2015 Central American Championships in Athletics

The 26th Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio de Atletismo del Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes in Managua, Nicaragua, between June 26–28, 2015.[1]

XXVI Central American Championships in Athletics
Dates	June 26–28
Host city	Managua, Nicaragua
Venue	Estadio de Atletismo del Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes
Level	Senior
Events	44 (22 men, 22 women)
Participation	192 + 8 guest athletes from 7 + 1 guest nations
Records set	7
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A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by men and 22 by women. In total, 7 championships records were set. The new men's 400m mark (45.33 by Nery Brenes) was established in the heat. El Salvador won the overall team trophy.[2]

Medal summary

Complete results were published.[3][4]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s)	Cruz Rolando Palacios  Honduras	10.44	Mateo Edward  Panama	10.49	Josef Norales  Honduras	10.52
200 metres (wind: +6.4 m/s)	Gary Alexander Robinson  Costa Rica	20.93 w	Cruz Rolando Palacios  Honduras	21.01 w	Andrés Rodríguez  Panama	21.07 w
400 metres	Nery Brenes  Costa Rica	45.43	Jarlex Lynch  Costa Rica	47.98	César Vásquez  Costa Rica	48.47
800 metres	Joseph Acevedo  Panama	1:54.92	Jeffri Arcia  Nicaragua	1:55.78	Álvaro Vásquez  Nicaragua	1:57.04
1500 metres	Georman Rivas  Costa Rica	3:54.00	Erick Rodríguez  Nicaragua	3:54.23	Álvaro Vásquez  Nicaragua	3:59.79
5000 metres	Álvaro Sanabria  Costa Rica	15:12.76	Gustavo Mora  Costa Rica	15:18.81	Williams Sánchez  El Salvador	15:22.47
10,000 metres	Williams Sánchez  El Salvador	33:04.54	Julio Evenezzer  Nicaragua	33:49.31	Dimas Castro  Nicaragua	34:45.16
3000 metres steeplechase	Erick Rodríguez  Nicaragua	9:10.29	Álvaro Vásquez  Nicaragua	9:16.81	David Alexander Escobar  El Salvador	9:28.45
110 metres hurdles (wind: +2.1 m/s)	Gerber Blanco  Guatemala	14.39 w	Williams Ríos  Panama	14.45 w	Luis Carlos Bonilla  Guatemala	14.50 w
400 metres hurdles	José Chorro  El Salvador	54.04	René Perla  El Salvador	55.42	Iván Lu  Panama	56.46
High jump	Alexander Bowen  Panama	2.15	Jaime Enrique Escobar  Panama	2.15	Henry Edmon  Panama	2.00
Pole vault	Natan Rivera  El Salvador	4.55	Pedro Daniel Figueroa  El Salvador	4.40	César Alonso Chávez  El Salvador	4.00
Long jump	Juan Mosquera  Panama	7.13 (wind: -0.7 m/s)	Becker Jarquín  Nicaragua	6.98 (wind: -2.3 m/s)	Brandon Terrell Jones  Belize	6.83 (wind: -0.9 m/s)
Triple jump	Brandon Terrell Jones  Belize	15.31 (wind: -2.4 m/s)	Jason Daniel Castro  Honduras	15.21 (wind: -0.7 m/s)	Kenneth Blackett  Belize	15.00 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
Shot put	Mario McKenzie  Costa Rica	14.96	Billy Manolo López  Guatemala	14.37	Hugo Antonio Gonzales  Guatemala	14.15
Discus throw	Winston Campbell  Honduras	50.18	Mario McKenzie  Costa Rica	48.61	Ever Acajabón  Guatemala	43.53
Hammer throw	Diego Berríos  Guatemala	60.61	Alejandro Arroyo  Costa Rica	49.78	Kairo Martínez  Nicaragua	47.22
Javelin throw	Jonathan Cedeño  Panama	65.26	Erick Méndez  Costa Rica	57.08	Benigno Ortega  Panama	54.53
Decathlon	Ronald Edyberto Ramírez  Guatemala	6164	Andre Campos  Costa Rica	5953	Alen Calderón  Nicaragua	5365
20000 metres track walk	Gabriel Calvo  Costa Rica	1:33:30.79	Luis Alfonso López  El Salvador	1:40:54.39
4 x 100 metres relay	Belize James Bregal Brandon Terrell Jones Linsford Ávila Mark Anthony Anderson	42.03	Honduras Víctor Josué González Cruz Rolando Palacios Jason Daniel Castro Josef Norales	42.47	Nicaragua José Benjamín Véliz Neykel Niño Luis Fernando Alfaro Ramón Ernesto Rizo	42.99
4 x 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Víctor Emilio Ortiz Gary Alexander Robinson César Andrey Vásquez	3:13.57	El Salvador Bryan Ramos Fidel García Ronald Alexis Moreno René Perla	3:20.99	Panama Luis Alberto Hassan Héctor Josué González Luis Antonio Salazar Joseph Acevedo	3:21.25

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +4.2 m/s)	Yasmin Woodruff  Panama	11.45 w	Kaina Martinez  Belize	11.59 w	Sharolyn Josephs  Costa Rica	11.65 w
200 metres (wind: +5.4 m/s)	Sharolyn Josephs  Costa Rica	23.51 w	Kaina Martinez  Belize	23.60 w	Yasmin Woodruff  Panama	23.69 w
400 metres	Kianeth Galván  Panama	57.57	Sofía Carías  El Salvador	57.65	Gina Zambrana  Costa Rica	59.02
800 metres	Andrea Ferris  Panama	2:14.36	Mónica Vargas  Costa Rica	2:16.93	Brenda Salmerón  El Salvador	2:18.30
1500 metres	Andrea Ferris  Panama	4:37.42	Ana Mirta Hércules  El Salvador	4:44.29	Brenda Salmerón  El Salvador	4:45.03
5000 metres	Rosa del Toro  El Salvador	18:30.53	Xiomara Barrera  El Salvador	18:35.68	Wendy Ascencio  El Salvador	18:38.27
10,000 metres	Xiomara Barrera  El Salvador	39:10.23	Aldy González  Honduras	40:15.82	Martha Jiménez  El Salvador	43:36.74
3000 metres steeplechase	Andrea Ferris  Panama	10:39.19 CR	Brenda Salmerón  El Salvador	11:21.03	Josselyn Grijalva  El Salvador	11:54.81
100 metres hurdles (wind: +4.1 m/s)	Iris Santamaría  El Salvador	14.57 w	Alexia Neal  Belize	15.06 w	Naomi Priscilla Smith  Costa Rica	15.15 w
400 metres hurdles	Ana María Porras  Costa Rica	1:02.03	Leyka Archibold  Panama	1:03.65	Alexia Neal  Belize	1:06.67
High jump	Kashani Ríos  Panama	1.75	Ana María Martínez  Panama	1.66	Giuliana di Bartolo  Costa Rica	1.63
Pole vault	Andrea Velasco  El Salvador	3.35 CR	Fátima Soto  El Salvador	2.80	Fátima Aguirre  El Salvador	2.70
Long jump	Estefany Cruz  Guatemala	5.63 (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Melanie Foulkes  Costa Rica	5.25 (wind: -2.1 m/s)	Shanicka Augustine  Belize	5.06 (wind: -2.5 m/s)
Triple jump	Estefany Cruz  Guatemala	12.69 (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Thelma Fuentes  Guatemala	12.33 (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Shanicka Augustine  Belize	11.87 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
Shot put	Aixa Middleton  Panama	12.32	Naomi Priscilla Smith  Costa Rica	11.55	Katy Sealy  Belize	11.21
Discus throw	Aixa Middleton  Panama	55.00 CR	Alma Guitierrez  Honduras	40.13	Ayleen González  Panama	39.66
Hammer throw	Dagmar Alvarado  Panama	43.85	Viviana Abarca  Costa Rica	41.91	María José Soto  El Salvador	38.12
Javelin throw	Dalila Rugama  Nicaragua	48.65	Génova Arias  Costa Rica	44.56	Natasha Rodríguez  Costa Rica	37.33
Heptathlon	Katy Sealy  Belize	4614	Ruth Morales  Guatemala	4361	María Inaly Morazán  Nicaragua	3599
10,000 metres track walk	Cristina López  El Salvador	48:10.76	Yesenia Miranda  El Salvador	50:19.82	Glenda Úbeda  Nicaragua	56:47.79
4 x 100 metres relay^†	Panama Selena Arjona Yasmin Woodruff Leyka Archibold Ruth-Cassandra Hunt	47.40 CR	El Salvador Lauren Velásquez Iris Santamaría Sofía Carías Beatriz Flamenco	48.83	Costa Rica Naomi Priscilla Smith Sharolyn Josephs Ana María Porras Melanie Foulkes	49.13
4 x 400 metres relay^‡	Costa Rica Sharolyn Josephs Ana María Porras Mónica Vargas Gina Zambrana	3:52.77	Belize Ashantie Carr Alexia Neal Kaina Martinez Ashontie Carr	4:01.62	El Salvador Sofía Carías Lauren Velásquez Brenda Salmerón Ana Mirta Hércules	4:01.85

^† The women's 4x100m relay was won by the invited guest team from  Puerto Rico (Beatriz Cruz, Celiangeli Morales, Dayleen Santana, Genoiska Cancel) in 44.03.
^‡ The women's 4x400m relay was won by the invited guest team from  Puerto Rico (Grace Claxton, Alethia Marrero, Paris García, Carol Rodríguez) in 3:35.71.

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Nicaragua)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Panama (PAN)	14	5	7	26
2	Costa Rica (CRC)	10	11	7	28
3	El Salvador (ESA)	8	11	11	30
4	Guatemala (GUA)	5	3	3	11
5	Belize (BIZ)	3	4	6	13
6	Nicaragua (NIC)*	2	5	8	15
7	Honduras (HON)	2	5	1	8
Totals (7 nations)		44	44	43	131

Team trophies

El Salvador won the overall team trophy.[2]

Total   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points  El Salvador 108 Panamá 106  Costa Rica 101 4  Nicaragua 46 5  Belize 42 6  Guatemala 41 7  Honduras 30

Male   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points  Costa Rica 57 Panamá 42  El Salvador 39 4  Nicaragua 36 5  Guatemala 24 6  Honduras 23 7  Belize 15

Female   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points  El Salvador 69 Panamá 64  Costa Rica 44 4  Belize 27 5  Guatemala 17 6  Nicaragua 10 7  Honduras 7

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 192 (+ 8 guest) athletes from 7 (+ 1 guest) countries participated.

•  Belize (18)
•  Costa Rica (34)
•  El Salvador (41)
•  Guatemala (16)
•  Honduras (8)
•  Nicaragua (34)
•  Panama (41)

Guest country:

•  Puerto Rico (8)

References

1. XXVI CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO MAYOR DE ATLETISMO - Estadio Olímpico Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes (IND) Managua, Nicaragua del 26 al 28 de Junio de 2015 - MANUAL TECNICO (PDF) (in Spanish), CADICA, 12 May 2015, archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015, retrieved July 21, 2015
2. CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO MAYOR NICARAGUA 2015 - PUNTUACIONES POR EQUIPO - FINAL (PDF) (in Spanish), CADICA, 29 June 2015, archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015, retrieved July 21, 2015
3. CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO MAYOR - MANAGUA. NICARAGUA VIERNES 26, SABADO 27 Y DOMINGO 28 DE JUNIO DE 2015 - MEMORIA FINAL (PDF) (in Spanish), CADICA, 29 June 2015, archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2015, retrieved July 21, 2015
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