2002 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics

The 2002 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on June 1–2, 2002. The event was held at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. A detailed report was published.[1]

II Leeward Islands Junior/Youth Championships
Dates	June 1–2
Host city	Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Venue	A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	42 (12 junior boys, 11 junior girls, 10 youth boys, 9 youth girls)
Participation	135 athletes from 6 nations
← 2001 Tortola 2003 Tortola →

A total of 42 events were contested, 22 by boys and 20 by girls.

Medal summary

Medal winners were published.[2] Complete results can be found on the Nevis Amateur Athletic Association webpage.[3]

Boys (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Shawn Prentice  U.S. Virgin Islands	11.56	Jamie Henry  Saint Kitts	11.58	Rodell Wattley  Nevis	11.59
200 metres	Talvert Clarke  Saint Kitts	22.91	Jamie Henry  Saint Kitts	23.42	Shawn Prentice  U.S. Virgin Islands	23.43
400 metres	Kevin Fahie  British Virgin Islands	51.20	Shawn Prentice  U.S. Virgin Islands	51.74	Chester Williams  Antigua and Barbuda	51.92
800 metres	Jamille Nelson  Antigua and Barbuda	1:59.61	Jerome Toussaint  Saint Kitts	2:01.39	Shalico Charles  Antigua and Barbuda	2:05.13
1500 metres	Jamille Nelson  Antigua and Barbuda	4:16.62	Shalico Charles  Antigua and Barbuda	4:32.76	Jermaine Bryan  British Virgin Islands	4:38.63
5000 metres^†	Jamille Nelson  Antigua and Barbuda	16:51.78	Thynel Martin  Nevis	19:02.43	Jermaine Bryan  British Virgin Islands	19:29.94
High Jump	Eston Williams  Saint Kitts	1.85	Linden Peters  British Virgin Islands	1.65	Nicholas Lurac  British Virgin Islands	1.65
Long Jump	Ayata Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	6.85	Chester Williams  Antigua and Barbuda	6.35	Eston Williams  Saint Kitts	6.01
Triple Jump^†	Ayata Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	15.16	Eston Williams  Saint Kitts	13.61	Chester Williams  Antigua and Barbuda	13.46
Shot Put	Eric Mathias  British Virgin Islands	13.51	Leroy Thomas  British Virgin Islands	11.64	Lesroy Browne  Saint Kitts	11.09
Discus Throw	Eric Mathias  British Virgin Islands	41.39	Leroy Thomas  British Virgin Islands	33.55	Lesroy Brown  Saint Kitts	24.68
Javelin Throw	Abdul Wattley  Sint Maarten	47.30	Eston Williams  Saint Kitts	42.75	Nicholas Charles  British Virgin Islands	40.32

^†: Open event for both U20 and U17 athletes.

Girls (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Chandora Codrington  Antigua and Barbuda	12.47	Adriana Herbert  British Virgin Islands	12.57	Dion Marquis  British Virgin Islands	12.76
200 metres	Chandora Codrington  Antigua and Barbuda	26.15	Adriana Herbert  British Virgin Islands	26.61	Nathandra John  Saint Kitts	26.73
400 metres	Janil Williams  Antigua and Barbuda	59.52	Antoinette Huggins  Saint Kitts	1:02.08	Stacy Quashie  Antigua and Barbuda	1:02.67
800 metres	Janil Williams  Antigua and Barbuda	2:20.18	Stacy Quashie  Antigua and Barbuda	2:22.98	Antoinette Huggins  Saint Kitts	2:50.84
1500 metres	Janil Williams  Antigua and Barbuda	5:01.26	Stacy Quashie  Antigua and Barbuda	5:03.77	Amie Chapman  Nevis	6:01.18
3000 metres^†	Janil Williams  Antigua and Barbuda	11:37.81	Celisa Maloney  Antigua and Barbuda	11:42.08	Zadia Browne  Nevis	12:06.14
High Jump	Rosalie Glasford  Saint Kitts	1.52	Miranda Bubb  Nevis	1.45
Long Jump	Shamyse Bartlette  Nevis	5.17	Sindy Nathan  Saint Kitts	4.79	Alisha Francis  Saint Kitts	4.58
Shot Put	Latoya George  British Virgin Islands	9.33	Antoinette Huggins  Saint Kitts	9.03	Shamyse Bartlette  Nevis	8.01
Discus Throw	Latoya George  British Virgin Islands	25.78	Nerida Skelton  British Virgin Islands	21.05	Rosalie Glasford  Saint Kitts	20.35
Javelin Throw	Rosalie Glasford  Saint Kitts	22.00	Shamyse Barlette  Nevis	21.72	Antoinette Huggins  Saint Kitts	21.20

^†: Open event for both U20 and U17 athletes.

Boys (U-17)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Aliston Potter  British Virgin Islands	10.8 (ht)	Robert Morton  Nevis	11.0 (ht)	Daniel Bailey  Antigua and Barbuda	11.2 (ht)
200 metres	Aliston Potter  British Virgin Islands	22.84	Robert Morton  Nevis	23.08	Adino Greenaway  Antigua and Barbuda	23.33
400 metres	Robert Morton  Nevis	53.40	Linniel Warner  Saint Kitts	53.55	Mark Kendall  British Virgin Islands	54.60
800 metres	Ervin Woolard  Saint Kitts	2:09.04	Calston Julius  Nevis	2:09.43	McCordie Prentice  U.S. Virgin Islands	2:09.61
1500 metres	Ervin Woolard  Saint Kitts	4:42.56	O’Brien Huggins  Saint Kitts	4:43.59	McCordie Prentice  U.S. Virgin Islands	4:47.24
High Jump	Aliston Potter  British Virgin Islands	1.80	Kimon Lewis  British Virgin Islands	1.75	Lenniel Warner  Saint Kitts	1.70
Long Jump	Aliston Potter  British Virgin Islands	6.35	Claude Paul  Sint Maarten	6.35	Linniel Warner  Saint Kitts	6.32
Shot Put	Lemberch Williams  Saint Kitts	11.73	Mikey Sprauve  British Virgin Islands	10.09	Tevoy Liburd  Nevis	9.53
Discus Throw	Romeo Brown  Sint Maarten	33.80	Kyle Francis  British Virgin Islands	30.34	Mikey Sprauve  British Virgin Islands	28.02
Javelin Throw	Romeo Brown  Sint Maarten	40.38	Robert Morton  Nevis	34.70	Randolph McDowall  British Virgin Islands	32.29

Girls (U-17)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Stephanie Jones  Antigua and Barbuda	12.52	Andrea Jno Baptiste  Antigua and Barbuda	12.59	DeAnna Wattley  British Virgin Islands	12.61
200 metres	Stephanie Jones  Antigua and Barbuda	25.67	Andrea Jno Baptiste  Antigua and Barbuda	26.12	DeAnna Wattley  British Virgin Islands	26.36
400 metres	Stephanie Jones  Antigua and Barbuda	58.33	Andrea Jno Baptiste  Antigua and Barbuda	58.89	Teresa Browne  Nevis	1:03.30
800 metres	Celisa Maloney  Antigua and Barbuda	2:23.18	Maliaka Anthony  Saint Kitts	2:37.03	Tanaysha Henry  British Virgin Islands	2:39.19
1500 metres	Celisa Maloney  Antigua and Barbuda	5:09.28	Zadia Browne  Nevis	5:26.31	Kisanna Tweed  Saint Kitts	5:31.78
High Jump	Zelma Mills  Nevis	1.54	Tanaysha Henry  British Virgin Islands	1.47	Melissa Allen  Nevis	1.45
Long Jump	DeAnna Wattley  British Virgin Islands	5.32	Zelma Mills  Nevis	4.79	Kimoy Henry  Saint Kitts	4.77
Shot Put	Kimay Henry  Saint Kitts	10.82	Jasmine Symonds  Nevis	10.78	Shanovia Thomas  British Virgin Islands	10.58
Discus Throw	Krystal Frett  British Virgin Islands	27.11	Shenovia Thomas  British Virgin Islands	24.91	Kimoy Henry  Saint Kitts	22.08

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (British Virgin Islands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	16	8	6	30
2	British Virgin Islands (IVB)*	11	11	12	34
3	Saint Kitts	8	11	13	32
4	Nevis (NEV)	3	10	7	20
5	Sint Maarten	3	1	0	4
6	U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR)	1	1	3	5
Totals (6 nations)		42	42	41	125

Team trophies

The scores for the team trophy were published.[3]

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Points
	British Virgin Islands	125
2	Antigua and Barbuda	124
3	Saint Kitts	101
4	Nevis	46
5	Sint Maarten	18
6	U.S. Virgin Islands	10

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 135 athletes from 6 countries participated.

Antigua and Barbuda (15)  British Virgin Islands (32)

Nevis (31)  Saint Kitts (37)

Sint Maarten (4)  U.S. Virgin Islands (16)

References

1. Greenaway, Dean (June 7, 2002), BVI grabs Leeward Islands Championship with thrilling finish, Island Sun, archived from the original on August 4, 2008, retrieved August 8, 2016CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
2. Leeward Islands Jr. Track and Field Championships results, Island Sun, June 7, 2002, retrieved February 26, 2014
3. LI Junior 2002 - LEEWARD ISLANDS JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP, Nevis Amateur Athletic Association, retrieved February 26, 2014