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1994 Port of Spain 1998 Georgetown All 19 editions

Americas Continental championships · since 1976

1996 CAC U17 Championships

San Salvador, El Salvador 14–16 Jul 1996

events: 37
medals awarded: 109
nations on the podium: 11
world records: 0

Podiums

Sprints

100m

wind +1.3

1

Joseph Colville 10.92

2

Jose Meneses 11.00

3

Joel Baez 11.12

Sprints

200m

wind -0.6

1

Joseph Colville 22.09

2

Jesus Torres 22.20

3

Jose Meneses 22.22

Sprints

400m

1

Carlon Harrison (1980) CR 48.62

2

O'Neil Wright 49.38

3

Santos Mercado 49.44

Middle & long

800m

1

Carlon Harrison (1980) 1:55.64

2

Heleodoro Navarro 1:56.45

3

Presley Cherubin (1980) 1:57.70

Middle & long

1500m

1

Heleodoro Navarro 4:05.39

2

Omar Hermes 4:06.97

3

Billy de Jesus 4:11.85

Middle & long

3000m

1

Marcelo Neri 9:07.30

2

Freddy Velazquez 9:13.95

3

Michel Sarria 9:14.86

Middle & long

2000m steeplechase

1

Omar Hermes 6:19.04

2

Lenin Blanco 6:27.58

3

Angel Rivera 6:28.58

Hurdles

110m hurdles (91.4 cm)

wind +2.0

1

Quayne Baccas 100H 91.4 CR 13.52

2

Dwight Thomas 100H 91.4 13.69

3

Danny Menjivar 100H 91.4 14.17

Hurdles

400m hurdles (83.8 cm)

1

O'Neil Wright 54.03

2

Miguel Garcia 54.81

3

Carlos Sanchez 54.95

Jumps

High jump

1

Kevin Cumberbatch (1980) 1.95

2

Jurgen Hagerdon 1.95

3

Ariel Cintra 1.90

Jumps

Pole vault

1

William Gutierrez 3.70

Only contestant.

Jumps

Long jump

1

Maurice Clarke (1980) 7.21

2

Aundre Edwards 7.10

3

Dwight Barrett 7.09

Jumps

Triple jump

1

Maurice Clarke (1980) 13.90

2

Alexis Fernandez 13.87

3

Julio Gloria 13.51

Throws

Shot put (5 kg)

1

Manuel Repollet 15.60

2

Luis Loria 15.24

3

Victor Bisbal 15.21

Throws

Discus throw (1.5 kg)

1

Lois Maikel Martinez 47.58

2

Juan Manuel Martinez 42.38

3

Victor Bisbal 40.48

Throws

Hammer throw (5 kg)

1

Karel Falls 49.52

2

Maikel Vidal (1980) 46.90

3

Luis Vega 46.14

Throws

Javelin throw (700 g)

1

Elier Duharte 55.00

2

Ruslan Salcedo 54.90

3

Richard Rock 51.30

Race walks

5000m race walk

1

Cesar Cuel 23:02.98

2

Alejandro Resendiz 23:04.34

3

William Portillo 25:04.18

Combined

Heptathlon

1

Alejandro Maldonado 4105 pts

2

Karim Baray 4023 pts

3

Jorge Galvan 3948 pts

Relays

4x100m

1

Jamaica

Christopher McKenzie Lerone Clarke Dwight Thomas Dwight Barrett

42.39

2

Puerto Rico

Luis Flores . Ayala Jesus Torres . Gybson

43.05

3

Dominican Republic

Joel Baez . De la Cruz Miguel Garcia . Rutinel

43.36

Relays

4x400m

1

Jamaica

Carlon Harrison (1980) . Montique O'Neil Wright Aldwyn Sappleton

3:20.59

2

Puerto Rico

Luis Flores Jairo Velazquez . Zayas Jesus Torres

3:26.24

3

El Salvador

Francisco Yosihara Juan Pablo Tutila Manuel Umana Danny Menjivar

3:34.68

Medal table

11 nations · 109 medals

#	Nation				Total	Share
1	Jamaica JAM	12	6	3	21
2	Cuba CUB	11	8	4	23
3	Mexico MEX	7	11	10	28
4	Barbados BAR	3	2	3	8
5	Puerto Rico PUR	2	4	6	12
6	Costa Rica CRC	2	0	0	2
7	Dominican Republic DOM	0	2	4	6
8	Guatemala GUA	0	2	1	3
9	Bahamas BAH	0	1	0	1
10	El Salvador ESA	0	0	4	4
11	Panama PAN	0	0	1	1

Records set

7 CR

CR Carlon Harrison (1980) 400m · Men 48.62
CR Quayne Baccas 110m hurdles (91.4 cm) · Men 13.52
CR Niuvis Pie 1200m · Women 3:31.04
CR Yusleidis Chacon 100m hurdles (76.2 cm) · Women 14.25
CR Yaniuska Perez 300m hurdles (76.2 cm) · Women 42.71
CR Jamaica 4x100m · Women 46.31
CR Jamaica 4x400m · Women 3:45.51