2023 NACAC U18 and U23 Championships in Athletics

The 2023 NACAC U23 & U18 Championships, the twelfth edition of the biennial athletics competition between North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association at NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics for athletes under the age of twenty-three and third edition of NACAC U18 Championships in Athletics for athletes under the age of eighteen.

NACAC U23 & U18 Championships
Organisers	World Athletics, North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association
Edition	12th
Dates	21–23 July
Host city	San José, Costa Rica
Venue	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
Level	Under 23 Under 18
Type	Outdoor
Events	88
Participation	31 nations
Official website	NACAC U18 & U23 Championship July 21 - 23, 2023 Estadio Nacional, San José, CRC
← San José, Costa Rica 2021 TBD 2025 →

The 2023 NACAC U23 & U18 Championships were organized by World Athletics and North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association and were held 21–23 July 2023 in San José, Costa Rica, North America.^[1][2]

Results

Main article: 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics – Results

U23 Men

U23 Track

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Adrian Kerr  Jamaica	10.08	Travis Williams  Jamaica	10.12	Diego González  Puerto Rico	10.22
200 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Callum Robinson  Canada	20.52	Demar Francis  Jamaica	20.67	Connor Washington  United States	20.74
400 metres	D'Andre Anderson  Jamaica	45.56	Kyle Gale  Barbados	45.80	William Jones  United States	45.95
800 metres	Handal Roban  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:47.43	Sean Dolan  United States	1:47.54	Dennick Luke  Dominica	1:47.62
1500 metres	Emile Toupin  Canada	4:00.01	Hector Pagan  Puerto Rico	4:01.61	Foster Malleck  Canada	4:02.43
5000 metres	Cole Sprout  United States	14:11.78 CR	Hector Pagan  Puerto Rico	14:29.39	Esteban Oses  Costa Rica	15:33.04
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Connor Schulman  United States	13.40	Antoine Andrews  Bahamas	13.57	Jaheem Hayles  Jamaica	13.73
400 metres hurdles	Caleb Cavanaugh  United States	49.35	Assinie Wilson  Jamaica	49.70	Yeral Núñez  Dominican Republic	49.95
3000 metres steeplechase	Kevin Robertson  Canada	9:04.77	Paulo Gómez  Costa Rica	9:10.48	Carson Williams  United States	9:30.66
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Jehlani Gordon Adrian Kerr Travis Williams Shakur Williams	39.04	Bahamas Antoine Andrews Adam Musgrove Carlos Brown Jr. Terrence Jones	39.59	United States Blaise Atkinson Brice Chabot Rodney Heath Samuel Blaskowski	39.62
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Assinie Wilson Reheem Hayles Delano Kennedy D'Andre Anderson	3:02.44	United States William Jones Caleb Cavanaugh Connor Washington Will Sumner	3:04.84	Barbados Raheem Taitt Jahleel Armstrong Kyle Gale Tyrique Johnson	3:04.33
10 kilometres walk†	José Mariano Ordóñez  Guatemala	44:55.05	Samuel Allen  United States	49:26.82	Only two starters
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.
† Exhibition event – no medals awarded.

U23 Field

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Romaine Beckford  Jamaica	2.21 m	Kason O'Riley  United States	2.18 m	Shaun Miller  Bahamas	2.15 m
Pole vault	Hunter Garretson  United States	5.61 m CR	Brenden Vanderpool  Bahamas	4.95 m	Jonathan José López  Puerto Rico	4.75 m
Long jump	Malcolm Clemons  United States	8.21 m	Jeremiah Davis  United States	8.10 m (w)	Jordan Turner  Jamaica	7.82 m
Triple jump	Russell Robinson  United States	16.64 m (w)	Salif Mane  United States	16.49 m	Kelsey Daniel  Trinidad and Tobago	16.19 m (w)
Shot put	Maxwell Otterdahl  United States	19.41 m	Jason Swarens  United States	19.02 m	Christopher Crawford  Trinidad and Tobago	17.84 m
Discus throw	Ralford Mullings  Jamaica	61.18 m	Jaden James  Trinidad and Tobago	53.59 m	Aidan Elbettar  United States	53.21 m
Hammer throw	Kyle Moison  United States	64.93 m	Kade McCall  United States	64.69 m	Michael Soler  Puerto Rico	62.83 m
Javelin throw	Keyshawn Strachan  Bahamas	78.37 m	Dash Sirmon  United States	75.28 m	Braden Presser  United States	72.60 m
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

U23 Combined

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Decathlon†	Guillermo Rivas  Guatemala	6815 pts	Only one starter
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

† Exhibition event – no medals awarded.

U23 Women

U23 Track

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Mia Brahe-Pedersen  United States	11.08 CR	Leah Bertrand  Trinidad and Tobago	11.27	Beyoncé Defreitas  British Virgin Islands	11.41
200 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Mia Brahe-Pedersen  United States	23.05	Beyoncé Defreitas  British Virgin Islands	23.59	Ashantai Bollers  Canada	23.84
400 metres	Jermaisha Arnold  United States	50.68 CR	Ziyah Holman  United States	50.95	Shana-Kaye Anderson  Jamaica	52.27
800 metres	Olivia Cooper  Canada	2:07.59	Cassandra Williamson  Canada	2:07.83	Mikaela Smith  United States Virgin Islands	2:12.80
1500 metres	Addison Wiley  United States	4:05.84 CR	Elise Shea  United States	4:14.90	Holly MacGillivray  Canada	4:15.99
5000 metres	Layla Roebke  United States	17:24.61	Jorelis Vargas  Puerto Rico	17:56.56	Yuliannie Lugo  Puerto Rico	18:05.18
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.2 m/s)	Rayniah Jones  United States	12.78	Crystal Morrison  Jamaica	12.81	Destiny Huven  United States	13.19
400 metres hurdles	Shani'a Bellamy  United States	55.48	Vanessa Watson  United States	56.05	Garriel White  Jamaica	56.94
4 × 100 metres relay	United States Kaila Jackson Rayniah Jones Sophia Beckmon Mia Brahe-Pedersen	42.74 CR	Jamaica Crystal Morrison Shaqueena Foote Niesha Burgher Shana-Kaye Anderson	43.80	Trinidad and Tobago Reneisha Andrews Shaniqua Bascombe Taejha Badal Leah Bertrand	44.50
4 × 400 metres relay	United States Ziyah Holman Kiah Williams Jan'taijah Ford Jermaisha Arnold	3:26.83 CR	Jamaica Garriel White Shaqueena Foote Joanne Reid Shana-Kaye Anderson	3:28.50	Costa Rica Naydelin Calderón Tiphanny Madrigal Vielka Arias Melanie Vargas	4:09.81
5000 metres walk†	María Fernanda Peinado  Guatemala	23:22.65	Glendy Teletor  Guatemala	24:00.01	Only two starters
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.
† Exhibition event – no medals awarded.

U23 Field

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump†	Jenna Rogers  United States	1.83 m	María José Rodríguez  Costa Rica	1.70 m	Only two starters
Pole vault	Sydney Horn  United States	4.41 m CR	Heather Abadie  Canada	3.95 m	Vielka Paola Arias Mora  Costa Rica	3.55 m
Long jump	Sophia Beckmon  United States	6.69 m (w)	Claire Bryant  United States	6.66 m (w)	Haila González  Cuba	6.41 m (w)
Triple jump	Rhianna Phillips  Jamaica	13.61 m	Euphenie Andre  United States	13.42 m (w)	Asherah Collins  United States	13.04 m
Shot put	Jaida Ross  United States	18.35 m	Jalani Davis  United States	17.20 m	Danielle Sloley  Jamaica	16.23 m
Discus throw	Melany Matheus  Cuba	59.60 m	Shelby Frank  United States	56.96 m	Michaelle Valentin  Haiti	51.62 m
Hammer throw	Jalani Davis  United States	63.81 m	Yanielys Torres  Puerto Rico	58.81 m	Michaelle Valentin  Haiti	57.51 m
Javelin throw	Rhema Otabor  Bahamas	57.48 m CR	Maura Huwalt  United States	49.25 m	Kimberly Smith  British Virgin Islands	37.54 m
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

† Exhibition event – no medals awarded.

U23 Combined

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Heptathlon†	Jadin O'Brien  United States	5778 pts	Shaunece Miller  Bahamas	4291 pts	Only two starters
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

† Exhibition event – no medals awarded.

U23 Mixed

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay	United States Caleb Cavanaugh Kiah Williams Will Sumner Bailey Lear	3:14.71 CR	Jamaica Gregory Prince Shaquena Foote Enrique Webster Garriel White	3:19.66	Canada Abdullahi Hassan Olivia Cooper Leroy Russell Cassandra Williamson	3:25.42

U18 Boys

U18 Track

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Kasiya Daley  Antigua and Barbuda	10.56	Gary Card  Jamaica	10.56	Dwayne Fleming  Antigua and Barbuda	10.69
200 metres (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Kasiya Daley  Antigua and Barbuda	21.40	Ainsley McGregor  Jamaica	21.70	Cayden Smith  Bahamas	21.76
400 metres	Zion Miller  Bahamas	48.08	Joshua Wint  Jamaica	48.68	Zion Shepherd  Bahamas	49.10
800 metres	Robin Lefebvre  Canada	1:52.80	LJ Nelson  Canada	1:54.36	Daniel Aguilar  Guatemala	1:55.17
1500 metres	Robin Lefebvre  Canada	3:58.47	Jackson Witham  Canada	3:59.41	Asher Leo Patel  Aruba	4:04.28 NR
3000 metres	Asher Leo Patel  Aruba	9:13.47 NR	David Jiang  Canada	9:14.30	Omare Thompson  Trinidad and Tobago	9:34.94
110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm) (wind: -0.4 m/s)	Daneil Wright  Jamaica	13.31	Kahiem Carby  Jamaica	13.34	Yander Herrera  Cuba	13.41
400 metres hurdles	Trevoy Smith  Jamaica	51.75 CR	Cheyne West  Trinidad and Tobago	52.35	Berkley Munnings  Bahamas	54.27
2000 metres steeplechase†	Jean Carlos Soza  Nicaragua	6:23.09	Derek Strachan  Canada	6:26.97	Only two starters
4 × 100 metres relay	Trinidad and Tobago Khadeem Ryan Kadeem Chinapoo Trevaughn Stewart Andrew Steele	41.14	Jamaica Kahiem Carby Trevoy Smith Ainsley McGregor Joshua Wint	41.18	Bahamas Johnathon Rodgers Cayden Smith Trent Ford Ishmael Rolle	41.19
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Joshua Wint Daneil Wright Jabari Matheson Trevoy Smith	3:12.80	Bahamas Berkley Munnings Zion Shepherd Morgan Moss Zion Miller	3:19.80	Trinidad and Tobago Khadeem Ryan Cheyne West Kaleb Campbell Keeran Sriskandarajah	3:26.81
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.
†Exhibition event

U18 Field

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Chavez Penn  Jamaica	2.10 m	Andrew Stone  Cayman Islands	2.07 m	Jaidi James  Trinidad and Tobago	1.95 m
Pole vault†	Kenny Moxey Jr.  Bahamas	3.90 m	Leonardo Oliveros  Guatemala	3.45 m	Only two starters
Long jump	Chavez Penn  Jamaica	2.10 m	Andrew Stone  Cayman Islands	2.07 m	Jaidi James  Trinidad and Tobago	1.95 m
Triple jump	Immani Mathew  Trinidad and Tobago	7.71 m	Andrew Stone  Cayman Islands	7.36 m	Andrew Steele  Trinidad and Tobago	7.30 m (w)
Shot put (5 kg)	Ángel Montanez  Puerto Rico	15.54 m	Jordy Soto  Costa Rica	11.98 m	Only two starters
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	José Sebastián Albizu  Guatemala	41.62 m	Anthony Gómez  Costa Rica	40.93 m	Only two starters
Hammer throw† (5 kg)	Juan David Contreras  Guatemala	42.48 m	Anthony Gómez  Costa Rica	35.21 m	Only two starters
Javelin throw (700 g)	Malique Francis  Antigua and Barbuda	56.18 m	Wilson Morales  Guatemala	51.70 m	Only two starters
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

†Exhibition event

U18 Combined

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Decathlon (U18)	Kenny Moxey Jr.  Bahamas	6095 pts	Maxwell Álvarez  Guatemala	5528 pts	Exhibition event
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

U18 Girls

U18 Track

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Theianna Terrelonge  Jamaica	11.41	Frances Colón  Puerto Rico	11.50	La'Nica Locker  Antigua and Barbuda	11.54
200 metres (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Theianna Terrelonge  Jamaica	23.53	La'Nica Locker  Antigua and Barbuda	23.64	Frances Colón  Puerto Rico	24.08
400 metres	Chloe Symon  Canada	55.37	Akira Malaver  Trinidad and Tobago	55.77	Breanne Barnett  Haiti	56.01
800 metres	Michelle Smith  U.S. Virgin Islands	2:09.90	Stephanie Bertram  Canada	2:10.88	Gabriella Ruggeri  Canada	2:12.04
1500 metres	Abby Lewis  Canada	4:35.01 CR	Stephanie Bertram  Canada	4:37.97	Ashlyn Simmons  Barbados	4:49.18
3000 metres	Abby Lewis  Canada	10:01.67 CR	Karla Rodas  Guatemala	11:22.26	María Paula Leiva  Costa Rica	11:58.96
100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm) (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Naomi Byam  Canada	13.77	Michelle Smith  U.S. Virgin Islands	13.88	Sofia Swindell  U.S. Virgin Islands	14.01
400 metres hurdles	Michelle Smith  U.S. Virgin Islands	56.99 CR	Darvinique Dean  Bahamas	61.13	Keneisha Shelbourne  Trinidad and Tobago	61.68
4 × 100 metres relay	Trinidad and Tobago Symphony Patrick Janae De Gannes Gianna Paul Akira Malaver	45.99	Bahamas Phebe Thompson Shatalya Dorsett Nia Richards Shayann Demeritte	46.42	Puerto Rico Legna Echevarría Frances Colón Darelys Dominguez Karina Franceschi	46.49
4 × 400 metres relay	Canada Naomi Byam Stryker Zablocki Gracy Smith Chloe Symon	3:49.97	Bahamas Darvinique Dean Shatalya Dorsett Nya Wright Alexis Roberts	3:51.20	Costa Rica Elineth Navarro Victoria Jara Antonella Lanuza Mariangel Núñez	4:08.98
10 kilometres walk	María José González  Guatemala	25:41.65	Chelsea Araya  Costa Rica	27:33.57	Keesha Vázquez  Puerto Rico	29:07.76
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

U18 Field

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Jah'kyla Morton  British Virgin Islands	1.74 m	Keneisha Shelbourne  Trinidad and Tobago	1.71 m	Koi Adderley  Bahamas	1.65 m
Long jump	Janae De Gannes  Trinidad and Tobago	6.11 m CR	Legna Echevarría  Puerto Rico	6.08 m (w)	Brooklyn Lyttle  Belize	5.72 m (w)
Triple jump	Asia Phillips  Canada	13.55 m	Jaeda Robinson  Jamaica	12.14 m	Brooklyn Lyttle  Belize	11.65 m (w)
Shot put (wind: 3 kg)	Peyton Winter  Trinidad and Tobago	14.53 m	Annae Mackey  Bahamas	13.09 m	Mikayla Brown  Cayman Islands	12.65 m
Discus throw	Cailyn Johnson  Bahamas	40.85 m	Ruth Irvine  Trinidad and Tobago	33.82 m	Luna Mora  Costa Rica	32.76 m
Javelin throw	Ciara Marie Martínez  Puerto Rico	44.94 m	Dior Rae Scott  Bahamas	41.39 m	Taysha Stubbs  Bahamas	40.68 m
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

U18 Combined

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Heptathlon (U18)	Gianna Paul  Trinidad and Tobago	4618 pts	Tenique Vincent  Trinidad and Tobago	4600 pts	Mariangel Núñez  Costa Rica	4069 pts
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

U18 Mixed

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay	Bahamas Zion Miller Nya Wright Zion Shepherd Alexis Roberts	3:31.29	Canada Robin Lefebvre Stephanie Bertram LJ Nelson Gabriella Ruggeri	3:31.96	Trinidad and Tobago Kyle Williams Akira Malaver Keeran Sriskandarajah Keneisha Shelbourne	3:33.13

Participating nations

According to an official count, 448 athletes from 28 countries participated.

•  Anguilla (3)
•  Antigua and Barbuda (6)
•  Aruba (1)
•  Bahamas (48)
•  Barbados (13)
•  Belize (5)
•  Bermuda (6)
•  British Virgin Islands (9)
•  Canada (40)
•  Cayman Islands (7)
•  Costa Rica (46)
•  Cuba (4)
•  Dominica (4)
•  Dominican Republic (5)
•  El Salvador (6)
•  Grenada (1)
•  Guatemala (20)
•  Haiti (5)
•  Honduras (1)
•  Jamaica (69)
•  Montserrat (1)
•  Nicaragua (4)
•  Puerto Rico (25)
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6)
•  Trinidad and Tobago (38)
•  Turks and Caicos Islands (5)
•  United States (62)
•  United States Virgin Islands (5)