* Costa Rica (3)
* Cuba (13)
* Dominican Republic (4)
* Jamaica (21)
* Mexico (30)
* Puerto Rico (41)
* Trinidad and Tobago (30)
* Venezuela (43)