2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics explained

20th Central American and Caribbean Championships
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Host City:	Nassau, Bahamas
Dates:	8–11 July
Stadium:	Thomas Robinson Stadium
Nations Participating:	29
Athletes Participating:	374
Events:	44
Records Set:	15
Level:	Senior
Previous:	2003 St. George's
Next:	2008 Cali

The 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships in athletics were held at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas, between 8–11 July 2005.^[1] ^[2]

Medal summary

See main article: 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results.

Men's events

100 metres	Darrel Brown	10.02 CR	Marc Burns	10.02	Churandy Martina	10.1
200 metres	Usain Bolt	20.03 CR	Aaron Armstrong	20.35	Dominic Demeritte	20.47
400 metres	Lansford Spence	45.29	Ato Modibo	45.46	Chris Brown	45.57
800 metres	Yeimer López	1:47.64	Sherridan Kirk	1:48.31	Moise Joseph	1:49.60
1500 metres	Maury Castillo	3:47.89	David Freeman	3:48.01	Luis Soto	3:52.60
5000 metres	Juan Luis Barrios	14:22.57	Juan Carlos Romero	14:36.18	Liván Luque	14:38.02
10000 metres	Aguelmis Rojas	30:14.75	Juan Carlos Romero	30:41.87	Henry Ortíz	31:38.63
3000 metres steeplechase	Alex Greaux	8:56.15	José Alberto Sánchez	9:07.44	Salvador Miranda	9:11.67
110 metres hurdles	Yoel Hernández	13.32w	Dayron Robles	13.41w	Alleyne Lett	13.49w
400 metres hurdles	Dean Griffiths	48.99 CR	Yacnier Luis	49.12	Lueroy Colquhoun	49.23
High jump	Víctor Moya	2.26	Lisvany Pérez	2.26	Gerardo Martínez	2.23
Pole vault	Lázaro Borges	4.80	Abiexer Vega	4.80	Steven Marrero	4.40
Long jump	Leevan Sands	8.13 =CR	Osbourne Moxey	8.03w	Ibrahim Camejo	7.88
Triple jump	Yoandri Betanzos	17.33w	Allen Simms	17.19w	Leevan Sands	17.14w
Shot put	Dorian Scott	20.21 CR	Alexis Paumier	19.06	Yoisel Toledo	18.28
Discus throw	Yunior Lastre	60.10	Loy Martínez	59.35	Héctor Hurtado	55.05
Hammer throw	Yosvany Suárez	69.47	Erick Jiménez	68.42	Santos Vega	64.53
Javelin throw	Emeterio González	76.44	Yudel Moreno	73.95	Justin Cummins	61.92
Decathlon	Claston Bernard	7877 CR	Alberto Juantorena Jr.	7672	Alexis Chivás	7624
20000 m track walk †	Julio Martínez	1:30:38.07	Gabriel Ortiz	1:32:46.32	Walter Sandoval	1:37:38.64
4 × 100 metres relay	Darrel Brown Aaron Armstrong Marc Burns Jacey Harper Kevon Pierre	38.47 CR	Geronimo Goeloe Charlton Raffaela Jairo Duzant Churandy Martina	38.92	Jamial Rolle Dominic Demeritte Grafton Ifill Derrick Atkins Troy McIntosh	39.08
4 × 400 metres relay		3:01.08		3:01.43		3:02.33

Women's events

100 metres	Chandra Sturrup	11.02 CR	Tahesia Harrigan	11.29	Fana Ashby	11.40
200 metres	Cydonie Mothersille	22.26w	Christine Amertil	22.64w	Peta-Gaye Dowdie	22.72w
400 metres	Tonique Williams-Darling	50.97	Tiandra Ponteen	51.41	Lisvania Grenot	51.53
800 metres	Neisha Bernard-Thomas	2:01.07	Aneita Denton	2:01.66	Yuneisi Santiusti	2:02.38
1500 metres	Yadira Bataille	4:26.43	Ashley Couper	4:26.91	Yanisleidis Castillo	4:30.83
5000 metres	Yudelkis Martínez	17:12.58	Angélica Sánchez	17:15.00	Yanisleidis Castillo	17:32.37
10000 metres	Yudelkis Martínez	34:53.50	Mariela González	35:09.62	Angélica Sánchez	36:36.79
3000 metre steeplechase	Mardea Hyman	9:54.01 CR	Korene Hinds	9:58.05	only 2 athletes started the race
100 metres hurdles	Nadine Faustin	12.83	Andrea Bliss	12.86	Yahumara Neyra	13.09
400 metres hurdles	Debbie-Ann Parris	55.26	Andrea Blackett	56.47	Shevon Stoddart	56.64
High jump	Levern Spencer	1.94 CR	Karen Beautle Juana Arrendel	1.85
Pole vault †	Katiuska Pérez	4.25 (CR)	Denisse Orengo	4.10	Marjorie Sánchez	4.00
Long jump	Yargelis Savigne	6.88w	Elva Goulbourne	6.78w	Jackie Edwards	6.71w
Triple jump	Yarianna Martínez	14.18 CR	Mabel Gay	13.97	Jennifer Arveláez	13.09
Shot put	Yumileidi Cumbá	18.98 CR	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	18.05	Kimberly Barrett	18.03
Discus throw	Yarelis Barrios	56.59	Lisandra Rodríguez	53.07	Chafree Bain	47.36
Hammer throw	Candice Scott	67.44 CR	Yunaika Crawford	66.75	Natalie Grant	61.34
Javelin throw	Laverne Eve	61.11	Olivia McKoy	61.10	Noraida Bicet	59.05
Heptathlon	Juana Castillo	5760	Yasmiani Pedroso	5479	Cheilín Povea	5285
10000 m track walk	Cristina López	45:52.32 CR	Evelyn Núnez	47:23.58	Yarelis Sánchez	50:57.73
4 × 100 metres relay	Danielle Browning Sheri-Ann Brooks Beverly McDonald Peta-Gaye Dowdie	43.21	Tamicka Clarke Philippa Arnette-Willie Savatheda Fynes Chandra Sturrup	43.48	Yaumara Neira Roxana Díaz Misleidys Lazo Yenima Arencibia	45.07
4 × 400 metres relay	Moya Thompson Sonita Sutherland Shellene Williams Allison Beckford	3:30.63	Sasha Rolle Christine Amertil Shakeitha Henfield Tonique Williams-Darling	3:33.14	Indira Terrero Yaniuska Pérez Yadira Isaac Libania Grenot	3:33.85