Athletics at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games

Athletics at the XXII CAC Games
Dates	November 23–30
Host city	Veracruz, Mexico
Venue	Heriberto Jara Corona Stadium
Events	47
Participation	417 athletes from 31 nations
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The Athletics competition at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games was held in Veracruz, Mexico.

The tournament was held from 23 to 30 November at the Heriberto Jara Corona Stadium. Detailed reports and an appraisal of the results were given.

Medal summary

Further information: Athletics at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games – Results

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (w: +0.9 m/s)	Rolando Palacios Honduras	10.27	Levi Cadogan Barbados	10.27	Yaniel Carrero Cuba	10.28
200 m (w: -1.8 m/s)	Roberto Skyers Cuba	20.47	Reynier Mena Cuba	20.54	José Carlos Herrera Mexico	20.63
400 m	Raidel Acea Cuba	45.36	Yoandys Lescay Cuba	45.56	Alberth Bravo Venezuela	45.82
800 m	Andy González Cuba	1:45.73	Rafith Rodríguez Colombia	1:45.74	Wesley Vázquez Puerto Rico	1:46.05
1500 m	Andy González Cuba	3:45.52	Pablo Solares Mexico	3:45.62	Christopher Sandoval Mexico	3:47.55
5000 m	Juan Luis Barrios Mexico	14:15.98	Iván Darío González Colombia	14:25.16	Mario Pacay Guatemala	14:27.34
10,000 m	Juan Luis Barrios Mexico	29:13.63	Juan Carlos Romero Mexico	29:28.32	Iván Darío González Colombia	29:41.31
110 m hurdles (w: +0.7 m/s)	Yordan Luis O'Farrill Cuba	13.46	Jhoanis Portilla Cuba	13.53	Greggmar Swift Barbados	13.59
400 m hurdles	Omar Cisneros Cuba	49.56	Eric Alejandro Puerto Rico	50.05	Leslie Murray U.S. Virgin Islands	50.21
3000 m steeplechase	Marvin Blanco Venezuela	8:43.76	José Peña Venezuela	8:45.04	Luis Enrique Ibarra Mexico	8:48.42
4 X 100 m relay	Cuba César Yadiel Ruiz Reynier Mena Yadier Luis Yaniel Carrero	38.94	Dominican Republic Gustavo Cuesta Yoandry Andújar Stanly del Carmen Yancarlos Martínez	39.01	Venezuela Alberto Aguilar Dubeiker Cedeño Álvaro Cassiani Arturo Ramírez	39.22
4 X 400 m relay	Cuba William Collazo Raidel Acea Osmaidel Pellicier Yoandys Lescay	3:00.70 GR	Venezuela Alberto Aguilar Alberth Bravo José Meléndez Freddy Mezones	3:01.80	Colombia Bernardo Baloyes Carlos Lemos Diego Palomeque Rafith Rodríguez	3:02.52
Marathon	Richer Pérez Cuba	2:19:13	José Amado García Guatemala	2:19:45	Daniel de Jesús Vargas Mexico	2:20:27
20 km walk	Horacio Nava Mexico	1:25:05	Éider Arévalo Colombia	1:26:03	José Leonardo Montaña Colombia	1:27:30
50 km walk	Erick Bernabé Barrondo Guatemala	3:49:40 GR	Omar Zepeda Mexico	3:52:45	Cristián David Berdeja Mexico	3:53:39
High jump	Sergio Mestre Cuba	2.26 m	Eure Yánez Venezuela	2.24 m	Ryan Ingraham Bahamas	2.24 m
Pole vault	Lázaro Borges Cuba	5.30 m	Yankier Lara Cuba	5.10 m	Raúl Alejandro Ríos Mexico	5.00 m
Long jump	David Registe Dominica	7.79 m (w: -0.2 m/s)	Muhammad Taqi Abdul-Halim U.S. Virgin Islands	7.75 m (w: -0.6 m/s)	Yunior Díaz Cuba	7.66 m (w: -0.9 m/s)
Triple jump	Ernesto Revé Cuba	16.94 m (w: -0.1 m/s)	Lázaro Martínez Cuba	16.91 m (w: -0.6 m/s)	Yordanys Durañona Dominica	16.67 m (w: -0.4 m/s)
Shot put	Mario Cota Mexico	19.30 m	Stephen Sáenz Mexico	19.27 m	Raymond Brown Jamaica	18.30 m
Discus	Jorge Yedián Fernández Cuba	63.17 m	Mauricio Ortega Colombia	60.69 m	Mario Cota Mexico	58.21 m
Hammer	Roberto Janet Cuba	74.11 m	Reinier Mejías Cuba	71.81 m	Roberto Sawyers Costa Rica	70.66 m
Javelin	Guillermo Martínez Cuba	79.27 m	Juan José Méndez Mexico	76.80 m	Osmany Laffita Cuba	76.28 m
Decathlon	Yordanis García Cuba	7854 pts	José Ángel Mendieta Cuba	7517 pts	Roman Garibay Mexico	7243 pts

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (w: +1.5 m/s)	Andrea Purica Venezuela	11.29	Nediam Vargas Venezuela	11.43	LaVerne Jones U.S. Virgin Islands	11.54
200 m (w: -1.8 m/s)	Nercely Soto Venezuela	23.14	María Alejandra Idrobo Colombia	23.52	Allison Peter U.S. Virgin Islands	23.54
400 m	Lisneidys Inés Veitía Cuba	51.72	Daisiuramis Bonne Cuba	52.49	Yenifer Padilla Colombia	52.95
800 m	Rose Mary Almanza Cuba	2:00.79	Cristina Guevara Mexico	2:01.68	Gabriela Medina Mexico	2:02.36
1500 m	Muriel Coneo Colombia	4:14.84 GR	Cristina Guevara Mexico	4:16.51	Adriana Muñoz Cuba	4:20.50
5000 m	Brenda Flores Mexico	16:02.64 GR	Sandra López Mexico	16:13.23	Yudileyvis Castillo Cuba	16:16.21
10,000 m	Brenda Flores Mexico	35:54.44	Kathya García Mexico	36:23.32	Yudileyvis Castillo Cuba	36:29.04
100 m hurdles (w: -0.8 m/s)	Lina Marcela Flórez Colombia	13.19	Briggite Merlano Colombia	13.19	Kierre Beckles Barbados	13.47
400 m hurdles	Zudikey Rodríguez Mexico	56.79	Magdalena Mendoza Venezuela	57.67	Zurian Hechavarria Cuba	57.74
3000 m steeplechase	Ángela Figueroa Colombia	10:05.25	Muriel Coneo Colombia	10:07.94	Beverly Ramos Puerto Rico	10:08.39
4 X 100 m relay	Venezuela Nediam Vargas Andrea Purica Nelsibeth Villalobos Nercely Soto	43.53	Colombia Lina Marcela Flórez María Alejandra Idrobo Darlenis Obregón Eliecith Palacios	44.02	Cuba Geylis Montes Arialis Gandulla Greter Guillén Dulaimi Debora Odelin	44.19
4 X 400 m relay	Cuba Lisneidys Inés Veitía Gilda Isbely Casanova Yameisi Borlot Daisiuramis Bonne	3:29.69	Mexico Natali Brito Gabriela Medina Mariel Espinosa Zudikey Rodríguez	3:33.16	Colombia Norma González Zulley Melissa Torres Yenifer Padilla Evelis Aguilar	3:34.14
Marathon	Margarita Hernández Mexico	2:41:16 GR	Dailín Belmonte Cuba	2:42:01	Zuleima Amaya Venezuela	2:42:27
20 km walk	Mirna Ortiz Guatemala	1:35:43 GR	Sandra Arenas Colombia	1:36:29	Ingrid Hernández Colombia	1:37:11
High jump	Levern Spencer Saint Lucia	1.89 m	Priscilla Frederick Antigua and Barbuda	1.83 m	Kashany Ríos Panama	1.80 m
Pole vault	Yarisley Silva Cuba	4.60 m GR	Diamara Planell Puerto Rico	4.15 m	Robeilys Peinado Venezuela	4.15 m
Long jump	Chantel Malone British Virgin Islands	6.46 m (w: -0.3 m/s)	Irisdaymi Herrera Cuba	6.36 m (w: +0.9 m/s)	Zoila Flores Mexico	6.26 m (w: +1.0 m/s)
Triple jump	Caterine Ibargüen Colombia	14.57 m (w: -0.4 m/s) GR	Dailenys Alcántara Cuba	14.09 m (w: -0.3 m/s)	Yosiri Urrutia Colombia	13.89 m (w: +0.3 m/s)
Shot put	Cleopatra Borel Trinidad and Tobago	18.99 m	Yaniuvis López Cuba	17.88 m	Sandra Lemos Colombia	17.50 m
Discus	Denia Caballero Cuba	64.47 m GR	Yaime Pérez Cuba	62.42 m	Johana Martínez Colombia	56.27 m
Hammer	Yipsi Moreno Cuba	71.35 m GR	Yurisleydi Ford Cuba	69.62 m	Johana Moreno Colombia	67.77 m
Javelin	Flor Ruiz Colombia	63.80 m GR	Abigail Gómez Mexico	57.28	Coralys Ortiz Puerto Rico	54.53
Heptathlon	Yorgelis Rodríguez Cuba	5984 pts GR	Yusleidys Mendieta Cuba	5819 pts	Alysbeth Felix Puerto Rico	5721 pts

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	23	15	8	46
2	Mexico*	8	11	10	29
3	Colombia	5	9	10	24
4	Venezuela	4	5	4	13
5	Guatemala	2	1	1	4
6	Dominica	1	0	1	2
7	British Virgin Islands	1	0	0	1
	Honduras	1	0	0	1
	Saint Lucia	1	0	0	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	1	0	0	1
11	Puerto Rico	0	2	4	6
12	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	1	3	4
13	Barbados	0	1	2	3
14	Antigua and Barbuda	0	1	0	1
	Dominican Republic	0	1	0	1
16	Bahamas	0	0	1	1
	Costa Rica	0	0	1	1
	Jamaica	0	0	1	1
	Panama	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		47	47	47	141

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 417 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event.

• Antigua and Barbuda (2)
• Aruba (1)
• Bahamas (11)
• Barbados (4)
• Belize (2)
• Bermuda (2)
• British Virgin Islands (2)
• Cayman Islands (3)
• Colombia (43)
• Costa Rica (15)
• Cuba (65)
• Dominica (3)
• Dominican Republic (23)
• El Salvador (4)
• Grenada (4)
• Guatemala (13)
• Guyana (4)
• Haiti (10)
• Honduras (2)
• Jamaica (15)
• Mexico (82)
• Nicaragua (5)
• Panama (10)
• Puerto Rico (17)
• Saint Kitts and Nevis (8)
• Saint Lucia (3)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6)
• Suriname (3)
• Trinidad and Tobago (11)
• U.S. Virgin Islands (10)
• Venezuela (34)

External links

• Official Website