Date(s) 2–4 July | Level Junior and Youth | |
Host city Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Main stadium Felix Sanchez Olympic Stadium Participation 532/500
(205 junior,
195 youth) athletes from
27 nations Events 80
(44 junior,
36 youth) | ||
The 18th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships were held in the Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, between 2–4 July 2011, and organized by the Federación Dominicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo (FDAA). 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 2010 (Born between 1991 and 1993), and Junior B Category: 14 to 16 years as of 31 December 2010 (Born between 1994 and 1996). By IAAF standards, Junior A is equal to Junior, while Junior B is equal to Youth.
Contents
- Records
- Medal summary
- Tiebreaker in High jump
- Tiebreaker in Long jump
- Medal table
- Team trophies
- Participation
- References
In the Junior A category, a lot of athletes were preparing for the 13th World Junior Championships in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada on 19–25 July 2010, while in the Junior B category, many athletes were preparing for the inaugural Youth Olympic Games in Singapore August 14–26.
The team from Jamaica dominated the games gaining a total of 63 medals (25 gold, 20 silver, 18 bronze), more than twice as much as the next team, Mexico with 28 medals. Moreover, Jamaica won the team trophies in all categories leading the corresponding point classifications.
The results are appreciated in detail.
Records
A total of 12 new championship records were set.
Medal summary
The results are published. Events marked as "Exhibition" did not meet the official conditions with respect to the minimum number of participants ("not less than five (5) competitors of three (3) countries"). In the Male Junior B category, there is no information on the originally scheduled events "5000 m race walk" and "octathlon".
Tiebreaker in High jump
†: Alysbeth Felix from Puerto Rico cleared 1.70m in the first attempt, while Peta-Gaye Reid from Jamaica only in the second attempt. The medal table was corrected accordingly.
Tiebreaker in Long jump
‡: Javari Fairclough from Jamaica had the second best performance of 7.11m, while the second best jump of Juan Mosquera from Panamá was only 6.97m. The medal table was corrected accordingly.
Medal table
The combined medal count was published.
Notes:
*: Corrected due to tiebreaking procedure.
**: Corrected due to tiebreaking procedure.
Team trophies
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). The results were published.
Participation
The published team roster comprise 532 athletes from 27 countries. Working through the results, an unofficial count yields the number of about 500 athletes (205 junior, 195 youth) in the start list. Following, the numbers in brackets refer to (athletes in published team roster/athletes in start list):