North, Central American and Caribbean junior records in athletics

North, Central American and Caribbean Junior records in athletics are the best marks set in an event by an athlete who has not yet reached their 20th birthday in the given year of competition, competing for a member nation of the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC).

Outdoor

Men

Key:   Awaiting ratification

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref	Video
100 m	10.01 (+0.0 m/s)	Darrel Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	24 August 2003	World Championships	Saint-Denis, France	18 years, 317 days
	10.01 (+1.5 m/s)	Trayvon Bromell	United States	29 March 2014	Texas Relays	Austin, United States	18 years, 262 days	[1]
	9.97 (+1.8 m/s)	Trayvon Bromell	United States	13 June 2014	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, United States	18 years, 338 days	[2]
200 m	19.93 (+1.4 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	11 April 2004	CARIFTA Games	Devonshire, Bermuda	17 years, 234 days
400 m	43.87	Steve Lewis	United States	28 September 1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, Korea	19 years, 135 days
800 m	1:43.55	Donavan Brazier	United States	10 June 2016	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, United States	19 years, 56 days	[3]
1500 m	3:36.1+	Jim Ryun	United States	17 July 1966		Berkeley, United States	19 years, 79 days
Mile	3:51.3	Jim Ryun	United States	17 July 1966		Berkeley, United States	19 years, 79 days
3000 m	7:49.16	Galen Rupp	United States	17 July 2005		Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy	19 years, 70 days
5000 m	13:29.98	Chris Derrick	United States	17 October 1990	Payton Jordan Invitational	Palo Alto, United States	18 years, 197 days
10000 m	28:15.52	Galen Rupp	United States	07/05/2005	Oregon Twilight Meet	Eugene, United States	18 years, 364 days
3000 m steeplechase	8:33.8	John Gregorek	United States	20/05/1979	Penn Relays	Philadelphia, United States	19 years, 35 days
110 m hurdles (99 cm)	13.06 (+0.5 m/s)	Tyler Mason	Jamaica	24 July 2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	18 years, 251 days	[4]
400 m hurdles	48.02	Danny Harris	United States	17/06/1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, California, United States	18 years, 284 days
High jump	2.36 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	23/02/1986		Santiago de Cuba, Cuba	18 years, 71 days
Pole vault	5.72 m	Andrew Irwin	United States	13/05/2012	SEC Championship	Baton Rouge, United States	19 years, 111 days	[5]
Long jump	8.34 m (+0.0 m/s)	Randy Williams	United States	08/09/1972	Olympic Games	München, Germany	19 years, 16 days
Triple jump	17.40 m (+0.4 m/s)	Pedro Pérez Dueñas	Cuba	5 August 1971	Pan American Games	Cali, Colombia	119 years, 163 days
Shot put (6 kg)	20.54 m	Sean Shields	United States	16 July 2002		Kingston, Jamaica	19 years, 156 days
Discus throw (1.750 kg)	61.40 m	Ryan Whiting	United States	31 July 2005	Pan American Junior Championships	Windsor, Canada	18 years, 249 days	[6]
Hammer throw (6 kg)	79.00 m	Reinier Mejias	Cuba	27 February 2009		La Habana, Cuba	18 years, 158 days
Javelin throw	84.58 m	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago	11 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	19 years, 131 days	[7]
10000 m walk (track)	39:56.49	Alberto Cruz	Mexico	10 August 1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	18 years, 65 days
4 × 100 m relay	38.66	Trell Kimmons Abidemi Omole Ivory Williams LaShawn Merritt	United States	18 July 2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	19 years, 5 days 19 years, 77 days 18 years, 21 days
4 × 400 m relay	3:01.09	Brandon Johnson LaShawn Merritt Jason Craig Kerron Clement	United States	18 July 2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	19 years, 138 days 18 years, 21 days 18 years, 261 days

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref	Video
100 m	10.98 (+2.0 m/s)	Candace Hill	United States	20 June 2015	Brooks PR Invitational	Shoreline, United States	16 years, 130 days	[8]
200 m	22.18 (+0.8 m/s)	Allyson Felix	United States	25 August 2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	18 years, 281 days
400 m	49.89	Sanya Richards	United States	17 July 2004	U.S. Olympic Trials	Sacramento, United States	19 years, 142 days
800 m	1:57.74	Sahily Diago	Cuba	25 May 2014	Memorial Barrientos	Havana, Cuba	18 years, 272 days	[9]
1500 m	4:03.39	Alexa Efraimson	United States	30 May 2015	Prefontaine Classic	Eugene, United States	18 years, 99 days	[10]
Mile	4:35.13	Glenda Reiser	Canada	15 September 1973		London, United Kingdom	18 years, 91 days
3000 m	8:57.27	Cecilia Hopp	United States	27 June 1982		Durham, United States	19 years, 177 days
5000 m	15:36.95	Molly Huddle	United States	17 April 2003	Mt. SAC Relays	Walnut, United States	18 years, 229 days
10000 m	32:22.99	Madaí Pérez	Mexico	17 April 1999	Mt. SAC Relays	Walnut, United States	19 years, 74 days
100 m hurdles
	12.74 (+1.7 m/s) [11]	Dior Hall	United States	13 June 2015	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, United States	19 years, 162 days	[12]
	12.84 (+1.5 m/s)	Aliuska López	Cuba	16 July 1987	Summer Universiade	Zagreb, Croatia	17 years, 321 days
	12.84 (+1.2 m/s)	Tia Jones	United States	25 June 2016	United States Junior Championships	Clovis, United States	15 years, 291 days	[13]
400 m hurdles	54.15	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	10 July 2016	United States Olympic Trials	Eugene, United States	16 years, 338 days	[14]
3000 m steeplechase	9:44.62	Charlotte Prouse	Canada	22 July 2016	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	19 years, 164 days	[15]
High jump	1.98 m	Silvia Costa	Cuba	11 July 1983		Edmonton, Canada	19 years, 68 days
Pole vault	4.45 m	Desiree Freier	Argentina	24 July 2014	World Junior Championships	Eugene, United States	18 years, 0 days	[16]
Long jump	6.83 m (+1.7 m/s)	Kate Hall	United States	21 June 2015	New Balance High School Invitational	Greensboro, United States	18 years, 160 days	[17]
Triple jump	14.29 m (+1.2 mps)	Mabel Gay	Cuba	5 April 2002		Havana, Cuba	18 years, 335 days
Shot put	18.78 m	Yumileidi Cumbá	Cuba	10 June 1994		Camagüey, Cuba	19 years, 119 days
Discus throw	63.60 m	Hilda Ramos	Cuba	19 May 1983		Havana, Cuba	18 years, 260 days
Hammer throw	68.98 m	Ayamey Damiana Medina	Cuba	27 May 2016		Havana, Cuba	18 years, 96 days
Javelin throw	63.86 m	Yuleimis Aguilar	Cuba	2 August 2015	Pan American Junior Championships	Edmonton, Canada	18 years, 364 days	[18]
Heptathlon	6231 pts	Yorgelis Rodríguez	Cuba	21–22 February 2014		Havana, Cuba	19 years, 28 days
	14.01 (0.0 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.84 m (high jump), 14.21 m (shot put), 24.93 (0.0 m/s) (200 m) / 6.03 m (0.0 m/s) (long jump), 47.58 m (javelin), 2:17.93 (800 m)
10000 m walk (track)	45:44.33	Valeria Ortuño	Mexico	19 July 2016	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	18 years, 53 days	[19]
10 km walk (road)	46:00	Alejandra Ortega	Mexico	12 May 2012	IAAF World Race Walking Cup	Saransk, Russia	17 years, 309 days	[20]
20 km walk (road)	1:36:40	Valeria Ortuño	Mexico	22 May 2016	47th International Racewalking Meeting	Naumburg, Germany	17 years, 361 days	[21]
4 × 100 m relay	43.29	United States "Blue" Bianca Knight Jeneba Tarmoh Elizabeth Olear Gabrielle Mayo	United States	8 August 2006		Eugene, United States	17 years, 218 days 16 years, 315 days
4 × 400 m relay	3:27.60	United States Junior Alexandria Anderson Ashlee Kidd Stephanie Smith Natasha Hastings	United States	18 July 2004	World Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	17 years, 172 days 17 years, 361 days

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref	Video
50 m	5.67	Kareem Kelly	United States	19 February 2000	Los Angeles Invitational	Los Angeles, United States	18 years, 324 days
60 m
200 m	20.37	Walter Dix	United States	11 March 2005		Fayetteville, United States	19 years, 39 days
400 m	44.80	Kirani James	Grenada	27 February 2011	SEC Championships	Fayetteville, United States	18 years, 179 days	[22][23]
800 m	1:45.93	Donavan Brazier	United States	16 January 2016	Texas A&M Team Invitational	College Station, United States	18 years, 276 days	[24]
1000 m
1500 m	3:41.93+	Drew Hunter	United States	20 February 2016	Millrose Games	New York City, United States	18 years, 168 days	[25]
Mile	3:55.02	German Fernandez	United States	28 February 2009	Big 12 Championships	College Station, United States	18 years, 118 days	[26]
3000 m	7:50.06 OT	Grant Fisher	United States	12 February 2016	Husky Classic	Seattle, United States	18 years, 296 days	[27]
5000 m
60 m hurdles (99/100 cm)	7.53	Grant Holloway	United States	13 March 2016	New Balance Nationals	New York City, United States	18 years, 326 days	[28]
60 m hurdles
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put (6 kg)
Shot put (7.26 kg) [29]	21.05 m	Terry Albritton	United States	22 February 1974		New York City, United States	19 years, 39 days
Heptathlon (Junior)
	(60 m), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump) / (60 m hurdles), (pole vault), (1000 m)
Heptathlon (Senior)	6022 pts	Gunnar Nixon	United States	27–28 January 2012	Razorback Invitational	Fayetteville, United States	19 years, 15 days	[30]
	7.10 (60 m), 7.53 m (long jump), 13.97 m (shot put), 2.15 m (high jump) / 8.21 m (60 m hurdles), 4.50 m (pole vault), 2:40.15 (1000 m)
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay	3:13.06	New Bern NC Andrew Hendrix Fuqauwn Green Miles Sparks Anthony Hendrix	United States	6 February 2009	Millrose Games	New York City, United States
4 × 800 m relay	7:36.99	Albemarle High School Zach Vrhovac Luke Noble Garrett Bradley Anthony Kostelac	United States	15 March 2009	New Balance Nationals Indoor	Roxbury Crossing, United States	17 years, 243 days 18 years, 160 days 17 years, 208 days 17 years, 254 days

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
60 m
200 m	22.40	Bianca Knight	United States	14 March 2008	NCAA Division I Championships	Fayetteville, United States	19 years, 72 days
400 m	50.82	Sanya Richards	United States	13 March 2004	NCAA Division I Championships	Fayetteville, United States	18 years, 292 days
800 m
1000 m	2:35.80	Mary C. Cain	United States	8 February 2014	New Balance Indoor Grand Prix	Roxbury, United States	17 years, 281 days	[31]
1500 m	4:06.63+	Mary C. Cain	United States	24 January 2014	BU John Thomas Terrier Invitational	Boston, United States	17 years, 266 days	[32]
Mile	4:24.11	Mary C. Cain	United States	24 January 2014	BU John Thomas Terrier Invitational	Boston, United States	17 years, 266 days	[33]
3000 m
5000 m
60 m hurdles	8.01	Dior Hall	United States	13 March 2015	NCAA Division I Championships	Fayetteville, United States	19 years, 70 days	[34]
High jump	1.99 m	Vashti Cunningham	United States	12 March 2016	USA Championships	Portland, United States	18 years, 54 days	[35]
Pole vault	4.42 m	Desiree Freier	United States	17 April 2014	Class 5A 4/5 Area Meet	Coppell, United States	17 years, 267 days	[36]
Long jump
Triple jump	13.98 m	Keturah Orji	United States	24 January 2015	Rod McCravy Invitational	Lexington, United States	18 years, 325 days	[37]
Shot put
Pentathlon	4635 pts A	Kendell Williams	United States	15 March 2014	NCAA Division I Championships	Albuquerque, United States	18 years, 274 days	[38]
	8.21 (60 m hurdles), 1.88 m (high jump), 12.05 m (shot put), 6.32 m (long jump), 2:17.31 (800 m)
3000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

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