2012 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics

XXV Central American Junior and XX Central American Youth Championships in Athletics
XXV Central American Junior and XX Central American Youth Championships in Athletics
Dates	May 25–27
Host city	San Salvador, El Salvador
Venue	Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca "Magico Gonzalez"
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	83 (42 boys, 41 girls)
Participation	301 athletes from ; 7 nations
Records set	20
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The 2012 Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca "Magico Gonzalez" in San Salvador, El Salvador, between May 25–27, 2012. Organized by the Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation (CADICA), it was the 25th edition of the Junior (U-20) and the 20th edition of the Youth (U-18) competition. A total of 83 events were contested, 42 by boys and 41 by girls.^[1] A total of 20 new championship records were set. Overall winner on points was Costa Rica.^[2]

Medal summary

Complete results can be found on the CADICA webpage.^[3]

Junior

Boys (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Mateo Edward (PAN)	10.46 CR	Helson Pitillo (HON)	11.20	Arren Roches (BIZ)	11.31
200 metres (wind: +1.5 m/s)	Mateo Edward (PAN)	21.36	Jairo Guerra (GUA)	22.33	Cristian Gerardo Martínez (GUA)	22.75
400 metres	Cesar Andrey Vásquez (CRC)	48.43	Luis Alonso Murillo (CRC)	48.55	Francisco Urquilla (ESA)	51.46
800 metres	Víctor Emilio Ortiz (CRC)	1:51.42 CR	David Hodgson (CRC)	1:57.34	Néstor Mijangos (GUA)	2:01.50
1500 metres	Edwin Pirir (ESA)	4:09.57	Jorge Alberto Viera (PAN)	4:10.17	Néstor Mijangos (GUA)	4:11.48
5000 metres	Edwin Pirir (ESA)	15:17.9 CR	Germán Rivas (CRC)	15:30.6	Walter Yac (GUA)	15:47.0
10000 metres	Edwin Pirir (ESA)	31:21.51 CR	Germán Rivas (CRC)	32:47.63	Walter Yac (GUA)	33:25.19
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.9 m/s)	Gerber Blanco (GUA)	14.30	José Chorro (ESA)	14.31	Williams Ríos (PAN)	14.73
400 metres hurdles	Gerald Drummond (CRC)	52.49	Gerber Blanco (GUA)	53.35	José Chorro (ESA)	53.68
High Jump	Elías Mora (CRC)	1.90	William Figueroa (CRC)	1.84	Adrián René Flores (HON)	1.81
Pole Vault	César Chávez (ESA)	4.10	Josué Berrocal (CRC)	3.70
Long Jump	Juan Mosquera (PAN)	7.11	Jairo Guerra (GUA)	6.50	Cristian Brooks (PAN)	6.23
Triple Jump	Juan Mosquera (PAN)	14.18	Adrián René Flores (HON)	14.06
Shot Put	Bryan Méndez (CRC)	14.79	Ronald Alvarenga (ESA)	14.37	Justin Owen Awe (BIZ)	13.72
Discus Throw	Alberto Peralta (PAN)	44.27	Bryan Méndez (CRC)	41.65	Ever Acajabon (GUA)	39.89
Hammer Throw	Enrique Gaitán (GUA)	58.55 CR	Luis Diego Villarreal (CRC)	39.88	Darwin Vanegas (NCA)	35.26
Javelin Throw	Anastacio Buitrago (PAN)	57.95 CR	Pablo Cuadra (NCA)	56.96	Wilberth Orias (CRC)	47.07
Decathlon	Marcio Cruz (NCA)	4815	Robert Ibarra (CRC)	4515	Emanuelle Ruiz (CRC)	3240
10000 metres Walk	Luis Ángel Sánchez (GUA)	45:12.04	José Gregorio Ajcam (GUA)	46:16.17	Luis Alfonso López (ESA)	46:56.11
4 x 100 metres relay	Panama Cristian Brooks Juan Mosquera Williams Ríos Mateo Edward	42.21	Costa Rica Cesar Andrey Vásquez Jefferson Matamoros David Hodgson Jean Carlos Ramírez	43.11	El Salvador Mario Alejandro Mancia Francisco Urquilla José Chorro César Alonso Chávez	43.86
4 x 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Gerald Drummond Cesar Andrey Vásquez David Hodgson Luis Alonso Murillo	3:13.51 CR	El Salvador Francisco Urquilla José Chorro César Alonso Chávez Mario Alejandro Mancia	3:26.33	Guatemala Gerber Blanco Cristian Gerardo Martínez Jairo Guerra Néstor Mijangos	3:31.83

Girls (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.9 m/s)	Sharolyn Josephs (CRC)	12.52	Diana Garita (CRC)	12.89	Fátima Aguirre (ESA)	14.65
200 metres (wind: +0.9 m/s)	Glenda Davis (CRC)	25.43 CR	Diana Garita (CRC)	25.66	Ingrid Narváez (NCA)	26.05
400 metres	Ingrid Narváez (NCA)	58.53	Gabriela Guevara (PAN)	59.64	Jessica Sánchez (CRC)	60.02
800 metres	María Fernanda Torres (CRC)	2:22.90	Elia Lazo (ESA)	2:26.30	Jaqueline Noemí Mejía (GUA)	2:26.99
1500 metres	Elia Lazo (ESA)	5:06.02	Mishely Charo González (GUA)	5:08.23	Jaqueline Noemí Mejía (GUA)	5:09.48
5000 metres	Kimberly Chali (GUA)	18:54.12	Mishely Charo González (GUA)	19:54.36	Tatiana Soto (CRC)	20:07.52
100 metres hurdles (wind: +1.2 m/s)	María Renee Gómez (ESA)	16.06	Rosa Angélica Barrera (GUA)	17.64	Stephany Lorena Melgar (GUA)	18.92
400 metres hurdles	Gabriela Guevara (PAN)	65.44	Stephany Lorena Melgar (GUA)	73.22
High Jump	Ana María Martínez (PAN)	1.61	Ligia Patricia Paniagua (CRC)	1.50	Pamela Urieta (CRC)	1.45
Pole Vault	Emely Monzón (GUA)	2.80	Fátima Aguirre (ESA)	2.20
Long Jump	Cristina Aldana (GUA)	5.62 (wind: +0.9 m/s)	Jessica Sánchez (CRC)	5.59 (wind: +1.0 m/s)	María Renee Gómez (ESA)	5.28 w (wind: +2.2 m/s)
Triple Jump	Cristina Aldana (GUA)	12.23 CR	Jessica Sánchez (CRC)	11.50	María Renee Gómez (ESA)	11.39
Shot Put	Gisela Mabel Henríquez (PAN)	11.45	Yuleysy Mendoza (CRC)	10.19	Emma Paulina Castillo (GUA)	9.69
Discus Throw	Gisela Mabel Henríquez (PAN)	31.22	Haydee Grijalba (CRC)	30.85	Emma Paulina Castillo (GUA)	30.78
Hammer Throw	Ana Odeth Harry (HON)	41.54	Gabriela Guadalupe Mundo (ESA)	40.37	Yuleysy Mendoza (CRC)	33.58
Javelin Throw	Haydee Grijalba (CRC)	36.26	Lourdes Guadalupe Medina (ESA)	33.60	Gorlee Semora Marin (BIZ)	24.90
Heptathlon	Jessica López (ESA)	3949	Melissa Gutiérrez (CRC)	3528	Rosa Barrera (GUA)	2968
10000 metres Walk	Yesenia Miranda (ESA)	53:24.58	Priscilla Torres (CRC)	1:05:39.04
4 x 100 metres relay	Costa Rica Jessica Sánchez Diana Garita Glenda Davis Sharolyn Josephs	49.04 CR	Guatemala Rosa Barrera Cristina Aldana Stephany Lorena Melgar Emely Monzón	53.68	El Salvador Jessica López María Renee Gómez Fátima Aguirre Lourdes Guadalupe Medina	54.51
4 x 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Jessica Sánchez Diana Garita Glenda Davis María Fernanda Torres	3.58.80	Guatemala Mishely Charo González Stephany Lorena Melgar Cristina Aldana Jaqueline Noemí Mejía	4.28.75	El Salvador Jessica López Ángela Vanesa Argueta Elia Lazo Tania Estefany Ponce	4.35.84

Youth

Boys (U-18)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.7 m/s)	Arturo Deliser (PAN)	11.20	Jaimar López (CRC)	11.38	Douglas Ricardo Orellana (GUA)	11.58
200 metres (wind: +0.5 m/s)	Arturo Deliser (PAN)	22.05	Ángel Ramos (HON)	22.90	Joseph Hodgson (CRC)	22.98
400 metres	José Abdul Demera (PAN)	50.2	Mariano Miranda (CRC)	50.3	Miguel Ortega (PAN)	50.9
800 metres	Luis Gustavo Solórzano (ESA)	1:56.92	Juan Carlos Acosta (ESA)	1:57.31	Mario Francisco Melgar (GUA)	1:58.25
1500 metres	Luis Gustavo Solórzano (ESA)	4:13.39	Edwin Alexander García (ESA)	4:17.92	Petter Vega (PAN)	4:18.94
3000 metres	Luis Gustavo Solórzano (ESA)	8:58.31	José Enrique Calvo (CRC)	9:26.73	Edwin Alexander García (ESA)	9:35.78
2000 metres steeplechase	David Alexander Escobar (ESA)	6:23.87	José Enrique Calvo (CRC)	6:38.72	Andrés Rivera (CRC)	6:46.17
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.4 m/s)	Ronald Edyberto Ramírez (GUA)	14.65	Andrés Acosta (CRC)	14.74	René Perla (ESA)	14.99
400 metres hurdles	Mariano Miranda (CRC)	56.31	Miguel Ortega (PAN)	57.04	Gerardo Saúl Hernández (ESA)	57.53
High Jump	Ronald Edyberto Ramírez (GUA)	1.93m	Jaime Escobar (PAN)	1.86m	Jaimar López (CRC)	1.86m
Pole Vault	Alejandro Rafael Melara (ESA)	3.90m	Bryan Josué Melara (ESA)	3.30m	Esvin Sánchez (GUA)	3.00m
Long Jump	Kevin Zelaya (ESA)	6.38m	Alexford Terry (BIZ)	6.24m	Oscar Porras (CRC)	6.09m
Triple Jump	Daniel Aldana (GUA)	13.26m	Daniel Alberto Cabrera (GUA)	13.23m	Lirisi Cayetano (BIZ)	12.95m
Shot Put	Hugo Antonio González (GUA)	14.85m CR	Irving Villarreal (PAN)	13.45m	José Omar Mora (NCA)	13.16m
Discus Throw	José Francisco Araya (CRC)	45.79 CR	Magno Enrique Escobar (GUA)	44.84	José Carlos Ibarra (NCA)	39.63
Hammer Throw	Otto Steve Vivas (GUA)	47.45m	Magno Enrique Escobar (GUA)	46.87m	Cesar Villarreal (CRC)	43.25m
Javelin Throw	Raylinds Delgado (NCA)	58.58m CR	Marlon Pineda (NCA)	50.31m	Carlos Rodríguez (HON)	48.41
Octathlon	Andrés Acosta (CRC)	4976pts	Humberto Lugo (NCA)	4850pts	Bryan Zelaya (ESA)	4789pts
10,000 metres Walk	Jürgen Grave (GUA)	46:16.77 CR	Wilmer Santiago Rosales (GUA)	51:41.00	Alcides Esaú Rosales (ESA)	54:43.30
4 x 100 metres relay	Panama Abel García José Abdul Demera Miguel Ortega Arturo Deliser	43.82 CR	Costa Rica Andrés Acosta Jaimar López Mariano Miranda David Segura	44.45	Guatemala Edward Haroldo Monzón Carlos Alberto Paz Jason Adonis Zepeda Douglas Ricardo Orellana	45.20
1000m Medley relay (100m x 200m x 300m x 400m)	Costa Rica David Segura Jaimar López Joseph Hodgson Mariano Miranda	2:00.92	Nicaragua Humberto Lugo Jorge Nicaragua Marlon Pineda Nestor Gómez	2:04.41	Guatemala Ronald Edyberto Ramírez Carlos Alberto Paz Jason Adonis Zepeda Manuel Alfredo Rivas	2:04.65

Girls (U-18)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Nathalee Aranda (PAN)	12.75	Katia Pozuelo (ESA)	12.79	Beatriz Flamenco (ESA)	12.97
200 metres (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Katia Pozuelo (ESA)	25.89	Beatriz Flamenco (ESA)	26.33	Leyka Archibold (PAN)	26.74
400 metres	Gina Zambrana (CRC)	59.3	Kianeth Galván (PAN)	60.9	Leyka Archibold (PAN)	61.1
800 metres	Gina Zambrana (CRC)	2:18.28	Jacqueline Montoya (CRC)	2:18.32	Cora María Gutiérrez (GUA)	2:21.75
1500 metres	Jacqueline Montoya (CRC)	5:01.60	María Floridalma Bac (GUA)	5:02.15	Josselyn Jazmín Grijalva (ESA)	5:04.78
3000 metres	María Viera (PAN)	11:08.46	María Floridalma Bac (GUA)	11:08.80	Meyling Hernández (NCA)	11:21.41
2000 metres steeplechase	Alejandra Hernández (CRC)	7:56.01 CR	Xiomara Alemán (ESA)	8:07.85	Sara Gabriela Palacios (ESA)	8:36.78
100 metres hurdles (wind: 1.2 m/s)	Naomi Smith (CRC)	15.04
400 metres hurdles	Kianeth Galván (PAN)	67.35	Naomi Smith (CRC)	68.47	Catherine Ramos (ESA)	68.53
High Jump	Stephanie Sofía Silva (GUA)	1.59m	Eimy Campos (PAN)	1.50m	María José Torres (CRC)	1.45m
Pole Vault	Andrea Velasco (ESA)	2.75m CR	Catherine Ramos (ESA)	2.55m	Karen Somoza (CRC)	2.40m
Long Jump	Nathalee Aranda (PAN)	5.59m (NWI)	Rebeca Duarte (ESA)	5.28m (wind: 1.0 m/s)	Marina Mosquera (PAN)	4.99m (wind: -0.4 m/s)
Triple Jump	Shanicka Augustine (BIZ)	11.31m	Marina Mosquera (PAN)	10.78m	Joan Deidre Wright (GUA)	10.75m
Shot Put	Gloria Serano (BIZ)	12.93m CR	Ayleen González (PAN)	12.15m	Sabrina Gaitán (GUA)	12.12m
Discus Throw	Ayleen González (PAN)	35.64m	Sabrina Gaitán (GUA)	35.25m	Gloria Serano (BIZ)	31.16m
Hammer Throw	Sabrina Gaitán (GUA)	50.24m CR	Dagmar Alvarado (PAN)	43.68m	Roxana Lourdes Pleites (ESA)	33.92m
Javelin Throw	Hazel Bonilla (NCA)	29.30m	Sandra Verónica Rivas (ESA)	26.07m	Yunlen Solano (CRC)	25.80m
Heptathlon	Abigail Obando (CRC)	3179pts	Daniela Rojas (CRC)	3019pts	Elisha Bernardez (BIZ)	2776pts
5000 metres Walk	Sonia Irene Barrondo (GUA)	26:11.70	Brenda Arely Mauricio (ESA)	26:48.12	Karin Vicente (GUA)	26:59.58
4 x 100 metres relay	El Salvador Katia Pozuelo Beatriz Flamenco Catherine Ramos Ana Sarai Comandari	50.76	Panama Leyka Archibold Nathalee Aranda Marina Mosquera Andrea Rodríguez	51.25	Nicaragua Emilia Palma Meyling Hernández Anielka Reyes Hellen Toledo	53.82
1000m Medley relay (100m x 200m x 300m x 400m)	Costa Rica Abigail Obando Gina Zambrana Jacqueline Montoya Naomi Smith	2:22.77	El Salvador Ana Sarai Comandari Beatriz Flamenco Catherine Ramos Katia Pozuelo	2:23.68	Guatemala Ana Sofía Aguilar Andrea Lemus Cora María Gutiérrez Lilian Rocío Orellana	2:30.48

Medal table (unofficial)

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

1	Costa Rica	23	28	14	65
2	Panamá	20	11	7	38
3	El Salvador	17	18	19	54
4	Guatemala	16	17	23	56
5	Nicaragua	4	4	6	14
6	Belize	2	1	6	9
7	Honduras	1	3	2	6

Team trophies

The placing table for team trophy awarded to the 1st place overall team (boys and girls categories) was published.^[3]

Overall

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Points
	Costa Rica	237
2	Guatemala	222
3	El Salvador	170
4	Panamá	167
5	Belize	43
6	Nicaragua	40
7	Honduras	23

Participation

A total number of 301 athletes and officials were reported to participate in the event.^[2]

Belize (42)
Costa Rica (70)
El Salvador (64)

Guatemala (57)
Honduras (15)

Nicaragua (21)
Panamá (32)

References

^ Trejo Pineda, Julio (May 25, 2012), Campeonato Centroamericano de Atletismo Juvenil A y B 2012 con 5 jornadas en el “Mágico González” de San Salvador, El Salvador (in Spanish), retrieved February 14, 2013
^ ^a ^b ESA – Costa Rica Campeon y 20 nuevos records centroamericanos juveniles (in Spanish), CADICA, May 28, 2012, retrieved February 14, 2013
^ ^a ^b CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO JUVENIL A Y JUVENIL B – ESTADIO NACIONAL "MAGICO GONZALEZ", SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR – 25, 26 Y 27 DE MAYO DE 2012 – RESULTADOS FINALES (PDF) (in Spanish), CADICA, December 24, 2012, retrieved February 14, 2013

[pineda_01-1] Trejo Pineda, Julio (May 25, 2012), Campeonato Centroamericano de Atletismo Juvenil A y B 2012 con 5 jornadas en el “Mágico González” de San Salvador, El Salvador (in Spanish), retrieved February 14, 2013

[cadica_01-2] ESA – Costa Rica Campeon y 20 nuevos records centroamericanos juveniles (in Spanish), CADICA, May 28, 2012, retrieved February 14, 2013

[cadica_02-3] CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO JUVENIL A Y JUVENIL B – ESTADIO NACIONAL "MAGICO GONZALEZ", SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR – 25, 26 Y 27 DE MAYO DE 2012 – RESULTADOS FINALES (PDF) (in Spanish), CADICA, December 24, 2012, retrieved February 14, 2013

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