Central American Age Group Championships in Athletics explained

The Central American Age Group Championships in Athletics (Campeonatos Centroamericanos Juvenil C y Infantil A) is an athletics event organized by the Confederación Atlética del Istmo Centroamericano CADICA (Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation) open for athletes from member associations. The event is divided into the Junior C (U-16) Central American Championships and the Infantile A (U-14) Central American Championships. The Junior C category is open for girls and boys aged 14–15. The Infantile A category is open for girls and boys aged 12–13. The competition started to be open for age groups U-14 (Spanish: Infantil A) and U-12 (Spanish: Infantil B) as Campeonatos Centroamericanos Infantil. There is a report on an early competition held in the year 1984 in El Salvador. At least from 1999 on, it is verified that the competition is heldannually. In 2007, the format was changed to be open for the age groups U-16 and U-14, with U-12 competitions being held occasionally. In 2012, a specific Central American "Kids Athletics" tournament (Spanish: Torneo Centroamericano Kids Athletics) was introduced for this age group (9–11 years).

Editions

The following list was compiled from the CADICA website, and from a variety of other websites and articles from the archives of different newspapers.

Campeonatos Centroamericanos Infantil

Edition	Year	City	Date	Venue

III	1996	San José	November 9 - 10	Estadio Nacional
			June 19–20

V			September 18–19
VI			September 9–10
VII			June 9–10
VIII			August 17–18
IX			September 4–6
X			October 1–2
XI			June 18–19
XII			November 18–19

Campeonatos Centroamericanos Juvenil C y Infantil A

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Events	No. of Athletes
I				November 9–10
II				November 21–22
III				November 27–28
IV				November 26–27
V				November 25–27
VI				November 23–25
VII				November 22–24
VIII				November 14–16
IX				November 27–29

External links

CADICA website (in Spanish)