Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo

Not to be confused with Grand Prix de Ponce.

The Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo is a track and field competition held yearly in Ponce, Puerto Rico at the Francisco Montaner Stadium. The event started in 2007, after the successful hosting of the 2006 Ibero-American Championships.^[2] It was considered among the most important athletic events in the Caribbean based on the competitive and organizational quality of the event.^[3] Starting with the 2012 season, the Ponce Grand Prix joined the IAAF World Challenge competitions until 2015 and represented the only other city in the Americas, outside Kingston, Jamaica, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the circuit.^[4] The event was relaunched in 2022 named Puerto Rico International Athletics Classic as part of the silver level scheduled World Athletics Continental Tour.^[5][6][7]

Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo

The host stadium – Francisco "Paquito" Montaner Stadium
First event	2007; 17 years ago (2007)
Occur every	yearly
Last event	23 May 2015; 9 years ago (2015-05-23)
Purpose	Track and field sports, athletes worldwide participate
Headquarters	Ponce, Puerto Rico
Presidente	José E. Costas Loyola[1]
Website	purclassic.com
Remarks	Organized by Voluntarios por Ponce, Inc.

History

Sign on the grounds of the Paquito Montaner Stadium announces the Ponce Grand Prix

In early seasons the event was one of three competitions in the IAAF-NACAC circuit beside the Adidas Track Classic in Carson, California, and the Jamaica Invitational in Kingston, Jamaica, where competitors accumulated points in the IAAF rankings system.^[8]

The 2009 Ponce Grand Prix was witnessed live by some 9,000 fans at the Francisco Montaner Stadium, plus hundreds of thousands more throughout the Americas via satellite television.^[9] This edition was considered to have initiated “the greatest feat in Puerto Rican sports history”, as new records were established, and a local hero surfaced, Javier Culson, competing in the 400 metres hurdles.^[10] He was later crowned Athlete of the Year in Puerto Rico.

The relaunched 2022 edition saw eleven meet records fall with eight of them were Puerto Rican all-comers' records.^[11]

Meet records

Men

Men's meeting records of the Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Ref.
100 m	9.92 (−0.2 m/s)	Trayvon Bromell	United States	12 May 2022	[12]
200 m	20.21 (+1.2 m/s)	Brendan Christian	Antigua and Barbuda	17 May 2008	[13]
300 m	31.52	Steven Gardiner	Bahamas	12 May 2022	[14]
400 m	44.14	Lashawn Merritt	United States	17 May 2014	[15]
800 m	1:44.79	Duane Solomon	United States	17 May 2014	[15]
1500 m	3:36.64	Geoffrey Kipkoech Rono	Kenya	19 May 2007	[16]
3000 m	8:02.71	Andrew Poore	United States	18 May 2013	[17]
110 m hurdles	13.12 (±0.0 m/s)	David Oliver	United States	8 May 2010	[18]
400 m hurdles	47.72	Javier Culson	Puerto Rico	8 May 2010	[18]
Pole vault	5.60 m	Lázaro Borges	Cuba	12 May 2012	[2]
Long jump	8.27 m (+0.9 m/s)	Brian Johnson	United States	17 May 2008	[13]
Triple jump	16.88 m (+2.0 m/s)	Donald Scott	United States	12 May 2022	[19]
Shot put	22.75 m	Ryan Crouser	United States	12 May 2022	[20]
Hammer throw	79.31 m	Krisztián Pars	Hungary	17 May 2014	[15]
Javelin throw	75.32 m	Curtis Moss	Canada	12 May 2012	[21]
4 × 100 m relay	38.83	Brian Mariano Geronimo Goeloe Prince Kwidama Churandy Martina	Netherlands Antilles	17 May 2008	[13]
4 × 400 m relay	3:04.93	Yoel Tapia Arismendy Peguero Pedro Mejía Félix Sánchez	Dominican Republic	19 May 2007	[16]

Women

Men's meeting records of the Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Ref.
100 m	10.93 (−0.8 m/s)	Elaine Thompson-Herah	Jamaica	12 May 2022	[22]
200 m	22.37 (+0.3 m/s)	Tianna Madison	United States	12 May 2012	[2]
400 m	50.42	Athing Mu	United States	12 May 2022	[23]
800 m	1:59.35	Rose Mary Almanza	Cuba	23 May 2015	[24]
1500 m	4:05.96	Adelle Tracey	Great Britain	12 May 2022	[25]
3000 m	8:53.38	Gabe Grunewall	United States	17 May 2014	[15]
100 m hurdles	12.50 (+0.3 m/s)	Alaysha Johnson	United States	12 May 2022	[26]
400 m hurdles	54.09	Janieve Russell	Jamaica	12 May 2022	[27]
3000 m steeplechase	9:37.62	Genevieve Lacaze	Australia	18 May 2013	[28]
Pole vault	4.72 m	Sandi Morris	United States	12 May 2022	[29]
Long jump	6.78 m (+0.5 m/s)	Ese Brume	Nigeria	12 May 2022	[30]
Triple jump	13.66 m (+0.5 m/s)	Luvia Saldivar	Cuba	18 May 2013	[31]
Hammer throw	72.16 m	Amanda Bingson	United States	17 May 2014	[15]
Javelin throw	59.47 m	Yainelis Ribeaux	Cuba	12 May 2012	[2]
4 × 100 m relay	43.58	USA Team A Kellie Wells Moushami Robinson Tianna Madison Gloria Asumnu	United States	8 May 2010	[18]

References

1. Vuelve el Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo.^[usurped] 3 March 2011. El Sur a la Vista. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
2. Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2012-05-13). Culson runs world lead and Wilson surprises Robles and Richardson in Ponce – IAAF World Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 13 May 2012.
3. Delegado de la IAFF al Ponce Grand Prix.^[usurped] El Sur a la Vista. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 20 April 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
4. "Debuta el Ponce Grand Prix en IAAF World Challenge" (in Spanish). www.elsuralavista.com. 27 February 2012. Archived from the original on 22 January 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
5. Regresa 'la crema' mundial del atletismo al Paquito Montaner: Ya está confirmado el Puerto Rico International Athletics Classic, antes conocido como el Ponce Grand Prix. Yamaira Muñiz Pérez. El Vocero. (San Juan, Puerto Rico). 3 January 2022. Accessed 26 February 2022. Archived.
6. “The Cream” of World International Athletics Returns to Puerto Rico. Julio Pabón 10 January 2022. Accessed 26 February 2022. Archived.
7. Jasmine Camacho-Quinn: el “lujo” de verla correr en la isla en mayo: La medallista de oro en los Juegos de Tokio será la figura principal del evento “Puerto Rico International Athletic Classic” el 12 de mayo en el Estadio Paquito Montaner de Ponce. Sara Del Valle Hernández. El Nuevo Dia. 4 January 2022. Accessed 26 February 2022. Archived.
8. Athletes Face Off in Porta Caribe at the 2008 Ponce Grand Prix. Let’sGoToPonce. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
9. Javier Culson: Más que preparado para el Grand Prix. Carlos Uriarte González. La Perla del Sur. 23 April 2010. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
10. Javier Culson: Más que preparado para el Grand Prix. By Carlos Uriarte González. Periodico La Perla del Sur. 23 April 2010.
11. "2022 Puerto Rico International Athletics Classic Results". trackscoreboard.com. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
12. Javier Clavelo Robinson (13 May 2022). "Crouser crushes world lead and Johnson gets shock win in Ponce". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
13. "Ponce Grand Prix 2008 Complete Results" (PDF). www.poncegrandprixdeatletismo.com. 17 May 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
14. Javier Clavelo Robinson (13 May 2022). "Crouser crushes world lead and Johnson gets shock win in Ponce". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
15. Javier Clavelo Robinson (18 May 2014). "Merritt and Ibarguen provide the big thrills in Ponce - IAAF World Challenge". IAAF. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
16. "Ponce Grand Prix 2007 Complete Results" (PDF). www.poncegrandprixdeatletismo.com. 19 May 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2011.
17. "3000 Metres Results". www.poncegrandprixdeatletismo.com. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
18. Robinson, Javier Clavelo (9 May 2010). "Culson clocks world leading 47.72 in Ponce". IAAF. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
19. Javier Clavelo Robinson (13 May 2022). "Crouser crushes world lead and Johnson gets shock win in Ponce". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
20. Javier Clavelo Robinson (13 May 2022). "Crouser crushes world lead and Johnson gets shock win in Ponce". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
21. "Javelin Throw Results". IAAF. 12 May 2012. Retrieved 13 May 2012.
22. Javier Clavelo Robinson (13 May 2022). "Crouser crushes world lead and Johnson gets shock win in Ponce". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
23. Javier Clavelo Robinson (13 May 2022). "Crouser crushes world lead and Johnson gets shock win in Ponce". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
24. Jon Mulkeen (24 May 2015). "Almanza breaks Ponce meeting record with world-leading 800m". IAAF. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
25. Javier Clavelo Robinson (13 May 2022). "Crouser crushes world lead and Johnson gets shock win in Ponce". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
26. Javier Clavelo Robinson (13 May 2022). "Crouser crushes world lead and Johnson gets shock win in Ponce". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
27. Javier Clavelo Robinson (13 May 2022). "Crouser crushes world lead and Johnson gets shock win in Ponce". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
28. "3000 Metres Steeplechase Results". www.poncegrandprixdeatletismo.com. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
29. Javier Clavelo Robinson (13 May 2022). "Crouser crushes world lead and Johnson gets shock win in Ponce". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
30. "Long Jump Results". trackscoreboard.com. 12 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
31. "Triple Jump Results". www.poncegrandprixdeatletismo.com. 18 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.

External links

• Puerto Rico portal

• Puerto Rico International Athletics Classic official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2022-05-02)
• Ponce Grand Prix de Atletismo official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2016-10-20)

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