2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics

{{Infobox Athletics Championships |Name = 21st Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics |Logo = Cali2008-Logo.gif |Size = 200px |Colour = |Optional caption = |Host city = Cali, Colombia{{flagicon|Colombia}} |Dates = 4– 6 July. 2008 |Stadium = Estadio Pedro Grajales |Nations participating = 30 (+ 3 guest nations) |Athletes participating = 383 |Events = 44 |Records set = 6 Championship records |Level = Senior |Previous = 2005 Nassau |Next = 2009 Havana }}

The '''2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics''' were held at the Estadio Pedro Grajales in Cali, Colombia between 4–6 July 2008.<ref>Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-07-06). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/sands-jumps-1729-in-cali-cac-champs-day-two-1 Sands jumps 17.29 in Cali – CAC Champs Day Two]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.</ref> A total of 44 events were contested, of which 22 by male and 22 by female athletes. During the three-day competition, six championship records were broken. The competition took place at almost 1000 m above sea level, a factor which helps athletic performance in some events.<ref>Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-07-05). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/5098-400m-victory-by-cuban-terrero-in-cali- 50.98 400m victory by Cuban Terrero in Cali - CAC Champs day 1]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.</ref>

Cuba took the most medals overall, winning 34 medals – half of which were gold.<ref>Biscayart, Eduardo (2008-07-07). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/cuba-takes-overall-title-in-cali-last-day-of Cuba takes overall title in Cali; last day of CAC Champs beset by torrential rains]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.</ref> The hosts Colombia were the next best with 8 golds and 24 medals altogether, shortly followed by Trinidad and Tobago. Guest athletes took part in some events, but their performances were excluded from the medal tally.<ref>[http://www.athlecac.org/estadisticas/resultsMeet.asp?Meet=5338 Results service Campeonato CAC de Atletismo 2008] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725023150/http://www.athlecac.org/estadisticas/resultsMeet.asp?Meet=5338 |date=2011-07-25 }}. AthleCAC. Retrieved on 2010-03-09.</ref>

Championship records were broken in both triple jump events; by Mabel Gay in the women's event and Leevan Sands in the men's. The championships also saw four national records broken in competition. Two athletes topped the podium twice: Rosibel García completed the 800 metres/1500 metres double, while Indira Terrero won in the 400 metres sprint and relay races. Bertha Sánchez, representing the hosts, took the 10,000 metres title, but just missed out on a second gold, winning the silver in the 5000 metres. Bahamian Shamar Sands showed multi-event ability by winning the 110 metres hurdles gold medal, as well as helping his country to the 100 m relay silver medal.

==Records== [[File:Leevan Sands Meeting Areva 2009.jpg|thumb|Leevan Sands (above) broke the men's triple jump record]] [[File:Savigne, Gay Berlin 2009.jpg|thumb|Mabel Gay (left) broke the women's triple jump record]] {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center; font-size:95%" ! width="150" |Name ! width="150" |Event ! width="150" |Country ! width="25" |Record ! width="25" |Type |- |Andy González || 800 metres ||align=left| {{CUB}} || 1:46.11 || CR |- |Wilfredo Martínez || Long jump ||align=left| {{CUB}} || 8.31 m || CR |- |Leevan Sands || Triple jump ||align=left| {{BAH}} || 17.29 m || CR |- |Jefferson Pérez || 20000 m walk (track) ||align=left| {{ECU}} || 1:20:54.9 || CR |- |Anay Tejeda || 100 metres hurdles ||align=left| {{CUB}} || 12.61 || CR NR |- |Aleesha Barber || 100 metres hurdles ||align=left| {{TRI}} || 12.98 || NR |- |Semoy Hackett Ayanna Hutchinson Sasha Springer-Jones Kelly-Ann Baptiste || 4×100 metre relay ||align=left| {{TRI}} || 43.43 || NR |- |Mabel Gay || Triple jump ||align=left| {{CUB}} || 14.19 m || CR |- |Candice Scott || Hammer throw ||align=left| {{TRI}} || 69.26 || CR |- |Eli Johana Moreno || Hammer throw ||align=left| {{COL}} || 67.09 || NR |}

{|class=wikitable !Key:{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}} !WR — World record {{•}} AR — Area record {{•}} CR — Championship record {{•}} NR — National record |}

==Medal summary== {{main|2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics – Results}}

===Men=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} |- |100 metres |{{flagathlete|Darrel Brown|TRI}} || 10.12 |{{flagathlete|Daniel Bailey|ATG}} ||10.18 |{{flagathlete|Henry Vizcaíno|CUB}} ||10.34 |- |200 metres |{{flagathlete|Emmanuel Callender|TRI}} ||20.69 |{{flagathlete|Rondel Sorrillo|TRI}} ||20.71 |{{flagathlete|José Acevedo|VEN}} ||20.79 |- |400 metres |{{flagathlete|Renny Quow|TRI}} ||45.27 |{{flagathlete|Michael Mathieu|BAH}} ||45.66 |{{flagathlete|Omar Cisneros|CUB}} ||45.98 |- |800 metres |{{flagathlete|Andy González|CUB}} ||1:46.11 '''CR''' |{{flagathlete|Eduard Villanueva|VEN}} ||1:46.92 |{{flagathlete|Juan Pablo Solares|MEX}} ||1:47.18 |- |1500 metres |{{flagathlete|Isaías Haro|MEX}} ||3:45.15 |{{flagathlete|Nico José Herrera|VEN}} ||3:45.39 |{{flagathlete|Maury Surel Castillo|CUB}} ||3:47.17 |- |5000 metres |{{flagathlete|John Tello|COL}} ||14:21.21 |{{flagathlete|Isaías Haro|MEX}} ||14:35.81 |{{flagathlete|Javier Alexander Guarín|COL}} ||15:10.58 |- |10,000 metres |{{flagathlete|William Naranjo|COL}} ||29:30.29 |{{flagathlete|Diego Colorado|COL}} ||29:41.88 |colspan=2|''Only two finishers'' |- |110 metre hurdles |{{flagathlete|Shamar Sands|BAH}} ||13.32w |{{flagathlete|Paulo César Villar|COL}} ||13.45w |{{flagathlete|Héctor Cotto|PUR}} ||13.55w |- |400 metre hurdles |{{flagathlete|Isa Phillips|JAM}} ||49.98 |{{flagathlete|Yasmany Copello|CUB}} ||50.08 |{{flagathlete|Yeison Rivas|COL}} ||50.44 |- |3000 metre steeplechase |{{flagathlete|José Alberto Sánchez|CUB}} ||8:53.24 |{{flagathlete|Alexander Greaux|PUR}} ||9:12.70 |{{flagathlete|Yovanni Adame|DOM}} ||9:15.72 |- |High jump |{{flagathlete|Víctor Moya|CUB}} ||2.25 m |{{flagathlete|Trevor Barry|BAH}} ||2.25 m |{{flagathlete|Jamal Wilson|BAH}} ||2.13 m |- |Pole vault |{{flagathlete|Lázaro Eduardo Borges|CUB}} ||5.50 m |{{flagathlete|Dominic Johnson|LCA}} ||5.30 m |{{flagathlete|Natanael Semeis|DOM}} ||4.80 m |- |Long jump |{{flagathlete|Wilfredo Martínez|CUB}} ||8.31 m '''CR''' |{{flagathlete|Herbert McGregor|JAM}} ||7.90 m |{{flagathlete|Tyrone Smith|BER}} ||7.80 m |- |Triple jump |{{flagathlete|Leevan Sands|BAH}} ||17.29 m '''CR''' |{{flagathlete|Héctor Dairo Fuentes|CUB}} ||17.23 m |{{flagathlete|Alexis Copello|CUB}} ||16.91 m |- |Shot put |{{flagathlete|Alexis Paumier|CUB}} ||19.60 m |{{flagathlete|Manuel Repollet|PUR}} ||18.43 m |{{flagathlete|Carlos Jovanny García|COL}} ||17.70 m |- |Discus throw |{{flagathlete|Jorge Fernández|CUB}} ||58.60 m |{{flagathlete|Yunio Lastre|CUB}} ||58.00 m |{{flagathlete|Jesús Parejo|VEN}} ||56.49 m |- |Hammer throw |{{flagathlete|Noleysi Vicet|CUB}} ||71.61 m |{{flagathlete|Luis Martín García|MEX}} ||66.36 m |{{flagathlete|Raúl Rivera|GUA}} ||64.58 m |- |Javelin throw |{{flagathlete|Anier Boué|CUB}} ||74.98 m |{{flagathlete|Dayron Márquez|COL}} ||74.37 m |{{flagathlete|Johnny Walter Viáfara|COL}} ||71.07 m |- |Decathlon |{{flagathlete|Yosley Azcuy|CUB}} ||7408 pts |{{flagathlete|Steven Marrero|PUR}} ||7297 pts |{{flagathlete|Andrés Horacio Mantilla|COL}} ||7164 pts |- |20000 m track walk † |{{flagathlete|James Rendón|COL}} ||1:25:22.7 |{{flagathlete|Allan Segura|CRC}} ||1:27:57.2 |{{flagathlete|Claudio Erasmo Vargas|MEX}} ||1:28:51.6 |- |4×100 metres relay | {{flagteam|TRI}} Keston Bledman Marc Burns Aaron Armstrong Richard Thompson||38.54 | {{flagteam|BAH}} Adrian Griffith Derrick Atkins Rodney Green Shamar Sands||39.22 | {{flagteam|SKN}} Jason Rogers Larry Inanga Jevon Claxton Delwayne Delaney||40.81 |- |4×400 metres relay | {{flagteam|CUB}} William Collazo Yunier Pérez Omar Cisneros Yeimer López||3:02.10 | {{flagteam|BAH}} Ramon Miller Michael Mathieu Avard Moncur Andretti Bain||3:02.48 | {{flagteam|TRI}} Renny Quow Cowin Mills Ade Alleyne-Forte Stann Waithe||3:04.12 |} * † The 20 km racewalk event was won by Jefferson Pérez of Ecuador, who was competing as a guest athlete.

===Women=== {| {{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2}} |- |100 metres |{{flagathlete|Chandra Sturrup|BAH}} ||11.20 |{{flagathlete|Sherry Fletcher|GRN}} ||11.39 |{{flagathlete|Barbara Pierre|HAI}} ||11.40 |- |200 metres |{{flagathlete|Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie|BAH}} ||22.78 |{{flagathlete|Roxana Díaz|CUB}} ||22.82 |{{flagathlete|Darlenys Obregón|COL}} ||23.13 |- |400 metres |{{flagathlete|Indira Terrero|CUB}} ||50.98 |{{flagathlete|Gabriela Medina|MEX}} ||51.78 |{{flagathlete|Ginou Ettiene|HAI}} ||52.20 |- |800 metres |{{flagathlete|Rosibel García|COL}} ||2:05.9 |{{flagathlete|Sheena Gooding|BAR}} ||2:06.6 |{{flagathlete|Cristina Guevara|MEX}} ||2:07.2 |- |1500 metres |{{flagathlete|Rosibel García|COL}} ||4:24.62 |{{flagathlete|Yamilé Alaluf|MEX}} ||4:25.43 |{{flagathlete|Muriel Coneo|COL}} ||4:28.92 |- |5000 metres |{{flagathlete|Nora Leticia Rocha|MEX}} ||16:41.27 |{{flagathlete|Bertha Sánchez|COL}} ||16:43.82 |{{flagathlete|María Isabel Montilla|VEN}} ||16:53.42 |- |10,000 metres |{{flagathlete|Bertha Sánchez|COL}} ||35:16.36 |{{flagathlete|María Isabel Montilla|VEN}} ||35:42.18 |{{flagathlete|Andreina de la Rosa|DOM}} ||36:43.36 |- |100 metres hurdles |{{flagathlete|Anay Tejeda|CUB}} ||12.61 '''CR''' '''NR''' |{{flagathlete|Yenima Arencibia|CUB}} ||12.95 |{{flagathlete|Aleesha Barber|TRI}} ||12.98 |- |400 metres hurdles |{{flagathlete|Josanne Lucas|TRI}} ||56.55 |{{flagathlete|Princesa Oliveros|COL}} ||57.44 |{{flagathlete|Yolanda Osana|DOM}} ||58.91 |- |3000 metres steeplechase |{{flagathlete|Ángela Figueroa|COL}} ||10:18.23 |{{flagathlete|Milena Pérez|CUB}} ||10:45.46 |{{flagathlete|Sonny García|DOM}} ||12:16.51 |- |High jump |{{flagathlete|Levern Spencer|LCA}} ||1.91 m |{{flagathlete|Caterine Ibargüen|COL}} ||1.88 m |{{flagathlete|Marierlis Rojas|VEN}} ||1.79 m |- |Pole vault |{{flagathlete|Milena Jazmín Agudelo|COL}} ||4.10 m |{{flagathlete|Keisa Monterola|VEN}} ||4.00 m |colspan=2|''Only two competitors'' |- |Long jump |{{flagathlete|Bianca Stuart|BAH}} ||6.54 m |{{flagathlete|Shara Proctor|AIA}} ||6.54 m '''NR''' |{{flagathlete|Charisse Bacchus|TRI}} ||6.49 m |- |Triple jump |{{flagathlete|Mabel Gay|CUB}} ||14.19 m '''CR''' |{{flagathlete|Yarianna Martínez|CUB}} ||13.95 m |{{flagathlete|Ayanna Alexander|TRI}} ||13.30 m |- |Shot put |{{flagathlete|Cleopatra Borel-Brown|TRI}} ||18.39 m |{{flagathlete|Yumileidi Cumbá|CUB}} ||18.10 m |{{flagathlete|Yaniuvis López|CUB}} ||17.87 m |- |Discus throw |{{flagathlete|Yarelis Barrios|CUB}} ||62.87 m |{{flagathlete|Yania Ferrales|CUB}} ||58.74 m |{{flagathlete|Annie Alexander|TRI}} ||54.56 m |- |Hammer throw |{{flagathlete|Candice Scott|TRI}} ||69.26 m '''CR''' |{{flagathlete|Yunaika Crawford|CUB}} ||69.03 m |{{flagathlete|Johana Moreno|COL}} ||67.09 m '''{{AthAbbr|NR|Colombian}}''' |- |Javelin throw |{{flagathlete|Laverne Eve|BAH}} ||56.36 m |{{flagathlete|Yanet Cruz|CUB}} ||56.14 m |{{flagathlete|Kateema Riettie|JAM}} ||54.90 m |- |Heptathlon |{{flagathlete|Yarianny Argüelles|CUB}} ||5862 pts |{{flagathlete|Yasmiany Pedroso|CUB}} ||5833 pts |{{flagathlete|Thaimara Solsiree Rivas|VEN}} ||5302 pts |- |10000 m track walk |{{flagathlete|Claudia Ortega|MEX}} ||50:10.37 |{{flagathlete|Milángela Rosales|VEN}} ||51:06.83 |{{flagathlete|Ingrid Hernández|COL}} ||52:44.84 |- |4×100 metres relay †† | {{flagteam|TRI}} Semoy Hackett Ayanna Hutchinson Sasha Springer-Jones Kelly-Ann Baptiste||43.43 '''NR''' | {{flagteam|COL}} Mirtha Brock Felipa Palacios Darlenys Obregón Yomara Hinestroza||43.56 | {{flagteam|BAH}} Kristy White Chandra Sturrup Tamicka Clarke Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie||44.03 |- |4×400 metres relay ††† | {{flagteam|CUB}} Aymée Martínez Diosmely Peña Daisurami Bonne Indira Terrero||3:27.97 | {{flagteam|MEX}} María Teresa Rugeio Gabriela Medina Nallely Vela Zudikey Rodríguez||3:29.94 | {{flagteam|BAH}} Sasha Rolle Christine Amertil Shakeitha Henfield Crystal Strachan||3:35.57 |} * †† A Brazilian team of Rosemar Coelho Neto, Lucimar de Moura, Thaissa Presti and Franciela Krasucki took third place in the 4×100 m relay, but they were competing as guest athletes. * ††† A Brazilian team of Maria Laura Almirão, Lucimar Teodoro, Josiane Tito and Emmily Pinheiro took second place in the 4×400 m relay, but they were competing as guest athletes.

==Medal table== {{Medals table | caption = | host = COL | flag_template = flagcountry | event = | team = | gold_CUB = 17 | silver_CUB = 12 | bronze_CUB = 5 | gold_COL = 8 | silver_COL = 7 | bronze_COL = 9 | host_COL = yes | gold_TRI = 8 | silver_TRI = 1 | bronze_TRI = 5 | gold_BAH = 6 | silver_BAH = 4 | bronze_BAH = 3 | gold_MEX = 3 | silver_MEX = 5 | bronze_MEX = 3 | gold_JAM = 1 | silver_JAM = 1 | bronze_JAM = 1 | gold_LCA = 1 | silver_LCA = 1 | bronze_LCA = 0 | gold_VEN = 0 | silver_VEN = 5 | bronze_VEN = 5 | gold_PUR = 0 | silver_PUR = 3 | bronze_PUR = 1 | gold_AIA = 0 | silver_AIA = 1 | bronze_AIA = 0 | gold_ATG = 0 | silver_ATG = 1 | bronze_ATG = 0 | gold_BAR = 0 | silver_BAR = 1 | bronze_BAR = 0 | gold_CRC = 0 | silver_CRC = 1 | bronze_CRC = 0 | gold_GRN = 0 | silver_GRN = 1 | bronze_GRN = 0 | gold_DOM = 0 | silver_DOM = 0 | bronze_DOM = 5 | gold_HAI = 0 | silver_HAI = 0 | bronze_HAI = 2 | gold_BER = 0 | silver_BER = 0 | bronze_BER = 1 | gold_GUA = 0 | silver_GUA = 0 | bronze_GUA = 1 | gold_SKN = 0 | silver_SKN = 0 | bronze_SKN = 1 }}

==Participating nations== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *{{ATG}} (3) *{{ARU}} (1) *{{BAH}} (34) *{{BAR}} (10) *{{BER}} (6) *{{BRA}}* (8) *{{IVB}} (2) *{{CAY}} (7) *{{CHI}}* (2) *{{COL}} (54) *{{CRC}} (1) *{{CUB}} (41) *{{DMA}} (7) *{{DOM}} (27) *{{ECU}}* (1) *{{GRN}} (5) *{{GUA}} (11) *{{GUY}} (4) *{{HAI}} (6) *{{flag|Honduras|1949}} (2) *{{JAM}} (17) *{{MEX}} (26) *{{AHO}} (1) *{{NCA}} (3) *{{PAN}} (2) *{{PUR}} (24) *{{ESA}} (4) *{{SKN}} (10) *{{LCA}} (4) *{{VIN}} (5) *{{TRI}} (27) *{{ISV}} (6) *{{VEN}} (22) {{div col end}}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Guest nations

==References== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110725023150/http://www.athlecac.org/estadisticas/resultsMeet.asp?Meet=5338 Results service Campeonato CAC de Atletismo 2008]. AthleCAC. Retrieved on 2010-03-09. ;Specific {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090524054424/http://www.cacacathletics.org/ Official website]

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