Athletics at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games

The athletics competition at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games was held at the Mayagüez Athletics Stadium in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico from July 24–30. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women, and 12 Games records were set. Also, 3 national records were set (2 by the men and 1 by the women). Of the twenty-three nations that won a medal in the competition, Jamaica was the most successful, topping the table with ten golds and an overall haul of 25 medals. Mexico and Colombia were the next best performers, with seven and six golds, respectively. The hosts were fourth in the rankings with four golds and sixteen medals in all.

Athletics at the XXI CAC Games
The track and field at the host stadium
Dates	July 24–30
Host city	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
Venue	Mayagüez Athletics Stadium
Events	47
Participation	431 athletes from 30 nations
Records set	12
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Cuba – typically one of the strongest teams in the region – was absent from the contest, but the quality of the performances on show remained high regardless. Among the stand-out competitors of the competition, Churandy Martina played a part in all his country's medals, winning their two golds with a 100 metres/200 metres double and anchoring the men's 4 × 100 metres relay team to the bronze medal. Beverly Ramos excelled on home turf: she won the 5000 metres and 3000 metres steeplechase races with Games record times and also took the bronze in the 1500 metres. Juan Luis Barrios of Mexico completed a 1500/5000 m double while his compatriot Juan Carlos Romero won 5000 silver and the 10,000 metres gold. Rosibel García of Colombia retained her 1500 m title from 2006, but also added the 800 m gold to her tally. Venezuelan athlete Eduard Villanueva came close to the same feat in the men's events, but was runner-up over the longer distance.

Medal summary

Main article: Athletics at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

Men's track events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Churandy Martina  Netherlands Antilles	10.07	Daniel Bailey  Antigua and Barbuda	10.08	Lerone Clarke  Jamaica	10.15
200 m	Churandy Martina  Netherlands Antilles	20.25 GR	Rasheed Dwyer  Jamaica	20.49 PB	Rondel Sorrillo  Trinidad and Tobago	20.59
400 m	Nery Brenes  Costa Rica	44.84 NR PB	Tabarie Henry  U.S. Virgin Islands	45.07	Allodin Fothergill  Jamaica	45.24 PB
800 m	Eduard Villanueva  Venezuela	1:47.73	Moise Joseph  Haiti	1:47.79	Aldwyn Sappleton  Jamaica	1:48.12
1500 m	Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico	3:44.85	Eduard Villanueva  Venezuela	3:45.04	Pablo Solares  Mexico	3:45.30
5000 m	Juan Luis Barrios  Mexico	13:44.41 GR	Juan Carlos Romero  Mexico	13:56.17	Cleveland Forde  Guyana	14:08.95 PB
10,000 m	Juan Carlos Romero  Mexico	29:13.71	Tomás Luna  Mexico	29:14.15	Luis Collazo  Puerto Rico	29:36.35
110 m hurdles	Ryan Brathwaite  Barbados	13.39	Eric Keddo  Jamaica	13.52	Héctor Cotto  Puerto Rico	13.71
400 m hurdles	Leford Green  Jamaica	48.47 GR	Javier Culson  Puerto Rico	48.58	Roxroy Cato  Jamaica	49.62
3000 m steeplechase	Alex Greaux  Puerto Rico	8:56.47	Josafat Gonzalez  Mexico	8:57.98	Marvin Blanco  Venezuela	9:03.10
4 X 100 m relay	Trinidad and Tobago Rondel Sorrillo Marc Burns Emmanuel Callander Keston Bledman	38.24 GR	Jamaica Kenroy Anderson Oshane Bailey Rasheed Dwyer Lerone Clarke	38.78	Netherlands Antilles Kwidama Prince Brian Mariano Curtis Cock Churandy Martina	38.82
4 X 400 m relay	Jamaica Oral Thompson Leford Green Roxroy Cato Allodin Fothergill	3:01.68 GR	Bahamas Andretti Bain Michael Mathieu La'Sean Pickstock Demetrius Pinder	3:01.82	Trinidad and Tobago Zwede Hewitt Lalonde Gordon Gavyn Nero Jarrin Solomon	3:04.07

Men's road events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Marathon	José Amado García  Guatemala	2:21:35 PB	Carlos Cordero  Mexico	2:22:06	Juan Carlos Cardona  Colombia	2:22:35
20 km walk	Eder Sanchez  Mexico	1:22:32 GR	Luis Lopez  Colombia	1:22:55	Gustavo Restrepo  Colombia	1:22:56 PB
50 km walk	Horacio Nava  Mexico	3:56:46	Rodrigo Moreno  Colombia	4:11:42	Cristian Berdeja  Mexico	4:32:51

Men's field events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Donald Thomas  Bahamas	2.28 m	Trevor Barry  Bahamas	2.28 m	Wanner Miller  Colombia	2.19 m
Pole vault	Giovanni Lanaro  Mexico	5.60 m GR	Brandon Estrada  Puerto Rico	5.40 m	Christian Sánchez  Mexico	5.20 m
Long jump	Tyrone Smith  Bermuda	8.22 m NR	Muhammad Halim  U.S. Virgin Islands	7.79 m	Carlos Morgan  Cayman Islands	7.72 m
Triple jump	Leevan Sands  Bahamas	17.21 m	Randy Lewis  Grenada	17.20 m	Samyr Lainé  Haiti	17.01 m
Shot put	Dorian Scott  Jamaica	18.92 m	O'Dayne Richards  Jamaica	18.74 m	Eder César Moreno  Colombia	18.45 m
Discus	Jason Morgan  Jamaica	59.43 m	Jesús Parejo  Venezuela	54.88 m	Mario Cota  Mexico	54.70 m
Hammer	Aldo Bello  Venezuela	65.10 m	Jean Rosario  Puerto Rico	63.31 m	Pedro Muñoz  Venezuela	63.03 m
Javelin	Arley Ibargüen  Colombia	78.93 m	Dayron Márquez  Colombia	76.31 m	Juan José Méndez  Mexico	76.03 m
Decathlon	Maurice Smith  Jamaica	8109 pts	Steven Marrero  Puerto Rico	7506 pts PB	Marcos Sanchez  Puerto Rico	7311 pts

Women's track events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m	Tahesia Harrigan  British Virgin Islands	11.19	Ayanna Hutchinson  Trinidad and Tobago	11.47	Yomara Hinestroza  Colombia	11.51
200 m	Cydonie Mothersille  Cayman Islands	22.91 GR	Carol Rodríguez  Puerto Rico	23.37	Darlenis Obregón  Colombia	23.76
400 m	Christine Amertil  Bahamas	52.16 SB	Aliann Pompey  Guyana	52.33	Tiandra Ponteen  Saint Kitts and Nevis	52.75
800 m	Rosibel García  Colombia	2:03.77	Andrea Ferris  Panama	2:04.16	Marian Burnett  Guyana	2:04.45
1500 m	Rosibel García  Colombia	4:21.17	Pilar McShine  Trinidad and Tobago	4:21.66	Beverly Ramos  Puerto Rico	4:22.02
5000 m	Beverly Ramos  Puerto Rico	16:09.82 GR	Rachael Marchand  Puerto Rico	16:13.59	Yolanda Caballero  Colombia	16:14.75
10,000 m	Yolanda Caballero  Colombia	34:50.58	María Elena Valencia  Mexico	34:52.66	Rachael Marchand  Puerto Rico	34:55.79
100 m hurdles	Aleesha Barber  Trinidad and Tobago	13.09	Eliecit Palacios  Colombia	13.20	Andrea Bliss  Jamaica	13.20
400 m hurdles	Nickiesha Wilson  Jamaica	55.40	Zudikey Rodríguez  Mexico	55.54 PB	Janeil Bellille  Trinidad and Tobago	56.81 PB
3000 m steeplechase	Beverly Ramos  Puerto Rico	9:59.03 GR/PB	Ángela Figueroa  Colombia	10:18.28	Sandra Lopez Reyes  Mexico	10:18.88 PB
4 X 100 m relay	Puerto Rico Beatriz Cruz Celiangeli Morales Erika Rivera Carol Rodriguez	43.46	Colombia Eliecit Palacios Maria Idrobo Darlenis Obregón Yomara Hinestroza	43.63	Jamaica Audria Segree Jovanee Jarrett Andrea Bliss Anastasia Le-Roy	44.27
4 X 400 m relay	Jamaica Davita Prendergast Nikita Tracey Dominique Blake Clora Williams	3:32.31	Colombia Yennifer Padilla Maria Idrobo Darlenis Obregón Norma Gonzalez	3:33.03 NR	Mexico Carla Dueñas Nallely Vela Gabriela Medina Zudikey Rodríguez	3:33.33

Women's road events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
20 km walk	Sandra Galvis  Colombia	1:25:59 PB	Milángela Rosales  Venezuela	1:24:19 PB	Rosario Sánchez  Mexico	1:22:30 PB
Marathon	Marisol Romero  Mexico	2:44:30	Gabriela Traña  Costa Rica	2:46:22	Paula Apolonio  Mexico	2:48:46

Women's field events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia	1.94 m	Sheree Francis  Jamaica	1.91 m	Maria Rifka  Mexico	1.91 m
Pole vault	Keisa Monterola  Venezuela	4.20 m GR	Andrea Zambrana  Puerto Rico	3.90 m	Milena Agudelo  Colombia	3.90 m
Long jump	Rhonda Watkins  Trinidad and Tobago	6.67 m GR	Jovanee Jarrett  Jamaica	6.52 m	Bianca Stuart  Bahamas	6.50 m
Triple jump	Kimberly Williams  Jamaica	14.23 m PB	Caterine Ibargüen  Colombia	14.10 m	Ayanna Alexander  Trinidad and Tobago	13.64 m
Shot put	Cleopatra Borel-Brown  Trinidad and Tobago	18.76 m	Zara Northover  Jamaica	17.04 m PB	Annie Alexander  Trinidad and Tobago	16.76 m
Discus	María Cubillán  Venezuela	52.21 m	Annie Alexander  Trinidad and Tobago	51.03 m	Paulina Flores  Mexico	49.57 m
Hammer	Ely Moreno  Colombia	66.98 m	Rosa Rodríguez  Venezuela	64.16 m	Natalie Grant  Jamaica	59.93 m
Javelin	Kateema Riettie  Jamaica	53.77 m	Fresa Nuñez  Dominican Republic	52.96 m	María Lucelly Murillo  Colombia	51.29 m
Heptathlon	Peaches Roach  Jamaica	5780 pts PB	Francia Manzanillo  Dominican Republic	5561 pts	Tammilee Kerr  Jamaica	5345 pts

Medal table

Maurice Smith was one of ten Jamaican gold medallists.

Churandy Martina propelled the Netherlands Antilles to eighth in the table.

  *   Host nation (Puerto Rico)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jamaica	10	7	8	25
2	Mexico	7	6	11	24
3	Colombia	6	8	9	23
4	Puerto Rico*	4	7	5	16
5	Venezuela	4	4	2	10
6	Trinidad and Tobago	4	3	5	12
7	Bahamas	3	2	1	6
8	Netherlands Antilles	2	0	1	3
9	Costa Rica	1	1	0	2
10	Cayman Islands	1	0	1	2
11	Barbados	1	0	0	1
	Bermuda	1	0	0	1
	British Virgin Islands	1	0	0	1
	Guatemala	1	0	0	1
	Saint Lucia	1	0	0	1
16	Dominican Republic	0	2	0	2
	Virgin Islands	0	2	0	2
18	Guyana	0	1	2	3
19	Haiti	0	1	1	2
20	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1	0	1
	Grenada	0	1	0	1
	Panama	0	1	0	1
23	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		47	47	47	141

Participating nations

Thirty of the 31 countries competing at the games were represented in the athletics competition, with 23 of these reaching the medal table. Aruba was the only nation without a representative in the events.

•  Antigua and Barbuda (7)
•  Bahamas (16)
•  Barbados (7)
•  Belize (5)
•  Bermuda (6)
•  British Virgin Islands (8)
•  Cayman Islands (9)
•  Colombia (32)
•  Costa Rica (14)
•  Dominica (3)
•  Dominican Republic (31)
•  El Salvador (7)
•  Grenada (6)
•  Guatemala (15)
•  Guyana (7)
•  Haiti (10)
•  Honduras (5)
•  Jamaica (45)
•  Mexico (47)
•  Netherlands Antilles (5)
•  Nicaragua (4)
•  Panama (7)
•  Puerto Rico (60)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (9)
•  Saint Lucia (3)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (4)
•  Suriname (1)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (28)
•  Virgin Islands (9)
•  Venezuela (21)

References

Results

• Atletismo Calendario de Deporte at archive.today (archived 2012-09-09) (in Spanish). Mayagüez 2010. Retrieved on 2010-07-29.
• Montesinos, Enrique (2013). "The Oldest Regional Games: Central American & Caribbean Sports Games" (PDF). CACSO.

Reports

• Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2010-07-26). Martina defends 100m title, Brathwaite dominates the sprint hurdles in Mayaguez - CAC Games, days 1 and 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-29.
• Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2010-07-28). Martina completes dash double as Brenes runs 44.84 at the CAC Games. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-29.
• Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2010-07-30). Trinidad and Tobago clock 38.24 to take 4x100m relay gold in Mayaguez - CAC Games, day 5. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-31.
• Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2010-07-31). Jamaica dominates relays, Barrios and Ramos complete doubles as CAC Games conclude in Mayaguez. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-31.

External links

• Official website^[usurped]