2018 NACAC Championships

The 2018 North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships was a regional track and field competition held at Varsity Stadium in Toronto, Canada, from August 10–12, 2018. It was the third edition of a senior track and field championship for the NACAC region, held three years after the 2015 NACAC Championships.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} The winner of each event qualified (granted their country would ultimately pick them) for the 2019 Pan American Games competition, which was held in Lima, Peru.^[6]

III NACAC Championships
Dates	August 10–12, 2018
Host city	Toronto, Canada
Venue	Varsity Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	42
Participation	319 athletes from 29 nations
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Medal summary

Further information: 2018 NACAC Championships – Results

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Tyquendo Tracey  Jamaica	10.03 CR	Kendal Williams  United States	10.11	Cameron Burrell  United States	10.12
200 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Kyle Greaux  Trinidad and Tobago	20.11 CR	Aaron Brown  Canada	20.20	Nigel Ellis  Jamaica	20.57
400 metres	Demish Gaye  Jamaica	45.47	Nery Brenes  Costa Rica	45.67	Fitzroy Dunkley  Jamaica	45.76
800 metres	Brandon McBride  Canada	1:46.14	Marco Arop  Canada	1:46.82	Wesley Vázquez  Puerto Rico	1:47.63
1500 metres	Izaic Yorks  United States	3:51.85	Patrick Casey  United States	3:51.87	Charles Philibert-Thiboutot  Canada	3:52.60
5000 metres	Hassan Mead  United States	14:00.18	Riley Masters  United States	14:01.04	Justyn Knight  Canada	14:01.77
10,000 metres	Lopez Lomong  United States	29:49.03 CR	Elkanah Kibet  United States	29:51.37	Reed Fischer  United States	29:53.63
110 metres hurdles (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Hansle Parchment  Jamaica	13.28	Aleec Harris  United States	13.49	Shane Brathwaite  Barbados	13.52
400 metres hurdles	Kyron McMaster  British Virgin Islands	48.18 CR	Annsert Whyte  Jamaica	48.91	Khallifah Rosser  United States	49.13
3000 metres steeplechase	Andy Bayer  United States	8:28.55 CR	Travis Mahoney  United States	8:29.29	Jordan Mann  United States	8:45.14
4 × 100 metres relay	Canada Bismark Boateng Jerome Blake Mobolade Ajomale Aaron Brown	38.57	Barbados Shane Brathwaite Mario Burke Burkheart Ellis Jr Jaquone Hoyte	38.69	Trinidad and Tobago Nathan Farinha Jonathan Farinha Jalen Purcell Kyle Greaux	38.89
4 × 400 metres relay	United States Nathan Strother Obi Igbokwe Michael Cherry Kahmari Montgomery	3:00.60	Bahamas O'Jay Ferguson Teray Smith Michael Mathieu Alonzo Russell	3:03.80	Cuba Leandro Zamora Adrián Chacón Rubén Caballero Yoandys Lescay	3:04.11
20,000 metres walk	Evan Dunfee  Canada	1:25:39 CR	Nick Christie  United States	1:30:11	John Cody Risch  United States	1:36:05
High jump	Jeron Robinson  United States	2.28 m CR	Michael Mason  Canada	2.28 m	Donald Thomas  Bahamas Django Lovett  Canada	2.28 m
Pole vault	Scott Houston  United States	5.45 m CR	Shawnacy Barber  Canada	5.40 m	Not Awarded
Long jump	Marquis Dendy  United States	8.29 m CR	Tajay Gayle  Jamaica	8.24 m	Ramone Bailey  Jamaica	8.09 m
Triple jump	Jordan Díaz  Cuba	16.83 m	Chris Benard  United States	16.73 m	KeAndre Bates  United States	16.65 m
Shot put	Darrell Hill  United States	21.68 m CR	Tim Nedow  Canada	21.02 m	O'Dayne Richards  Jamaica	20.89 m
Discus throw	Fedrick Dacres  Jamaica	68.47 m CR	Traves Smikle  Jamaica	65.46 m	Reggie Jagers  United States	62.70 m
Hammer throw	Roberto Sawyers  Costa Rica	72.94 m CR	Alex Young  United States	72.75 m	Adam Keenan  Canada	72.72 m
Javelin throw	Anderson Peters  Grenada	79.65 m CR	Curtis Thompson  United States	76.02 m	Markim Felix  Grenada	75.14 m

• Only three competitors were in the men's pole vault, with the third placed athlete not registering a height. This meant a bronze medal was not awarded.

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.9 m/s)	Jenna Prandini  United States	10.96 CR	Jonielle Smith  Jamaica	11.07	Crystal Emmanuel  Canada	11.11
200 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Shericka Jackson  Jamaica	22.64	Crystal Emmanuel  Canada	22.67	Phyllis Francis  United States	22.91
400 metres	Stephenie Ann McPherson  Jamaica	51.15	Aiyanna Stiverne  Canada	52.00	Brionna Thomas  United States	52.19
800 metres	Ajeé Wilson  United States	1:57.52 CR	Natoya Goule  Jamaica	1:57.95	Rosemary Almanza  Cuba	2:00.15
1500 metres	Kate Grace  United States	4:06.23 CR	Shannon Osika  United States	4:06.92	Gabriela Stafford  Canada	4:07.36
5000 metres	Rachel Schneider  United States	15:26.19 CR	Lauren Paquette  United States	15:39.40	Kate Van Buskirk  Canada	15:50.35
10,000 metres	Marielle Hall  United States	33:27.19	Rochelle Kanuho  United States	33:28.33	Rachel Cliff  Canada	33:30.16
100 metres hurdles (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Kendra Harrison  United States	12.55 CR	Danielle Williams  Jamaica	12.61	Andrea Vargas  Costa Rica	12.91
400 metres hurdles	Shamier Little  United States	53.32 CR	Janieve Russell  Jamaica	53.81	Georganne Moline  United States	54.26
3000 metres steeplechase	Mel Lawrence  United States	9:45.36 CR	Emily Oren  United States	9:56.66	Megan Rolland  United States	9:59.85
4 × 100 metres relay	United States Kiara Parker Shania Collins Dezerea Bryant Jenna Prandini	42.50	Jamaica Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Jura Levy Jonielle Smith Shericka Jackson	43.33	Canada Shaina Harrison Crystal Emmanuel Phylicia George Jellisa Westney	43.50
4 × 400 metres relay	United States Briana Guillory Jasmine Blocker Kiana Horton Courtney Okolo	3:26.08	Jamaica Stephenie Ann McPherson Tiffany James Anastasia Le-Roy Christine Day	3:27.25	Canada Micha Powell Aiyanna Stiverne Travia Jones Alicia Brown	3:28.04
20,000 metres walk	Maria Michta-Coffey  United States	1:36:34 CR	Mirna Ortiz  Guatemala	1:38:36	Katie Burnett  United States	1:39:31
High jump	Levern Spencer  Saint Lucia	1.91 m CR	Elizabeth Patterson  United States	1.88 m	Loretta Blaut  United States	1.82 m
Pole vault	Katie Nageotte  United States	4.75 m CR	Yarisley Silva  Cuba	4.70 m	Sandi Morris  United States	4.65 m
Long jump	Sha'Keela Saunders  United States	6.60 m	Quanesha Burks  United States	6.59 m	Tissanna Hickling  Jamaica	6.38 m
Triple jump	Shanieka Ricketts  Jamaica	14.25 m CR	Tori Franklin  United States	14.09 m	Thea LaFond  Dominica	13.74 m
Shot put	Maggie Ewen  United States	18.22 m	Cleopatra Borel  Trinidad and Tobago	17.83 m	Jessica Ramsey  United States	17.80 m
Discus throw	Yaime Pérez  Cuba	61.97 m CR	Valarie Allman  United States	59.67 m	Maggie Ewen  United States	59.00 m
Hammer throw	DeAnna Price  United States	74.60 m CR	Jillian Weir  Canada	71.96 m	Brooke Andersen  United States	70.05 m
Javelin throw	Ariana Ince  United States	59.59 m	Bethany Drake  United States	54.07 m	Coralys Ortiz  Puerto Rico	53.11 m

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	25	19	17	61
2	Jamaica (JAM)	7	10	5	22
3	Canada (CAN)*	3	8	10	21
4	Cuba (CUB)	2	1	1	4
5	Costa Rica (CRC)	1	1	1	3
	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)	1	1	1	3
7	Grenada (GRN)	1	0	1	2
8	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	1	0	0	1
	Saint Lucia (LCA)	1	0	0	1
10	Barbados (BAR)	0	1	1	2
11	Guatemala (GUA)	0	1	0	1
12	Bahamas (BAH)	0	0	2	2
	Puerto Rico (PUR)	0	0	2	2
14	Dominica (DMA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		42	42	42	126

Participating nations

According to an unofficial count, 319 athletes from 29 countries participated.

•  Anguilla (1)
•  Antigua and Barbuda (1)
•  Aruba (1)
•  Bahamas (13)
•  Barbados (14)
•  Bermuda (4)
•  British Virgin Islands (10)
•  Canada (48)
•  Cayman Islands (1)
•  Costa Rica (5)
•  Cuba (14)
•  Dominica (2)
•  Dominican Republic (3)
•  Grenada (3)
•  Guatemala (1)
•  Haiti (9)
•  Honduras (2)
•  Jamaica (40)
•  Mexico (4)
•  Montserrat (2)
•  Puerto Rico (6)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (5)
•  Saint Lucia (1)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (7)
•  El Salvador (2)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (19)
•  Turks and Caicos Islands (6)
•  United States (94)
•  United States Virgin Islands (1)

Schedule

August 10
EST Time	Event
10:05 a.m.	Women's long jump Qualification
10:20 a.m.	Women's 100m Qualification
10:34 a.m.	Men's 100m Qualification
10:50 a.m.	Women's 400m Semi-Finals
11:00 a.m.	Men's and Women's 20 km RW Final (Off-site)
11:17 a.m.	Men's 400m Semi-Finals
11:40 a.m.	Men's long jump qualification
11:50 a.m.	Women's 100mH Qualification
12:07 p.m.	Men's 110mH Qualification
12:30 p.m.	Women's 200m Qualification
12:46 p.m.	Men's 200m Qualification
6:00 p.m.	Women's Hammer Final
6:30 p.m.	Women's 400mH Semi-Finals
6:55 p.m.	Men's 400mH Semi-Finals
7:00 p.m.	Men's Triple jump Final
7:20 p.m.	Women's 800m Semi-Finals
7:30 p.m.	Men's Shot Final
7:35 p.m.	Men's 800m Semi-Finals
7:45 p.m.	Women's Discus Final
7:50 p.m.	Women's 3000m Steeplechase Final
8:00 p.m.	Women's High jump Final
8:10 p.m.	Women's 100mH Semi-Finals
8:30 p.m.	Men's 110mH Semi-Finals
8:50 p.m.	Women's 200m Semi-Finals
9:10 p.m.	Men's 200m Semi-Finals
9:30 p.m.	Women's 5000m Final
9:55 p.m.	Men's 10000m Final
August 11
3:30 p.m.	Men's Hammer Final
3:30 p.m.	Men's High jump Final
3:55 p.m.	Women's 100m Semi-Finals
4:00 p.m.	Women's Long jump Final
4:13 p.m.	Men's 100m Semi-Finals
4:35 p.m.	Women's 800m Final
4:45 p.m.	Men's 800m Final
5:00 p.m.	Women's Pole vault Final
5:00 p.m.	Men's Javelin Final
5:00 p.m.	Women's 100mH Final
5:10 p.m.	Men's 110mH Final
5:20 p.m.	Women's 400m Final
5:30 p.m.	Men's 400m Final
5:40 p.m.	Women's 100m Final
5:50 p.m.	Men's 100m Final
6:00 p.m.	Men's 5000m Final
6:25 p.m.	Women's 10000m Final
August 12
1:00 p.m.	Men's Discus Final
1:00 p.m.	Men's Long jump Final
2:00 p.m.	Men's Pole vault Final
2:00 p.m.	Women's Shot Final
2:00 p.m.	Women's 400mH Final
2:10 p.m.	Men's 400mH Final
2:20 p.m.	Women's 200m Final
2:30 p.m.	Men's 200m Final
2:40 p.m.	Men's 3000m Steeplechase Final
3:00 p.m.	Women's Javelin Final
3:00 p.m.	Women's Triple jump Final
3:10 p.m.	Women's 1500m Final
3:25 p.m.	Men's 1500m Final
3:40 p.m.	Women's 4 × 400 m Final
3:55 p.m.	Men's 4 × 400 m Final
4:10 p.m.	Women's 4 × 100 m Final
4:30 p.m.	Men's 4 × 100 m Final

See also

• Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification