2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics explained

19th Central American and Caribbean Championships
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Host City:	St. George's, Grenada
Dates:	4–6 July
Stadium:	National Stadium
Nations Participating:	29
Athletes Participating:	At least 318^[1]
Events:	43^[2]
Level:	Senior
Previous:	2001 Guatemala City
Next:	2005 Nassau

The 2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in athletics were held in St George's, Grenada, between 4–6 July 2003. It was the first time that the country had hosted the competition.^[3]

Medal summary

See main article: 2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results.

Men's events

100 m	Kim Collins	10.13	Darrel Brown	10.17	Marc Burns	10.29
200 m	Dominic Demeritte	20.43	Julieon Raeburn	20.57	Christopher Williams	20.58
400 m	Alleyne Francique	45.27	Chris Brown	45.42	Ato Modibo	45.81
800 m	Sherridan Kirk	1:49.10	Jermaine Myers	1:49.36	Marvin Watts	1:49.48
1500 m	Juan Luis Barrios	3:44.78	Ricky Etheridge	3:48.68	Mario Smith	3:52.22
5000 m †	Eduardo Rojas	14:29.88	José Amado García	14:40.94	Pamenos Ballantyne	14:43.72
10,000 m	Eduardo Rojas	29:37.08	Alfredo Arevalo	29:39.48	José Amado García	29:42.52
Half marathon	Pamenos Ballantyne	1:09:14	Alfredo Arevalo	1:09:39	Claude Nohile	1:10:59
3000 m steeplechase †	Alex Greaux	8:39.68	Néstor Nieves	8:40.27
110 m hurdles †	Hugh Henry	13.85	Alleyne Lett	13.98	Ricardo Melbourne	14.01
400 m hurdles	Greg Little	50.04	Sergio Hierrezuelo	50.26	Oscar Juanz	50.34
High jump	Lisvany Pérez	2.21	Huguens Jean	2.15	Henderson Dottin	2.15
Pole vault †	Giovanni Lanaro	5.30	Ricardo Diez	5.00
Long jump	Kareem Streete-Thompson	8.12w	Osbourne Moxey	7.85w	Aundre Edwards	7.74w
Triple jump	Leevan Sands	17.16	Gregory Hughes	16.17	Ayata Joseph	15.94
Shot put	Yojer Medina	19.12	Francisco Guzmán	17.82	Dave Stoute	17.70
Discus throw	Alfredo Romero	54.09	Alleyne Lett	53.14	David Bissoly	52.38
Hammer throw †	Yosvany Suárez	69.59	Aldo Bello	64.26	Raúl Rivera	60.94
Javelin throw	Manuel Fuenmayor	72.35	Rigoberto Calderón	67.50	Robert Barnes	66.57
Decathlon	Yonelvis Águila	7337	Decosma Wright	6383	Guillermo Toledo	6074
20 km road walk † ^[4]	Julio Martínez	1:22:07	José Olivares	1:24:02	Ezequiel Nazario	1:26:01
4 x 100 m relay		39.05		39.2		39.46
4 x 400 m relay		3:02.56	Marvin Essor Lanceford Spence Jermaine Myers Richard James	3:04.08		3:04.48

Women's events

100 m	Fana Ashby	11.32	Tamica Clarke	11.33	Judith Kitson	11.37
200 m	Cydonie Mothersille	22.45	Roxana Díaz	22.74	Tonique Williams	22.8
400 m	Hazel-Ann Regis	51.56	Michelle Burgher	52.19	Eliana Pacheco	52.87
800 m	Neisha Bernard-Thomas	2:04.12	Kenia Sinclair	2:04.50	Sheena Gooding	2:04.55
1500 m †	Ashley Couper	4:27.71	Margarita Tapia	4:32.16	Elsa Monterroso	4:39.44
10,000 m †	Yudelkis Martínez	34:29.05	Elsa Monterroso	35:54.46	Lourdes Cruz	38:27.73
Half marathon †	Lourdes Cruz	1:31:50	Adelaide Carrington	1:38:45	Kenisha Pascal	2:02:28 NR
100 m hurdles	Delloreen Ennis-London	12.70 CR	Nadine Faustin	12.82	Vonette Dixon	13.35
400 m hurdles	Allison Beckford	55.12 CR	Yvonne Harrison	55.29	Andrea Blackett	56.12
High jump	Desiree Crichlow	1.81	Yetzálida Pérez	1.79	Keitha Moseley	1.76
Pole vault †	Alejandra Meza	4.00 (CR)	Denisse Orengo	3.90
Long jump	Elva Goulbourne	6.96w	Jackie Edwards	6.63w	Yuridia Bustamante	6.28w
Triple jump	Suzette Lee	13.89w	María Espencer	13.41w	Michelle Vaughn	12.74
Shot put	Misleydis González	18.09	Cleopatra Borel	17.79	Rosario Ramos	15.02
Discus throw	Yania Ferrales	59.07	María Cubillán	49.05	Doris Thompson	43.88
Hammer throw †	Violeta Guzmán	55.72	Adriana Benaventa	50.82
Javelin throw	Laverne Eve	56.75	Kateema Riettie	51.36	Dalila Rugama	47.40
10 km road walk †	Rosario Sánchez	49:06	Estela Hernández	52:03
4 x 100 m relay		43.06 CR		43.30	Dainelky Pérez Roxana Díaz Virgen Benavides Magalys García	43.83
4 x 400 m relay	Naleya Downer Michelle Burgher Carlene Robinson Allison Beckford	3:29.75		3:32.99 NR	? Sandra Moya Lizaira Del Valle Militza Castro	3:33.35

† = non-championship event

Participation

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External links

Men Medalists – GBR Athletics
Women Medalists – GBR Athletics
Men's results
Women's results

Notes and References

Not all of the relay squads are known so the number of participants from certain nations may be slightly higher.
Including 11 unofficial events
Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2003-07-04). CAC Championships attract regions best, as Cuba aims to retain grip. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-27.
short course (18 km)