# South American University Athletics Championships

The South American University Athletics Championships was an international athletics competition for student athletes from South American countries. It was staged on one occasion in May 2005 at the Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Four nations competed: Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. A total of 42 athletics events were contested, 22 by men and 20 by women. Women did not compete in the pole vault, 3000 metres steeplechase or half marathon, while the men did not compete in a combined track and field event. The host nation topped the medal table, winning 22 events and a total of 55 medals. Peru were runners-up with eleven gold medals, while Chile and Colombia finished with six and three gold medals, respectively.
Ecuador's Lucy Jaramillo was the most successful athlete of the competition, winning the women's 400 metres, 800 metres and 400 metres hurdles titles. Her compatriots Silvia Paredes (5000 metres, 10,000 metres) and Luis Morán (100 metres, 200 metres) won double gold. Peru's Roxana Mendoza claimed the short sprint double on the women's side. Colombia's Kelly López won a medal in all of the women's sprint events, bar the 4 × 400 metres relay (in which Colombia did not compete).

## Results
### Men

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +2.5 m/s) | Luis Morán (ECU) | 10.56w | Andrés Gallegos (ECU) | 10.76w | Juan Carlos Flores (PER) | 10.87w |
| 200 metres (wind: +2.4 m/s) | Luis Morán (ECU) | 21.71w | Carlos Peña (COL) | 21.88w | Juan Carlos Flores (PER) | 21.95w |
| 400 metres | Carlos Peña (COL) | 48.20 | Rodrigo Montoya (PER) | 48.94 | Cristián Matute (ECU) | 50.30 |
| 800 metres | Rodrigo Montoya (PER) | 1:52.80 | Ronny Bravo (CHI) | 1:54.42 | Ronny Ramírez (ECU) | 1:55.50 |
| 1500 metres | Fredy Espinoza (COL) | 3:54.75 | José Ladino (COL) | 3:56.79 | Diego Moreno (PER) | 3:58.51 |
| 5000 metres | José Ladino (COL) | 14:?7.86 | John Cusi (PER) | 14:21.96 | Edgar Chancusig (ECU) | 14:39.94 |
| 10,000 metres | Edgar Chancusig (ECU) | 31:11.44 | Wilder Morales (PER) | 32:02.96 | Fabián Daza (COL) | 32:28.07 |
| Half marathon | Wilder Morales (PER) | 1:19:03 | Roberto Galarza (ECU) | 1:21:05 | Hendricj Sánchez (ECU) | 1:23:24 |
| 110 m hurdles (wind: +2.4 m/s) | David González (ECU) | 14.91w | Francisco Castro (CHI) | 15.16w | Elías Valero (ECU) | 15.82w |
| 400 m hurdles | Erick Cuenca (ECU) | 54.54 | Jonathan Loor (ECU) | 55.86 | Alejandro Arbulu (PER) | 55.88 |
| 3000 m steeplechase | Diego Moreno (PER) | 8:57.25 | Miguel Canaza (PER) | 9:01.64 | Cristián Patiño (ECU) | 9:09.96 |
| 20 km walk | Edwin Centeno (PER) | 1:31:31 | Xavier Moreno (ECU) | 1:39:59 | Edgar Cudco (ECU) | 1:44:04 |
| High jump | Cristián Calle (ECU) | 1.93 m | Francisco Castro (CHI) | 1.90 m | Jorge Naranjo (CHI) | 1.85 m |
| Pole vault | Carlos Zambrano (ECU) | 4.00 m | Fabricio Egas (ECU) | 3.70 m | Only two entrants | Only two entrants |
| Long jump | Carlos Jaramillo (ECU) | 7.38 m | Alejandro Horn (CHI) | 7.12 m w | Bernardo Vallejo (ECU) | 7.03 m |
| Triple jump | Alejandro Horn (CHI) | 15.23 m | Bernardo Vallejo (ECU) | 14.91 m w | José Luis Pesántez (ECU) | 14.76 m w |
| Shot put | Daniel Muñoz (CHI) | 17.43 m | Álvaro Poblete (CHI) | 15.39 m | Iván Vinelli (ECU) | 13.79 m |
| Discus throw | Gabriel Hugo (ECU) | 45.72 m | Roberto Sáez (CHI) | 40.27 m | Patricio Palma (CHI) | 37.25 m |
| Hammer throw | Roberto Sáez (CHI) | 63.91 m | Patricio Palma (CHI) | 63.53 m | Freimar Arias (COL) | 51.98 m |
| Javelin throw | Andrés Dueñas (PER) | 59.45 m | Edison Rosero (ECU) | 51.86 m | Jorge Mina (ECU) | 43.50 m |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Peru (PER) | 42.97 | Ecuador (ECU) | 43.10 | Colombia (COL) | 44.23 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Peru (PER) | 3:20.93 | Ecuador (ECU) | 3:21.95 | Colombia (COL) | 3:35.02 |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s) | Roxana Mendoza (PER) | 12.40 | Ana Caicedo (ECU) | 12.42 | Kelly López (COL) | 12.85 |
| 200 metres (wind: +1.5 m/s) | Roxana Mendoza (PER) | 25.56 | Kelly López (COL) | 25.63 | Mayra Pachito (ECU) | 25.70 |
| 400 metres | Lucy Jaramillo (ECU) | 54.78 | Kelly López (COL) | 57.11 | Claudia Meneses (PER) | 57.92 |
| 800 metres | Lucy Jaramillo (ECU) | 2:11.10 | Gladys Tapia (CHI) | 2:14.50 | Mónica Amboyo (ECU) | 2:16.16 |
| 1500 metres | Mónica Amboyo (ECU) | 4:36.69 | Paola Bonilla (ECU) | 4:41.65 | Gladys Tapia (CHI) | 4:44.03 |
| 5000 metres | Silvia Paredes (ECU) | 17:55.60 | Paola Bonilla (ECU) | 18:03.43 | Mariela Jaén (PER) | 18:34.63 |
| 10,000 metres | Silvia Paredes (ECU) | 38:53.15 | Mariela Jaén (PER) | 39:21.42 | Karla Silva (PER) | 40:20.05 |
| 100 m hurdles (wind: +0.3 m/s) | Patricia Riesco (PER) | 13.85 | Francisca Guzmán (CHI) | 14.38 | Martina Valoyes (COL) | 14.90 |
| 400 m hurdles | Lucy Jaramillo (ECU) | 59.91 | Patricia Riesco (PER) | 62.55 | Martina Valoyes (COL) | 62.66 |
| 20 km walk | Tatiana Orellana (ECU) | 1:46:43 | Magaly Andrade (ECU) | 1:47:35 | Marcela Pacheco (CHI) | 1:50:28 |
| High jump | Kerstin Weiss (CHI) | 1.76 m | Tatiana Rodríguez (COL) | 1.65 m | Jenny Pesántez (ECU) | 1.65 m |
| Long jump | Ana Caicedo (ECU) | 6.04 m | Yolanda Mina (COL) | 5.80 m | Yariku Yabiku (PER) | 5.18 m |
| Triple jump | María Batallas (ECU) | 12.46 m | Mayra Pachito (ECU) | 12.19 m w | Tatiana Rodríguez (COL) | 11.68 m |
| Shot put | Marianne Berndt (CHI) | 15.09 m | Susan Sulzer (CHI) | 13.06 m | Karina Díaz (ECU) | 13.04 m |
| Discus throw | Karina Díaz (ECU) | 46.99 m | Marianne Berndt (CHI) | 46.68 m | Susan Sulzer (CHI) | 39.48 m |
| Hammer throw | Odette Palma (CHI) | 54.13 m | Karina Díaz (ECU) | 50.86 m | Johana Martínez (COL) | 40.57 m |
| Javelin throw | Noelia Paredes (PER) | 42.58 m | Jessica Granda (ECU) | 39.38 m | Jessica Medranda (ECU) | 35.24 m |
| Heptathlon | Victoria Quiñónez (ECU) | 4197 pts | Yariku Yabiku (PER) | 3574 pts | Johana Caicedo (ECU) | 2696 pts |
| 4 × 100 m relay | Ecuador (ECU) | 47.82 | Peru (PER) | 48.86 | Colombia (COL) | 49.65 |
| 4 × 400 m relay | Ecuador (ECU) | 3:54.09 | Peru (PER) | 3:55.33 | Only two teams started | Only two teams started |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Ecuador)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Ecuador (ECU)* | 22 | 16 | 17 | 55 |
| 2 | Peru (PER) | 11 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
| 3 | Chile (CHI) | 6 | 11 | 5 | 22 |
| 4 | Colombia (COL) | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 42 | 42 | 40 | 124 |