2014 Central American Championships in Athletics

The 25th Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Olímpico Palacio de los Deportes UNAH in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, between June 20–22, 2014.[1]

XXV Central American Championships in Athletics
Dates	June 20–22
Host city	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Palacio de los Deportes UNAH
Level	Senior
Events	44 (22 men, 22 women)
Participation	170 athletes from 7 nations
Records set	6
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A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by men and 22 by women. In total, 6 championships records were set. Guatemala won the overall team trophy.[2]

Medal summary

Complete results were published.[3][4]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +2.6 m/s)	Cruz Rolando Palacios  Honduras	10.27 w	Josef Norales  Honduras	10.39 w	Kemmer Watson  Costa Rica	10.64 w
200 metres (wind: +0.6 m/s)	Cruz Rolando Palacios  Honduras	20.81 CR	Brandon Jones  Belize	21.17	Josef Norales  Honduras	21.47
400 metres	Gerald Drummond  Costa Rica	47.20	Rober Trigueño  Guatemala	49.08	David Benjamen Hodgson  Costa Rica	49.38
800 metres	Víctor Emilio Ortiz  Costa Rica	1:53.57	David Benjamen Hodgson  Costa Rica	1:54.21	Joseph Acevedo  Panama	1:54.85
1500 metres	Luis Gustavo Solórzano  El Salvador	3:56.56	Erick Rodríguez  Nicaragua	3:56.77	Joseph Acevedo  Panama	3:57.53
5000 metres	Elvin Cu  Guatemala	15:10.49	Edwin Pirir  Guatemala	15:19.07	José Alfredo Asturias  Guatemala	15:24.05
10000 metres^*	José Alfredo Asturias  Guatemala	32.30.87	Carlos Aguilar  El Salvador	33.17.22
3000 metres steeplechase	Erick Rodríguez  Nicaragua	9:26.41	Miguel Ángel Chan  Guatemala	9:34.45	David Alexander Escobar  El Salvador	9:41.22
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Ronald Bennett  Honduras	14.50	Gerber Blanco  Guatemala	14.76	Luis Carlos Bonilla  Guatemala	14.86
400 metres hurdles	Gerald Drummond  Costa Rica	50.78	Kenneth Medwood  Belize	51.16	Gerber Blanco  Guatemala	52.89
High Jump	Alexander Bowen  Panama	2.16 CR	Marlon Colorado  El Salvador	2.05	Ronald Edyberto Ramírez  Guatemala	2.02
Pole Vault	Pedro Daniel Figueroa  El Salvador	4.70	Natan Armando Rivera  El Salvador	4.40	Alejandro Melara  El Salvador	4.00
Long Jump	Jhamal Bowen  Panama	7.66 (wind: -1.0 m/s) CR	Brandon Jones  Belize	7.19 (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Seylik Gamboa  Guatemala	7.10 w (wind: +2.3 m/s)
Triple Jump	Jason Castro  Honduras	15.65 (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Brandon Jones  Belize	15.39 (wind: +0.6 m/s)	Juan Mosquera  Panama	14.73 (wind: -3.0 m/s)
Shot Put	Luis Folgar  Guatemala	14.23	Winston Campbell  Honduras	13.94	Óscar Márquez  El Salvador	12.87
Discus Throw	Winston Campbell  Honduras	48.10	Mario McKenzie  Costa Rica	47.29	Ever Acajabón  Guatemala	40.40
Hammer Throw	Diego Berríos  Guatemala	60.51	Edgar Rafael Florián  Guatemala	59.07	Alejandro Arroyo  Costa Rica	49.01
Javelin Throw	Luis Taracena  Guatemala	61.52	Erick Méndez  Costa Rica	59.26	Rider Jiménez  Nicaragua	59.11
Decathlon	José Roberto Carballo  Costa Rica	5472	Mario Alejandro Mancia  El Salvador	5378	Jorge Luis Castillo  Panama	5336
20,000 metres track walk	José María Raymundo  Guatemala	1:28:54.03	José Gregorio Ajcam  Guatemala	1:31:09.27	Gabriel Calvo  Costa Rica	1:31:45.80
4 x 100 metres relay	Honduras Cruz Rolando Palacios Josef Norales Bryan Ramírez Ronald Bennett	41.50	Guatemala Rober Trigueño Douglas Orellana Gerber Blanco Seylik Gamboa	41.81	Belize Mark Anderson Brandon Jones Kenneth Blackett Jervis Myvette	42.96
4 x 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Georman Rivas David Benjamen Hodgson Gerald Drummond Emmanuel Niño	3:20.17	Nicaragua Jeffri Arcia Daniel Alemán Ramón Rizo Oneyker Aragón	3:23.75	Guatemala Ronald Edyberto Ramírez Jenner Pelicó Gerber Blanco Luis Carlos Bonilla	3:25.09

^*: No points for team trophy.

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s)	Ruth-Cassandra Hunt  Panama	11.88	Tracy Joseph  Costa Rica	11.90	Shantely Scott  Costa Rica	11.91
200 metres (wind: +0.6 m/s)	Ruth-Cassandra Hunt  Panama	23.78 CR	Shantely Scott  Costa Rica	24.30	Kendy Rosales  Honduras	25.55
400 metres	Desiree Bermúdez  Costa Rica	55.34	Sofía Carias  El Salvador	59.29	Ajahney Carr  Belize	1:00.69
800 metres	Mónica Vargas  Costa Rica	2:15.45	Ana Mirta Hércules  El Salvador	2:18.53	Joselyn Jazmín Grijalva  El Salvador	2:22.64
1500 metres	Ana Mirta Hércules  El Salvador	4:41.25	Mónica Vargas  Costa Rica	4:46.12	María Teresa Ferris  Panama	4:50.16
5000 metres	Xiomara Barrera  El Salvador	18:28.45	Delbin Cartagena  El Salvador	18:38.37	Candy Salazar  Costa Rica	18:40.58
10000 metres^*	Delbin Cartagena  El Salvador	38.31.78	Xiomara Barrera  El Salvador	38.37.97	Martha Edith Jiménez  El Salvador	39.18.62
3000 metres steeplechase	Aldy Gonzales  Honduras	11:28.96	Candy Salazar  Costa Rica	11:42.21	Alba de León  Guatemala	12:47.61
100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.3 m/s)	Beatriz Flamenco  El Salvador	15.21	Alexia Neal  Belize	15.37	Iris Santamaría  El Salvador	16.55
400 metres hurdles	Sharolyn Scott  Costa Rica	1:01.10	Alexia Neal  Belize	1:05.29	Daniela Rojas  Costa Rica	1:06.65
High Jump	Kashani Ríos  Panama	1.81	Ruth Morales  Guatemala	1.65	Stephanie Sofía Silva  Guatemala Abigail Obando  Costa Rica	1.60
Pole Vault	Andrea Velasco  El Salvador	3.31 CR	Catherine Ramos  El Salvador	2.90	Fátima Aguirre  El Salvador	2.90
Long Jump	Ana Camargo  Guatemala	5.58 (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Cristina Anelise Aldana  Guatemala	5.31 (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Melanie Foulkes  Costa Rica	5.25 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
Triple Jump	Ana Camargo  Guatemala	12.77 (wind: +1.0 m/s)	Thelma Fuentes  Guatemala	12.32 w (wind: 2.3 m/s)	Cristina Anelise Aldana  Guatemala	11.76 (wind: +1.4 m/s)
Shot Put	Emma Castillo  Guatemala	11.56	Sabrina Gaitán  Guatemala	11.25	Gloria Serano  Belize	11.24
Discus Throw	Ayleen González  Panama	42.73	Haydee Grijalba  Costa Rica	40.84	Alma Gutiérrez  Honduras	36.75
Hammer Throw	Sabrina Gaitán  Guatemala	56.78 CR	Viviana Abarca  Costa Rica	46.11	Dagmar Alvarado  Panama	42.85
Javelin Throw	Genova Arias  Costa Rica	43.45	Sofía Isabel Alonso  Guatemala	38.44	Haydee Grijalba  Costa Rica	36.12
Heptathlon	Katy Sealy  Belize	4535	Ruth Morales  Guatemala	4218	María Inaly Morazán  Nicaragua	3929
10,000 metres track walk^**	Cristina Esmeralda López  El Salvador	49:18.36	Sonia Barrondo  Guatemala	49:25.43	Francisca Ferris  Panama	57:42.20
4 x 100 metres relay	Costa Rica Daneysha Robinson Melanie Foulkes Shantely Scott Desiree Bermúdez	49.08	El Salvador Sofía Carias María Renee Gómez Iris Santamaría Beatriz Flamenco	49.75	Guatemala Stephanie Sofía Silva Thelma Fuentes Cristina Anelise Aldana Ruth Morales	52.90
4 x 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Shantely Scott Mónica Vargas Desiree Bermúdez Sharolyn Scott	3:50.97	El Salvador Beatriz Flamenco Ana Mirta Hércules Rosa Escobar Sofía Carias	4:04.55

^*: No points for team trophy.
^**: 16-year old Arely Esmeralda Morales from  Guatemala was 3rd in 55:35.92 competing as guest.

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Honduras)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Costa Rica (CRC)	11	9	10	30
2	Guatemala (GUA)	10	14	12	36
3	El Salvador (ESA)	8	11	7	26
4	Honduras (HON)*	7	2	3	12
5	Panama (PAN)	6	0	7	13
6	Belize (BIZ)	1	6	3	10
7	Nicaragua (NIC)	1	2	2	5
Totals (7 nations)		44	44	44	132

Team trophies

Guatemala won the overall team trophy.[2]

Total   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points  Guatemala 116.5  Costa Rica 109.5  El Salvador 84 4 Panamá 50 5  Honduras 49 6  Belize 29 7  Nicaragua 18

Male   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points  Guatemala 64  Costa Rica 47  Honduras 39 4  El Salvador 29 5 Panamá 23 6  Nicaragua 15 7  Belize 14

Female   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points  Costa Rica 62.5  El Salvador 55  Guatemala 52.5 4 Panamá 27 5  Belize 15 6  Honduras 10 7  Nicaragua 3

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 170 athletes from 7 countries participated.

Belize (10)  Costa Rica (32)  El Salvador (39)

Guatemala (37)  Honduras (24)

Nicaragua (12) Panamá (16)

References

1. XXV CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO MAYOR DE ATLETISMO - Estadio Olímpico Palacio de los Deportes Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras (UNAH) - Tegucigalpa, Honduras 20 al 22 Junio 2014 - MANUAL TECNICO (PDF) (in Spanish), CADICA, 5 May 2014, archived from the original (PDF) on 30 November 2014, retrieved June 23, 2014
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