2021 NACAC U18 U20 and U23 Championships in Athletics

The 2021 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics was the 11th edition of the biennial NACAC U23 athletics championships. They were held in San José, Costa Rica from 9 July to 11 July.^[1] For the first time an U20 competition was held next to the U23 and U18 categories.

2021 NACAC U18, U20 and U23 Championship
Dates	9–11 July
Host city	San José, Costa Rica
Venue	Estadio Nacional
Level	Under 18, 20 and 23
← 2019 Queretaro 2023 San José →

Medal summary

Main article: 2021 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics – Results

U23 men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Kuron Griffith  Barbados	10.33	Odaine McPherson  Jamaica	10.39	Kion Benjamin  Trinidad and Tobago	10.40
200 metres	Alexander Ogando  Dominican Republic	20.59	Jevaughn Powell  Jamaica	20.83	Antonio Watson  Jamaica	21.03
400 metres	Jonathan Jones  Barbados	46.20	Christopher Taylor  Jamaica	46.58	Javeir Brown  Jamaica	47.54
800 metres	Juan Diego Castro  Costa Rica	1:48.66	Tyrese Reid  Jamaica	1:49.44	Aarón Hernández  El Salvador	1:54.47
1500 metres	Aarón Hernández  El Salvador	3:57.37	Marcos Cruz  Guatemala	3:58.27	Tyrese Reid  Jamaica	4:01.40
5000 metres	Marcial Rodríguez  Nicaragua	14:32.93	Only one participant
110 metres hurdles (107 cm)	Orlando Bennett  Jamaica	13.65	Rasheem Brown  Cayman Islands	14.06	Yves Cherubin  Haiti	14.29
400 metres hurdles (91 cm)	Rasheeme Griffith  Barbados	52.06	Nathan Fergusson  Barbados	52.69	Luis Alonso Guevara  Costa Rica	54.78
3000 metres steeplechase (91 cm)	Marcial Rodríguez  Nicaragua	9:56.16	Brandon Barrantes  Costa Rica	10:07.86	Only two finishers
4×100 metres relay	Jamaica Antonio Watson Christopher Taylor Jevaughn Powell Odaine McPherson	42.07	Costa Rica Derick Leandro Ivan Sibaja Kluiverth Nuñez Rasheed Miller	44.69	Only two teams
10,000 m walk	Pedro Alexander López  Guatemala	43:55.84	Oscar Pop Choc  Guatemala	44:08.08	Juan Manuel Calderón  Costa Rica	44:12.97
High jump	Shaun Miller  Bahamas	2.21	Kyle Alcine  Bahamas	2.15	Byron Villalobos  Costa Rica Raymond Richards  Jamaica	1.95
Pole vault	Julio Flores  Nicaragua	4.50	Héctor Juan  Dominican Republic	4.20	Only two finishers
Long jump	Shakwon Coke  Jamaica	7.88	Clement Campbell  Trinidad and Tobago	7.37	Rasheed Miller  Costa Rica	7.15
Triple jump	Jonathan Miller  Barbados	16.00	Taeco O'Garro  Antigua and Barbuda	15.41	Jadon Brome  Barbados	15.12
Shot put (7.26 kg)	Courtney Lawrence  Jamaica	18.66	Elías Gómez  Costa Rica	13.44	Only two finishers
Discus throw (2 kg)	Kai Chang  Jamaica	61.39	Roje Stona  Jamaica	61.21	Elías Gómez  Costa Rica	46.33
Hammer throw (7.26 kg)	Dylan Suárez  Costa Rica	61.14	Rodrigo Morán  Guatemala	53.04	Only two finishers
Javelin throw (800 g)	Tyriq Horsford  Trinidad and Tobago	73.06	Keyshawn Strachan  Bahamas	72.13	Armando Caballero  Panama	63.50
Decathlon	Esteban Ibañez  El Salvador	6436 pts	Brainer Chavarria  Costa Rica	5189 pts	Only two participants

U23 women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Halle Hazzard  Grenada	11.42	Amya Clarke  Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.90	Denisha Cartwritght  Bahamas	11.91
200 metres	Fiordaliza Cofil  Dominican Republic	23.89	Halle Hazzard  Grenada	24.07	Iantha Wright  Trinidad and Tobago	24.40
400 metres	Charokee Young  Jamaica	52.06	Shafiqua Maloney  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	52.73	Fiordaliza Cofil  Dominican Republic	53.83
800 metres	Shafiqua Maloney  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2:08.13	Mikaela Smith  United States Virgin Islands	2:19.87	Only two participants
100 metres hurdles (84 cm)	Daszay Freeman  Jamaica	13.80	Charisma Taylor  Bahamas	13.88	Sasha Wells  Bahamas	13.94
400 metres hurdles (76 cm)	Shiann Salmon  Jamaica	58.29	Only one parcipant
5,000 m walk	Yasury Palacios  Guatemala	22:31.13 NU23R	Only one finisher
High jump	Lamara Distin  Jamaica	1.85	Ángela González  Panama	1.65	Only two participants
Triple jump	Charisma Taylor  Bahamas	13.22	Mikeisha Welcome  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	13.16	Only two participants
Shot put (4 kg)	Deisheline Mayers  Costa Rica	14.90 NR	Danielle Sloley  Jamaica	13.85	Lacee Barnes  Cayman Islands	13.75
Discus throw (1 kg)	Lacee Barnes  Cayman Islands	47.34	Acacia Astwood  Bahamas	36.78	Tania Sevilla  Costa Rica	33.32
Hammer throw (4 kg)	Acacia Astwood  Bahamas	51.22	Lindsay Reyes  Costa Rica	45.62	Only two finishers
Javelin throw (600 g)	Deisheline Mayers  Costa Rica	41.98	Only one parcipant
Heptathlon	Mariel Brokke  Costa Rica	4042 pts	Only one parcipant

U23 mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Shiann Salmon Christopher Taylor Odaine McPherson Charokee Young	3:20.71	Bahamas Sasha Wells Shaun Miller Charisma Taylor Kyle Alcine	3:41.69	Only two participants

U20 men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Terrence Jones  Bahamas	10.47	Nazzio John  Grenada	10.62	Alejandro Ricketts  Costa Rica	10.69
200 metres	Wanya McCoy  Bahamas	21.17	Terrence Jones  Bahamas	21.18	Sandrey Davison  Jamaica	21.34
400 metres	Wanya McCoy  Bahamas	48.34	Handal Roban  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	48.97	José Andrés Hernández  Costa Rica	50.22
800 metres	Handal Roban  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:49.75	Matthew Cook  Costa Rica	1:56.99	Only two finishers
110 metres hurdles (99 cm)	Antoine Andrews  Bahamas	14.27	Alton Roker  Bahamas	15.26	Only two participants
400 metres hurdles (91 cm)	Dillon Leacock  Trinidad and Tobago	53.45	Only one participant
4×100 metres relay	Bahamas Antoine Andrews Wanya McCoy Demetrius Rolle Terrence Jones	41.68	Costa Rica Gary Altamirano José Andrés Hernández Stiver Alfaro Alejandro Ricketts	43.17	Only two participants
4×400 metres relay	Costa Rica Gary Altamirano Matthew Cook Alejandro Ricketts José Andrés Hernández	3:26.91	Only one team
High jump	Romaine Beckford  Jamaica	2.10	Elias Ocampo  Costa Rica	1.80	Only two participants
Long jump	Kavian Kerr  Jamaica	7.80	Miguel Aronategui  Panama	6.69	Elias Campo  Costa Rica	6.40
Triple jump	Nathan Crawford  Barbados	14.92	Elias Campo  Costa Rica	14.05	Gary Altamirano  Costa Rica	13.13
Shot put (6 kg)	Tarajah Hudson  Bahamas	15.93	Yoshua Villafuerte  Costa Rica	15.12	Jean Cerrud  Panama	14.40
Discus throw (1.75 kg)	Tarajah Hudson  Bahamas	52.45	Yoshua Villafuerte  Costa Rica	48.71	Jean Cerrud  Panama	38.75

U20 women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Camille Rutherford  Bahamas	11.36	Leah Bertrand  Trinidad and Tobago	11.70	Joella Lloyd  Antigua and Barbuda	11.70
200 metres	Camille Rutherford  Bahamas	23.42	Joella Lloyd  Antigua and Barbuda	23.55	Alliyah Francis  Jamaica	24.32
400 metres	Rae-Anne Serville  Trinidad and Tobago	54.85	Lacarthea Cooper  British Virgin Islands	55.66	Melanie Vargas  Costa Rica	59.78
800 metres	Jasmaine Knowles  Bahamas	2:15.25	María Chavez Madrigal  Costa Rica	2:30.82	Only two parcipants
100 metres hurdles (84 cm)	Ackera Nugent  Jamaica	13.64	Luisana Alonso  Costa Rica	32.83	Only two parcipants
4×100 metres relay	Costa Rica Luisana Alonso Melanie Vargas Ivanniz Blackwood Maryangel Morales	49.81	Only one team
4×400 metres relay	Costa Rica Luisana Alonso Maryangel Morales Melanie Vargas Ivanniz Blackwood	4:08.66	Only one team
High jump	María José Rodríguez Luna  Costa Rica	1.65	Only one parcipant
Long jump	Shantae Foreman  Jamaica	6.07	Maryangel Morales  Costa Rica	5.00	Only two parcipants
Triple jump	Maryangel Morales  Costa Rica	10.72	Only one parcipant
Shot put (4 kg)	Carnitre Mackey  Bahamas	12.56	Only one parcipant
Javelin throw (600 g)	Rhema Otabor  Bahamas	55.06	Carnitre Mackey  Bahamas	41.31	Only two parcipants

U18 boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Alicke Cranston  Jamaica	10.42 CR NU18R	Ajani Daley  Antigua and Barbuda	10.68	Kyle Lawrence  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	10.71
200 metres	Alicke Cranston  Jamaica	20.74	Orlando Wint  Jamaica	21.10	Shimar Bain  Bahamas	21.65
400 metres	Delano Kennedy  Jamaica	47.75	Tahj Hamm  Jamaica	48.38	Shamar Smith  Bahamas	49.83
800 metres	Kemarrio Bygrave  Jamaica	1:54.35	Adrian Nethersole  Jamaica	1:56.63	Auder Franco  Guatemala	2:02.03
1500 metres	Esteban Oses  Costa Rica	4:33.24	Only one participant
3000 metres	Paulo Gómez González  Costa Rica	9:03.39	Only one participant
110 metres hurdles (91 cm)	Andre Harris  Jamaica	13.78	Otto Laing  Bahamas	13.82	Shamer Blake  Jamaica	14.08
400 metres hurdles	Roshawn Clarke  Jamaica	51.95 CR	Shimar Bain  Bahamas	53.39	Shamer Blake  Jamaica	55.20
2000 metres steeplechase (91 cm)	Paulo Gómez González  Costa Rica	6:10.97 CR NU18R	Auder Franco  Guatemala	6:44.94	Only two participants
4×100 metres relay	Jamaica Oshane Blackwood Orlando Wint Alicke Cranston Andre Harris	40.60 CR NU18R	Bahamas Adam Musgrove Shamar Smith Shimar Bain Mateo Smith	42.10	Costa Rica Sheymark Ramírez Ian Hawkes Andre García Rasheed Sandoval	44.13
10,000 m walk	Bryan Matías Ortiz  Guatemala	43:55.66	Gabriel Alvarado Dávila  Nicaragua	44:05.16	Only two participants
High jump	Aaron McKenzie  Jamaica	2.01	Brandon Pottinger  Jamaica	1.98	Alonzo Gaitan  Panama	1.80
Long jump	Uroy Ryan  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.40	Jaydon Hibbert  Jamaica	7.31	Javar Thomas  Jamaica	7.14
Triple jump	Jaydon Hibbert  Jamaica	16.02 NU18R	Javar Thomas  Jamaica	14.89	Fernando Reyes Melgar  El Salvador	14.34
Pole vault	Denzel Ponce  Costa Rica	3.30	Only one participant
Shot put (5 kg)	Zachry Campbell  Jamaica	16.27	Jeims Molina  Costa Rica	14.86	Antwon Hilly  Turks and Caicos Islands	14.20
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	Zachry Campbell  Jamaica	54.00	Jeims Molina  Costa Rica	40.59	Kaden Cartwright  Bahamas	38.65
Hammer throw (5 kg)	David Ayala Abrego  El Salvador	67.31	Jeims Molina  Costa Rica	47.09	Only two participants
Javelin throw (700 g)	Nathaniel Zervos  Bahamas	67.96 CR NU18R	Kaden Cartwright  Bahamas	57.76	Marlon Sathoo  Cayman Islands	49.30
Decathlon (U18)	Franklin Daniel Núñez  Costa Rica	6436 pts	Only one participant

U18 girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Tina Clayton  Jamaica	11.17	Serena Cole  Jamaica	11.52	Mariandrée Chacón  Guatemala	11.81
200 metres	Alana Reid  Jamaica	23.78 CR NU18R	Mariandrée Chacón  Guatemala	24.06	Lacarthea Cooper  Bahamas	24.09
400 metres	Javoyna Walcourt  Bahamas	56.10	Lacarthea Cooper  Bahamas	56.63	Oneika Brissett  Jamaica	57.43
800 metres	Rickeisha Simms  Jamaica	2:23.75	Kishay Rowe  Jamaica	2:23.91	Keisy Mata  Costa Rica	2:33.68
1500 metres	Rickeisha Simms  Jamaica	05:03.01	Valeria Poveda  Costa Rica	05:17.65	Abigail Ramírez  Costa Rica	05:18.94
3000 metres	Valeria Poveda  Costa Rica	11:37.43	Abigail Ramírez  Costa Rica	11:39.23	Tanesia Gardiner  Turks and Caicos Islands	12:24.41
100 metres hurdles (76 cm)	Alexis James  Jamaica	13.31	Kerrica Hill  Jamaica	13.68	Maryell García  Costa Rica	15.65
400 metres hurdles (76 cm)	Alliah Baker  Jamaica	01:03.36 CR NU18R	Kasha Neilly  Bahamas	01:05.26	Maryell García  Costa Rica	01:10.02
5,000 m walk	Sharon Herrera  Costa Rica	23:18.14 NU18R	Lisbeth López  Guatemala	23:57.03	Yaquelin Teletor  Guatemala	25:39.87
4×100 metres relay	Jamaica Serena Cole Tina Clayton Kerrica Hill Alana Reid	45.49	Bahamas Shavantae Roberts Lacarthea Cooper Javoyna Walcourt Paige Archer	47.27	Costa Rica Naydelin Calderon Tania Alfaro Anayely Muñoz Amanda Muñoz	50.70
High jump	Rasheda Samuels  Jamaica	1.71 NU18R	Deijanae Bruce  Jamaica	1.71	Angely Cabezas  Costa Rica	1.45
Long jump	Serena Cole  Jamaica	5.72	Valeria Fernández Guillén  Guatemala	5.63	Anayely Muñoz  Costa Rica	5.26
Triple jump	Valeria Fernández Guillén  Guatemala	11.94	Danisha Chimillo  Guatemala	11.92	Amanda Muñoz  Costa Rica	11.70
Pole Vault	Eva Orlich  Costa Rica	2.50	Only one participant
Shot put (3 kg)	Britannia Johnson  Jamaica	14.33	Britannie Johnson  Jamaica	13.94	Palesa Caesar  British Virgin Islands	12.89
Discus throw (1 kg)	Cedricka Williams  Jamaica	45.37 NU18R	Britannia Johnson  Jamaica	43.59	Calea Jackson  Bahamas	41.03
Hammer throw (3 kg)	Sophie Pérez  Guatemala	60.55 NU18R	Lucía Castro Jiménez  El Salvador	48.97	Nicole Calderón  Costa Rica	42.70
Javelin throw (500 g)	Rachell Pascal  Cayman Islands	36.45	Verónica Montoya  Costa Rica	34.12	Only two parcipants
Heptathlon	Angely Cabezas  Costa Rica	3772 pts	Only one parcipant

U18 mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Kishay Rowe Roshawn Clarke Oneika Brissett Delano Kennedy	3:25.27	Bahamas Shimar Bain Lacarthea Cooper Javoyna Walcourt Shamar Smith	3:27.73	Costa Rica Amanda Muñoz Ian Hawkes Naydelin Calderon Andre García	3:45.26

Medal table

Source:^[2]

  *   Host nation (Costa Rica)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jamaica (JAM)	39	18	10	67
2	Costa Rica (CRC)*	19	20	23	62
3	Bahamas (BAH)	17	18	7	42
4	Guatemala (GUA)	5	8	3	16
5	Barbados (BAR)	5	1	1	7
6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VIN)	3	3	1	7
7	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	3	2	2	7
8	El Salvador (ESA)	3	1	2	6
9	Nicaragua (NIC)	3	1	0	4
10	Cayman Islands (CAY)	2	1	2	5
11	Dominican Republic (DOM)	2	1	1	4
12	Grenada (GRN)	1	2	0	3
13	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	0	3	1	4
14	Panama (PAN)	0	2	2	4
15	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	0	1	1	2
16	Saint Kitts and Nevis (SKN)	0	1	0	1
	U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR)	0	1	0	1
18	Turks and Caicos Islands (TCA)	0	0	4	4
19	Haiti (HAI)	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		102	84	61	247

Participation

263 athletes (158 men and 105 women) from 19 nations participated in these championships.

•  Antigua and Barbuda (4)
•  Bahamas (35)
•  Barbados (9)
•  British Virgin Islands (2)
•  Cayman Islands (6)
•  Costa Rica (64)
•  Dominican Republic (14)
•  El Salvador (6)
•  Grenada (2)
•  Guatemala (14)
•  Haiti (3)
•  Jamaica (61)
•  Nicaragua (3)
•  Panama (17)
•  Saint Kitts and Nevis (3)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (10)
•  Turks and Caicos Islands (3)
•  United States Virgin Islands (1)