# 1988 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

The 8th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships was held in Nassau, Bahamas, between 30 June-2 July 1988.

## Medal summary

Medal winners are published by category: Junior A, Male, Junior A, Female, and Junior B. Complete results can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website.

### Male Junior A (under 20)

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (-0.2 m/s) | Dennis Mowatt (JAM) | 10.83 | Timothy Clinton (BAH) | 10.87 | Ramón Cepero (PUR) | 11.00 |
| 200 metres (0.0 m/s) | Dennis Mowatt (JAM) | 21.72 | Leonardo Prevost (CUB) | 21.95 | Luis Hinestrosa (MEX) | 22.05 |
| 400 metres | Pedro Cañete (CUB) | 46.9 | Luis Cadogan (CUB) | 47.8 | Sylvanus Hepburn (BAH) | 48.3 |
| 800 metres | Luis Cadogan (CUB) | 1:52.56 | Pedro Cañete (CUB) | 1:53.31 | Desmond Dorsett (BAH) | 1:55.64 |
| 1500 metres | Nelson de la Cruz (CUB) | 4:00.32 | Luis Guerra (CUB) | 4:00.84 | José Cintrón (PUR) | 4:04.38 |
| 5000 metres | Julián Pérez (CUB) | 15:02.42 | Nelson de la Cruz (CUB) | 15:05.80 | Alejandro Villanueva (MEX) | 15:11.78 |
| 10,000 metres | Alejandro Villanueva (MEX) | 31:18.25 | Julián Pérez (CUB) | 32:06.60 | Chris Adams (ISV) | 39:49.85 |
| Half Marathon | Julián Pérez (CUB) | 1:09:20 | Francisco Terry (CUB) | 1:10:09 | Byron Salome (AHO) | 1:25:38 |
| 3000 metres steeplechase | Nelson de la Cruz (CUB) | 9:29.79 | Desmond Dorsett (BAH) | 10:16.05 | | |
| 110 metres hurdles (0.2 m/s) | Omar Portuondo (CUB) | 14.50 | Alexis Sánchez (CUB) | 14.62 | Roberto Carmona (MEX) | 14.80 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Javier Paumier (CUB) | 52.65 | Omar Portuondo (CUB) | 52.79 | Winston Chambers (JAM) | 53.50 |
| High jump | Ian Thompson (BAH) | 2.05 | Garreth Flowers (BAH) | 2.03 | Jorge Martínez (MEX) | 2.00 |
| Pole vault | Adrian Knowles (BAH) | 4.10 | Anthony Sweeting (BAH) | 3.70 | Raúl Díaz (PUR) | 3.30 |
| Long jump | Craig Hepburn (BAH) | 7.18 | John Edwards (BAH) | 7.02 | Luis Vallín (MEX) | 7.01 |
| Triple jump | Eugene Greene (BAH) | 16.13 | Juan Carlos Ibáñez (CUB) | 15.63 | Burlington Moss (BAH) | 15.14 |
| Shot put | Carlos Fandiño (CUB) | 17.04 | Linval Swaby (JAM) | 13.91 | Pedro Acosta (CUB) | 13.71 |
| Discus throw | Pedro Acosta (CUB) | 54.08 | Linval Swaby (JAM) | 48.25 | Carlos Fandiño (CUB) | 47.57 |
| Hammer throw | Ismael López (CUB) | 55.03 | Santos Vega (PUR) | 49.26 | Reinaldo Santos (PUR) | 48.54 |
| Javelin throw | Kevin Brown (BAH) | 62.02 | Kevin Smith (BAH) | 61.08 | | |
| Decathlon | Henry Valdivia (CUB) | 6443 | Reynaldo Marino (CUB) | 5912 | Kevin Smith (BAH) | 5173 |
| 10,000 metres track walk | Alberto Cruz (MEX) | 46:05 | Ignacio Zamudio (MEX) | 46:41 | Javier Cotto (PUR) | 48:56 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Jamaica Winston Chambers Windell Dobson Gooding Dennis Mowatt | 41.39 | Puerto Rico Carlos Santiago Félix Ramos Carlos Dávila Ramón Cepero | 41.81 | Cuba Omar Portuondo Alexis Sánchez Leonardo Prevost Pedro Cañete | 41.99 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba | 3:09.46 | Bahamas | 3:18.29 | Mexico | 3:20.19 |

### Female Junior A (under 20)

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres | Chandra Sturrup (BAH) | 11.96 | Orlene McIntosh (JAM) | 12.03 | Cheryl-Ann Phillips (JAM) | 12.15 |
| 200 metres (-0.3 m/s) | Orlene McIntosh (JAM) | 23.91 | Chandra Sturrup (BAH) | 24.27 | Cheryl-Ann Phillips (JAM) | 24.56 |
| 400 metres | Nancy McLeón (CUB) | 54.22 | Mayelín Lemus (CUB) | 54.89 | Barbara Selkridge (ATG) | 55.43 |
| 800 metres | Sonia Escalera (PUR) | 2:13.03 | Mayelín Lemus (CUB) | 2:15.80 | Theresa Thomas (ATG) | 2:18.55 |
| 1500 metres | Maricarmen Díaz (MEX) | 4:36.37 | Rosita Ocasio (PUR) | 4:43.85 | Narda Williams (ATG) | 4:59.53 |
| 3000 metres | Maricarmen Díaz (MEX) | 10:06.8 | Rosita Ocasio (PUR) | 10:17.3 | Kayla Greene (BAH) | 10:53.3 |
| 100 metres hurdles | Milagros Echevarría (CUB) | 14.22 | Natasha Brown (BAH) | 14.41 | Lucila Carmona (MEX) | 15.05 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Milagros Echevarría (CUB) | 61.87 | Lency Montelier (CUB) | 63.58 | Joyce Meléndez (PUR) | 64.71 |
| High jump | Yamilé Aldama (CUB) | 1.78 | Ioamnet Quintero (CUB) | 1.78 | Mayra Medina (PUR) | 1.65 |
| Long jump | Jackie Edwards (BAH) | 6.20 | Natasha Brown (BAH) | 6.13 | Cheryl-Ann Phillips (JAM) | 5.68 |
| Shot put | Marlene Palacios (CUB) | 14.57 | Jacqueline Díaz (CUB) | 14.55 | Denise Taylor (BAH) | 13.05 |
| Discus throw | Margarita Lugo (CUB) | 48.06 | Maricela Bristel (CUB) | 46.35 | Denise Taylor (BAH) | 42.89 |
| Javelin throw | Bárbara Hernández (CUB) | 46.66 | Terry-Lynn Paynter (BER) | 43.27 | María Rodríguez (CUB) | 43.24 |
| Heptathlon | Yolanda Pompa (CUB) | 4654 | María Rodríguez (CUB) | 4609 | Mariska Stubbs (BAH) | 4348 |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Cuba Arani Palacios Milagros Echeverría Julia Duporty Tellami Martínez | 46.76 | Bahamas Pauline Griffith Chandra Sturrup Natasha Brown Jackie Edwards | 46.77 | Puerto Rico Dagmar Delbrey Mirna Rodríguez Joyce Meléndez Dagmar Rosado | 48.08 |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Cuba | 3:42.37 | Puerto Rico | 3:54.12 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3:56.63 |

### Male Junior B (under 17)

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (0.3 m/s) | Carlos Santos (PUR) | 11.00 | Edgar Chourio (VEN) | 11.13 | Agner Muñoz (PUR) | 11.14 |
| 200 metres (0.3 m/s) | José Hernández (PUR) | 22.14 | Edgar Chourio (VEN) | 22.32 | Carlos Santos (PUR) | 22.37 |
| 400 metres | José Hernández (PUR) | 48.64 | Kirk David (TRI) | 49.56 | Peter Merchant (ATG) | 49.94 |
| 800 metres | Kirk David (TRI) | 1:56.34 | Ramón Arriaga (PUR) | 1:56.38 | Peter Merchant (ATG) | 1:59.99 |
| 1500 metres | Ramón Arriaga (PUR) | 4:01.90 | Quintin John (TRI) | 4:03.70 | Daniel Dabbah (MEX) | 4:07.23 |
| 3000 metres | Daniel Dabbah (MEX) | 8:47.82 | José Uribe I (MEX) | 8:49.98 | Eduardo Wiwall (PUR) | 9:03.45 |
| 2000 metres steeplechase | Antonio Ortíz (PUR) | 6:31.80 | Néstor Nieves (VEN) | 6:34.04 | Luis Yáñez (VEN) | 6:35.95 |
| 110 metres hurdles | Luis Guerra (VEN) | 14.92 | Oscar Lara (MEX) | 15.04 | Javier Rivera (PUR) | 15.72 |
| 400 metres hurdles | Javier Rivera (PUR) | 56.11 | Lynden Hepburn (BAH) | 56.29 | Alexander Manrique (VEN) | 57.26 |
| High jump | Kamari Charlton (BAH) | 1.82 | Henry Rolle (BAH) | 1.82 | Miguel Ochoa (VEN) | 1.79 |
| Pole vault | Ronnie Darville (BAH) | 3.30 | Randy Perpall (BAH) | 3.10 | | |
| Long jump | Drumico Lauriston (BAH) | 6.93 | Stephen Anderson (BAH) | 6.77 | Fermín Peña (VEN) | 6.10 |
| Triple jump | Curtis Pride (BAH) | 13.83 | Stephen Anderson (BAH) | 13.83 | Fermín Peña (VEN) | 12.73 |
| Shot put | Yojer Medina (VEN) | 14.55 | Alfredo Romero (PUR) | 14.47 | Kamari Charlton (BAH) | 12.35 |
| Discus throw | Yojer Medina (VEN) | 43.08 | Kamari Charlton (BAH) | 37.97 | Francisco Lezarraga (MEX) | 37.57 |
| Javelin throw | Angelo Rolle (BAH) | 57.22 | Yojer Medina (VEN) | 56.52 | Juan Manuel López (MEX) | 55.55 |
| Heptathlon | Kamari Charlton (BAH) | 3932 | Ronnie Darville (BAH) | 3576 | | |
| 5000 metres track walk | Rubén López (VEN) | 24:47.3 | Juan Colón (PUR) | 27:20.9 | | |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Puerto Rico Carlos Santos Agner Muñoz Javier Rivera José Hernández | 42.37 | Venezuela Cepeda Edwin Cruzate Luis Guerra Edgar Chourio | 42.99 | | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Puerto Rico Javier Rivera Carlos Santos Santiago José Hernández | 3:22.54 | Bahamas Stephen Anderson Melvon Duncanson Lynden Hepburn Marcus Knowles | 3:27.42 | Venezuela Cepeda Jesús Ochoa Alexander Manrique Alexander González | 3:33.19 |

### Female Junior B (under 17)

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| 100 metres (-0.2 m/s) | Gillian Russell (JAM) | 12.04 | Tellami Martínez (CUB) | 12.40 | Valeska Browne (BAH) | 12.50 |
| 200 metres (-0.2 m/s) | Revoli Campbell (JAM) | 24.20 | Jacqueline Sophia (AHO) | 25.04 | Tellami Martínez (CUB) | 25.56 |
| 400 metres | Revoli Campbell (JAM) | 55.56 | Jacqueline Sophia (AHO) | 55.87 | Nailet González (VEN) | 58.88 |
| 800 metres | Elizabeth Labrador (VEN) | 2:19.11 | Sasha Durán (PUR) | 2:21.6 | Latoya Bain (BAH) | 2:22.2 |
| 1200 metres | Elizabeth Labrador (VEN) | 3:42.61 | María Luz Villanueva (MEX) | 3:46.14 | Sasha Durán (PUR) | 3:47.62 |
| 100 metres hurdles (-0.2 m/s) | Gillian Russell (JAM) | 14.64 | Maríana Carmona (MEX) | 15.35 | Lisolet Ling (VEN) | 15.51 |
| 300 metres hurdles | Carmen Britapaz (VEN) | 47.7 | Maríana Carmona (MEX) | 47.9 | Arniece McPhee (BAH) | 50.1 |
| High jump | Fadelma Layne (BAR) | 1.63 | Raquel Morrison (CAY) | 1.60 | Dorinda Taylor (BAH) | 1.40 |
| Long jump | Solange Ostiana (AHO) | 5.67 | Ida de Jesús (PUR) | 5.35 | Raquel Morrison (CAY) | 5.34 |
| Shot put | Hannelly Villalba (VEN) | 10.58 | Fadelma Layne (BAR) | 10.10 | Allison Walkine (BAH) | 10.07 |
| Discus throw | Riget Marie (VEN) | 37.32 | Brenda Oquendo (PUR) | 32.56 | Wanda Powery (CAY) | 31.90 |
| Javelin throw | Riget Marie (VEN) | 36.50 | Geraldine George (TRI) | 32.00 | Allison Walkine (BAH) | 30.46 |
| Pentathlon | Arniece McPhee (BAH) | 2237 | Tamara Malcolm (BAH) | 2168 | | |
| 4 × 100 metres relay | Jamaica Gillian Russell Revoli Campbell Merlene Frazer Natalie Douglas | 46.75 | Puerto Rico Laura de Jesús Jessica de la Cruz Elaine Torres Torres | 49.25 | | |
| 4 × 400 metres relay | Bahamas | 3:59.36 | Puerto Rico | 4:04.69 | Venezuela | 4:06.8 |

## Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Bahamas)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Cuba (CUB) | 23 | 19 | 5 | 47 |
| 2 | Bahamas (BAH)* | 15 | 20 | 15 | 50 |
| 3 | Venezuela (VEN) | 10 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 9 | 13 | 13 | 35 |
| 5 | Jamaica (JAM) | 9 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| 6 | Mexico (MEX) | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 |
| 7 | Trinidad and Tobago (TTO) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Netherlands Antilles (AHO) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Barbados (BAR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Cayman Islands (CAY) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Bermuda (BER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Antigua and Barbuda (ATG) | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (13 entries) | Totals (13 entries) | 74 | 74 | 66 | 214 |

## Participation (unofficial)

Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website. An unofficial count yields a number of about 223 athletes (125 junior (under-20) and 98 youth (under-17)) from about 13 countries:
* Antigua and Barbuda (5)
* Bahamas (59)
* Barbados (2)
* Bermuda (3)
* Cayman Islands (3)
* Cuba (35)
* Jamaica (13)
* México (23)
* Netherlands Antilles (5)
* Puerto Rico (41)
* Trinidad and Tobago (3)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (9)
* Venezuela (22)