2010 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships


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. The event was open for athletes from the invited countries, that are members of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation, in two categories: Junior A Category: 17 to 19 years as of 31 December 2010, and Junior B Category: 14 to 16 years as of 31 December 2010. By IAAF standards, Junior A is equal to Junior, while Junior B is equal to Youth.
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, 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.
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Medal summary

The results are published. Events marked as "Exhibition" did not meet the official conditions with respect to the minimum number of participants competitors of three. In the Male Junior B category, there is no information on the originally scheduled events "5000 m race walk" and "octathlon".

Male Junior A (under 20)

Female Junior A (under 20)

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.

Male Junior B (under 17)

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.

Female Junior B (under 17)

Medal table

The combined medal count was published.
Notes:
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. The results were published.

Overall

RankNationPoints
597
2337
3256.5
4246
5211
6198
7188
867
955
1050
1139
1238.5
1329
1427
1525
1624
1624
1822.5
1921
1921
2117.5
2212
237.5
247
253.5
263

Male

RankNationPoints
283.5
2201
3138.5
4136
5117.5
6116
7113.5
842
929
1020
1119
1218
1316
1316
1529
1612
1711.5
189
189
208
217.5
225.5
233.5
243
243
262

Female

RankNationPoints
313.5
2136
3132.5
4118
593.5
672
762
846
934
1031
1125
1218
1315
1413
1512
1611
1710
186
186
205
205
224.5
234

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
in the start list. Following, the numbers in brackets refer to :
*