Athletics at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games

Athletics at the VI Commonwealth Youth Games
Athletics at the VI Commonwealth Youth Games
Dates	20–23 July
Host city	Nassau, Bahamas
Venue	Thomas Robinson Stadium
Level	U18
Events	29
Participation	309 athletes
	← 2015 Apia 2019 → ; 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games

Athletics was one of the nine sports of the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games. The events were staged at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas between 20 and 23 July, shortly after the 2017 World U18 Championships in Athletics.^[1]

Medal summary

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Adell Colthrust Trinidad and Tobago	10.55	Kevon Stone Jamaica	10.59	Adrian Curry Bahamas	10.61
200 metres	Aaron Sexton Northern Ireland	21.57	Danel Mahautière Dominica	21.61	Chad Miller England	21.65
400 metres	Kennedy Luchembe Zambia	47.63	Vaughn Taylor Canada	47.92	Ramone Lindo Jamaica	48.01
800 metres	Alex Botterill England	1:52.22	Jordan Doris Australia	1:52.82	Joshua Allen England	1:53.09
1500 metres	John Mwangi Waweru Kenya	3:48.86	Joshua Lay England	3:49.35	Luke Duffy England	3:49.70
3000 metres	Edwin Kiplagat Bett Kenya	8:23.96	Joshua Desouza Canada	8:35.15	Francis Damasi Tanzania	8:37.51
110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm)	Samuel Bennett England	13.71 GR	Jack Sumners England	13.85	Denvaughn Whymns Bahamas	13.88
400 metres hurdles (84.0 cm)	Alastair Chalmers Guernsey	51.22	Seamus Derbyshire England	52.00	Boitumelo Mayo South Africa	52.20
High jump	Sean Szalek Australia	2.11	Samual Hall Canada	2.09	Shaun Miller Bahamas	2.01
Long jump	Sheldon Noble Antigua and Barbuda	7.64 GR	Benjamin Schmidtchen Australia	7.54	Denvaughn Whymns Bahamas	7.15
Shot put (5 kg)	Alexander Kolesnikoff Australia	19.76	Nicholas Palmer New Zealand	19.57	Cobe Graham Jamaica	17.80
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	Connor Bell New Zealand	63.17	James Tomlinson Wales	60.11	Djimon Gumbs British Virgin Islands	56.24
Javelin throw (500 g)	Neil Janse Van Rensburg Australia	74.19	Tyriq Horsford Trinidad and Tobago	69.43	Oscar Sullivan Australia	66.23

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Julien Alfred Saint Lucia	11.56	Riley Day Australia	11.59	Deondra Green Canada	11.62
200 metres	Riley Day Australia	23.42 =GR	Beyoncé Defreitas British Virgin Islands	23.88	Ella Connolly Australia	24.09
400 metres	Bendere Opamo Oboya Australia	52.69	Ella Connolly Australia	52.72	Amber Anning England	53.68
800 metres	Carley Thomas Australia	2:05.04	Anna Burt England	2:05.31	Aurora Rynda Canada	2:06.38
1500 metres	Erin Wallace Scotland	4:16.61 GR	Emmaculate Chepkirui Kenya	4:16.73	Katrina Robinson New Zealand	4:17.19
3000 metres	Emmaculate Chepkirui Kenya	9:25.20	Katrina Robinson New Zealand	9:27.40	Brogan MacDougall Canada	9:29.34
100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm)	Shanette Allison Jamaica	13.26	Lateisha Willis Australia	13.55	Katarina Vlahovic Canada	13.58
400 metres hurdles	Johnelle Thomas Jamaica	59.40 GR	Sharelle Samuel Canada	59.59	Terice Steen Jamaica	1:00.68
High jump	Sommer Lecky Northern Ireland	1.83 GR	Emily Whelan Australia	1.79	Imogen Skelton New Zealand	1.76
Long jump	Holly Mills England	6.19 GR	Tatiana Aholou Canada	5.97	Lucy Hadaway England	5.67
Shot put (3 kg)	Trinity Tutti Canada	17.82 GR	Sarah Omoregie Wales	16.74	Styliana Kyriakidou Cyprus	15.57
Discus throw	Trinity Tutti Canada	49.57	Tatiana Kaumoana New Zealand	45.54	Dolly Gabri Canada	44.70
Javelin throw (500 g)	Josephine Lalam Uganda	51.89	Ellie Bowyer Australia	50.64	Emma Howe England	47.04

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay	Australia^[2] Riley Day Ella Connolly Ben Schmidtchen Jake Doran	43.19	Jamaica Kevon Stone David Tomilson Anna-Kay Allen Shanette Allison	43.62	Bahamas Marissa White Tylar Lightbourne Kristin Major Joel Johnson	43.83
Mixed 4 × 200 metres relay	Bahamas Doneisha Anderson Kayvon Stubbs Joel Johnson Shaquiel Higgs	1:31.50	England Vera Chinedu Georgina Adam Chad Miller Samuel Bennett	1:31.77	Botswana	1:33.51
Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay	Australia Bendere Oboya Sebastien Moir Carley Thomas Jordan Doris	3:25.08	England Emma Alderson Amber Anning Alex Botterill Joshua Faulds	3:25.45	Bahamas Doneisha Anderson Wendira Moss Corey Sherrod Tyrell Simms	3:34.06

* Host nation (Bahamas)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	8	7	2	17
2	England (ENG)	3	6	6	15
3	Kenya (KEN)	3	1	0	4
4	Canada (CAN)	2	5	5	12
5	Jamaica (JAM)	2	2	3	7
6	Northern Ireland (NIR)	2	0	0	2
7	New Zealand (NZL)	1	3	2	6
8	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	1	1	0	2
9	Bahamas (BAH)*	1	0	6	7
10	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	1	0	0	1
	Guernsey (GUE)	1	0	0	1
	Saint Lucia (LCA)	1	0	0	1
	Scotland (SCO)	1	0	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	0	1
	Zambia (ZAM)	1	0	0	1
16	Wales (WAL)	0	2	0	2
17	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	0	1	1	2
18	Dominica (DMA)	0	1	0	1
19	Botswana (BOT)	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus (CYP)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1
	Tanzania (TAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		29	29	29	87

^ "Timetable". Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
^ Tucker, Jim (24 July 2017). "Commonwealth Youth Games: Aussie Riley Day shows off potential in 200m gold run in the Bahamas". The Courier-Mail. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
^ "Medal table". Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-08-07.