NACAC Championships in Athletics

The North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships is a continental track and field athletics event organised by the North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association. The last of the six IAAF areas to hold a continental senior athletics competition, the NACAC Championships' inaugural edition was held in 2007 in San Salvador, El Salvador. Three hundred athletes competed at the 2007 Championships and a total of 26 nations were represented.^[1] The United States dominated the first edition with a total of 43 medals, including 28 gold medals. Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago took second and third places with totals of 20 and 11 medals, respectively.

Editions

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Athletes
1	2007	San Salvador	El Salvador	July 13–15	Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González	43
2	2015	San José	Costa Rica	August 7-9	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica	38

Records

Men

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place	Ref
100 metres	10.07 +1.9	Sheldon Mitchell	Jamaica	7 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
200 metres	20.12 +1.8	Rasheed Dwyer	Jamaica	9 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
400 m	44.64	Lalonde Gordon	Trinidad and Tobago	7 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
800 metres	1:45.79	Ryan Martin	United States	9 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
1500 metres	3:45.08	Andrew Wheating	United States	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
5000 metres	13:57.53	Lopez Lomong	United States	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
110 m hurdles	13.23 +1.5	Mikel Thomas	Trinidad and Tobago	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
400 m hurdles	48.70	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico	9 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
3000 m steeplechase	8:39.51	Michael Spence	United States	July 14, 2007	2007 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador
High jump	2.25 m (7 ft 4 ^1⁄2 in)	JaCorian Duffield	United States	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
Pole vault	5.15 m (16 ft 10 ^3⁄4 in)	Jose Montano	Mexico	July 13, 2007	2007 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador
Long jump	8.06 m (26 ft 5 ^1⁄4 in) -0.4	Cameron Burrell	United States	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
Triple jump	16.98 m (55 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) +1.4	Yordany Durañona	Dominica	7 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
Shot put	20.54 m (67 ft 4 ^1⁄2 in)	Jonathan Jones	United States	9 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
Discus throw	60.68 m (199 ft 0 ^3⁄4 in)	Russ Winger	United States	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica	[2]
Hammer throw	72.72 m (238 ft 6 ^3⁄4 in)	Roberto Janet	Cuba	9 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
Javelin throw	79.30 m (260 ft 2 in)	Riley Dolezal	United States	9 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
4×100 m relay	38.07	Mario Forsythe Jason Livermore Oshane Bailey Sheldon Mitchell	Jamaica	9 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
4×400 m relay	3:00.07	Clayton Parros Calvin Smith Marcus Chambers James Harris	United States	9 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica

Women

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place	Ref
100 metres	11.01 (+1.4 m/s)	Samantha Henry-Robinson	Jamaica	7 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
200 metres	22.50 +1.3	Kyra Jefferson	United States	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
400 metres	50.82	Courtney Okolo	United States	7 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
800 metres	2:00.48	Chanelle Price	United States	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
1500 metres	4:14.78	Rachel Schneider	United States	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
5000 metres	16:24.86	Kellyn Taylor	United States	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
100 m hurdles	13.05 -0.3	Tenaya Jones	United States	7 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
400 m hurdles	54.35	Tiffany Williams	United States	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
3000 m steeplechase	9:56.75	Ashley Higginson	United States	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
High jump	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Levern Spencer	Saint Lucia	9 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
Pole vault	4.50 m (14 ft 9 in)	Kristen Hixson	United States	7 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
Long jump	6.93 m (22 ft 8 ^3⁄4 in) (+2.0 m/s)	Quanesha Burks	United States	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica	[3]
Triple jump	14.23 m (46 ft 8 in) +1.3	Shanieka Thomas	Jamaica	7 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
Shot put	18.62 m (61 ft 1 in)	Jill Camarena-Williams	United States	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
Discus throw	59.27 m (194 ft 5 ^1⁄4 in)	Stephanie Brown Trafton	United States	14 July 2007	2007 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador
Hammer throw	72.41 m (237 ft 6 ^3⁄4 in)	Amber Campbell	United States	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
Javelin throw	60.34 m (197 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in)	Kara Winger	United States	7 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
4×100 m relay	42.24	Barbara Pierre Lekeisha Lawson Dezerea Bryant Kyra Jefferson	United States	9 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
4×400 m relay	3:25.39	Kala Funderburk Charonda Williams Tiffany Williams Courtney Okolo	United States	9 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica

References

1. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2007-07-16). USA dominates 1st NACAC Senior Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-16.
2. "Discus Throw Results". tiempodellegada.com. August 8, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
3. "Women's Long Jump Results". tiempodellegada.com. 9 August 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

External links

• NACAC official site
• 2007 Medal table
• NACAC Junior results at gbrathletics