| XVII Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships | |
| Size: | 200px |
| Host City: | Port of Spain, Trinidad  |
| Dates: | 14–16 July |
| Stadium: | Hasely Crawford Stadium |
| Nations Participating: | 24 |
| Athletes Participating: | about 449 (245 junior, 204 youth) |
| Events: | 81 (43 junior, 38 youth) |
| Level: | Junior and Youth |
| Previous: | 2004 Coatzacoalcos |
| Next: | 2010 Santo Domingo |
The 17th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships were held in the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad, between 14–16 July 2006, and organized by the National Amateur Athletic Association of Trinidad & Tobago (NAAATT). The event was open for athletes from the invited countries, that are members of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC), in two categories: Junior A Category: 17 to 19 years as of 31 December 2004 (Born between 1987 and 1989), and Junior B Category: 14 to 16 years as of 31 December 2006 (Born between 1990 and 1992). A preview and detailed discussions of the results on a day-by-day basis are given.
A total of 18 new championship records were set.
| Event | Record | Athlete | Country | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys Under 20 (Junior) | |||||
| 5000 m | 14:21.58 | Diego Alberto Borrego | CR | ||
| 110 m hurdles | 13.69 (1.6 m/s) | Ryan Brathwaite | CR | ||
| Shot put | 17.06m | Tyron Benjamin | CR | ||
| Discus throw | 52.79m | Sharif Small | CR | ||
| Hammer throw (junior implement, 6 kg) | 60.25m1) | Cristian Vargas | CR | ||
| Girls Under 20 (Junior) | |||||
| 200 m | 23.20 (2.0 m/s) | Schillonie Calvert | CR | ||
| 400 m | 51.57 | Sonita Sutherland | CR | ||
| 400 m hurdles | 57.09 | Sherene Pinnock | CR | ||
| 2000 m steeplechase | 8:09.76 | Adriana Rosado | CR | ||
| Pole vault | 4.05m | Alexandra González | CR | ||
| Long jump | 6.56m (0.0 m/s) | Rhonda Watkins | CR | ||
| Hammer throw | 54.51m | Aline Huerta | CR | ||
| Boys Under 17 (Youth) | |||||
| 400 m hurdles | 52.62 | Nathan Arnette | CR | ||
| 4×100 m relay | 40.83 | Jerome Myers Ramone McKenzie Nickel Ashmeade Dexter Lee | CR | ||
| Pole vault | 4.50m | David A. Díaz | CR | ||
| Discus throw | 52.77m | Omar Bryan | CR | ||
| Girls Under 17 (Youth) | |||||
| 100 m hurdles | 13.72 (1.3 m/s) | Kierre Beckles | CR | ||
| Javelin throw | 39.92m | Deandra Dottin | CR | ||
| 4000 m race walk | 20:24.68 | Jamy Franco | CR | ||
| AR — Area record CR — Championship record NR — National record |
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Notes:
1): This was a new championship record using the(junior implement) hammer of 6 kg. However, Yosmel Montes from Cuba threw the hammer 65.88m using the (senior implement) 7.257 kg hammer duringthe 1996 championships.
The results are published.
| 100 metres (1.5 m/s) | 10.33 | 10.39 | 10.56 | ||||
| 200 metres (1.4 m/s) | 21.02 | 21.12 | 21.22 | ||||
| 400 metres | 46.14 | 46.17 | 46.29 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:51.73 | 1:52.28 | | 1:52.93 1:52.93 | |||
| 1500 metres | 3:52.04 | 3:55.18 | 3:56.79 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 14:21.58 CR | 14:51.22 | 15:45.88 | ||||
| 110 metres hurdles (1.6 m/s) | 13.69 CR | 14.04 | 14.21 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 53.21 | 53.29 | 53.56 | ||||
| 3000 metres steeplechase | 9:05.99 | 9:23.43 | 9:52.77 | ||||
| High jump | 2.11m | 2.11m | 2.08m | ||||
| Pole vault | 4.10m | 4.00m | 4.00m | ||||
| Long jump | 7.68m | 7.55m | 7.30m w (2.2 m/s) | ||||
| Triple jump | 15.25m (0.7 m/s) | 15.09m (0.9 m/s) | 14.97m (0.6 m/s) | ||||
| Shot put | 17.06m CR | 16.87m | 15.36m | ||||
| Discus throw | 52.79m CR | 51.74m | 51.55m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 60.25m CR | 58.77m | 56.99m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 62.09m | 57.86m | 56.19m | ||||
| Decathlon | 6583 | 6178 | 5750 | ||||
| 10,000m race walk | 46:21.34 | 46:21.39 | 47:20.82 | ||||
| 4×100 metres relay | 40.49 | 40.68 | 40.79 | ||||
| 4×400 metres relay | 3:06.99 | 3:07.51 | 3:09.09 |
| 100 metres (1.0 m/s) | 11.39 | 11.67 | 11.71 | ||||
| 200 metres (2.0 m/s) | 23.20 CR | 23.25 | 23.62 | ||||
| 400 metres | 51.57 CR | 53.19 | 56.15 | ||||
| 800 metres | 2:12.23 | 2:14.09 | 2:16.63 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:33.77 | 4:34.44 | 4:34.46 | ||||
| 3000 metres | 10:28.94 | 10:30.81 | 11:59.07 | ||||
| 5000 metres | 17:50.96 | 19:42.07 | |||||
| 100 metres hurdles (-0.2 m/s) | 13.60 | 14.08 | 14.38 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 57.09 CR | 1:00.03 | 1:00.50 | ||||
| 2000 m steeplechase | 8:09.76 CR | 8:37.47 | |||||
| High jump | 1.83m | 1.73m | 1.70m | ||||
| Pole vault | 4.05m CR | 3.20m | |||||
| Long jump | 6.56m CR (0.0 m/s) | 6.09m (0.0 m/s) | 6.08m (0.0 m/s) | ||||
| Triple jump | 12.84m (0.0 m/s) | 12.47m (0.0 m/s) | 12.29m (0.0 m/s) | ||||
| Shot put | 14.91m | 13.02m | 12.22m | ||||
| Discus throw | 45.62m | 39.21m | 39.03m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 54.51m CR | 50.08m | 41.28m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 44.89m | 44.69m | 40.14m | ||||
| Heptathlon | 4282 | 4028 | 3503 | ||||
| 5000 m race walk | 26:03.94 | 28:24.84 | |||||
| 4×100 metres relay | 44.74 | 45.71 | 45.75 | ||||
| 4×400 metres relay | 3:36.02 | 3:42.31 | 3:49.09 |
| 100 metres (1.8 m/s) | 10.60 | 10.68 | 10.73 | ||||
| 200 metres (1.6 m/s) | 21.17 | 21.30 | 21.74 | ||||
| 400 metres | 47.59 | 48.70 | 48.76 | ||||
| 800 metres | 1:56.57 | 1:57.22 | 1:57.37 | ||||
| 1500 metres | 4:02.95 | 4:04.23 | 4:04.75 | ||||
| 3000 metres | 9:00.21 | 9:03.40 | 9:04.39 | ||||
| 100 metres hurdles (1.7 m/s) | 13.57 | 14.17 | 14.31 | ||||
| 400 metres hurdles | 52.62 CR | 53.26 | 55.50 | ||||
| 2000 m steeplechase | 6:19.62 | 7:02.43 | |||||
| High jump | 2.02m | 1.99m | 1.93m | ||||
| Pole vault | 4.50m CR | 4.20m | 3.20m | ||||
| Long jump | 7.22m (1.1 m/s) | 6.86m (0.9 m/s) | 6.74m (0.7 m/s) | ||||
| Triple jump | 14.78m (0.0 m/s) | 14.74m (0.0 m/s) | 14.24m (0.0 m/s) | ||||
| Shot put | 15.00m | 14.86m | 14.62m | ||||
| Discus throw | 52.77m CR | 50.47m | 42.38m | ||||
| Hammer throw | 56.33m | ||||||
| Javelin throw | 59.63m | 52.77m | 51.97m | ||||
| Octathlon | 4599 | 4245 | 4175 | ||||
| 5000 m race walk | 21:52.47 | 22:50.59 | |||||
| 4×100 metres relay | 40.83 | 41.90 | 42.10 | ||||
| 4×400 metres relay | 3:17.05 | 3:19.01 | 3:19.47 |
| 100 metres (0.7 m/s) | 11.79 | 11.84 | 11.97 | ||||
| 200 metres (3.2 m/s) | 23.75 w | 23.86 w | 24.23 w | ||||
| 400 metres | 54.10 | 55.15 | 56.60 | ||||
| 800 metres | 2:09.15 | 2:12.63 | 2:13.86 | ||||
| 1200 metres | 3:33.74 | 3:34.03 | 3:34.12 | ||||
| 100 metres hurdles (1.3 m/s) | 13.72 CR | 13.79 | 13.86 | ||||
| 300 metres hurdles | 41.55 | 41.81 | 43.36 | ||||
| High jump | 1.69m | 1.63m | 1.60m | ||||
| Long jump | 5.56m (-0.6 m/s) | 5.34m (-0.5 m/s) | 5.33m (-0.2 m/s) | ||||
| Triple jump | 12.08m (0.0 m/s) | 11.34m (1.1 m/s) | 11.29m (0.8 m/s) | ||||
| Shot put | 11.95m | 11.94m | 11.77m | ||||
| Discus throw | 34.37m | 33.11m | 28.31m | ||||
| Javelin throw | 39.92m CR | 37.03 | 34.64 | ||||
| Pentathlon | 3415 | 2772 | 2535 | ||||
| 4000 m race walk | 20:24.68 CR | 20:29.00 | 21:04.29 | ||||
| 4×100 metres relay | 45.50 | 45.70 | 46.31 | ||||
| 4×400 metres relay | 3:45.31 | 3:47.28 | 3:47.38 |
The medal count was published.
1): Jamaica: count of bronze medals for sub-17 is 6 (rather than 7 as published), total is 28 (rather than 29 as published).
2): Mexico: count of bronze medals for sub-17 is 5 (rather than 6 as published), total is 16 (rather than 17 as published). Total count of gold medals is 13 (rather than 14 as published), total is 41 (rather than 42 as published).
3): Bahamas: Total count of bronze medals is 11 (rather than 13 as published).
4): Puerto Rico: Total count of gold medals is 8 considering U-17 hammer throw.
Team trophies were distributed to the 1st place of the women category, to the 1st place of the men category, and to the 1st place overall (men and women categories). However, points were only published for the overall (men and women combined) Sub-20 and Sub-17 categories. Working through the results yields the following unofficial ranking.
| Rank | Nation | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 511.5 | |||
| 2 | 341.5 | ||
| 3 | 336.5 | ||
| 4 | 306 | ||
| 5 | 279 | ||
| 6 | 206.5 | ||
| 7 | 67.5 | ||
| 8 | 58 | ||
| 9 | 55 | ||
| 10 | 44 | ||
| 11 | 42 | ||
| 12 | 34 | ||
| 13 | 32 | ||
| 14 | 30 | ||
| 15 | 19.5 | ||
| 16 | 18 | ||
| 17 | 16 | ||
| bgcolor = DDEEFF rowspan="2" | 18 | 12 | |
| 12 | |||
| 20 | 8 | ||
| 21 | 7 | ||
| bgcolor = DDEEFF rowspan="2" | 22 | 6 | |
| 6 |
| Rank | Nation | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 274.5 | |||
| 2 | 212.5 | ||
| 3 | 160 | ||
| 4 | 146 | ||
| 5 | 144.5 | ||
| 6 | 131 | ||
| 7 | 34 | ||
| 8 | 34 | ||
| 9 | 32 | ||
| 10 | 31 | ||
| 11 | 21 | ||
| 12 | 18 | ||
| 13 | 12.5 | ||
| 14 | 12 | ||
| 15 | 11 | ||
| 16 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 7 | ||
| 18 | 7 | ||
| 19 | 6 | ||
| 20 | 5 | ||
| 21 | 4 | ||
| 22 | 3 |
| Rank | Nation | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 237 | |||
| 2 | 192 | ||
| 3 | 146 | ||
| 4 | 133 | ||
| 5 | 129 | ||
| 6 | 75.5 | ||
| 7 | 46.5 | ||
| 8 | 37 | ||
| 9 | 26 | ||
| 10 | 21 | ||
| 11 | 21 | ||
| 12 | 18 | ||
| 13 | 12 | ||
| 14 | 12 | ||
| 15 | 11 | ||
| 16 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 7 | ||
| 18 | 3 |
The published points and corresponding ranks for the Sub-20 category contain 3rd place ties for Jamaica and Mexico, 4th place ties for Barbados and Bermuda, and 5th place ties for Trinidad & Tobago and St. Lucia. However, there is no evidence in the published results. Rather, corresponding ties are evident in the Sub-17 category, where they are already taken into account. Correcting the published Sub-20 point scheme correspondingly, it can be verified that the calculated points from the above tables are completely in line with the published point tables.
Detailed result lists can be found on the CACAC, on the CFPI and on the World Junior Athletics Historywebsite. An unofficial count yields the number of about 440 athletes from about24 countries:
(7)
(5)
(55)
(34)
(10)
(7)
(4)
(6)
(6)
(3)
(4)
(8)
(6)
(68)
México (61)
(50)
(20)
(3)
(13) (53)
(7)