2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 2003
2003 in athletics (track and field)
This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2003.The foremost competition of the year was the 2003 World Championships in Athletics, followed by the 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships...

Central American and Caribbean Championships
Central American and Caribbean Championships
The Central American and Caribbean Championships is an international track and field athletics event organised by the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation . Only athletes representing a member nation of the confederation may compete. Created in 1967, the event has been held every...

in athletics were held in St George's, Grenada

Grenada

Grenada is an island country and Commonwealth Realm consisting of the island of Grenada and six smaller islands at the southern end of the Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea...

, on 5 and 6 July 2003. It was the first time that the country had hosted the competition.

Men's events

100 m	Kim Collins Kim Collins Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on four occasions, from 1996 to 2008, and was the country's first athlete to ever reach an event... Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.13	Darrel Brown Darrel Brown Darrel Brown is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 100 metres.In the beginning of his career he performed well in World Youth and Junior Championships. At the 2000 World Junior Championships he finished fourth in both 100 metres and 4 x 100 metres relay... Trinidad and Tobago	10.17	Marc Burns Marc Burns Marc Burns is an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago specializing in the 100 metres and the 4x100 metres.Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he was disqualified from his 100 metres heat, thus failing to make it through to the second round.Marc Burns placed second in the men's 100 metres dash... Trinidad and Tobago	10.29
200 m	Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte Dominic Demeritte is a sprints athlete who specializes in the 200 metres.He became indoor world champion in 2004, his result 20.66 a new Bahamian record... The Bahamas	20.43	Julieon Raeburn Julieon Raeburn Julieon Raeburn is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 200 metres.He attended the Abilene Christian College in the United States.-Achievements:-External links:*... Trinidad and Tobago	20.57	Christopher Williams Christopher Williams (sprinter) Christopher Williams is a Jamaican sprinter.Williams is best known for winning the silver medal in the 200m at the 2001 World Championships. In 2001 he was named Jamaica Sportsman of the Year. Williams has competed in the Olympic Games three times, in 2000, 2004 and 2008, reaching the semi-finals... Jamaica	20.58
400 m	Alleyne Francique Alleyne Francique Alleyne Jeremy Francique is a retired Grenadian athlete who specialized in 400 metres, his personal best being 44.47 seconds set in 2004. He is the 400m two time world indoor champion in 2004 and 2006.... Grenada	45.27	Chris Brown The Bahamas	45.42	Ato Modibo Ato Modibo Ato Stephens is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specialises in the 400 metres. He won a bronze medal at the 2003 CAC Championships, and took the silver at the 2005 edition... Trinidad and Tobago	45.81
800 m	Sherridan Kirk Sherridan Kirk Sherridan Kirk is an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 800 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay. He attended the Kansas City Kansas Community College and Auburn University in the United States.-Achievements:... Trinidad and Tobago	1:49.10	Jermaine Myers Jamaica	1:49.36	Marvin Watts Jamaica	1:49.48
1500 m	Juan Luis Barrios Juan Luis Barrios Juan Luis Barrios Nieves is a Mexican athlete. He is 173 cm tall and weighs 65 kg . He participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics and finished seventh in the men's 5000 metres... Mexico	3:44.78	Ricky Etheridge Puerto Rico	3:48.68	Mario Smith Jamaica	3:52.22
5000 m †	Eduardo Rojas Mexico	14:29.88	José Amado García Guatemala	14:40.94	Pamenos Ballantyne Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14:43.72
10,000 m	Eduardo Rojas Mexico	29:37.08	Alfredo Arevalo Guatemala	29:39.48	José Amado García Guatemala	29:42.52
Half marathon Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a...	Pamenos Ballantyne Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:09:14	Alfredo Arevalo Guatemala	1:09:39	Claude Nohile Martinique	1:10:59
3000 m steeplechase †	Alex Greaux Puerto Rico	8:39.68	Néstor Nieves Néstor Nieves Néstor Francisco Nieves is a retired middle- and long-distance runner from Venezuela. He won the gold medal in the men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Nieves represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,... Venezuela	8:40.27
110 m hurdles †	Hugh Henry Hugh Henry Hugh Henry is a Scottish Labour politician and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Paisley South since 1999.-Background:... Barbados	13.85	Alleyne Lett Grenada	13.98	Ricardo Melbourne Jamaica	14.01
400 m hurdles	Greg Little Jamaica	50.04	Sergio Hierrezuelo Cuba	50.26	Oscar Juanz Mexico	50.34
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Lisvany Pérez Lisvany Pérez Lisvany Arlys Pérez Rodríguez is a Cuban high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.29 metres, achieved in March 2005 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:*... Cuba	2.21	Huguens Jean Haiti	2.15	Henderson Dottin Barbados	2.15
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts... †	Giovanni Lanaro Giovanni Lanaro Giovanni Alessandro Lanaro is a Mexican pole vaulter.-Youth and college:Giovanni Lanaro attended West Covina High School in California; Lanaro pole vaulted as a freshman in high school but suffered a back injury as well as a fractured ankle skateboarding that prevented him from vaulting the next... Mexico	5.30	Ricardo Diez Venezuela	5.00
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Kareem Streete-Thompson Kareem Streete-Thompson Kareem Streete-Thompson is an athlete specializing in the long jump and the 100 metres. He was born in Ithaca, New York.Although born in the USA, he lived his first 18 years in the Cayman Islands... Cayman Islands	8.12w	Osbourne Moxey Osbourne Moxey Osbourne Moxey is a male long jumper from the Bahamas. His personal best jump is 8.19 metres, achieved in August 2002 in San Antonio.-Achievements:-References:... The Bahamas	7.85w	Aundre Edwards Jamaica	7.74w
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Leevan Sands Leevan Sands Leevan Sands is a Bahamian triple jumper. He was born in Nassau.His personal best jump is 17.59 metres, achieved in 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing... The Bahamas	17.16	Gregory Hughes Barbados	16.17	Ayata Joseph Ayata Joseph Ayata Joseph is a triple jumper from Antigua and Barbuda.His personal best is 16.29 metres, achieved in July 2003 in Bridgetown.- Achievements :-References:... Antigua and Barbuda	15.94
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Yojer Medina Yojer Medina Yojer Enrique Medina is a Venezuelan shot putter and discus thrower.-Regional competitions:Medina has been highly successful on the regional level. He won gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in 1995, 1997, 2001 and 2003... Venezuela	19.12	Francisco Guzmán Mexico	17.82	Dave Stoute Trinidad and Tobago	17.70
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Alfredo Romero Puerto Rico	54.09	Alleyne Lett Grenada	53.14	David Bissoly Martinique	52.38
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown... †	Yosvany Suárez Yosvany Suárez Yosvany Suárez Sandoval is a retired male hammer thrower from Cuba. His personal best throw is 73.93 metres, achieved in May 2006 in Havana.... Cuba	69.59	Aldo Bello Aldo Bello Aldo Bello is a male hammer thrower from Venezuela. His personal best throw is 67.63 metres, achieved in August 2005 in Armenia.... Venezuela	64.26	Raúl Rivera Guatemala	60.94
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Manuel Fuenmayor Venezuela	72.35	Rigoberto Calderón Nicaragua	67.50	Robert Barnes Jamaica	66.57
Decathlon Decathlon The decathlon is a combined event in athletics consisting of ten track and field events. The word decathlon is of Greek origin . Events are held over two consecutive days and the winners are determined by the combined performance in all. Performance is judged on a points system in each event, not...	Yonelvis Águila Yonelvis Águila Yonelvis Águila is a male decathlete from Cuba. He set his personal best on February 23, 2002 in Havana.-Achievements:-External links:... Cuba	7337	Decosma Wright Jamaica	6383	Guillermo Toledo Guillermo Toledo Guillermo Toledo or Willy Toledo is a Spanish film and television actor.In 2008 he played in a Spanish commercial for the popular MMORPG World of Warcraft, in a series of commercials that also featured Mr... Puerto Rico	6074
20 km road walk 20 kilometres race walk The 20 kilometre race walk is an Olympic athletics event that is competed by both men and women. The racewalking event is competed as a road race... †	Julio Martínez Julio René Martínez Julio René Martínez Pérez is a Guatemalan race walker.-Achievements:In addition he has 5 medals at the Central American and Caribbean Championships.-References:*... Guatemala	1:22:07	José Olivares Mexico	1:24:02	Ezequiel Nazario Puerto Rico	1:26:01
4 x 100 m relay	Trinidad and Tobago	39.05	Jamaica	39.2	Netherlands Antilles	39.46
4 x 400 m relay	The Bahamas Avard Moncur Avard Moncur Avard Moncur is a Bahamian athlete competing in the 400 metres. He was born in Nassau.Moncur's most successful year came in 2001 when he won the gold medal in the 400m and the 4x400m relay at the 2001 World Championships... Carl Oliver Nathaniel McKinney Nathaniel McKinney Nathaniel Benjamin McKinney is a Bahamian athlete competing mainly in the 4 x 400 m relay.At the 2004 Olympic Games McKinney's relay team finished sixth... Chris Brown	3:02.56	Jamaica	3:04.08	Trinidad and Tobago Damion Barry Damion Barry Damion Barry is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 400 metres.His personal best time is 45.55 seconds, achieved in June 2005 in Port-of-Spain.... Julieon Raeburn Julieon Raeburn Julieon Raeburn is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 200 metres.He attended the Abilene Christian College in the United States.-Achievements:-External links:*... Simeon Bovell Sherridan Kirk Sherridan Kirk Sherridan Kirk is an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specializes in the 800 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay. He attended the Kansas City Kansas Community College and Auburn University in the United States.-Achievements:...	3:04.48

Women's events

100 m	Fana Ashby Trinidad and Tobago	11.32	Tamica Clarke The Bahamas	11.33	Judith Kitson Jamaica	11.37
200 m	Cydonie Mothersille Cayman Islands	22.45	Roxana Díaz Cuba	22.74	Tonique Williams The Bahamas	22.8
400 m	Hazel-Ann Regis Hazel-Ann Regis Hazel-Ann Regis is a Grenadian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.She participated at the World Championships in Athletics in 1999, 2003 and 2005 as well as the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2004, without reaching the final.... Grenada	51.56	Michelle Burgher Michelle Burgher Michelle Burgher is a track and field athlete, competing internationally for Jamaica. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.... Jamaica	52.19	Eliana Pacheco Venezuela	52.87
800 m	Neisha Bernard-Thomas Neisha Bernard-Thomas Neisha Bernard-Thomas is a Grenadian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.Her personal best is 2:00.09 minutes, achieved at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. This is the Grenadian record. She also holds the 1500 metres record with 4:23.24 minutes, achieved in March 2008 in... Grenada	2:04.12	Kenia Sinclair Kenia Sinclair Kenia Sinclair is a Jamaican athlete competing over 800 metres. Kenia first broke onto the international scene in 2005. On June 12 Sinclair broke Inez Turners 10 Year old record to become the 5th Jamaican woman to go under two minutes. Less than a month later Kenia again broke the Jamaican record... Jamaica	2:04.50	Sheena Gooding Barbados	2:04.55
1500 m †	Ashley Couper Bermuda	4:27.71	Margarita Tapia Mexico	4:32.16	Elsa Monterroso Guatemala	4:39.44
10,000 m †	Yudelkis Martínez Yudelkis Martínez Yudelkis Martínez Genaro is a female long-distance runner from Cuba. She represented her native country at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, where she won the silver medal in the women's 10,000 metres event behind Mexico's Adriana Fernández.-References:*... Cuba	34:29.05	Elsa Monterroso Guatemala	35:54.46	Lourdes Cruz Puerto Rico	38:27.73
Half marathon Half marathon A half marathon is a road running event of . It is half the distance of a marathon and usually run on roads. Participation in half marathons has grown steadily recently. One of the main reasons for this is that it is a challenging distance, but does not require the same level of training that a... †	Lourdes Cruz Puerto Rico	1:31:50	Adelaide Carrington Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:38:45	Kenisha Pascal Grenada	2:02:28 NR
100 m hurdles	Delloreen Ennis-London Delloreen Ennis-London Delloreen Ennis-London is a Jamaican hurdling athlete who won the silver medal in the 100 metre hurdles at the 2005 World Championships.... Jamaica	12.70 CR	Nadine Faustin Haiti	12.82	Vonette Dixon Vonette Dixon Vonette Dixon is a Jamaican hurdler.She finished eighth at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and finished ninth at the 2003 World Championships in Paris... Jamaica	13.35
400 m hurdles	Allison Beckford Allison Beckford Allison J. Beckford Allison J. Beckford Allison J. Beckford (born May 8, 1979 in Westmorland is a Jamaican. She attended Manning's High school in Savanna-La-Mar, Westmoreland Jamaica. Where she was one of the star athletes coached by Howard Daugharty. She was also academically astute passing... Jamaica	55.12 CR	Yvonne Harrison Puerto Rico	55.29	Andrea Blackett Andrea Blackett Andrea Blackett is a Barbadian athlete who specializes in the 400 metres hurdles. She is also an assistant women's track coach at her alma mater, Rice University.-Education:... Barbados	56.12
High jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	Desiree Crichlow Barbados	1.81	Yetzálida Pérez Venezuela	1.79	Keitha Moseley Barbados	1.76
Pole vault Pole vault Pole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts... †	Alejandra Meza Mexico	4.00 (CR)	Denisse Orengo Puerto Rico	3.90
Long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...	Elva Goulbourne Elva Goulbourne Elva Elizabeth Goulbourne is a Jamaican athlete competing in the long jump. Her personal best result is 7.16 metres, achieved in 2004.- Achievements :*1st IAAF World Athletics Final - sixth place... Jamaica	6.96w	Jackie Edwards Jackie Edwards (athlete) Jacqueline Lois Elizabeth Edwards is a Bahamian long jumper, who was born in Jamaica.... The Bahamas	6.63w	Yuridia Bustamante Mexico	6.28w
Triple jump Triple jump The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...	Suzette Lee Suzette Lee Suzette Lee is a Jamaican triple jumper.Her personal best jump is 14.16 metres, achieved in April 2005 in Baton Rouge. She has a better indoor mark with 14.25 metres, achieved in March 1997 in Indianapolis.... Jamaica	13.89w	María Espencer Dominican Republic	13.41w	Michelle Vaughn Guyana	12.74
Shot put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	Misleidis González Cuba	18.09	Cleopatra Borel Trinidad and Tobago	17.79	Rosario Ramos Venezuela	15.02
Discus throw Discus throw The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...	Yania Ferrales Yania Ferrales Yania Ferrales Monteagudo is a Cuban discus thrower. Her personal best throw is 66.00 metres, achieved in February 2006 in Havana.-Achievements:-References:... Cuba	59.07	María Cubillán Venezuela	49.05	Doris Thompson The Bahamas	43.88
Hammer throw Hammer throw The modern or Olympic hammer throw is an athletic throwing event where the object is to throw a heavy metal ball attached to a wire and handle. The name "hammer throw" is derived from older competitions where an actual sledge hammer was thrown... †	Violeta Guzmán Mexico	55.72	Adriana Benaventa Venezuela	50.82
Javelin throw Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...	Laverne Eve Laverne Eve Laverne Eve is a female track and field athlete from the Bahamas, who competes in the javelin throw. Her personal best throw is 63.73 metres, achieved in April 2000 in Nashville. In her early career she also competed in shot put and discus throw... The Bahamas	56.75	Kateema Riettie Jamaica	51.36	Dalila Rugama Nicaragua	47.40
10 km road walk †	Rosario Sánchez Rosario Sánchez María del Rosario Sánchez Guerrero is a female track and field athlete from Mexico, who competed in race walking. She represented her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.... Mexico	49:06	Estela Hernández Mexico	52:03
4 x 100 m relay	The Bahamas Timicka Clarke Timicka Clarke Timicka Clarke is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres. Her personal best time is 11.33 seconds, achieved in July 2003 in St... Debbie Ferguson Debbie Ferguson Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie is a Bahamian sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She had her first major successes with the Bahamian 4×100 metres relay team, winning gold at the Pan American Games and World Championships in Athletics in 1999, and taking another gold at the Olympic... Christine Amertil Christine Amertil Christine Amertil is a Bahamian athlete competing mainly in the 400 metres. She graduated from Southeastern Louisiana University.- Achievements :*2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships - bronze medal... Shandria Brown Shandria Brown Shandria Brown is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. Her personal best time is 23.27 seconds, achieved in May 2003 in Edwardsville....	43.06 CR	Jamaica	43.30	Cuba	43.83
4 x 400 m relay	Jamaica	3:29.75	Grenada Kishara George Neisha Bernard-Thomas Neisha Bernard-Thomas Neisha Bernard-Thomas is a Grenadian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.Her personal best is 2:00.09 minutes, achieved at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. This is the Grenadian record. She also holds the 1500 metres record with 4:23.24 minutes, achieved in March 2008 in... Jackie-Ann Morain Hazel-Ann Regis Hazel-Ann Regis Hazel-Ann Regis is a Grenadian sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres.She participated at the World Championships in Athletics in 1999, 2003 and 2005 as well as the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2004, without reaching the final....	3:32.99 NR	Puerto Rico	3:33.35

† = non-championship event

Medal table

1	Mexico	7	4	2	13
2	Jamaica	6	8	8	22
3	Cuba	6	2	1	9
4	The Bahamas	5	4	2	11
5	Puerto Rico	3	3	4	10
5	Trinidad and Tobago	3	3	4	10
7	Grenada	3	3	1	7
8	Venezuela	2	6	2	10
9	Barbados	2	1	4	7
10	Cayman Islands	2	0	0	2
11	Guatemala	1	4	3	8
12	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	1	1	3
13	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	0	0	1
13	Bermuda	1	0	0	1
15	Haiti	0	2	0	2
16	Nicaragua	0	1	1	2
17	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	1
18	Martinique	0	0	2	2
19	Antigua and Barbuda	0	0	1	1
	Guyana	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands Antilles	0	0	1	1

External links

Men Results - GBR Athletics
Women Results - GBR Athletics

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