1986 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics

VII Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
VII Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships
Dates	26–29 June
Host city	Mexico City, Mexico
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	74 ; (38 junior, ; 36 youth)
Participation	about 262 ; (154 junior, ; 108 youth) athletes from ; 12 nations
	← 1984 San Juan 1988 Nassau →

The 7th Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships was held in Mexico City, Mexico, on 26–29 June 1986. Results were affected by altitude.

Medal summary

Medal winners are published by category: Junior A, Male,^[1] Junior A, Female,^[2] and Junior B.^[3] Complete results can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website.^[4]

Male Junior A (under 20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Michael Newbold (BAH)	10.46A	Eduardo Nava (MEX)	10.48A	Joel Isasi (CUB)	10.49A
200 metres	Roberto Hernández (CUB)	20.70A	Michael Newbold (BAH)	21.40A	Eduardo Nava (MEX)	21.55A
400 metres	Roberto Hernández (CUB)	45.19A	Eulogio Mordoche (CUB)	46.66A	Charles Bodington (VEN)	47.44A
800 metres	Luis Cadogan (CUB)	1:54.22A	Daniel Tovar (MEX)	1:54.50A	Jorge Irizarry (PUR)	1:55.67A
1500 metres	Ignacio Fragoso (MEX)	3:53.9A	Alberto Almendáriz (MEX)	3:56.6A	Amado Ramos (CUB)	4:01.8A
5000 metres	Ignacio Fragoso (MEX)	15:07.2A	Gerardo García (MEX)	15:13.0A	José Carmona (VEN)	15:35.5A
10,000 metres	Francisco García (MEX)	32:02.5A	José Carmona (VEN)	32:06.9A	Lorenzo García (MEX)	32:07.2A
3000 metres steeplechase	Mauricio Fabián (MEX)	9:27.3A	Isidro Navarro (MEX)	9:45.0A	Ángel Rodríguez (CUB)	9:48.5A
110 metres hurdles	Emilio Valle (CUB)	14.12A	Manuel Mayor (CUB)	14.40A	Andrew Smith (BAH)	15.09A
400 metres hurdles	Emilio Valle (CUB)	50.66A	Antonio Smith (VEN)	50.85A	Daniel Velázquez (PUR)	52.67A
High jump	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.31A	Marino Drake (CUB)	2.15A	José Escalera (PUR)	2.03
Pole vault	Héctor Lescay (CUB)	4.95A	Lázaro Pírez (CUB)	4.95A	Konstantín Zagustín (VEN)	4.25A
Long jump	Luis Bueno (CUB)	7.69A	Edward Manderson (CAY)	7.65A	Lisandro Milhet (CUB)	7.57A
Triple jump	Juan Miguel López (CUB)	16.80A	Dudson Higgins (BAH)	16.38A	Héctor Marquetti (CUB)	15.98A
Shot put	Jorge Montenegro (CUB)	15.56A	Carlos Fandiño (CUB)	14.50A	Troy Patterson (BAR)	14.26A
Discus throw	Rolando Rivalta (CUB)	51.64A	Alexis Elizalde (CUB)	48.96A	Troy Patterson (BAR)	44.36A
Hammer throw	René Díaz (CUB)	61.90A	Eddy Aguilar (CUB)	54.02A	Javier Rivera (PUR)	48.60A
Javelin throw	Juan Oxamendi (CUB)	69.68A	José Hernández (CUB)	67.92A	Luis Carrasco (VEN)	58.34A
Decathlon	Miguel Valle (CUB)	7101A	Dionisio Lugo (VEN)	6529A	Jorge Salazar (CUB)	6478A
10,000 metres track walk	Carlos Mercenario (MEX)	43:31.9A	Francisco Reyes (MEX)	46:36.1A	Daniel Vargas (CUB)	47:08.6A
4 × 100 metres relay	Bahamas	40.62A	Cuba	40.91A	Puerto Rico	41.25A
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba	3:10.67A	Puerto Rico	3:14.93A	Mexico	3:15.41A

Female Junior A (under 20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Sheena Sturrup (BAH)	11.83A	Eusebia Riquelme (CUB)	11.85A	Dagmar Rosado (PUR)	12.17A
200 metres	Sheena Sturrup (BAH)	24.11A	Yolande Straughn (BAR)	24.49A	Aliuska López (CUB)	24.65A
400 metres	Yolande Straughn (BAR)	54.67A	Sheena Sturrup (BAH)	56.06A	Nelsa Vinent (CUB)	56.84A
800 metres	Maura Savón (CUB)	2:10.98A	Sandra Wellington (CAY)	2:19.84A	Sonia Escalera (PUR)	2:20.24A
1500 metres	Maura Savón (CUB)	4:51.9A	Sonia Betancourt (MEX)	4:52.2A	María Contreras (CUB)	5:02.2A
3000 metres	María del Carmen Díaz (MEX)	10:16.4A	Sonia Betancourt (MEX)	10:18.1A	María Contreras (CUB)	11:05.1A
100 metres hurdles	Aliuska López (CUB)	13.56A	Niurka Montalvo (CUB)	14.20A	Liz Pieternella (AHO)	14.57A
400 metres hurdles	Liz Pieternella (AHO)	63.20A	Cynthia Gutiérrez (MEX)	64.31A	Judy McDonald (BAH)	65.81A
High jump	María del Carmen García (CUB)	1.80A	Judy McDonald (BAH)	1.62A	Lorena Espinoza (MEX)	1.62A
Long jump	Niurka Montalvo (CUB)	6.29A	Laiza Carrillo (CUB)	6.22A	Catherine Richards (BAR)	6.09A
Shot put	Jacqueline Laza (CUB)	13.93A	Marlene Palacios (CUB)	13.79A	Millicent McCartney (BAH)	???
Discus throw	Idalmis Leyva (CUB)	49.42A	Millicent McCartney (BAH)	43.12A	Leonor Gilbert (CUB)	41.96A
Javelin throw	Xiomara Rivero (CUB)	64.56A	Dianne Woodside (BAH)	41.64A	Liliana Gualito (MEX)	39.08A
Heptathlon	Laiza Carrillo (CUB)	4834A	Irma García (MEX)	3134A	Citalli Sáinz (MEX)	3064A
4 × 100 metres relay	Cuba	46.57A	Bahamas	49.12A	Mexico	50.50A
4 × 400 metres relay	Cuba	3:45.91A	Puerto Rico	3:55.60A	Mexico	3:59.63A

Male Junior B (under 17)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Timothy Clinton (BAH)	10.73A	Jorge Ávila (VEN)	11.17A	Rafael Viloria (VEN)	11.19A
200 metres	Timothy Clinton (BAH)	22.32A	Félix Ramos (PUR)	22.96A	Enrique López (MEX)	23.20A
400 metres	Raphael Roett (BAH)	50.60A	Arturo Espejel (MEX)	51.16A	Carlos Dávila (PUR)	51.87A
800 metres	Pedro Rico (MEX)	1:59.17A	Dahud Hamind (VEN)	1:59.64A	Jaime Renta (PUR)	2:01.81A
1500 metres	José Aguado (MEX)	4:08.0A	Luis Hernández (PUR)	4:12.9A	José López (MEX)	4:15.6A
3000 metres	José Aguado (MEX)	9:06.0A	Luis Hernández (PUR)	10:10.9A
2000 metres steeplechase	Edgar Torres (MEX)	6:34.1A	José Reyes (VEN)	6:52.5A	Erik Rivera (PUR)	7:06.9A
110 metres hurdles	Esdras Paredes (VEN)	14.98A	Raúl Blanco (PUR)	15.09A	Manuel Franco (MEX)	15.79A
400 metres hurdles	Esdras Paredes (VEN)	53.48A	Diego Sesta (VEN)	56.85A	Víctor Angulo (MEX)	56.87A
High jump	Francisco Camarena (MEX)	1.90A	Emile Ledee (BAH)	1.90A	Luis Monfort (MEX)	1.80A
Pole vault	Alfred Bejas (MEX)	3.45A	Alejandro Morales (MEX)	3.25A	Jesús Velázquez (MEX)	2.95A
Long jump	Emile Ledee (BAH)	6.62A	Antonio Quan (BIZ)	6.46A	José Abousaid (MEX)	5.93A
Triple jump	Antonio Quan (BIZ)	13.99A	Emile Ledee (BAH)	13.87A	Juan Castañeda (MEX)	13.67A
Shot put	Raimundo Monasterios (VEN)	15.96A	Rufus Kemp (BAH)	14.64A	Ricardo Vázquez (PUR)	14.40A
Discus throw	Rufus Kemp (BAH)	48.62A	Raimundo Monasterios (VEN)	47.10A	Faisal Díaz (MEX)	46.00A
Hammer throw	Marcos Borjas (VEN)	50.70A	Hugo Martínez (VEN)	39.24A	Artemio Gómez (MEX)	38.40A
Javelin throw	Haywood Thompson (BAH)	53.20A	Daniel Mijares (VEN)	52.40A	Kevin Brown (BAH)	51.88A
Heptathlon	José Rodríguez (VEN)	5034A	Renny Pérez (VEN)	4856A	Heriberto Silva (MEX)	4641A
5000 metres track walk	Alberto Cruz (MEX)	22:57	Nicolás Lara (MEX)	24:36	Javier Coto (PUR)	25:38
4 × 100 metres relay	Mexico	44.70A	Puerto Rico	44.96A	Bahamas	45.24A
4 × 400 metres relay	Mexico	3:26.48A	Puerto Rico	3:26.59A	Venezuela	3:30.38A

Female Junior B (under 17)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Liliana Allen (CUB)	11.83A	Mirna Rodríguez (PUR)	11.98A	Kathy Thompson (BAH)	12.12A
200 metres	Mirna Rodríguez (PUR)	24.66A	Kathy Thompson (BAH)	24.71A	Liliana Allen (CUB)	24.81A
400 metres	Rebeca Vega (PUR)	57.73A	Milagros Echevarría (CUB)	58.30A	Winifred Quintero (MEX)	58.97A
800 metres	Verónica González (MEX)	2:19.57A	Mariska Stubbs (BAH)	2:19.71A	Laura Esteban (MEX)	2:20.23A
1200 metres	Irma Betancourt (MEX)	4:00.6A	Mariska Stubbs (BAH)	4:05.7A	Ruth Salas (CRC)	4:25.8A
100 metres hurdles	Yanelis Valiente (CUB)	14.06A	Joyce Meléndez (PUR)	14.43A	Idalis Flores (VEN)	14.76A
300 metres hurdles	Joyce Meléndez (PUR)	43.20A	Milagros Echevarría (CUB)	43.51A	Yanelis Valiente (CUB)	44.54A
High jump	Mayra Medina (PUR)	1.70A	Romary Rifka (MEX)	1.65A	Patricia Villanueva (MEX)	1.65A
Long jump	Romary Rifka (MEX)	6.01A	Jackie Edwards (BAH)	5.96A	Audrey González (VEN)	5.91A
Shot put	Denise Taylor (BAH)	11.94A	Samia Mena (MEX)	10.31A	Rita Solís (MEX)	10.04A
Discus throw	Denise Taylor (BAH)	43.50A	Irma Adams (MEX)	32.64A	Josefina Salmerón (VEN)	32.36A
Javelin throw	Isel López (CUB)	57.44A	Ruth Martínez (VEN)	36.92A	Josefina Salmerón (VEN)	35.94A
Pentathlon	Yolaida Pompa (CUB)	3361A	Rita Solís (MEX)	3087A	Danielle Jongkind (AHO)	2774A
4 × 100 metres relay	Puerto Rico	47.34A	Cuba	47.98A	Mexico	49.71A
4 × 400 metres relay	Puerto Rico	3:55.49A	Mexico	3:56.77A	Bahamas	4:07.60A

Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (Mexico)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba (CUB)	30	16	14	60
2	Mexico (MEX)*	18	18	24	60
3	Bahamas (BAH)	12	14	7	33
4	Puerto Rico (PUR)	6	10	12	28
5	Venezuela (VEN)	5	12	10	27
6	Barbados (BAR)	1	1	3	5
7	Belize (BIZ)	1	1	0	2
8	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	1	0	2	3
9	Cayman Islands (CAY)	0	2	0	2
10	Costa Rica (CRC)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		74	74	73	221

Participation (unofficial)

Belize competed for the first time at the championships. Detailed result lists can be found on the World Junior Athletics History website.^[4] An unofficial count yields a number of about 262 athletes (154 junior (under-20) and 108 youth (under-17)) from about 12 countries: