Pan American Junior Athletics Championships

The Pan American Junior Athletics Championships are a biennial sports event for track and field organized by the Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA) open for junior (U20) athletes from member and associate member associations. They were first held in 1980.^[1][2] The IAAF defines Junior as athletes who are 19 years of age or under.

Editions

	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue
1	1980	Sudbury	Canada	29–31 August
2	1982	Barquisimeto	Venezuela	30 July – 1 August
3	1984	Nassau	Bahamas	23–25 August
4	1986	Winter Park	United States	4–6 July
5	1989	Santa Fe	Argentina	23–25 June	Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti
6	1991	Kingston	Jamaica	18–20 July
7	1993	Winnipeg	Canada	15–17 July
8	1995	Santiago	Chile	1–3 September
9	1997	Havana	Cuba	18–20 July
10	1999	Tampa	United States	9–11 July
11	2001	Santa Fe	Argentina	18–20 October	Centro de Alto Rendimiento Deportivo Pedro Candioti
12	2003	Bridgetown	Barbados	18–20 July	Barbados National Stadium
13	2005	Windsor	Canada	29–31 July	University of Windsor Stadium
14	2007	São Paulo	Brazil	6–8 July	Estádio Ícaro de Castro Melo
15	2009	Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	31 July – 2 August	Hasely Crawford Stadium
16	2011	Miramar	United States	22–24 July	Ansin Sports Complex
17	2013	Medellin	Colombia	23–25 August	Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex
18	2015	Edmonton	Canada	31 July–2 August	Foote Field

Championship records

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	10.03 (+0.7 m/s)	Marcus Rowland	United States	2009	2009 Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
200 m	20.13 (+0.0 m/s) WYB	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	July 2003	2003 Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados
400 m	45.14 WYB	Obea Moore	United States	September 1995	1995 Championships	Santiago, Chile
800 m	1:47.85	Joaquim Cruz	Brazil	August 1980	1980 Championships	Greater Sudbury, Canada
1500 m	3:45.72	Mike Woods	Canada	July 2005	2005 Championships	Windsor, Canada
5000 m	14:12.11	Mohammed Ahmed	Canada	2009	2009 Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
10000 m	29:28.6	Alejandro Villanueva	Mexico	June 1989	1989 Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina
110 m hurdles (99.0 cm)	13.08 (+2.0 m/s) WJR	Wayne Davis	United States	2009	2009 Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
400 m hurdles	49.31	William Wynne	United States	2009	2009 Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
3000 m steeplechase	8:43.96	José Alberto Sánchez	Cuba	July 2005	2005 Championships	Windsor, Canada
High jump	2.27 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	July 1986	1986 Championships	Winter Park, United States
Pole vault	5.50 m	Lawrence Johnson	United States	July 1993	1993 Championships	Winnipeg, Canada
Long jump	8.16 m	Dion Bentley	United States	June 1989	1989 Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina
Triple jump	16.93 m (−0.5 m/s)	David Giralt	Cuba	July 2003	2003 Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados
Shot put (6 kg)	20.36 m	Mason Finley	United States	2009	2009 Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Discus throw (1.75 kg)	66.58 m	Travis Smikle	Jamaica	July 2011	2011 Championships	Miramar, United States	[3]
Hammer throw (6 kg)	80.21 m	Humberto Mansilla	Chile	2 August 2015	2015 Championships	Edmonton, Canada	[4]
Javelin throw	76.40 m	Braian Toledo	Argentina	July 2011	2011 Championships	Miramar, United States	[5]
Decathlon	8037 pts	Harrison Williams	United States	31 July – 1 August 2015	2015 Championships	Edmonton, Canada	[6]
	10.67 (+2.9 m/s) (100 m), 6.98 m (+3.7 m/s) (long jump), 13.71 m (shot put), 2.03 m (high jump), 48.28 (400 m) / 14.41 (-1.0 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 39.68 m (discus), 5.00 m (pole vault), 51.77 m (javelin), 4:29.20 (1500 m)
10000 m walk (track)	39:50.73	Jefferson Pérez	Ecuador	July 1993	1993 Championships	Winnipeg, Canada
4×100 m relay	39.06	Keyth Talley D'Angelo Cherry Trevante Rhodes Marcus Rowland	United States	2009	2009 Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
4×400 m relay	3:02.88	Elzie Coleman Jeremy Wariner Kenneth Fergusson Ashton Collins	United States	July 2003	2003 Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Ref
100 m	11.22 (0.8 m/s)	Chalonda Goodman	United States	2009	2009 Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
200 m	22.70 (0.0 m/s)	Anthonique Strachan	Bahamas	July 2011	2011 Championships	Miramar, United States	[7]
400 m	51.72	Bobby-Gaye Wilkins	Jamaica	July 2007	2007 Championships	São Paulo, Brazil
800 m	2:03.70	Mairelín Fuentes	Cuba	July 1997	1997 Championships	Havana, Cuba
1500 m	4:16.07	Fabiana Da Silva	Brazil	July 1997	1997 Championships	Havana, Cuba
3000 m	9:16.05	Lisa Harvey	United States	June 1989	1989 Championships	Santa Fe, Argentina
5000 m	16:23.35	Rachael Reddy	United States	1 August 2015	2015 Championships	Edmonton, Canada	[8]
100 m hurdles	13.02 (-0.8 m/s)	Kristi Castlin	United States	July 2007	2007 Championships	São Paulo, Brazil
400 m hurdles	56.25	Queen Harrison	United States	July 2007	2007 Championships	São Paulo, Brazil
3000 m steeplechase	10:04.71	Sabine Heitling	Brazil	July 2005	2005 Championships	Windsor, Canada
High jump	1.96 m =WYB	Vashti Cunningham	United States	1 August 2015	2015 Championships	Edmonton, Canada	[9]
Pole vault	4.40 m A	Alysha Newman	Canada	25 August 2013	2013 Championships	Medellín, Colombia	[10]
		Robeilys Peinado	Venezuela
Long jump	6.46 m (-0.4 m/s)	Yudelkis Fernández	Cuba	July 2003	2003 Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados
Triple jump	14.08 m (0.0 m/s)	Liadagmis Povea	Cuba	2 August 2015	2015 Championships	Edmonton, Canada	[11]
Shot put	18.27 m	Raven Saunders	United States	31 July 2015	2015 Championships	Edmonton, Canada	[12]
Discus throw	57.88 m	Seilala Sua	United States	July 1997	1997 Championships	Havana, Cuba
Hammer throw	64.80 m	Arasay Tondike	Cuba	July 2005	2005 Championships	Windsor, Canada
Javelin throw	63.86 m WJR	Yuleimis Aguilar	Cuba	2 August 2015	2015 Championships	Edmonton, Canada	[13]
Heptathlon	5600 pts	Regla Cárdenas	Cuba	July 1993	1993 Championships	Winnipeg, Canada
	(100 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (200 m) / (long jump), (javelin), (800 m)
10000 m walk (track)	47:05.11	Stefany Coronado	Bolivia	1 August 2015	2015 Championships	Edmonton, Canada	[14]
4×100 m relay	43.38	Alexis Joyce Aleah Williams Amber Robinson Amaris Buchanan	United States	11 July 1999	1999 Championships	Tampa, United States
4×400 m relay	3:23.70	Winsome Cole Tanya Jarrett Ellen Grant Claudine Williams	Jamaica	17 July 1993	1993 Championships	Winnipeg, Canada

References

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10. Eduardo Biscayart (26 August 2013). "Pole Vault highlights Pan-American Junior Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
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13. "Javelin Throw Results". deltatiming.com. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
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