2008 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics

The 5th NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics were held in Toluca, Mexico, at the Alberto "Chivo" Córdova Stadium at the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México on July 18–20, 2008. A detailed report on the results was given.^[1]

V NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics
Dates	July 18–20
Host city	Toluca, Mexico
Venue	Estadio Universitario Alberto Chivo Cordova
Level	U-23
Participation	258 athletes from 19 nations
← 2006 Santo Domingo 2010 Miramar →

Medal summary

Main article: 2008 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics – Results

The gold medal winners were published.^[1] Detailed results can be found on the Athletics Canada website,^[2] on the CACAC website,^[3] on the MileSplit website,^[4] and on the Tilastopaja website.^[5]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (+0.3 m/s)	J-Mee Samuels (USA)	10.09 CR	Evander Wells (USA)	10.15	Rolando Palacios (HON)	10.22 NR
200 metres (-0.9 m/s)	Evander Wells (USA)	20.34 CR	Rolando Palacios (HON)	20.40 NR	Sam Effah (CAN)	20.95
400 metres	LeJerald Betters (USA)	44.75 CR	Tabarie Henry (ISV)	45.37 NR	Jamil Hubbard (USA)	45.96
800 metres	Rob Novak (USA)	1:50.22	Tayron Reyes (DOM)	1:50.31	Carlos Phillips (USA)	1:50.51
1500 metres	Josué Ramírez (MEX)	3:51.52	Andrew Acosta (USA)	3:52.17	Diego Alberto Borrego (MEX)	3:55.70
5000 metres	José Mireles (MEX)	15:10.96	Aldo Saúl Vega (MEX)	15:22.32	Estuardo Palacios (GUA)	16:07.87
10000 metres	Ismael Apolo Mondragón (MEX)	32:10.86	Isaul Hernández (MEX)	32:34.51	Geremías Saloj (GUA)	33:49.30
3000 m steeplechase	Josafath González (MEX)	9:15.04	Kyle Heath (USA)	9:24.52	Aroon Arías (MEX)	9:38.82
110 m hurdles (-1.0 m/s)	Jason Richardson (USA)	13.32 CR	Ryan Brathwaite (BAR)	13.50	Ronnie Ash (USA)	13.72
400 m hurdles	Justin Gaymon (USA)	49.50	Nic Robinson (USA)	50.74	Camilo Quevedo (GUA)	51.92
High jump	Joe Kindred (USA)	2.27m =CR	Darwin Edwards (LCA)	2.23m NR	Jamal Wilson (BAH)	2.23m
Pole vault	Jordan Scott (USA)	5.50m	Mitch Greeley (USA)	5.20m	Taylor Petrucha (CAN)	5.10m
Long jump	Matt Turner (USA)	7.96m	Andre Black (USA)	7.83m	Carlos Jorge (DOM)	7.61m
Triple jump	Andre Black (USA)	15.91 (1.2 m/s)	Nkosinza Balumbu (USA)	15.78 (-1.8 m/s)	Carl Morgan (CAY)	15.76 (0.9 m/s)
Shot Put	Ryan Whiting (USA)	19.46m	John Hickey (USA)	17.97m	Raymond Brown (JAM)	16.95m
Discus Throw	Matt Lamb (USA)	58.70m	Ryan Whiting (USA)	53.47m	Adonson Shallow (VIN)	50.91m
Hammer Throw	Sean Steacy (CAN)	65.30m	John Freeman (USA)	63.70m	Matt Wauters (USA)	59.61m
Javelin Throw	Chris Hill (USA)	80.51m CR	Corey White (USA)	78.52m	Juan José Méndez (MEX)	69.67m
Decathlon	Raven Cepeda (USA)	7504 pts CR	Nick Adcock (USA)	7354 pts	Reid Gustavson (CAN)	6959 pts
20000 m Walk	Éder Sánchez (MEX)	1:30:46.78	David Mejía (MEX)	1:31:41.19	Aníbal Paau (GUA)	1:35:38.20
4 x 100 metres relay	United States Jeremy Hall Teddy Williams Chris Dykes J-Mee Samuels	38.39 CR	Canada Shannon King Adam Johnson Gavin Smellie Sam Effah	39.31	Cayman Islands Adolphus Rhymiech Tyrell Cuffy Carlos Morgan Carl Morgan	39.68 NR
4 x 400 metres relay	Jamaica Riker Hylton Teo Bennett Michael Mason Tarik Edwards	3:05.61	Dominican Republic Kelvin Herrera Tayron Reyes Joel Hernández Orlando Frías	3:05.80	Mexico Javier Mahonri Carrasco Erick García Osvaldo Chávez Víctor Antonio Gómez	3:13.83

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (+0.3 m/s)	Schillonie Calvert (JAM)	11.24 CR	Tawanna Meadows (USA)	11.36	Samantha Henry (JAM)	11.39
200 metres (-1.2 m/s)	Leslie Cole (USA)	22.92	Schillonie Calvert (JAM)	23.33	Mariely Sánchez (DOM)	23.50 NR
400 metres	Bobby-Gaye Wilkins (JAM)	51.34	Anastasia Le-Roy (JAM)	52.21	Jenna Martin (CAN)	52.45
800 metres	Geena Gall (USA)	2:10.32	Lemlem Beriket (CAN)	2:10.64	Cristina Guevara (MEX)	2:10.93
1500 metres	Nicole Edwards (CAN)	4:36.27	Lauren Hagans (USA)	4:36.50	Anayeli Navarro (MEX)	4:48.86
5000 metres	Gwen Jorgensen (USA)	18:04.56
10000 metres	Meghan Armstrong (USA)	37:31.28 CR	Morgan Haws (USA)	37:33.42
3000 m steeplechase	Nicole Bush (USA)	10:42.17	Bridget Franek (USA)	11:12.65	Carolyn Ellis (CAN)	11:49.78
100 m hurdles (-0.6 m/s)	Tiffany Ofili (USA)	12.82 CR	Kristi Castlin (USA)	13.21	Latoya Greaves (JAM)	13.51
400 m hurdles	Nickiesha Wilson (JAM)	55.78 CR	Nicole Leach (USA)	57.05	Yolanda Osana (DOM)	58.74
High jump	Jillian Drouin (CAN)	1.85m	Becky Christensen (USA)	1.82m	Fabiola Elizabeth Ayala (MEX)	1.79m
Pole vault	Katie Stripling (USA)	4.35m CR	Heather Hamilton (CAN)	4.00m	Leah Vause (CAN)	4.00m
Long jump	Jeomi Maduka (USA)	6.66m CR	Natasha Harvey (USA)	6.56m	Bianca Stuart (BAH)	6.37m
Triple jump	Crystal Manning (USA)	13.52m	Tamara Highsmith (USA)	13.11m	Shara Proctor (AIA)	13.11m
Shot Put	Sarah Stevens (USA)	16.04m	Keisha Walkes (BAR)	15.98m	Aja Evans (USA)	15.34m
Discus Throw	D'Andra Carter (USA)	52.92m	Annie Hess (USA)	52.13m	Iraís Estrada (MEX)	46.02m
Hammer Throw	Sarah Stevens (USA)	62.79m	Loren Groves (USA)	61.45m	Aline Huerta (MEX)	52.77m
Javelin Throw	Liz Gleadle (CAN)	51.76m	Ruby Radocaj (USA)	50.72m	Katie Coronado (USA)	49.41m
Heptathlon	Jillian Drouin (CAN)	5714 pts	Bettie Wade (USA)	5511 pts	Marrissa Harris (USA)	5509 pts
10000 m Walk	Maria Pérez (MEX)	49:50.63	Tatiana González (MEX)	49:57.22	Le'erin Voss (USA)	55:39.66
4 x 100 metres relay	United States Jessica Onyepunuka Tawanna Meadows Lynne Layne Scottesha Miller	43.64	Jamaica Samantha Henry Latoya Greaves Schillonie Calvert Anastasia Le-Roy	43.73	Dominican Republic Fany Chalas Yolanda Osana Wendy Reynoso Mariely Sánchez	46.23
4 x 400 metres relay	Jamaica Christine Day Bobby-Gaye Wilkins Anastasia Le-Roy Nickiesha Wilson	3:27.46 CR	United States Brandi Cross Kenyata Coleman Danielle Brown Nicole Leach	3:28.25	Canada Jenna Martin Nicole Edwards Lemlem Beriket Amonn Nelson	3:35.26

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	28	26	8	62
2	Mexico (MEX)*	6	4	9	19
3	Canada (CAN)	5	3	7	15
4	Jamaica (JAM)	5	3	3	11
5	Dominican Republic (DOM)	0	2	4	6
6	Barbados (BAR)	0	2	0	2
7	Honduras (HON)	0	1	1	2
8	Saint Lucia (LCA)	0	1	0	1
	U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR)	0	1	0	1
10	Guatemala (GUA)	0	0	4	4
11	Bahamas (BAH)	0	0	2	2
	Cayman Islands (CAY)	0	0	2	2
13	Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)	0	0	1	1
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		44	43	42	129

Participation (unofficial)

20 countries are reported to participate.^[1] However, an unofficial count through the result lists^[2] resulted in 258 participating athletes from only 19 countries:

•   Anguilla (1)
•   Bahamas (7)
•   Barbados (6)
•   Belize (4)
•   Canada (22)
•   Cayman Islands (5)
•   Costa Rica (7)
•   Dominican Republic (22)
•   Guatemala (9)
•   Haiti (1)
•   Honduras (4)
•   Jamaica (20)
•   Mexico (63)
•   Netherlands Antilles (2)
•   Saint Kitts and Nevis (2)
•   Saint Lucia (2)
•   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (3)
•   United States (74)
•   U.S. Virgin Islands (4)

References

1. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (21 July 2008), Fast sprinting in Mexico's highest city as USA dominate NACAC Under-23 Champs, IAAF, retrieved 2013-02-23
2. (PDF), Athletics Canada, archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2012, retrieved January 16, 2012
3. Athlecac, 2008 NACAC Under 23 Championships, NACAC-23 Toluca MEX, 18-20 Jul 2008, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation, retrieved January 16, 2012
4. Campeonato Norte, Centroamerica y del Caribe - 18/07/2008 to 20/07/2008, Atletismo NACAC Sub 23, Toluca, Edo. de Mexico, Resultados (PDF), MileSplit, Inc., retrieved January 16, 2012^{[permanent dead link]}
5. NACAC Toluca MEX 18–20 July, Tilastopaja Oy, retrieved January 16, 2012