2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

The 2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in athletics were held in St George's, Grenada, between 4–6 July 2003. It was the first time that the country had hosted the competition.^[3]

19th Central American and Caribbean Championships
Dates	4–6 July
Host city	St. George's, Grenada
Venue	National Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	43[1]
Participation	At least 318[2] athletes from 29 nations
← 2001 Guatemala City 2005 Nassau →

Medal summary

Main article: 2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Kim Collins  Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.13	Darrel Brown  Trinidad and Tobago	10.17	Marc Burns  Trinidad and Tobago	10.29
200 m	Dominic Demeritte  Bahamas	20.43	Julieon Raeburn  Trinidad and Tobago	20.57	Christopher Williams  Jamaica	20.58
400 m	Alleyne Francique  Grenada	45.27	Chris Brown  Bahamas	45.42	Ato Modibo  Trinidad and Tobago	45.81
800 m	Sherridan Kirk  Trinidad and Tobago	1:49.10	Jermaine Myers  Jamaica	1:49.36	Marvin Watts  Jamaica	1:49.48
1500 m	Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico	3:44.78	Ricky Etheridge  Puerto Rico	3:48.68	Mario Smith  Jamaica	3:52.22
5000 m †	Eduardo Rojas  Mexico	14:29.88	José Amado García  Guatemala	14:40.94	Pamenos Ballantyne  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14:43.72
10,000 m	Eduardo Rojas  Mexico	29:37.08	Alfredo Arevalo  Guatemala	29:39.48	José Amado García  Guatemala	29:42.52
Half marathon	Pamenos Ballantyne  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:09:14	Alfredo Arevalo  Guatemala	1:09:39	Claude Nohile  Martinique	1:10:59
3000 m steeplechase †	Alex Greaux  Puerto Rico	8:39.68	Néstor Nieves  Venezuela	8:40.27
110 m hurdles †	Hugh Henry  Barbados	13.85	Alleyne Lett  Grenada	13.98	Ricardo Melbourne  Jamaica	14.01
400 m hurdles	Greg Little  Jamaica	50.04	Sergio Hierrezuelo  Cuba	50.26	Oscar Juanz  Mexico	50.34
High jump	Lisvany Pérez  Cuba	2.21	Huguens Jean  Haiti	2.15	Henderson Dottin  Barbados	2.15
Pole vault †	Giovanni Lanaro  Mexico	5.30	Ricardo Diez  Venezuela	5.00
Long jump	Kareem Streete-Thompson  Cayman Islands	8.12w	Osbourne Moxey  Bahamas	7.85w	Aundre Edwards  Jamaica	7.74w
Triple jump	Leevan Sands  Bahamas	17.16	Gregory Hughes  Barbados	16.17	Ayata Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	15.94
Shot put	Yojer Medina  Venezuela	19.12	Francisco Guzmán  Mexico	17.82	Dave Stoute  Trinidad and Tobago	17.70
Discus throw	Alfredo Romero  Puerto Rico	54.09	Alleyne Lett  Grenada	53.14	David Bissoly  Martinique	52.38
Hammer throw †	Yosvany Suárez  Cuba	69.59	Aldo Bello  Venezuela	64.26	Raúl Rivera  Guatemala	60.94
Javelin throw	Manuel Fuenmayor  Venezuela	72.35	Rigoberto Calderón  Nicaragua	67.50	Robert Barnes  Jamaica	66.57
Decathlon	Yonelvis Águila  Cuba	7337	Decosma Wright  Jamaica	6383	Guillermo Toledo  Puerto Rico	6074
20 km road walk † [4]	Julio Martínez  Guatemala	1:22:07	José Olivares  Mexico	1:24:02	Ezequiel Nazario  Puerto Rico	1:26:01
4 x 100 m relay	Trinidad and Tobago	39.05	Jamaica	39.2	Netherlands Antilles	39.46
4 x 400 m relay	Bahamas Avard Moncur Carl Oliver Nathaniel McKinney Chris Brown	3:02.56	Jamaica Marvin Essor Lanceford Spence Jermaine Myers Richard James	3:04.08	Trinidad and Tobago Damion Barry Julieon Raeburn Simeon Bovell Sherridan Kirk	3:04.48

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Fana Ashby  Trinidad and Tobago	11.32	Tamica Clarke  Bahamas	11.33	Judith Kitson  Jamaica	11.37
200 m	Cydonie Mothersille  Cayman Islands	22.45	Roxana Díaz  Cuba	22.74	Tonique Williams  Bahamas	22.8
400 m	Hazel-Ann Regis  Grenada	51.56	Michelle Burgher  Jamaica	52.19	Eliana Pacheco  Venezuela	52.87
800 m	Neisha Bernard-Thomas  Grenada	2:04.12	Kenia Sinclair  Jamaica	2:04.50	Sheena Gooding  Barbados	2:04.55
1500 m †	Ashley Couper  Bermuda	4:27.71	Margarita Tapia  Mexico	4:32.16	Elsa Monterroso  Guatemala	4:39.44
10,000 m †	Yudelkis Martínez  Cuba	34:29.05	Elsa Monterroso  Guatemala	35:54.46	Lourdes Cruz  Puerto Rico	38:27.73
Half marathon †	Lourdes Cruz  Puerto Rico	1:31:50	Adelaide Carrington  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:38:45	Kenisha Pascal  Grenada	2:02:28 NR
100 m hurdles	Delloreen Ennis-London  Jamaica	12.70 CR	Nadine Faustin  Haiti	12.82	Vonette Dixon  Jamaica	13.35
400 m hurdles	Allison Beckford  Jamaica	55.12 CR	Yvonne Harrison  Puerto Rico	55.29	Andrea Blackett  Barbados	56.12
High jump	Desiree Crichlow  Barbados	1.81	Yetzálida Pérez  Venezuela	1.79	Keitha Moseley  Barbados	1.76
Pole vault †	Alejandra Meza  Mexico	4.00 (CR)	Denisse Orengo  Puerto Rico	3.90
Long jump	Elva Goulbourne  Jamaica	6.96w	Jackie Edwards  Bahamas	6.63w	Yuridia Bustamante  Mexico	6.28w
Triple jump	Suzette Lee  Jamaica	13.89w	María Espencer  Dominican Republic	13.41w	Michelle Vaughn  Guyana	12.74
Shot put	Misleydis González  Cuba	18.09	Cleopatra Borel  Trinidad and Tobago	17.79	Rosario Ramos  Venezuela	15.02
Discus throw	Yania Ferrales  Cuba	59.07	María Cubillán  Venezuela	49.05	Doris Thompson  Bahamas	43.88
Hammer throw †	Violeta Guzmán  Mexico	55.72	Adriana Benaventa  Venezuela	50.82
Javelin throw	Laverne Eve  Bahamas	56.75	Kateema Riettie  Jamaica	51.36	Dalila Rugama  Nicaragua	47.40
10 km road walk †	Rosario Sánchez  Mexico	49:06	Estela Hernández  Mexico	52:03
4 x 100 m relay	Bahamas Tamicka Clarke Debbie Ferguson Christine Amertil Shandria Brown	43.06 CR	Jamaica	43.30	Cuba Dainelky Pérez Roxana Díaz Virgen Benavides Magalys García	43.83
4 x 400 m relay	Jamaica Naleya Downer Michelle Burgher Carlene Robinson Allison Beckford	3:29.75	Grenada Kishara George Neisha Bernard-Thomas Jackie-Ann Morain Hazel-Ann Regis	3:32.99 NR	Puerto Rico ? Sandra Moya Lizaira Del Valle Militza Castro	3:33.35

† = non-championship event

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Grenada)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico (MEX)	7	4	2	13
2	Jamaica (JAM)	6	8	8	22
3	Cuba (CUB)	6	2	1	9
4	Bahamas (BAH)	5	4	2	11
5	Puerto Rico (PUR)	3	3	4	10
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	3	3	4	10
7	Grenada (GRN)*	3	3	1	7
8	Venezuela (VEN)	2	6	2	10
9	Barbados (BAR)	2	1	4	7
10	Cayman Islands (CAY)	2	0	0	2
11	Guatemala (GUA)	1	4	3	8
12	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)	1	1	1	3
13	Bermuda (BER)	1	0	0	1
	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	1	0	0	1
15	Haiti (HAI)	0	2	0	2
16	Nicaragua (NIC)	0	1	1	2
17	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	1	0	1
18	Martinique (MTQ)	0	0	2	2
19	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	0	0	1	1
	Guyana (GUY)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		43	43	38	124

Participation

•  Antigua and Barbuda (6)
•  Aruba (2)
•  Bahamas (26)
•  Barbados (18)
•  Bermuda (7)
•  British Virgin Islands (5)
•  Cayman Islands (5)
•  Costa Rica (1)
•  Cuba (15)
•  Dominica (8)
•  Dominican Republic (3)
•  Grenada (27)
•  Guatemala (6)
•  Guyana (5)
•  Haiti (4)
•  Jamaica (30)^[2]
•  Martinique (11)
•  Mexico (19)
•  Netherlands Antilles (6)
•  Nicaragua (2)
•  Puerto Rico (25)^[2]
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (12)
•  Saint Lucia (2)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (12)
•  El Salvador (1)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (17)^[2]
•  Turks and Caicos Islands (2)
•  United States Virgin Islands (12)^[2]
•  Venezuela (29)

References

1. Including 11 unofficial events
2. Not all of the relay squads are known so the number of participants from certain nations may be slightly higher.
3. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2003-07-04). CAC Championships attract regions best, as Cuba aims to retain grip. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-27.
4. short course (18 km)

External links

• Men Medalists – GBR Athletics
• Women Medalists – GBR Athletics
• Men's results
• Women's results