The Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships in Athletics was hosted for the first time in Tortola

Tortola

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, British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands

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, on July 1-2, 2011. The BVI Athletics Association is organizing the event which is part of its 40th anniversary activities. It is
the smallest CACAC family member to host a CACAC Championships

Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation

The Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association is a confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within Central America and the Caribbean...

 event, which is held for the first time in the Leeward Islands.

15 new championships records were established, and the athletes from Barbados collected the most points to win the overall trophy in the CAC age group championships for the third time in the role.

Participation

A total of 139 athletes from 20 CACAC

Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation

The Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association is a confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within Central America and the Caribbean...

 member federations participated in the event. The competition results are published. It should be noted that each participating federation earned at least one medal.

Medal summary

Boys 13-14
80 metres		9.09 CR		9.23	/	9.67
80 metres hurdles Hurdling Hurdling is a type of track and field race.- Distances :There are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women...		11.44 CR		11.44 CR		11.74
1200 metres		3:33.54		3:33.62		3:36.72
Long Jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...		6.13m		6.04m		6.00m
High Jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....		1.88m CR		1.75m		1.68m 1.68m
Baseball Throw		86.36m CR		85.67m		77.75m
Shot Put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....	/	15.26m CR		14.56m		13.22m
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...		5264		4938	/	4904
Girls 13-14
80 metres	/	10.16 CR		10.46		10.51
60 metres hurdles Hurdling Hurdling is a type of track and field race.- Distances :There are sprint hurdle races and long hurdle races. The standard sprint hurdle race is 110 meters for men and 100 meters for women. The standard long hurdle race is 400 meters for both men and women...	/	9.55 CR	/	9.66		9.66
1000 metres		3:20.40		3:22.60		3:28.78
Long Jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...		5.34m	/	5.18m		5.03m
High Jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....		1.61m CR		1.60m		1.55m
Baseball Throw		57.03m CR		54.36m		50.75m
Shot Put Shot put The shot put is a track and field event involving "putting" a heavy metal ball—the shot—as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the putting action....		9.87m	/	9.85m		9.82m
Heptathlon Heptathlon A heptathlon is a track and field athletics combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek hepta and athlon . A competitor in a heptathlon is referred to as a heptathlete.-Women's Heptathlon:...		3894	/	3884		3866
Mixed 13-14
4x100 metres relay	Jalisa Burrowes  Mario Burke  Danielle Scantlebury  Ramarco Thompson	47.65	Andira Ferguson  Nitchev Casseus  Kinard Rolle  Iasha Taylor	48.03	/ Yanis David  Carmickael Dorville  Laure-Anne Jabin  Guillaume Paquet	48.67

Boys 11-12
60 metres 60 metres 60 metres is a sprint event in track and field athletics. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes...		8.04		8.06		8.09
1000 metres		3:07.04		3:14.45		3:15.91
Long Jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...		4.94m		4.87m		4.84m
High Jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....		1.62m		1.59m		1.52m
Baseball Throw		61.34m		60.60m		59.56m
Pentathlon Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...		3109		3012		3004
Girls 11-12
60 metres 60 metres 60 metres is a sprint event in track and field athletics. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior athletes...		8.23 CR		8.24 8.24
800 metres 800 metres The 800 meter race is a common track running event. It is the shortest common middle distance track event. The 800 meter is run over two laps of the track and has always been an Olympic event. During indoor track season the event is usually run on a 200 meter track, therefore requiring four laps...		2:27.73 CR		2:28.01		2:33.51
Long Jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...		4.87m CR		4.82m		4.77m
High Jump High jump The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....	/	1.52m CR		1.49m		1.46m
Baseball Throw		49.56m CR		48.20m		48.16m
Pentathlon Pentathlon A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events. The name is derived from Greek: combining the words pente and -athlon . The first pentathlon was documented in Ancient Greece and was part of the Ancient Olympic Games...		2919		2833		2710
Mixed 11-12
4x100 metres relay	Ryan Vickers  Tiana Bowen  Christopher Taitt  Cristanna McConney	49.97	Curvis Collins  Keon Buchanan  Namibia Clavier  Shanice Elliot	51.74	Kerneka Waldron  Tyriq Horsford  Aquila St. Louis  Jahi Hernandez	51.75

Medal table (unofficial)

1	Barbados	9	6	3	18
2	/ Guadeloupe	3	4	3	10
3	Puerto Rico	3	3	0	6
4	The Bahamas	3	1	2	6
5	Grenada	2	2	2	6
6	Trinidad and Tobago	2	1	2	5
7	Jamaica	2	0	3	5
8	Curaçao	1	4	1	6
9	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	2	1	4
10	Dominican Republic	1	1	3	5
11	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	0	1	2
12	Cayman Islands	1	0	0	1
	/ Martinique	1	0	0	1
14	Anguilla	0	2	3	5
15	Bermuda	0	2	1	3
	British Virgin Islands	0	2	1	3
17	United States Virgin Islands	0	1	1	2
18	Aruba	0	0	1	1
	El Salvador	0	0	1	1
	Mexico	0	0	1	1

Team trophies

Boys and Girls Overall	Ramarco Thompson  Mario Burke  Danielle Scantlebury  Jalisa Burrowes  Christopher Taitt  Ryan Vickers  Tiana Bowen  Cristanna McConney	27,290	Kinard Rolle  Nitchev Casseus  Iasha Taylor  Andira Ferguson  Branson Rolle  Christopher Johnson  Blayre Catalyn Deajha Moss	27,027	Andwuelle Wright Shane Hector  Alisha St. Louis  Ayana Glasgow  Tyriq Horsford  Jahi Hernandez  Aquila St. Louis  Kerneka Waldron	26,704
Boys Team	Ramarco Thompson  Mario Burke  Christopher Taitt  Ryan Vickers	15,650	Juan Francisco Nunez  Tony Solis  Rafi Ventura Tavarez  Yeison De Jesus Ortiz	14,752	Kinard Rolle  Nitchev Casseus  Branson Rolle  Christopher Johnson	14,692
Boys 13-14	Ramarco Thompson  Mario Burke	10,009	Kimone Paterson  Anderson Peters	9,705	Juan Francisco Nunez  Tony Solis	9,262
Boys 11-12	Xavier Vazquez  Gabriel Feliciano Bonilla	5,819	Tyriq Horsford  Jahi Hernandez	5,722	Christopher Taitt  Ryan Vickers	5,641
Girls Team	Iasha Taylor  Andira Ferguson  Blayre Catalyn Deajha Moss	12,335	Nargelis Statia  Naeemah Isidora  Glenka Antonia  Eunice Dolorita	12,222	Alisha St. Louis  Ayana Glasgow  Aquila St. Louis  Kerneka Waldron	12,030
Girls 13-14	/ Laure-Anne Jabin  Yanis David	7,746	Nargelis Statia  Naeemah Isidora	7,552	Iasha Taylor Andira Ferguson	7,438
Girls 11-12	Tarah Niles  Janique Fleming	5,280	Tiana Bowen  Cristanna McConney	5,121	J'Nae Wong  Arianna Hayde	4,987

External links

• Official CACAC Website