2017 Central American Championships in Athletics

The 28th Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Olímpico José Simón Azcona in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, between 30 June and 2 July 2017.^[1]

XXVIII Central American Championships in Athletics
Dates	30 June – 2 July
Host city	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Venue	Estadio Olímpico José Simón Azcona
Level	Senior
Events	44
Participation	7 nations
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A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by men, 22 by women.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.4 m/s)	Mateo Edward  Panama	10.52	Rolando Palacios  Honduras	10.55	Shermal Calimore  Costa Rica	10.70
200 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Shermal Calimore  Costa Rica	21.30	Virjilio Griggs  Belize	21.39	Brandon Jones  Belize	21.42
400 metres	Gerald Drummond  Costa Rica	46.76	Sherman Guity  Costa Rica	46.82	José Humberto Bermúdez  Guatemala	47.83
800 metres	Chamar Chambers  Panama	1:50.58	Juan Diego Castro  Costa Rica	1:51.12	Josué Murcia  Costa Rica	1:51.18
1500 metres	Erik Rodríguez  Nicaragua	3:58.65	Georman Rivas  Costa Rica	3:58.73	Juan Diego Castro  Costa Rica	3:59.67
5000 metres	Walter Yac  Guatemala	15:25.01	Julio Avilés  Costa Rica	15:26.51	Pedro Chacón  Costa Rica	15:6.55
10,000 metres	Williams Julajúj  Guatemala	?	Mario Sucup  Guatemala	?	Daniel Johanning  Costa Rica	?
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.9 m/s)	José Adalberto Chorro  El Salvador	15.03	Gino Toscano  Panama	15.04	Ronald Ramírez  Guatemala	15.72
400 metres hurdles	Gerald Drummond  Costa Rica	51.43	José Humberto Bermúdez  Guatemala	51.48	Pablo Andrés Ibáñez  El Salvador	52.81
3000 metres steeplechase	Erick Rodríguez  Nicaragua	9:16.69	Álvaro Vázquez  Nicaragua	9:31.34	David Escobar  El Salvador	9:34.19
4 × 100 metres relay	Belize Shaun Gill Brandon Jones Mark Anderson Rahim Monsanto	41.54	El Salvador José Adalberto Chorro Ronal Moreno José David Braghieri Juan Carlos Rodríguez	41.36	Honduras Calet Isaula Josef Norales Vicente Aranda Rolando Palacios	41.64
4 × 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Josué Murcia Shermal Calimore Sherman Guity Gerald Drummond	3:16.63	Panama Jaime Smith Joseph Acevedo Virjilio Griggs Chamar Chambers	3:18.29	Guatemala Rodrigo Garnica Byron Herrera Wesly Gregorio José Humberto Bermúdez	3:18.53
20,000 metres track walk	Jurgen Grave  Guatemala	1:27:03.62	José Gregorio Ajcam  Guatemala	1:28:36.29	Ángel Batz  Guatemala	1:29:05.55
High jump	Alexander Bowen  Panama	2.17 CR	Jaime Escobar  Panama	2.10	William Ríos  Panama	2.05
Pole vault	Natán Rivera  El Salvador	4.70	Pedro Figueroa  El Salvador	4.65	Christian Higueros  Guatemala	3.80
Long jump	Jhamal Bowen  Panama	7.33	Rolando Pinzón  Panama	7.30	Juan Mosquera  Panama	7.22
Triple jump	Brandon Jones  Belize	15.40	Jason Castro  Honduras	15.33	Becker Jarquín  Nicaragua	14.79
Shot put	Billy López  Guatemala	14.61	Winston Campbell  Honduras	13.48	Luis Iván Sandoval  Panama	13.36
Discus throw	Winston Campbell  Honduras	49.35	Oscar Márquez  El Salvador	40.97	Enrique Martínez  El Salvador	40.19
Hammer throw	Diego Berríos  Guatemala	55.30	Enrique Martínez  El Salvador	52.19	Kevin Linares  El Salvador	49.78
Javelin throw	Luis Taracena  Guatemala	69.35	Jonathan Cedeño  Panama	61.85	Rowe Miranda  Panama	58.76
Decathlon	Jorge Luis Mena  Panama	5612	Jorge Luis Castillo  Panama	5174	Edgar Nieto  Panama	5077

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -2.1 m/s)	Nathalee Aranda  Panama	12.07	Tricia Flores  Belize	12.64	Kendy Rosales  Honduras	12.73
200 metres (wind: -1.1 m/s)	Samantha Dirks  Belize	24.22	Kendy Rosales  Honduras	25.44	María Odily García  Nicaragua	26.08
400 metres	Samantha Dirks  Belize	53.54	Sharolyn Scott  Costa Rica	54.26	Desiré Bermúduez  Costa Rica	55.02
800 metres	Andrea Ferris  Panama	2:11.62	Daniela Rojas  Costa Rica	2:13.70	Asling Vásquez  Nicaragua	2:18.70
1500 metres	Andrea Ferris  Panama	4:42.22	Mónica Vargas  Costa Rica	4:45.63	Cindy Monterroso  Guatemala	4:48.63
5000 metres	Cindy Monterroso  Guatemala	18:43.30	Yelka Mairena  Nicaragua	18:58.54	Mónica Vargas  Costa Rica	19:19.44
10,000 metres	Yelka Mairena  Nicaragua	39:31.29	Cindy Monterroso  Guatemala	39:40.08	Ana Mirta Hércules  El Salvador	41:17.03
100 metres hurdles (wind: -1.0  m/s)	Andrea Vargas  Costa Rica	13.65 CR	Kayla Smith  Panama	14.40	Reymi Irvin  Panama	15.50
400 metres hurdles	Sharolyn Scott  Costa Rica	59.19	Kayla Smith  Panama	61.20	Reymi Irvin  Panama	65.73
3000 metres steeplechase	Irma Aldana  El Salvador	11:50.04	Brenda Salmerón  El Salvador	12:13.58	Chrisdyala Moraga  Costa Rica	12:59.68
4 × 100 metres relay	Belize Faith Morrs Tricia Flores Hilary Gladden Samantha Dirks	48.21	Costa Rica Keylin Pennant Andrea Vargas María Alejandra Murillo Melanie Foulkes	48.36	El Salvador Iris Santamaría Adriana Andrade Mariella Mena Nancy Sandoval	48.72
4 × 400 metres relay	Costa Rica Sharolyn Scott María Alejandra Murillo Daniela Rojas Desiré Bermúdez	3:49.87	Nicaragua Jarey Vásquez Asling Vásquez María Odily García Ingrid Narváez	3:53.67	El Salvador Iris Santamaría Brenda Salmerón Adriana Andrade Irma Aldana	4:15.80
10,000 metres track walk	Yesenia Miranda  El Salvador	51:08.41	Glenda Úbeda  Nicaragua	52:13.99	María José Blandón  Nicaragua	53:02.24
High jump	Kashany Ríos  Panama	1.66	Ana María Porras  Costa Rica	1.63	Magaly Carvajal  Costa Rica	1.60
Pole vault	Andrea Velasco  El Salvador	3.40	Fátima Soto  El Salvador	3.30	Natalie Segura  Guatemala	2.80
Long jump	Nathalee Aranda  Panama	6.21 CR	Estefany Cruz  Guatemala	5.80	Ana María Porras  Costa Rica	5.80
Triple jump	Estefany Cruz  Guatemala	12.40	Ana María Martínez  Panama	12.40	Nancy Sandoval  El Salvador	12.13
Shot put	Aixa Middleton  Panama	12.92	Dalila Rugama  Nicaragua	12.29	Naomy Smith  Costa Rica	11.47
Discus throw	Aixa Middleton  Panama	49.87	Alma Guitiérrez  Honduras	41.31	Estefanie Sosa  Guatemala	36.82
Hammer throw	Sonja Moreno  Guatemala	47.83	Dagmar Alvarado  Panama	45.03	Viviana Abarca  Costa Rica	42.87
Javelin throw	Dalila Rugama  Nicaragua	48.51	Genova Arias  Costa Rica	41.78	Sofía Alonso  Guatemala	40.90
Heptathlon	Katy Sealy  Belize	4054	Karla Molina  El Salvador	3849	Only two participants

Medal table

  *   Host nation ( Honduras)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Panama (PAN)	12	10	7	29
2	Guatemala (GUA)	8	5	9	22
3	Costa Rica (CRC)	7	10	12	29
4	Belize	6	2	1	9
5	El Salvador (ESA)	5	7	8	20
6	Nicaragua (NCA)	4	5	4	13
7	Honduras*	1	5	2	8
Totals (7 entries)		43	44	43	130