Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships in Athletics explained

The Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Age Group Championships is an international track and field athletics event for the youngest athletes (boys and girls between the age of 11 and 14 years) organized by the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC). The CAC Age Group Championships started in 1985 in Curaçao and are held every two years. The intention was for athletes at that age to have experiences with a variety of events at that young age. It has witnessed the international debut of many future stars of the region such as Olympic and World Championship medalist Debbie Ferguson of the Bahamas and 2003 World 100m champion Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis.

Events, Categories and Awards

Categories of the championships were subdue to changes. For the most recent event, competitions were held in the following categories:

Age group 11 – 12 years: “Infantile B” Pentathlon (Scoring will be in accordance with the Games Scoring tables for CACAC age groupCompetition):

Boys: 60 meter dash, 1000 meters, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball Throw.
Girls: 60 meter dash, 800 meters, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball Throw.
Mixed 4x100 Meter Relay

Age group 13 – 14 years: “Infantile A” Heptathlon (Scoring will be in accordance with the Games Scoring tables for CACAC age groupCompetition):

Boys: 80 meter dash, 1200 meters, 80 meter hurdles, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball Throw, Shot Put.
Girls: 80 meter dash, 1000 meters, 60 meter hurdles, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball Throw, Shot Put.
Mixed 4x100 Meter Relay

Each federation can enter individual athletes or teams consisting of two athletes in each category.

Medals are awarded for individuals for the first three places in each event in each categorie. Athletes ranked 4th to 8th receive a ribbon.

Trophies are awarded to teams in each category with thehighest total number of cumulative points in the entire competition. Teams will also compete for the overall title. A trophy will be given to the country with the grand total amount of the sum of all the points ofall the categories. This will include both divisions, male and female.

Editions

Edition	Year	City	Date	Venue	No. of Countries	No. of Athletes
1	1985	Curaçao
2	1987	Nassau
3	1989
4	1991
5	1993
6	1995
7	1997
8	1999		July
9	2001	Freeport	6–8 July
10			18–19 July	Turabo University Track	12	74
11	2005		1–2 July
12	2007	San Salvador	7–8 July	Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca	15	104
13	2009	Nassau	18–19 June		19	125
14	2011	Tortola	1–2 July		20	139
15	2013	Willemstad	29–30 June		23	156
16	2015	Port of Spain	18–19 July		16	103

Records

Records are set by athletes who are representing one of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC) member states. The following list of records is assembled from the official results lists. At the 2011 championships, a total of 15 new records were established.

Infantile A (under 15)

Boys' U-15 records

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet
80 metres	9.09	Mario Burke	1 July 2011
1200 metres	3:22.11	Jerrad Mason	19 June 2009
80 metres hurdles (84.0 cm)	11.42 (+1.5 m/s)		30 June 2013
High jump	1.98 m	Benjamin Clarke	19 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain
Long jump	6.56 m	Bruce Degrilla	18 June 2009
Shot put (3 kg)	15.35 m	Enrique Babb	18 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain
Baseball throw (400g)	94.67 m	Illich Jaramillo	30 June 2013
Heptathlon	5339 pts	Jerrad Mason	18/19 June 2009
Heptathlon	9.40 (80 m), 13.49m (shot put), 1.60m (high jump) / 11.80 (80 m hurdles), 73.35m (baseball throw), 5.95m (long jump), 3:22.11 (1200 m)

Girls' U-15 records

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet
80 metres	9.63 (-0.2 m/s)	Julien Alfred		18 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain
1000 metres	3:09.84	Génesis Cintron		19 June 2009
60 metres hurdles (76 cm)	9.01 (-2.2 m/s)	Julien Alfred		19 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain
High jump	1.68 m	Glenka Antonia		29 June 2013
Long jump	5.39 m (-0.8 m/s)	Iman Berthelot	/	30 June 2013
Shot put (3 kg)	10.91 m	Tanice Watson		18 June 2009
Baseball throw (400g)	65.27 m	Melissa José Charles		30 June 2013
Heptathlon	4466 pts	Julien Alfred		18/19 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain
Heptathlon	9.63 (-0.2 m/s) (80 m), 1.55m (high jump), 10.13m (shot put) / 9.01 (-2.2 m/s) (60 m hurdles), 5.14m (+1.0 m/s) (long jump), 50.98m (baseball throw), 3:36.75 (1000 m)

Mixed U-15 records

Infantile B (under 13)

Boys' U-13 records

Event	Record	Athlete	Date	Meet
60 metres	7.59 (-1.0 m/s)	Terrique Stennett	18 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain
1000 metres	2:54.04	Juan Nunez	19 June 2009
High jump	1.65 m	Ramarco Thompson	18 June 2009
Long jump	5.34 m (0.0 m/s)	Terrique Stennett	19 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain
Baseball throw (400g)	77.48 m	Juan Nunez	18 June 2009
Pentathlon	3331 pts	Ramarco Thompson	18/19 June 2009
Pentathlon	7.97 (60 m), 61.28m (baseball throw), 4.88m (long jump) / 1.65m (high jump), 3:14.55 (1000 m)

Girls' U-13 records

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet
60 metres	8.09 (-0.1 m/s)	Julien Alfred		29 June 2013
800 metres	2:27.73	Jomarie Carmona Colon		2 July 2011
High jump	1.52 m	Naomi Gestel	/	2 July 2011
Long jump	4.87 m (-1.0 m/s)	Jomarie Carmona Colon		1 July 2011
Baseball throw (400g)	51.63 m	Joanna Benita		18 July 2015	2015 Port of Spain
Pentathlon	2919 pts	Tiana Bowen		1/2 July 2011
	8.26 (2.7 m/s) (60 m), 4.74m (-1.5 m/s) (long jump), 31.33m (baseball throw) / 1.49m (high jump), 2:28.01 (800 m)
	2860 pts	Charissa Moore		29/30 June 2013
	8.47 (0.0 m/s) (60 m), 4.79m (-1.9 m/s) (long jump), 42.66m (baseball throw) / 1.43m (high jump), 2:38.03 (800 m)

w = wind assisted mark

Mixed U-13 records

Note: The records of the combined events are not confirmed by the cited sources.

External links

Official CACAC website