Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships in Athletics

The Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Age Group Championships is an international track and field athletics event for the youngest athletes (boys and girls between the age of 11 and 14 years) organized by the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC).[1] The CAC Age Group Championships started in 1985 in Curaçao and are held every two years. The intention was for athletes at that age to have experiences with a variety of events at that young age.[2] It has witnessed the international debut of many future stars of the region such as Olympic and World Championship medalist Debbie Ferguson of the Bahamas and 2003 World 100m champion Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis.[3]

Events, Categories and Awards

Categories of the championships were subdue to changes. For the most recent event, competitions were held in the following categories:[4]

Age group 11 – 12 years: “Infantile B” Pentathlon (Scoring will be in accordance with the Games Scoring tables for CACAC age group Competition):[5]

• Boys: 60 meter dash, 1000 meters, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball Throw.
• Girls: 60 meter dash, 800 meters, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball Throw.
• Mixed 4x100 Meter Relay

Age group 13 – 14 years: “Infantile A” Heptathlon (Scoring will be in accordance with the Games Scoring tables for CACAC age group Competition):[5]

• Boys: 80 meter dash, 1200 meters, 80 meter hurdles, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball Throw, Shot Put.
• Girls: 80 meter dash, 1000 meters, 60 meter hurdles, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball Throw, Shot Put.
• Mixed 4x100 Meter Relay

Each federation can enter individual athletes or teams consisting of two athletes in each category.[1]

Medals are awarded for individuals for the first three places in each event in each categorie. Athletes ranked 4th to 8th receive a ribbon.[1][4]

Trophies are awarded to teams in each category with the highest total number of cumulative points in the entire competition. Teams will also compete for the overall title. A trophy will be given to the country with the grand total amount of the sum of all the points of all the categories. This will include both divisions, male and female.[1][4]

Editions

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Countries	No. of Athletes	Winner
1	1985	Curaçao	Netherlands Antilles
2	1987	Nassau	Bahamas
3	1989	Grand Cayman	Cayman Islands
4	1991
5	1993
6	1995
7	1997
8	1999		Grenada[6]	July
9	2001	Freeport	Bahamas	6–8 July				Bahamas[7]
10	2003	Caguas	Puerto Rico	18–19 July	Turabo University Track	12	74	Bahamas
11	2005	Santo Domingo	Dominican Republic	1–2 July	Centro Olímpico Juan Pablo Duarte
12	2007	San Salvador	El Salvador	7–8 July	Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca	15	104	Barbados
13	2009	Nassau	Bahamas	18–19 June	Thomas Robinson Stadium	19	125	Barbados
14	2011	Tortola	British Virgin Islands	1–2 July	A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground	20	139	Barbados
15	2013	Willemstad	Curaçao	29–30 June	Sentro Deportivo Korsou	23	156	Bahamas
16	2015	Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	18–19 July	Hasely Crawford Stadium	16	103	Jamaica

Records

Records are set by athletes who are representing one of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC) member states. The following list of records is assembled from the official results lists.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] At the 2011 championships, a total of 15 new records were established.[16]

Boys' U-15 records

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet
80 metres	9.09	Mario Burke	Barbados	1 July 2011	2011 Road Town, Tortola
1200 metres	3:22.11	Jerrad Mason	Barbados	19 June 2009	2009 Nassau
80 metres hurdles (84.0 cm)	11.42 (+1.5 m/s)	Tyriq Horsford	Trinidad and Tobago	30 June 2013	2013 Willemstad
High jump	1.98 m	Benjamin Clarke	Bahamas	19 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain
Long jump	6.56 m	Bruce Degrilla	Bermuda	18 June 2009	2009 Nassau
Shot put (3 kg)	15.35 m	Enrique Babb	Barbados	18 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain
Baseball throw (400g)	94.67 m	Illich Jaramillo	Venezuela	30 June 2013	2013 Willemstad
Heptathlon	5339 pts	Jerrad Mason	Barbados	18/19 June 2009	2009 Nassau
	9.40 (80 m), 13.49m (shot put), 1.60m (high jump) / 11.80 (80 m hurdles), 73.35m (baseball throw), 5.95m (long jump), 3:22.11 (1200 m)

Girls' U-15 records

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet
80 metres	9.63 (-0.2 m/s)	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia	18 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain
1000 metres	3:09.84	Génesis Cintron	Puerto Rico	19 June 2009	2009 Nassau
60 metres hurdles (76 cm)	9.01 (-2.2 m/s)	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia	19 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain
High jump	1.68 m	Glenka Antonia	Curaçao	29 June 2013	2013 Willemstad
Long jump	5.39 m (-0.8 m/s)	Iman Berthelot	/ Guadeloupe	30 June 2013	2013 Willemstad
Shot put (3 kg)	10.91 m	Tanice Watson	Barbados	18 June 2009	2009 Nassau
Baseball throw (400g)	65.27 m	Melissa José Charles	Dominican Republic	30 June 2013	2013 Willemstad
Heptathlon	4466 pts	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia	18/19 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain
	9.63 (-0.2 m/s) (80 m), 1.55m (high jump), 10.13m (shot put) / 9.01 (-2.2 m/s) (60 m hurdles), 5.14m (+1.0 m/s) (long jump), 50.98m (baseball throw), 3:36.75 (1000 m)

Mixed U-15 records

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet
4x100 metres relay	46.63	Tyler Toussaint Desray Desir Antonio Maynard Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia	18 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain

Boys' U-13 records

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet
60 metres	7.59 (-1.0 m/s)	Terrique Stennett	Jamaica	18 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain
1000 metres	2:54.04	Juan Nunez	Dominican Republic	19 June 2009	2009 Nassau
High jump	1.65 m	Ramarco Thompson	Barbados	18 June 2009	2009 Nassau
Long jump	5.34 m (0.0 m/s)	Terrique Stennett	Jamaica	19 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain
Baseball throw (400g)	77.48 m	Juan Nunez	Dominican Republic	18 June 2009	2009 Nassau
Pentathlon	3331 pts	Ramarco Thompson	Barbados	18/19 June 2009	2009 Nassau
	7.97 (60 m), 61.28m (baseball throw), 4.88m (long jump) / 1.65m (high jump), 3:14.55 (1000 m)

Girls' U-13 records

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet
60 metres	8.09 (-0.1 m/s)	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia	29 June 2013	2013 Willemstad
800 metres	2:27.73	Jomarie Carmona Colon	Puerto Rico	2 July 2011	2011 Road Town, Tortola
High jump	1.52 m	Naomi Gestel	/ Martinique	2 July 2011	2011 Road Town, Tortola
Long jump	4.87 m (-1.0 m/s)	Jomarie Carmona Colon	Puerto Rico	1 July 2011	2011 Road Town, Tortola
Baseball throw (400g)	51.63 m	Joanna Benita	Curaçao	18 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain
Pentathlon	2919 pts	Tiana Bowen	Barbados	1/2 July 2011	2011 Road Town, Tortola
	8.26 (2.7 m/s) (60 m), 4.74m (-1.5 m/s) (long jump), 31.33m (baseball throw) / 1.49m (high jump), 2:28.01 (800 m)
	2860 pts	Charissa Moore	Barbados	29/30 June 2013	2013 Willemstad
	8.47 (0.0 m/s) (60 m), 4.79m (-1.9 m/s) (long jump), 42.66m (baseball throw) / 1.43m (high jump), 2:38.03 (800 m)

w = wind assisted mark

Mixed U-13 records

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet
4x100 metres relay	49.38	Jalisa Burrowes Ramarco Thompson Mario Burke Evelyn Tristan	Barbados	June 2009	2009 Nassau

• Note: The records of the combined events are not confirmed by the cited sources.[8]

See also

List of Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships records

Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships

References

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External links

• Official CACAC website