2013 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics

The 2013 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics took place on May 24–26, 2013. The event was held at the Estadio Nacional in San José, Costa Rica. Organized by the Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation (CADICA), it was the 26th edition of the Junior (U-20) and the 21st edition of the Youth (U-18) competition. A total of 83 events were contested, 20 by junior boys, 21 by junior girls, 21 by youth boys, and 21 by youth girls. A total of 22 new championship records were set. Overall winner on points was Costa Rica.^[1][2]

Medal summary

Complete results can be found on the CADICA^[1] and FECOA webpages.^[2]

Junior

Boys (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Jaimar Hardy  Costa Rica	10.84	Diego Alejandro Prado  Guatemala	11.13	Juan Roso Mosquera  Panama	11.17
200 metres (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Gerald David Drummond  Costa Rica	21.69	Diego Alejandro Prado  Guatemala	22.22	Donald Alberto Arias  Costa Rica	22.30
400 metres	Gerald David Drummond  Costa Rica	48.72	David Benjamen Hodgson  Costa Rica	49.01	Donald Alberto Arias  Costa Rica	50.14
800 metres	Víctor Emilio Ortiz  Costa Rica	1:53.43	David Benjamen Hodgson  Costa Rica	1:54.21	Kevin José Gómez  Nicaragua	2:00.69
1500 metres	Georman Antonio Rivas  Costa Rica	3:57.50 CR	Víctor Emilio Ortiz  Costa Rica	4:03.64	Julio Evenezzer  Nicaragua	4:04.57
5000 metres	Georman Antonio Rivas  Costa Rica	15:10.53 CR	Edwin Haroldo Pirir  Guatemala	15:14.40	Julio Evenezzer  Nicaragua	15:31.62
10000 metres	Edwin Haroldo Pirir  Guatemala	32:08.19	Julio Evenezzer  Nicaragua	32:43.18	Walter Domingo Yac  Guatemala	34:55.23
3000 metres steeplechase	David Alexander Escobar  El Salvador	9:57.24	Nestor Antonio Mijangos  Guatemala	10:06.49	José Enrique Calvo  Costa Rica	10:20.12
110 metres hurdles† (wind: -1.9 m/s)	Ronald Edyberto Ramírez  Guatemala	15.65	Emmanuel Niño  Costa Rica	16.05	Christopher Leiton  Costa Rica	18.49
400 metres hurdles	Gerald David Drummond  Costa Rica	54.15	Maríano Miranda  Costa Rica	56.75	Emmanuel Niño  Costa Rica	58.06
Pole Vault	Josué Francisco Berrocal  Costa Rica	3.70	Juan Carlos Aguirre  El Salvador	3.50
Long Jump	Juan Roso Mosquera  Panama	6.97	Ronald Edyberto Ramírez  Guatemala	6.42	Keiner Joley Arboine  Costa Rica	6.42
Triple Jump	Juan Roso Mosquera  Panama	14.60 (wind: -1.5 m/s)	Marcos Daniel Aldana  Guatemala	13.08 (wind: +0.9 m/s)	Christopher Leiton  Costa Rica	12.63 (wind: -1.4 m/s)
Shot Put	Ronald Alexander Alvarenga  El Salvador	15.63	Ever Orlando Acajabón  Guatemala	14.50	Tomas Chong  Panama	13.60
Discus Throw	Ever Orlando Acajabón  Guatemala	47.10	Magno Enrique Escobar  Guatemala	44.96	José Francisco Araya  Costa Rica	39.51
Hammer Throw	Otto Steve Vivas  Guatemala	43.44	Luis Fernando Hidalgo  Costa Rica	41.89	Cesar Miguel Villarreal  Costa Rica	41.73
Javelin Throw	Raylinds Joel Delgado  Nicaragua	55.77	Jonathan Cedeño  Panama	52.99	Anastacio Fidel Buitrago  Panama	47.63
Decathlon	Andre Nohel Campos  Costa Rica	4917 pts	José Pablo Porras  Costa Rica	4746 pts	Abel de Jesús García  Panama	4498 pts
4 x 100 metres relay	Panama Leonel Stiven Renwick Andrew James Morgan Diego Alberto Sánchez Juan Roso Mosquera	43.12	Guatemala Ronald Edyberto Ramírez Esvin Josué Sánchez Marcos Daniel Aldana Diego Alejandro Prado	45.36	Honduras Miguel Angel Villanueva Angel Eduardo Ramos Kipros Daniel Flores Cesar Alberto Lagos	46.52
4 x 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Donald Alberto Arias Gerald David Drummond David Benjamen Hodgson Víctor Emilio Ortiz	3:18.17	Panama Julio Enrique Powell Andrew James Morgan Diego Alberto Sánchez Abel de Jesús García	3:29.66	Guatemala Nestor Antonio Mijangos Francisco Javier León Edwin Haroldo Pirir Diego Alejandro Prado	3:34.44

^†: Event without points for team score.

Girls (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.8 m/s)	Glenda Lynell Davis  Costa Rica	12.19 CR	Sharolyn Zullay Joseph  Costa Rica	12.24	Nathalee Joane Aranda  Panama	12.37
200 metres (wind: NWI)	Glenda Lynell Davis  Costa Rica	24.93 CR	Nathalee Joane Aranda  Panama	25.35	Katia Cecilia Pozuelo  El Salvador	25.54
400 metres	Ingrid Yahosca Narváez  Nicaragua	58.01 CR	Gabriela Shimara Guevara  Panama	59.02	Beatriz Eugenia Flamenco  El Salvador	59.77
800 metres	Jaqueline Andrea Montoya  Costa Rica	2:21.20	Sefora Victoria Ramírez  Guatemala	2:24.30	Stephanie Ledezma  Costa Rica	2:24.77
1500 metres	Sefora Victoria Ramírez  Guatemala	5:00.15	Jaqueline Andrea Montoya  Costa Rica	5:02.43	Elia Sofia Lazo  El Salvador	5:03.07
3000 metres†	Elia Sofia Lazo  El Salvador	11:16.20	María Isabel Flores  Costa Rica	12:30.33	Susan Francini Campos  Costa Rica	13:28.83
5000 metres†	Jaqueline Noemi Mejía  Guatemala	20:11.68	María Isabel Flores  Costa Rica	21:49.22	Susan Francini Campos  Costa Rica	24:19.98
3000 metres steeplechase†	Meyling Azalia Hernández  Nicaragua	14:21.65
100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Kaila Xiomara Smith  Panama	14.44 CR	Beatriz Eugenia Flamenco  El Salvador	15.30	María Renee Gómez  El Salvador	16.33
400 metres hurdles	Kaila Xiomara Smith  Panama	1:03.52 CR	Gabriela Shimara Guevara  Panama	1:07.05	Yilibeth Danibeth Stephens  Panama	1:15.84
High Jump†	Ana María Martínez  Panama	1.64
Pole Vault†	Catherine Andrea Ramos  El Salvador	3.20 CR
Long Jump	Nathalee Joane Aranda  Panama	5.37 (wind: +0.9 m/s)	María Renee Gómez  El Salvador	4.95 (wind: +0.3 m/s)
Triple Jump†	Ana María Martínez  Panama	11.57 (wind: -1.5 m/s)	María Renee Gómez  El Salvador	10.64 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
Shot Put	Ayleen Lucia González  Panama	9.97	Haydee Grijalba  Costa Rica	9.81	Dagmar Yariel Alvarado  Panama	9.68
Discus Throw	Haydee Grijalba  Costa Rica	34.89	Ayleen Lucia González  Panama	31.22	Cristiana Isabel Campos  Costa Rica	24.11
Hammer Throw†	Dagmar Yariel Alvarado  Panama	45.81 CR	Cristiana Isabel Campos  Costa Rica	28.02
Javelin Throw	Haydee Grijalba  Costa Rica	37.52	Rosa Angélica Barrera  Guatemala	27.01	Melida Ruth Núñez  Nicaragua	23.75
Heptathlon	Jessica Margarita López  El Salvador	3893 pts	Kaila Xiomara Smith  Panama	3860 pts	Rosa Angélica Barrera  Guatemala	3780 pts
4 x 100 metres relay	Panama Nathalee Joane Aranda Kaila Xiomara Smith Ana María Martínez Gabriela Shimara Guevara	48.09 CR	Costa Rica Glenda Lynell Davis Sharolyn Zullay Joseph Alison Cristina Jiménez Jaqueline Andrea Montoya	49.34	El Salvador	49.50
4 x 400 metres relay	Panama Gabriela Shimara Guevara Kaila Xiomara Smith Nathalee Joane Aranda Yilibeth Danibeth Stephens	4:03.42	Costa Rica Stephanie Ledezma Jaqueline Andrea Montoya Glenda Lynell Davis Yuliana Alondra Araya	4:06.47	El Salvador Beatriz Eugenia Flamenco Katia Cecilia Pozuelo Elia Sofia Lazo Catherine Andrea Ramos	4:15.45

^†: Event without points for team score.

Youth

Boys (U-18)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Arturo Deliser  Panama	10.81 CR	Douglas Ricardo Orellana  Guatemala	11.19	Malcom Jamal Mitchell  Panama	11.28
200 metres (wind: -0.4 m/s)	Arturo Deliser  Panama	21.61 CR	Douglas Ricardo Orellana  Guatemala	22.74	Joseph Julean Hodgson  Costa Rica	22.91
400 metres	Miguel Angel Ortega  Panama	48.80 CR	Jeffry Moises Arcia  Nicaragua	49.38	Joseph Julean Hodgson  Costa Rica	49.84
800 metres	Jeffry Moises Arcia  Nicaragua	1:54.58 CR	Luis Gustavo Solórzano  El Salvador	1:56.99	Josué Francisco Murcia  Costa Rica	1:57.61
1500 metres	Luis Gustavo Solórzano  El Salvador	4:03.21	Petter Jossuee Vega  Panama	4:10.66	Kenneth David Porras  Costa Rica	4:10.97
3000 metres	Luis Gustavo Solórzano  El Salvador	9:18.13	Petter Jossuee Vega  Panama	9:22.41	Jorge Luis Nicaragua  Nicaragua	9:22.45
2000 metres steeplechase	Andres Mauricio Rivera  Costa Rica	6:26.31	José Vladimir Maravilla  El Salvador	6:44.07	Jeison Alejandro Poveda  Costa Rica	6:50.14
110 metres hurdles (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Gino Alfredo Toscano  Panama	15.10	Andres Josué Acosta  Costa Rica	15.15	Nagdiel Gabriel Chiari  Panama	15.41
400 metres hurdles	Miguel Angel Ortega  Panama	55.86	René Rafael Perla  El Salvador	56.16	Alonso Alberto Rodríguez  Panama	58.21
High Jump	Emmanuel Eduardo Arias  Panama	1.90	Jaime Enrique Escobar  Panama	1.80	Alexis Josué Amaya  El Salvador	1.77
Pole Vault	Alejandro Rafael Melara  El Salvador	4.20 CR	Natan Armando Rivera  El Salvador	3.40	Bryan Josué Guatemala  El Salvador	3.40
Long Jump	Malcom Jamal Mitchell  Panama	6.55	José Miguel Ramos  El Salvador	6.55	Nagdiel Gabriel Chiari  Panama	6.45
Triple Jump	Keilor Steven Araya  Costa Rica	14.02 (wind: +0.3 m/s)	Emmanuel Eduardo Arias  Panama	13.48 (wind: +1.5 m/s)	José Miguel Ramos  El Salvador	13.39 (wind: +1.5 m/s)
Shot Put	Hugo Antonio Gonzales  Guatemala	14.64	Irving Joshue Villareal  Panama	13.68	Pablo Abarca  Costa Rica	13.40
Discus Throw	Pablo Abarca  Costa Rica	40.28	Irving Joshue Villareal  Panama	39.23	Hugo Antonio Gonzales  Guatemala	38.57
Hammer Throw	Pablo José Tejeda  Guatemala	41.51	José David Aguirre  Nicaragua	41.13	Emerson Nicolas Sobalvarro  Nicaragua	40.61
Javelin Throw	Marlon Josué Pineda  Nicaragua	46.98	Yeison Morales  Costa Rica	43.93	Kenjiro Maejec Carcamo  Nicaragua	43.40
Octathlon	Humberto José Lugo  Nicaragua	4449 pts	Carlos Alfredo Rodríguez  Costa Rica	4034 pts	Marcos Steve Novo  Costa Rica	3838 pts
10000 metres Walk	Oscar Armando Menjívar  El Salvador	46:37.80	Oscar Mario Oviedo  Costa Rica	49:06.44	Gerson Otoniel Navas  El Salvador	50:14.18
4 x 100 metres relay	Costa Rica José Alejandro Araya Joseph Julean Hodgson Oscar Alfonso Porras Cristian Josué Arias	44.95	Nicaragua Jeffry Moises Arcia Luis Fernando Alfaro Humberto José Lugo Marlon Josué Pineda	45.54	Guatemala Luis Andres Solórzano Douglas Ricardo Orellana Luis José Morazan Kevin Andre Colocho	45.67
Medley relay	Panama Arturo Deliser Gino Alfredo Toscano José Abdul Demera Miguel Angel Ortega	1:57.06 CR	Nicaragua Humberto José Lugo Luis Fernando Alfaro Jeffry Moises Arcia Marlon Josué Pineda	2:00.06	Costa Rica José Alejandro Araya Joseph Julean Hodgson Cristian Josué Arias Oscar Alfonso Porras	2:00.95

Girls (U-18)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.0 m/s)	Andrea Carolina Vargas  Costa Rica	12.41 =CR	Evelyn Nicole Harriman  Panama	12.72	Jennifer Paola Zúñiga  Costa Rica	12.95
200 metres (wind: -0.4 m/s)	Kianeth Maylin Galván  Panama	26.64	Sofia Isabel Carias  El Salvador	27.35	Jennifer Paola Zúñiga  Costa Rica	27.75
400 metres	Kianeth Maylin Galván  Panama	57.60	Leyka Itzel Archibold  Panama	58.11	Karol Tatiana Montoya  Costa Rica	58.57
800 metres	Karol Tatiana Montoya  Costa Rica	2:16.26	Ana Mirta Hércules  El Salvador	2:17.51	Siugey Pamela Gutiérrez  Costa Rica	2:20.65
1500 metres	Ana Mirta Hércules  El Salvador	4:48.81	María Floridalma Bac  Guatemala	4:51.59	Josselyn Jazmin Grijalva  El Salvador	4:52.70
3000 metres	Ana Mirta Hércules  El Salvador	10:20.40	María Floridalma Bac  Guatemala	10:35.19	Josselyn Jazmin Grijalva  El Salvador	10:50.43
2000 metres steeplechase	Irma Margarita Aldana  El Salvador	7:43.12 CR	Alejandra Hernández  Costa Rica	7:50.53	Rosa Celina Escobar  El Salvador	7:50.90
100 metres hurdles (wind: +0.5 m/s)	Naomi Priscilla Smith  Costa Rica	15.25	Dayana Liseth Monegro  Panama	15.32	María Alejandra Murillo  Costa Rica	16.08
400 metres hurdles	Andrea Carolina Vargas  Costa Rica	1:03.61 CR	Leyka Itzel Archibold  Panama	1:04.59	Daniela Rojas  Costa Rica	1:06.74
High Jump	Eimmy Patricia Campos  Panama	1.62	Abigail Patricia Obando  Costa Rica	1.62	Ana Sofia Aguilar  Guatemala	1.56
Pole Vault	Andrea Michelle Velasco  El Salvador	3.00 CR	Valeria María Bonilla  El Salvador	2.50	Karen de los Angeles Somoza  Costa Rica	2.30
Long Jump	Stephanie Sofia Silva  Guatemala	4.99 (wind: +0.9 m/s)	Jennifer Paola Zúñiga  Costa Rica	4.89 (wind: +0.5 m/s)	Yessenia Maribel Menéndez  Guatemala	4.86 (wind: +1.4 m/s)
Triple Jump†	Yessenia Maribel Menéndez  Guatemala	10.70 (wind: -1.4 m/s)	Karen de los Angeles Somoza  Costa Rica	10.45 (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Magaly Ines Carvajal  Costa Rica	9.56 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
Shot Put	Sabrina Denise Gaitán  Guatemala	12.55	Naomi Priscilla Smith  Costa Rica	11.68	Sonja Gissell Moreno  Guatemala	11.44
Discus Throw	Sabrina Denise Gaitán  Guatemala	37.89	Alma Ondina Guitierrez  Honduras	29.57	Sonja Gissell Moreno  Guatemala	25.27
Hammer Throw†	Sabrina Denise Gaitán  Guatemala	60.67 CR	Daniela Francini Cortez  Costa Rica	36.65	Sonja Gissell Moreno  Guatemala	31.38
Javelin Throw‡	Graciela María Vásquez  Costa Rica	32.84 CR‡	Idania Vanessa Abarca  El Salvador	31.50	Hazel Walquiria Bonilla  Nicaragua	30.39
Heptathlon	Karla Esmeralda Molina  El Salvador	3706 pts	Daniela Rojas  Costa Rica	3622 pts	Priscila María Montero  Costa Rica	3054 pts
5000 metres Walk	Madeleine Alicia Grave  Guatemala	27:50.63	Indira Valeska Narváez  Nicaragua	29:03.72	Alicia María Vargas  Costa Rica	30:12.55
4 x 100 metres relay	Costa Rica Andrea Carolina Vargas Jennifer Paola Zúñiga María Alejandra Murillo Naomi Priscilla Smith	49.75	Panama Leyka Itzel Archibold Evelyn Nicole Harriman Yaritzel Castillo Kianeth Maylin Galván	50.92	El Salvador	53.35
Medley relay	Panama Evelyn Nicole Harriman Kianeth Maylin Galván Dayana Liseth Monegro Leyka Itzel Archibold	2:17.08	Costa Rica Siugey Pamela Gutiérrez Jennifer Paola Zúñiga María Alejandra Murillo Andrea Carolina Vargas	2:18.84	El Salvador Ana Mirta Hércules Andrea Michelle Velasco Sofia Isabel Carias María Alejandra Cruz	2:26.03

^†: Event without points for team score.
^‡: This year, a 500g javelin (rather than 600g as before) was used.

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Costa Rica)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Costa Rica*	25	27	31	83
2	Panama	24	18	11	53
3	Guatemala	14	15	10	39
4	El Salvador	14	13	15	42
5	Nicaragua	6	6	8	20
6	Honduras	0	1	1	2
Totals (6 nations)		83	80	76	239

Team trophies

The placing table for team trophy awarded to the 1st place overall team (boys and girls categories) was published.^[1][2]

Overall

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Points
	Costa Rica	351
2	Panamá	238
3	El Salvador	174
4	Guatemala	166
5	Nicaragua	99
6	Honduras	15

Boys

Junior (U-20)   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points  Costa Rica 110 2  Guatemala 64 3 Panamá 41 4  Nicaragua 28 5  El Salvador 20 6  Honduras 7

Youth (U-18)   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points Panamá 88 2  Costa Rica 83 3  El Salvador 54 4  Nicaragua 48 5  Guatemala 34

Girls

Junior (U-20)   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points Panamá 60 2  Costa Rica 60 3  El Salvador 36 4  Guatemala 20 5  Nicaragua 14

Youth (U-18)   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points  Costa Rica 98 2  El Salvador 64 3 Panamá 49 4  Guatemala 48 5  Nicaragua 9 6  Honduras 8

Participation

A total number of 247 athletes and 43 officials were reported to participate in the event.^[1][2]

References