2008 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics

The 2008 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on June 28–29, 2008. The event was held in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Reports^[1][2] and photos^[3] were published.

VI Leeward Islands Junior/Youth Championships
Dates	June 28–29
Host city	Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	47 (14 junior boys, 13 junior girls, 10 youth boys, 10 youth girls)
Participation	102 athletes from 7 nations
← 2006 St. John's 2012 Tortola →

A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by boys and 23 by girls.

Medal summary

Complete results can be found on the Nevis Amateur Athletic Association webpage.^[4][5]

Boys (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Jason Rogers   Saint Kitts	10.67	Miles Walters   Nevis	11.09	Ramo Pemberton   British Virgin Islands	11.14
200 metres (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Jevon Claxton   Nevis	21.89	Jason Rogers   Saint Kitts	22.33	Ramo Pemberton   British Virgin Islands	22.78
400 metres	Jevon Claxton   Nevis	48.48	Maverick Weathered   Antigua and Barbuda	49.99	Chetal Evans   Saint Kitts	50.71
800 metres	Maverick Weathered   Antigua and Barbuda	2:00.08	Seymour Walters   U.S. Virgin Islands	2:00.41	Ricky Gumbs   U.S. Virgin Islands	2:05.33
1500 metres	Juan Robles   U.S. Virgin Islands	4:17.10	Seymour Walters   U.S. Virgin Islands	4:20.50	Triscan Hendrickson   Saint Kitts	4:25.60
5000 metres^†	Juan Robles   U.S. Virgin Islands	16:50.51	Kyron Corea   U.S. Virgin Islands	17:57.99	Kashka Forbes   Nevis	18:10.53
High Jump	Rashawn Shabaaz   Antigua and Barbuda	1.95m	Kelvin Sameul   British Virgin Islands	1.92m	Decastro Walbrook   Antigua and Barbuda	1.88m
Long Jump	Joseph Pemberton   Saint Kitts	7.30m	Miguel Browne   Saint Kitts	6.84m	Decastro Walbrook   Antigua and Barbuda	6.83m
Triple Jump^†	Vincent Walters   Antigua and Barbuda	14.29m	Arthur Ward   Anguilla	14.19m	Kareem Edwards   Antigua and Barbuda	13.73m
Shot Put	Dion Samuel   Saint Kitts	13.86m	Allan Farara   Montserrat	13.16m	Rohan Jeffers   Nevis	12.01m
Discus Throw	Dion Samuel   Saint Kitts	33.68m	Rohan Jeffers   Nevis	30.46m	Jonathan Dutil   Nevis	30.32m
Javelin Throw^†	Kelvin Sameul   British Virgin Islands	45.12m	Chetal Evans   Saint Kitts	45.04m	Joseph Pemberton   Saint Kitts	38.69m
4 x 100 metres relay	British Virgin Islands Norvin Smith Ramo Pemberton Micheal Buttler Keron Stoute	43.04	Saint Kitts Vernelle Hodge Jason Rogers Chetal Evans Miguel Browne	43.62	United States Virgin Islands Virgil Campbell Julio Hodge Christopher Wilson Ricky Gumbs	43.82
4 x 400 metres relay^†	British Virgin Islands Ramo Pemberton Keron Stoute Alliston Blyden Micheal Buttler	3:28.77	Nevis Trevorne Nisbett Javid Stapelton Jevon Claxton Miles Walters	3:28.78

^†: Open event for both U20 and U17 athletes.

Girls (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.8 m/s)	Meritzer Williams   Saint Kitts	11.75	Tameka Williams   Saint Kitts	12.01	Ashley Kelly   British Virgin Islands	12.51
200 metres (wind: -2.6 m/s)	Meritzer Williams   Saint Kitts	23.90	Tameka Williams   Saint Kitts	24.67	Ashley Kelly   British Virgin Islands	25.02
400 metres	Chantel Malone   British Virgin Islands	54.58	Ashley Kelly   British Virgin Islands	54.69	Davanna Claxton   Saint Kitts	1:02.06
800 metres	Samantha John   British Virgin Islands	2:16.14	Ninfa Bernard   U.S. Virgin Islands	2:20.16	Bianca Dougan   British Virgin Islands	2:24.81
1500 metres	Ninfa Bernard   U.S. Virgin Islands	5:06.73	Bianca Dougan   British Virgin Islands	5:38.39
3000 metres^†	Kenryca Francis   Antigua and Barbuda	10:34.47	Jonicia Richardson   Anguilla	11:38.21	Rosalie Pringle   Saint Kitts	11:49.09
High Jump	Chantel Malone   British Virgin Islands	1.65m	Seanna Jack   British Virgin Islands	1.57m	Shsandor Wilkinson   Saint Kitts	1.52m
Long Jump	Chantel Malone   British Virgin Islands	6.09m (wind: +1.8 m/s)	Sheriffa Whyte   Saint Kitts	5.94m w (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Tameka Williams   Saint Kitts	5.53m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
Triple Jump^†	Chantel Malone   British Virgin Islands	12.45m	Kanishque Todman   British Virgin Islands	10.46m
Shot Put	Shearima Stanley   Saint Kitts	9.53m	Tesril Nisbett   Nevis	9.42m	Latoya Jones   Nevis	8.37m
Discus Throw	Shearima Stanley   Saint Kitts	27.34m	Tesril Nisbett   Nevis	22.21m	Seanna Jack   British Virgin Islands	19.97m
Javelin Throw^†	Tesril Nisbett   Nevis	27.88m	Andrea Wynter   U.S. Virgin Islands	26.00m	Shearima Stanley   Saint Kitts	24.76m
4 x 100 metres relay	Saint Kitts Meritzer Williams Tameka Williams Sheriffa Whyte Marecia Pemberton	44.68

^†: Open event for both U20 and U17 athletes.

Boys (U-17)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Lestrod Roland   Saint Kitts	11.27	Royston Queeley   Nevis Nital Chavez   Saint Kitts	11.36
200 metres (wind: -1.5 m/s)	Lester Ryan   Montserrat	22.79	Lestrod Roland   Saint Kitts	23.00	Jevonte Croal   British Virgin Islands	23.11
400 metres	Lestrod Roland   Saint Kitts	51.51	Trevorne Nisbett   Nevis	53.07	Shaquille Edwards   U.S. Virgin Islands	55.10
800 metres	Javid Stapelton   Nevis	2:05.18	Kashka Forbes   Nevis	2:08.20	Yanick Henderson   Saint Kitts	2:11.39
1500 metres	Kashka Forbes   Nevis	4:27.27	Javid Stapelton   Nevis	4:28.71	Yanick Henderson   Saint Kitts	4:39.12
High Jump	Givan Bass   Saint Kitts	1.72m	Brandon Fahie   British Virgin Islands	1.72m	Yaw-Micheal David   Nevis	1.67m
Long Jump	Givan Bass   Saint Kitts	6.82m (wind: NWI)	Emmette Thompson   Anguilla	6.50m w (wind: +2.4 m/s)	Jevonte Croal   British Virgin Islands	6.47m (wind: +0.8 m/s)
Shot Put	Givan Bass   Saint Kitts	12.20m	Royston Queeley   Nevis	11.40m	Lonzo Wilkinson   Saint Kitts	11.33m
Discus Throw	Stephan Ryan   Anguilla	28.68m	Givan Bass   Saint Kitts	23.50m	Lonzo Wilkinson   Saint Kitts	22.33m
4 x 100 metres relay	Saint Kitts Nital Chavez Lestrod Roland Givan Bass Lonzo Wilkinson	44.68	British Virgin Islands Jevonte Croal Jamoi Penn Teymaul Huggins Norville Carey	46.25	Nevis Royston Queeley Trevorne Nisbett Yaw-Micheal David Javid Stapelton	1:05.76

Girls (U-17)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.5 m/s)	Darneita Robinson   British Virgin Islands	12.23	Kaetia Maduro   British Virgin Islands	12.66	Siana Douglas   Saint Kitts	12.68
200 metres (wind: -1.7 m/s)	Britney Wattley   British Virgin Islands	24.92	Darneita Robinson   British Virgin Islands	25.28	Siana Douglas   Saint Kitts	26.05
400 metres	Vanessa Benett   Saint Kitts	1:01.53	Tarika Warner   British Virgin Islands	1:02.20	Romisha Malone   Nevis	1:05.54
800 metres	Kenryca Francis   Antigua and Barbuda	2:20.30	Rozel Liburd   Nevis	2:27.95	Jonicia Richardson   Anguilla	2:27.96
1500 metres	Kenryca Francis   Antigua and Barbuda	4:53.58	Jonicia Richardson   Anguilla	5:17.16	Rosalie Pringle   Saint Kitts	5:30.62
High Jump (tie)	Israel Ramsey   Nevis	1.65m	Trefesanna White   Saint Kitts	1.56m	Marissa Malone   British Virgin Islands Queneala Bradshaw   Saint Kitts Kanishque Todman   British Virgin Islands	1.47m
Long Jump	Queneala Bradshaw   Saint Kitts	5.58m	Kanishque Todman   British Virgin Islands	5.26m	Israel Ramsey   Nevis	5.23m
Shot Put	Rochella Challenger   Saint Kitts	10.33m	Anisha Douglas   British Virgin Islands	9.10m	Andrea Wynter   U.S. Virgin Islands	9.05m
Discus Throw	Rochella Challenger   Saint Kitts	31.48m	Teresa Daniel   Nevis	25.14m	Anisha Douglas   British Virgin Islands	24.94m
4 x 100 metres relay	British Virgin Islands Darneita Robinson Kaetia Maduro Britney Wattley Kanishque Todman	47.86	Saint Kitts Trefesanna White Vanessa Benett Siana Douglas Queneala Bradshaw	49.89	Nevis Ariann Maynard Israel Ramsey Romisha Malone Kereesha Powell	50.10

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (British Virgin Islands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Saint Kitts	19	12	16	47
2	British Virgin Islands*	11	12	11	34
3	Nevis	6	12	9	27
4	Antigua and Barbuda	6	1	3	10
5	U.S. Virgin Islands	3	5	4	12
6	Anguilla	1	4	1	6
7	Montserrat	1	1	0	2
Totals (7 entries)		47	47	44	138

Team trophies

The scores for the team trophy were published.^[4][5]

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Points
	Saint Kitts	140.33
2	British Virgin Islands	89.67
3	Nevis	74
4	Antigua and Barbuda	36
5	U.S. Virgin Islands	29
6	Anguilla	18
7	Montserrat	8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 102 athletes from 7 countries participated.

•   Anguilla (6)
•   Antigua and Barbuda (8)
•   British Virgin Islands (27)
•   Montserrat (4)
•   Nevis (19)
•   Saint Kitts (27)
•   U.S. Virgin Islands (11)

References

1. Greenaway, Dean (July 1, 2008), , Virgin Islands Daily News, archived from the original on September 24, 2015, retrieved February 28, 2014
2. , Anguilla News, July 1, 2008, archived from the original on September 15, 2018, retrieved February 28, 2014
3. Leeward Islands Junior Champs, Tortola 2008, Anguilla Track & Field, archived from the original on February 28, 2014, retrieved February 28, 2014
4. LI Juniors '08 Day1 - LEEWARD ISLANDS TRACK & FIELD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP - TORTOLA - 28/29 JUNE 2008 - DAY 1 RESULTS - Saturday 28th June (Updated), Nevis Amateur Athletic Association, retrieved February 28, 2014
5. LI Juniors '08 Day2 - LEEWARD ISLANDS TRACK & FIELD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP - TORTOLA - 28/29 JUNE 2008 - DAY 2 RESULTS - SUNDAY 29-Jun-08 AM SESSION HEATS, Nevis Amateur Athletic Association, retrieved February 28, 2014