NACAC Championships

Not to be confused with Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics.

The North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships is a continental track and field athletics event organised by the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association. The last of the six IAAF areas to hold a continental senior athletics competition, the NACAC Championships' inaugural edition was held in 2007 in San Salvador, El Salvador. Three hundred athletes competed at the 2007 Championships and a total of 26 nations were represented.^[1] The United States dominated the first edition with a total of 43 medals, including 28 gold medals. Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago took second and third places with totals of 20 and 11 medals, respectively.

Editions

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	Events	Nations	Athletes	Top of the medal table
1	2007	San Salvador	El Salvador	July 13–15	Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González	42	26	275	United States
2	2015	San José	Costa Rica	August 7–9	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica	38	31	369	United States
3	2018	Toronto	Canada	August 10–12	Varsity Stadium/Toronto Islands	42	31	319	United States
4	2022	Freeport	Bahamas	August 19–21	Grand Bahama Sports Complex	45	26	329	United States
5	2025	TBD		June 28–30

Records

Men

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place	Ref.
100 m	9.98 (−0.4 m/s)	Ackeem Blake	Jamaica	20 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[2]
200 m	19.87 (+0.6 m/s)	Andrew Hudson	Jamaica	21 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[3]
400 m	44.63	Christopher Taylor	Jamaica	20 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[2]
800 m	1:45.79	Ryan Martin	United States	9 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
1500 m	3:37.62	Eric Holt	United States	21 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[3]
5000 m	13:57.53	Lopez Lomong	United States	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
10,000 m	29:23.77	Sean McGorty	United States	19 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[4]
110 m hurdles	13.00 (+0.3 m/s)	Freddie Crittenden	United States	20 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[2]
400 m hurdles	47.34	Kyron McMaster	British Virgin Islands	21 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[3]
3000 m steeplechase	8:22.55	Evan Jager	United States	21 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[3]
High jump	2.28 m (7 ft 5+3⁄4 in)	Jeron Robinson	United States	11 August 2018	2018 Championships	Toronto, Canada	[5]
Pole vault	5.45 m (17 ft 10+1⁄2 in)	Scott Houston	United States	12 August 2018	2018 Championships	Toronto, Canada	[6]
Long jump	8.29 m (27 ft 2+1⁄4 in) (−0.4 m/s)	Marquis Dendy	United States	12 August 2018	2018 Championships	Toronto, Canada	[7]
Triple jump	16.98 m (55 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (+1.4 m/s)	Yordany Durañona	Dominica	7 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
Shot put	21.68 m (71 ft 1+1⁄2 in)	Darrell Hill	United States	10 August 2018	2018 Championships	Toronto, Canada	[8]
Discus throw	68.47 m (224 ft 7+1⁄2 in)	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica	12 August 2018	2018 Championships	Toronto, Canada	[9]
Hammer throw	72.94 m (239 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Roberto Sawyers	Costa Rica	11 August 2018	2018 Championships	Toronto, Canada	[10]
Javelin throw	84.23 m (276 ft 4 in)	Curtis Thompson	United States	20 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[2]
20,000 m walk (track)	1:26:21.08	José Ortiz	Guatemala	20 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[2]
4 × 100 m relay	38.07	Mario Forsythe Jason Livermore Oshane Bailey Sheldon Mitchell	Jamaica	9 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
4 × 400 m relay	3:00.07	Clayton Parros Calvin Smith Marcus Chambers James Harris	United States	9 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica

Women

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place	Ref.
100 m	10.83 (−0.1 m/s)	Shericka Jackson	Jamaica	20 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[2]
200 m	22.35 (+0.3 m/s)	Brittany Brown	United States	21 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[3]
400 m	49.40	Shaunae Miller-Uibo	Bahamas	20 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[2]
800 m	1:57.52	Ajeé Wilson	United States	11 August 2018	2018 Championships	Toronto, Canada	[11]
1500 m	4:04.53	Heather MacLean	United States	21 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[3]
5000 m	15:11.68	Natosha Rogers	United States	19 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[4]
10,000 m	33:12.42	Stephanie Bruce	United States	20 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[2]
100 m hurdles	12.55 (+0.9 m/s)	Kendra Harrison	United States	11 August 2018	2018 Championships	Toronto, Canada	[12]
400 m hurdles	53.32	Shamier Little	United States	12 August 2018	2018 Championships	Toronto, Canada	[13]
3000 m steeplechase	9:34.36	Gabrielle Jennings	United States	19 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[4]
High jump	1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in)	Vashti Cunningham	United States	19 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[4]
Pole vault	4.75 m (15 ft 7 in)	Katie Nageotte	United States	11 August 2018	2018 Championships	Toronto, Canada	[14]
Long jump	6.93 m (22 ft 8+3⁄4 in) (+2.0 m/s)	Quanesha Burks	United States	8 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica	[15]
Triple jump	14.49 m (47 ft 6+1⁄4 in) (+1.5 m/s)	Thea LaFond	Dominica	21 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[3]
Shot put	20.15 m (66 ft 1+1⁄4 in)	Sarah Mitton	Canada	21 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[3]
Discus throw	63.18 m (207 ft 3+1⁄4 in)	Laulauga Tausaga-Collins	United States	19 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[4]
Hammer throw	74.60 m (244 ft 9 in)	DeAnna Price	United States	10 August 2018	2018 Championships	Toronto, Canada	[16]
Javelin throw	64.68 m (212 ft 2+1⁄4 in)	Kara Winger	United States	21 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[3]
20,000 m walk (track)	1:40:04.78	Mirna Ortiz	Guatemala	20 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[2]
4 × 100 m relay	42.24	Barbara Pierre Lekeisha Lawson Dezerea Bryant Kyra Jefferson	United States	9 August 2015	2015 Championships	San Jose, Costa Rica
4 × 400 m relay	3:23.54	Kaylin Whitney Kyra Jefferson A'Keyla Mitchell Jaide Stepter-Baynes	United States	21 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[3]

Mixed

Event	Record	Name	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place	Ref.
4 × 400 m relay	3:12.05	Quincy Hall Jaide Stepter-Baynes Ismail Turner Kaylin Whitney	United States	20 August 2022	2022 Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	[2]

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	109	65	42	216
2	Jamaica	18	28	19	65
3	Trinidad and Tobago	6	9	11	26
4	Canada	5	12	21	38
5	Cuba	5	6	8	19
6	Mexico	4	16	7	27
7	El Salvador	4	2	2	8
8	Saint Lucia	3	0	2	5
9	Guatemala	2	2	6	10
10	Dominica	2	1	2	5
11	British Virgin Islands	2	1	0	3
12	Bahamas	1	4	9	14
13	Dominican Republic	1	4	4	9
14	Puerto Rico	1	3	7	11
15	Costa Rica	1	2	6	9
16	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1	2	4
17	Grenada	1	0	1	2
	Honduras	1	0	1	2
19	Barbados	0	3	7	10
20	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	2	1	3
21	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1	1	2
22	Belize	0	1	0	1
	Bermuda	0	1	0	1
24	Haiti	0	0	1	1
	Nicaragua	0	0	1	1
	Turks and Caicos Islands	0	0	1	1
	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	0	1	1
Totals (27 entries)		167	164	163	494