1974 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

The 1st Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships was held in Maracaibo, Venezuela on 12–15 December 1974, one and a half year after having already hosted the 4th CAC senior championships in July 1973.

I Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
Dates12–15 December
Host cityMaracaibo, Venezuela Venezuela
LevelJunior
Events36
Participationabout 196 athletes from
10 nations

Event summary

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The athletes from Mexico gained most of the gold medals. In the total medal count, Venezuela equalizes the Mexican result, both countries gaining 21 each.

In the under-20 men category, Anthony Husbands, Trinidad and Tobago, won two gold (100m, 200m) and one silver medal (4 × 100 m relay), double gold was won by José Briano from Mexico (3000m, 5000m), and Carmelo Martínez from Cuba (Long jump, Triple jump).

In the under-20 women category, Dorothy Scott, Jamaica, won three golds (100m, Long jump, 4 × 100 m relay), and Maureen Gottschalk, Jamaica, gained two golds (200m, 4 × 400 m relay) and one bronze medal (400m).

The event saw an early appearance of Ernesto Canto, Mexico, won the gold medal in the men's 20 kilometre walk event at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States. He was successful in the 10,000 metres track walk competition. Moreover, Luis Delís from Cuba won the Discus competition. He was going to win the bronze medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union, as well as silver at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, and bronze at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy.

Medal summary

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Medal winners are published by category: Junior A, Male,[1] and Junior A, Female.[2]

Male Junior A (under 20)

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(4.1 m/s)
  Anthony Husbands (TRI) 10.76 w   Miguel Conde (VEN) 10.76 w   Everard Samuels (JAM) 10.79 w
200 metres
(1.8 m/s)
  Anthony Husbands (TRI) 21.37   Miguel Conde (VEN) 21.40   Hamil Grimes (BAR) 21.42
400 metres   Alexis Herrera (VEN) 48.00   Harcourt Watson (BAR) 48.11   Richard Ross (TRI) 48.93
800 metres   Sedley Webster (JAM) 1:55.1   Restituto Ibáñez (MEX) 1:55.5   Trevor Small (BAR) 1:56.0
1500 metres   Ignacio Melecio (MEX) 3:58.3   Louis Charles (TRI) 4:02.5   Osman Escobar (VEN) 4:04.1
3000 metres   José Briano (MEX) 8:51.4   Isaías Matías (MEX) 8:52.6   Teodisio Perozo (VEN) 8:53.1
5000 metres   José Briano (MEX) 15:05.3   Pedro Santiago (PUR) 15:11.1   Pedro Rodríguez (VEN) 15:11.2
2000 metres steeplechase   Rubén Lee (MEX) 6:07.5   Guadalupe Bárcenas (MEX) 6:07.6   José Torres (PUR) 6:10.8
110 metres hurdles   Jesús Costa (PUR) 14.54   Jocelyn Wynter (JAM) 14.64   David Delgado (MEX) 14.82
400 metres hurdles   Mark Stoute (BAR) 55.82   Jesús Costa (PUR) 55.83   Freddy Aberdeen (VEN) 55.86
High jump   Juan Lago (MEX) 1.99   Owen Cunningham (JAM) 1.99   Mariano Reyes (DOM) 1.84
Pole vault   Carlos Zequeira (PUR) 4.00   Tomás Lugo (MEX) 3.80   Jorge Taylor (CUB) 3.70
Long jump   Carmelo Martínez (CUB) 7.05   Rey Quiñones (PUR) 6.85   Anthony Jones (TRI) 6.58
Triple jump   Carmelo Martínez (CUB) 15.58   José Rivera (PUR) 13.82   Héctor Landrau (PUR) 13.80
Shot put   Santiago Pernía (VEN) 13.88   Joey Ward (BAH) 13.68   Manuel Estrada (MEX) 13.00
Discus throw   Luis Delís (CUB) 49.02   Armando Orozco (CUB) 39.76   Orlando Figueros (PUR) 39.08
Hammer throw   Armando Orozco (CUB) 62.84   Pedro Escalona (PUR) 43.12   Raúl Franco (VEN) 40.64
Javelin throw   Orángel Rodríguez (VEN) 59.40   Rafael Vélez (PUR) 57.48   Enzo Serra (VEN) 53.68
Decathlon   Jorge Taylor (CUB) 6253   Javier Meza (MEX) 5653   Oscar Pérez (VEN) 5613
10,000 metres track walk   Ernesto Canto (MEX) 48:34.5   Marcos Castro (MEX) 51:36.0   Juan Polido (VEN) 62:45.3
4 × 100 metres relay   Jamaica
O. James
David Green
Roberts
Everard Samuels
41.96   Trinidad and Tobago
David Modeste
Cyril Lewis
Anthony Husbands
Gary Andrews
42.10   Venezuela
Alexis Herrera
Gómez
Hipolito Brown
Manuel Briceño
42.18
4 × 400 metres relay   Trinidad and Tobago
Anthony Meyers
Anthony Lyons
Searl Pascall
Richard Ross
3:17.71   Venezuela
Ismael Castañeda
César Romero
Enrique Regis
Alexis Herrera
3:19.54   Barbados
Hamil Grimes
Hardecourt
Mark Stoute
Trevor Small
3:21.52

Female Junior A (under 20)

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
(2.9 m/s)
  Dorothy Scott (JAM) 11.77 w   Esther Hope (TRI) 12.04 w   Carmeta Drummond (JAM) 12.07 w
200 metres
(3.5 m/s)
  Maureen Gottschalk (JAM) 24.29 w   Sandra Fournillier (TRI) 25.02 w   Adriana Marchena (VEN) 25.08 w
400 metres   Mercedes Álvarez (CUB) 55.90   Verone Webber (JAM) 56.23   Maureen Gottschalk (JAM) 56.33
800 metres   Adriana Marchena (VEN) 2:14.01   Ileana Hocking (PUR) 2:14.04   Reva Knight (JAM) 2:16.38
1500 metres   Ileana Hocking (PUR) 4:45.61   C. Vinar (JAM) 4:51.48   Cheryll Haynes (BAR) 4:54.08
100 metres hurdles
(2.0 m/s)
  María Ángeles Cato (MEX) 14.57   Angela Carbonell (CUB) 14.83   Cheryl Blackman (BAR) 14.94
High jump   Angela Carbonell (CUB) 1.72   Ana Rojas (VEN) 1.69   Margarita Ávila (MEX) 1.69
Long jump   Dorothy Scott (JAM) 5.80   Valerie Morris (JAM) 5.72   Angela Carbonell (CUB) 5.61
Shot put   Luz Gómez (MEX) 11.20   Lyn George (TRI) 10.84   Zenobia Aranguibel (VEN) 10.10
Discus throw   Zenobia Aranguibel (VEN) 34.38   Luz Gómez (MEX) 31.38   Greta Alexander (TRI) 28.80
Javelin throw   Lyn George (TRI) 42.04   Guadalupe Dávila (MEX) 37.12   Sonia Ojeda (VEN) 36.80
Pentathlon   María Ángeles Cato (MEX) 3717   Maritza García (CUB) 3697   Cheryl Blackman (BAR) 3038
4 × 100 metres relay   Jamaica
S. White
Dorothy Scott
E. Williams
Lola Ramsay
46.86   Trinidad and Tobago
Ann Adams
Esther Hope
Sandra Fournillier
Janice Bernard
47.07   Venezuela
Virginia Rincón
Deyanira Medina
Carmen Álvarez
Adriana Marchena
49.03
4 × 400 metres relay   Jamaica
Reva Knight
Verone Webber
Jackie Pusey
Maureen Gottschalk
3:51.91   Trinidad and Tobago
Drucilla Maxwell
Ann Adams
Jennifer Augustine
Carol Charles
3:52.51   Mexico
Guadelupe Gómez
Araceli Arana
Guadalupe García
María Cato
3:55.27

Medal table (unofficial)

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  *   Host nation (VEN)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  MEX98421
2  JAM75416
3  CUB73212
4  VEN*541322
5  TRI47314
6  PUR37313
7  BAR1168
8  BAH0101
9  DOM0011
Totals (9 entries)363636108

Participation (unofficial)

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Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website.[3] An unofficial count yields the number of about 196 athletes from about 10 countries:

References

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  1. ^ "CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (UNDER 20 MEN)", Athletics Weekly, archived from the original on December 26, 2010, retrieved August 8, 2011
  2. ^ "CENTRAL AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS (UNDER 20 WOMEN)", Athletics Weekly, retrieved August 8, 2011
  3. ^ World Junior Athletics History, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), retrieved August 8, 2011
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