2006 South American Cross Country Championships

The 2006 South American Cross Country Championships took place on March 4–5, 2006. The races were held at the Naval Base in Mar del Plata, Argentina. A detailed report of the event was given for the IAAF.^[1]

2006 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers	CONSUDATLE
Edition	21st
Date	March 4–5
Host city	Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Venue	Naval Base
Events	8
Distances	12 km – Senior men 4 km – Men's short 8 km – Junior men (U20) 4 km – Youth men (U18) 8 km – Senior women 4 km – Women's short 6 km – Junior women (U20) 3 km – Youth women (U18)
Participation	142 athletes from 10 nations
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Complete results^[2][3][4][5] results for junior and youth competitions,^[6] and medal winners^[7] were published.

Medallists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Javier Guarín  Colombia	36:29	Jonathan Monje  Chile	36:55	Byron Piedra  Ecuador	37:06
Men's short (4 km)	Hudson Santos de Souza  Brazil	11:24	Jonathan Monje  Chile	11:25	Roberto Echeverría  Chile	11:26
Junior (U20) men (8 km)	Joilson Bernardo da Silva  Brazil	25:05	Mario Bazán Perú	25:09	Reginaldo de Oliveira Campos Júnior  Brazil	25:13
Youth (U18) men (4 km)	Víctor Aravena  Chile	12:01	Joaquín Arbe  Argentina	12:20	Eduardo Gregorio  Uruguay	12:22
Senior women (8 km)	Inés Melchor Perú	27:55	Rosa Apaza  Bolivia	28:08	Maria Lúcia Alves Vieira  Brazil	28:11
Women's short (4 km)	Valeria Rodríguez  Argentina	13:34	Rosa Apaza  Bolivia	13:35	Yeisy Álvarez  Venezuela	13:38
Junior (U20) women (6 km)	Karina Villazana Perú	21:58	Rocío Cántara Perú	22:02	Michele Cristina das Chagas  Brazil	22:13
Youth (U18) women (3 km)	Adriely da Silva Araújo  Brazil	10:44	Cynthia Andrea Ubilla  Chile	10:48	Bárbara Lisette González  Chile	10:50
Team
Senior men	Brazil	19	Ecuador	23	Chile	25
Men's short	Chile	9	Brazil	14	Venezuela	24
Junior (U20) men	Brazil	10	Colombia	22	Uruguay	40
Youth (U18) men	Chile	11	Uruguay	16	Argentina	19
Senior women	Venezuela	18	Brazil	22	Colombia	23
Women's short	Argentina	10	Venezuela	24	Brazil	26
Junior (U20) women	Perú	8	Brazil	16	Argentina	25
Youth (U18) women	Chile	9	Argentina	27	Paraguay	42

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Javier Guarín	Colombia	36:29
	Jonathan Monje	Chile	36:55
	Byron Piedra	Ecuador	37:06
4	Claudir Rodrigues	Brazil	37:11
5	José Cicero Eloy	Brazil	37:12
6	Lervis Arias	Venezuela	37:14
7	Roberto Echeverría	Chile	37:15
8	Franklin Tenorio	Ecuador	37:16
9	Luis Fonseca	Venezuela	37:17
10	Benedito Donizetti Gomes	Brazil	37:24
11	Herder Vásquez	Colombia	37:42
12	Silvio Guerra	Ecuador	37:46
13	Didimo Sánchez	Venezuela	37:51
14	Santiago Figueroa	Argentina	37:56
15	Vladimir Guerra	Ecuador	38:04
16	Enzo Yáñez	Chile	38:06
17	Ender Moreno	Venezuela	38:12
18	Miguel Bárzola	Argentina	38:17
19	Alberto Olivera	Argentina	38:18
20	Carlos Jaramillo	Chile	38:22
21	Ernesto Zamora	Uruguay	38:26
22	Eugenio Galaz	Chile	38:31
23	Pablo Gardiol	Uruguay	38:48
24	Rubén Mauricio Ramírez	Uruguay	38:52
25	Daniel Castro	Argentina	39:03
26	Juan Carlos Hernández	Colombia	39:22
27	Reynaldo Huanca	Bolivia	41:07
28	Luis Nogués	Uruguay	41:38

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Brazil Claudir Rodrigues 4 José Cicero Eloy 5 Benedito Donizetti Gomes 10	19
	Ecuador Byron Piedra 3 Franklin Tenorio 8 Silvio Guerra 12 (Vladimir Guerra) (15)	23
	Chile Jonathan Monje 2 Roberto Echeverría 7 Enzo Yáñez 16 (Carlos Jaramillo) (20) (Eugenio Galaz) (22)	25
4	Venezuela Lervis Arias 6 Luis Fonseca 9 Didimo Sánchez 13 (Ender Moreno) (17)	28
5	Colombia Javier Guarín 1 Herder Vásquez 11 Juan Carlos Hernández 26	38
6	Argentina Santiago Figueroa 14 Miguel Bárzola 18 Alberto Olivera 19 (Daniel Castro) (25)	51
7	Uruguay Ernesto Zamora 21 Pablo Gardiol 23 Rubén Mauricio Ramírez 24 (Luis Nogués) (28)	68

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Men's short race (4 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Hudson Santos de Souza	Brazil	11:24
	Jonathan Monje	Chile	11:25
	Roberto Echeverría	Chile	11:26
4	Sergio Lobos	Chile	11:27
5	Ender Moreno	Venezuela	11:30
6	Fábio de Oliveira Chagas	Brazil	11:32
7	André Alberi de Santana	Brazil	11:39
8	Enzo Yáñez	Chile	11:40
9	Freddy González	Venezuela	11:42
10	Lervis Arias	Venezuela	11:45
11	Luis Fonseca	Venezuela	11:47
12†	Martín Mañana	Uruguay	11:48
13†	Didimo Sánchez	Venezuela	11:48
14	Pablo Gardol	Uruguay	11:50
15	Carlos Jaramillo	Chile	11:51
16	José Paúl Ávila	Bolivia	11:52
17	Mariano Mastromarino	Argentina	11:55
18	Germán Schiel	Argentina	11:57
19	Ernesto Zamora	Uruguay	12:06
20	Rubén Acevedo	Uruguay	12:11
21	Esteban Coria	Argentina	12:14
22	Leonardo Price	Argentina	12:32

^†: The placings are ambiguous.^[2][3][4][5]

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Chile Jonathan Monje 2 Roberto Echeverría 3 Sergio Lobos 4 (Enzo Yáñez) (8) (Carlos Jaramillo) (15)	9
	Brazil Hudson Santos de Souza 1 Fábio de Oliveira Chagas 6 André Alberi de Santana 7	14
	Venezuela Ender Moreno 5 Freddy González 9 Lervis Arias 10 (Luis Fonseca) (11) (Didimo Sánchez) (13)	24
4	Uruguay Martín Mañana 12 Pablo Gardol 14 Ernesto Zamora 19 (Rubén Acevedo) (20)	45
5	Argentina Mariano Mastromarino 17 Germán Schiel 18 Esteban Coria 21 (Leonardo Price) (22)	56

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Junior (U20) men's race (8 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Joilson Bernardo da Silva	Brazil	25:05
	Mario Bazán	Perú	25:09
	Reginaldo de Oliveira Campos Júnior	Brazil	25:13
4	José Mauricio González	Colombia	25:28
5	Jefferson Peña	Colombia	25:35
6	Luís Felipe Leite Barboza	Brazil	25:46
7	Angelo Olivo	Venezuela	26:11
8	Gustavo Espíndola	Argentina	26:31
9	Angel Raúl Portela	Uruguay	26:32
10†	Derlis Ayala	Paraguay	26:37
11†	Miguel Angel Soto	Chile	26:37
12	Oscar Brito	Chile	26:38
13	Luis Carlos Castellanos	Colombia	26:39
14	Carlos Zamora	Uruguay	26:47
15	Aldo Adolfo Franco	Paraguay	26:55
16	Diego Simón	Argentina	26:58
17	José Luis Pérez	Uruguay	27:00
18	Luciano Joaquín Almirón	Argentina	27:01
19	Joaquín Varas	Chile	27:43
20	Washington Rodríguez	Uruguay	27:51
21	Marvin Blanco	Venezuela	27:56
22	Francisco Méndez	Chile	28:07
23	Héctor Damián Jara	Argentina	28:45
24	Carlos Roberto Báez	Paraguay	29:03
25	Roberto Carlos González	Paraguay	29:29

^†: The placings are ambiguous.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Brazil Joilson Bernardo da Silva 1 Reginaldo de Oliveira Campos Júnior 3 Luís Felipe Leite Barboza 6	10
	Colombia José Mauricio González 4 Jefferson Peña 5 Luis Carlos Castellanos 13	22
	Uruguay Angel Raúl Portela 9 Carlos Zamora 14 José Luis Pérez 17 (Washington Rodríguez) (20)	40†
4	Argentina Gustavo Espíndola 8 Diego Simón 16 Luciano Joaquín Almirón 18 (Héctor Damián Jara) (23)	42
5	Chile Miguel Angel Soto 11 Joaquín Varas 19 Francisco Méndez 22	42†
6	Paraguay Derlis Ayala 10 Aldo Adolfo Franco 15 Carlos Roberto Báez 24 (Roberto Carlos González) (25)	49

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

^†: The points scored are ambiguous.^[2][3][7]

Youth (U18) men's race (4 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Víctor Aravena	Chile	12:01
	Joaquín Arbe	Argentina	12:20
	Eduardo Gregorio	Uruguay	12:22
4	Mauricio Valdivia	Chile	12:23
5†	Carlos Zamora	Uruguay	12:38
5†	Francisco Ponce de León	Chile	12:38
7	Miguel Aparicio	Argentina	12:40
8	Jonathan Sebastián Sasía	Uruguay	12:43
9	Derlis Ayala	Paraguay	12:47
10	Matías Martín Schiel	Argentina	12:49
11	Ramón Contreras	Chile	12:51
12	Ederson Vilela	Brazil	13:00
13	Luis Carlos Castellanos	Colombia	13:10
14	Walter Corbalán	Argentina	13:23
15	Carlos Roberto Báez	Paraguay	13:42
16	Iván González	Paraguay	13:50
17	Gervasio Gastón Tarragona	Uruguay	14:30

^†: The placings are ambiguous.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Chile Víctor Aravena 1 Mauricio Valdivia 4 Francisco Ponce de León 6†	11†
	Uruguay Eduardo Gregorio 3 Carlos Zamora 5† Jonathan Sebastián Sasía 8 (Gervasio Gastón Tarragona) (17)	16†
	Argentina Joaquín Arbe 2 Miguel Aparicio 7 Matías Martín Schiel 10	19
4	Paraguay Derlis Ayala 9 Carlos Roberto Báez 15 Iván González 16	40

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

^†: The points scored are ambiguous.^[2][3][7]

Senior women's race (8 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Inés Melchor	Perú	27:55
	Rosa Apaza	Bolivia	28:08
	Maria Lúcia Alves Vieira	Brazil	28:11
4	Stella Castro	Colombia	28:12
5	Norelys Lugo	Venezuela	28:32
6	Yeisy Álvarez	Venezuela	28:33
7	Yolimar Pineda	Venezuela	28:33
8	Rosa Jussara Barbosa	Brazil	28:52
9	Johanna Riveros	Colombia	28:59
10	Martha Roncería	Colombia	29:00
11	Maria Helena de Jesus Lima de Oliveira	Brazil	29:12
12	Carina Allay	Argentina	29:20
13	Ingrid Galloso	Chile	30:07
14	Andra Doblas	Argentina	30:22
15	Susana Andrea Vergara	Chile	30:27
16	Luz Eliana Silva	Chile	30:51
17	Mercedes Nancy Romero	Argentina	31:02
18	Patricia Tejerina	Argentina	32:02

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Venezuela Norelys Lugo 5 Yeisy Álvarez 6 Yolimar Pineda 7	18
	Brazil Maria Lúcia Alves Vieira 3 Rosa Jussara Barbosa 8 Maria Helena de Jesús Lima de Oliveira 11	22
	Colombia Stella Castro 4 Johanna Riveros 9 Martha Roncería 10	23
4	Argentina Carina Allay 12 Andra Doblas 14 Mercedes Nancy Romero 17 (Patricia Tejerina) (18)	43
5	Chile Ingrid Galloso 13 Susana Andrea Vergara 15 Luz Eliana Silva 16	44

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Women's short race (4 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Valeria Rodríguez	Argentina	13:34
	Rosa Apaza	Bolivia	13:35
	Yeisy Álvarez	Venezuela	13:38
4	Carina Allay	Argentina	13:40
5	Nadia Rodríguez	Argentina	13:43
6	Maria Lúcia Alves Vieira	Brazil	13:49
7	María de los Ángeles Peralta	Argentina	13:53
8	Norelys Lugo	Venezuela	13:54
9	Conceição de Maria Carvalho	Brazil	13:54
10	Johana Riveros	Colombia	14:02
11	Gisele Barros de Jesus	Brazil	14:08
12	Ingrid Galloso	Chile	14:09
13	Yolimar Pineda	Venezuela	14:10
14	Maria Helena de Jesus Lima de Oliveira	Brazil	14:18
15	María Basallo	Uruguay	14:21
16	Eliana Vásquez	Chile	14:24
17	Susana Isabel Aburto	Chile	14:31
18	Camila de Mello	Uruguay	14:34
19	Rosa Jussara Barbosa	Brazil	14:39
20	Andrea Solange Oyarzún	Chile	14:42
21	Marisol Redón	Uruguay	15:00
22	Susana Andrea Vergara	Chile	15:04

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Argentina Valeria Rodríguez 1 Carina Allay 4 Nadia Rodríguez 5 (María de los Ángeles Peralta) (7)	10
	Venezuela Yeisy Álvarez 3 Norelys Lugo 8 Yolimar Pineda 13	24
	Brazil Maria Lúcia Alves Vieira 6 Conceição de Maria Carvalho 9 Gisele Barros de Jesus 11 (Maria Helena de Jesus Lima de Oliveira) (14) (Rosa Jussara Barbosa) (19)	26
4	Chile Ingrid Galloso 12 Eliana Vásquez 16 Susana Isabel Aburto 17 (Andrea Solange Oyarzún) (20) (Susana Andrea Vergara) (22)	45
5	Uruguay María Basallo 15 Camila de Mello 18 Marisol Redón 21	54

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Junior (U20) women's race (6 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Karina Villazana	Perú	21:58
	Rocío Cántara	Perú	22:02
	Michele Cristina das Chagas	Brazil	22:13
4	Sabine Heitling	Brazil	22:29
5	Belén Chaisa	Perú	22:36
6	Andrea Latapie	Argentina	22:40
7	Leonela Rodríguez	Argentina	22:50
8	Lissette Gómez	Colombia	22:57
9	Vanessa Rockembach Borella	Brazil	23:20
10	Wendy Guavita	Colombia	23:24
11	Bianca Estrella López	Chile	23:32
12	Ivana Libel Sánchez	Argentina	23:41
13	Angie Orjuela	Colombia	23:54
14	Caroline Leyton	Chile	23:55
15	Olga Almonacid	Chile	24:39
16	Déborah Lezcano	Argentina	25:14
17	Mercedes Ferreira	Paraguay	26:59
18	Karina Centurión	Paraguay	28:22
19	Jessica Esther Balbuena	Paraguay	30:18

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Perú Karina Villazana 1 Rocío Cántara 2 Belén Chaisa 5	8
	Brazil Michele Cristina das Chagas 3 Sabine Heitling 4 Vanessa Rockembach Borella 9	16
	Argentina Andrea Latapie 6 Leonela Rodríguez 7 Ivana Libel Sánchez 12 (Déborah Lezcano) (16)	25
4	Colombia Lissette Gómez 8 Wendy Guavita 10 Angie Orjuela 13	31
5	Chile Bianca Estrella López 11 Caroline Leyton 14 Olga Almonacid 15	40
6	Paraguay Mercedes Ferreira 17 Karina Centurión 18 Jessica Esther Balbuena 19	54

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Youth (U18) women's race (3 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Adriely da Silva Araújo	Brazil	10:44
	Cynthia Andrea Ubilla	Chile	10:48
	Bárbara Lisette González	Chile	10:50
4	Verónica Daniela Angel	Chile	10:51
5	Ana Milena Orjuela	Colombia	10:52
6	Patricia Mena	Chile	10:56
7	Laura Cusaria	Colombia	11:05
8	Alejandra Carinao	Argentina	11:06
9	Vanesa Monín	Argentina	11:10
10	Virginia Bazán	Argentina	11:16
11	Rocío Sueldo	Argentina	11:17
12	Stephania Piquerez	Uruguay	11:33
13	Mercedes Ferreira	Paraguay	12:43
14	Eladia Victoria Fernández	Paraguay	13:02
15	Nieve Rivarola	Paraguay	13:16

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Chile Cynthia Andrea Ubilla 2 Bárbara Lisette González 3 Verónica Daniela Angel 4 (Patricia Mena) (6)	9
	Argentina Alejandra Carinao 8 Vanesa Monín 9 Virginia Bazán 10 (Rocío Sueldo) (11)	27
	Paraguay Mercedes Ferreira 13 Eladia Victoria Fernández 14 Nieve Rivarola 15	42

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Argentina)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil (BRA)	5	3	4	12
2	Chile (CHI)	4	3	3	10
3	Peru (PER)	3	2	0	5
4	Argentina (ARG)*	2	2	2	6
5	Venezuela (VEN)	1	1	2	4
6	Colombia (COL)	1	1	1	3
7	Bolivia (BOL)	0	2	0	2
8	Uruguay (URU)	0	1	2	3
9	Ecuador (ECU)	0	1	1	2
10	Paraguay (PAR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		16	16	16	48

• Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 142 athletes from 10 countries participated.

•  Argentina (31)
•  Bolivia (3)
•  Brazil (19)
•  Chile (27)
•  Colombia (15)
•  Ecuador (4)
•  Paraguay (10)
• Perú (5)
•  Uruguay (18)
•  Venezuela (10)

See also

• 2006 in athletics (track and field)