The Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Age Group Championships is an international track and field athletics event for the youngest athletes (boys and girls between the age of 11 and 14 years) organized by the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation

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...

 (CACAC). The CAC Age Group Championships was started in 1985 in Curaçao

Curaçao

Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...

 and is held every two years. The intention was for athletes at that age to have experiences with a variety of events at that young age. It has witnessed the international debut of many future stars of the region such as Olympic and World Championship medalist Debbie Ferguson

Debbie Ferguson

Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie is a Bahamian sprint athlete who specialises in the 100 and 200 metres. She had her first major successes with the Bahamian 4×100 metres relay team, winning gold at the Pan American Games and World Championships in Athletics in 1999, and taking another gold at the Olympic...

 of the Bahamas and 2003 World 100m champion Kim Collins

Kim Collins

Kim Collins is a track and field sprinter from the Caribbean nation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. In 2003, he became the World Champion in the 100 m. He represented his country at the Summer Olympics on four occasions, from 1996 to 2008, and was the country's first athlete to ever reach an event...

 of St Kitts and Nevis.

Events, Categories and Awards

Categories of the championships were subdue to changes. For the most recent event, competitions were held in the following categories:

Age group 11 - 12 years: “Infantile B” Pentathlon (Scoring will be in accordance with the Games Scoring tables for CACAC age group
Competition):

• Boys: 60 meter dash, 1000 meters, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball Throw.
• Girls: 60 meter dash, 800 meters, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball Throw.

• Mixed 4x100 Meter Relay

Age group 13 - 14 years: “Infantile A” Heptathlon (Scoring will be in accordance with the Games Scoring tables for CACAC age group
Competition):

• Boys: 80 meter dash, 1200 meters, 80 meter hurdles, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball Throw, Shot Put.
• Girls: 80 meter dash, 1000 meters, 60 meter hurdles, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball Throw, Shot Put.

• Mixed 4x100 Meter Relay

Each federation can enter individual athletes or teams consisting of two athletes in each category.

Medals are awarded for individuals for the first three places in each event in each categorie. Athletes ranked 4th to 8th receive a ribbon.

Trophies are awarded to teams in each category with the
highest total number of cumulative points in the entire competition. Teams will also compete for the overall title. A trophy will be given to the country with the grand total amount of the sum of all the points of
all the categories. This will include both divisions, male and female.

Editions

Edition	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Countries	No. of Athletes	Winner
1	1985	Curaçao Curaçao Curaçao is an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast. The Country of Curaçao , which includes the main island plus the small, uninhabited island of Klein Curaçao , is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands...
2	1987	Nassau Nassau, Bahamas Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...
3	1989	Grand Cayman Grand Cayman Grand Cayman is the largest of the three Cayman Islands and the location of the nation's capital, George Town. In relation to the other two Cayman Islands, it is approximately 75 miles southwest of Little Cayman and 90 miles southwest of Cayman Brac.-Geography:Grand Cayman encompasses 76% of...
4	1991
5	1993
6	1995
7	1997
8	1999
9	2001	Freeport Freeport, Bahamas Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone located on the island of Grand Bahama of the North-west Bahamas. In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama, was granted 50,000 acres Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone located on the island of...
10	2003	San Juan San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...		18-19 July
11	2005	Santo Domingo Santo Domingo Santo Domingo, known officially as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, is the capital and largest city in the Dominican Republic. Its metropolitan population was 2,084,852 in 2003, and estimated at 3,294,385 in 2010. The city is located on the Caribbean Sea, at the mouth of the Ozama River...		1-2 July
12	2007 2007 Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships in Athletics The 12th Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships in Athletics was hosted in San Salvador, El Salvador, on July 7-8, 2011, one week before the inaugural North American, Central American and Caribbean Senior Championships took place at the same site.-Participation:The competition...	San Salvador San Salvador The city of San Salvador the capital and largest city of El Salvador, which has been designated a Gamma World City. Its complete name is La Ciudad de Gran San Salvador...		7-8 July	Estadio Nacional de la Flor Blanca Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González is formerly known as Estadio Nacional "De la Flor Blanca", referring to the name of the suburb where it is located in San Salvador. It is a football stadium in El Salvador. It is named after Jorge Alberto González...	15	104
13	2009 2009 Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships in Athletics The 13th Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships in Athletics was hosted by the Bahamas Association of Athletics Associations on June 18-19, 2009. It was originally to be held in Freeport, Grand Bahama...	Nassau Nassau, Bahamas Nassau is the capital, largest city, and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas. The city has a population of 248,948 , 70 percent of the entire population of The Bahamas...		18-19 June	Thomas Robinson Stadium Thomas Robinson Stadium Thomas Robinson Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium currently has a capacity of 9,100 people, but is currently being rebuilt to hold 23,000 people....	19	125
14	2011 2011 Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships in Athletics The Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships in Athletics was hosted for the first time in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, on July 1-2, 2011. The BVI Athletics Association is organizing the event which is part of its 40th anniversary activities...	Tortola Tortola Tortola is the largest and most populated of the British Virgin Islands, a group of islands that form part of the archipelago of the Virgin Islands. Local tradition recounts that Christopher Columbus named it Tortola, meaning "land of the Turtle Dove". Columbus named the island Santa Ana...		1-2 July	A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground	20	139

See also

List of Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships records

Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships

Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships

Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships is a championship for young track and field athletes of the islands of the Dutch Kingdom. Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships is a championship for young track and field athletes of the islands of the Dutch Kingdom. Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships...

External links

• Official CACAC website