Athletics at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games

Athletics was one of the nine sports of the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games. The events were staged at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas between 20 and 23 July, shortly after the 2017 World U18 Championships in Athletics.^[1]

Athletics at the VI Commonwealth Youth Games
Dates	20–23 July
Host city	Nassau, Bahamas
Venue	Thomas Robinson Stadium
Level	U18
Events	29
Participation	309 athletes
← 2015 Apia 2023 Port of Spain → 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games

Medal summary

Boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Adell Colthrust  Trinidad and Tobago	10.55	Kevon Stone  Jamaica	10.59	Adrian Curry  Bahamas	10.61
200 metres	Aaron Sexton  Northern Ireland	21.57	Danel Mahautière  Dominica	21.61	Chad Miller  England	21.65
400 metres	Kennedy Luchembe  Zambia	47.63	Vaughn Taylor  Canada	47.92	Ramone Lindo  Jamaica	48.01
800 metres	Alex Botterill  England	1:52.22	Jordan Doris  Australia	1:52.82	Joshua Allen  England	1:53.09
1500 metres	John Mwangi Waweru  Kenya	3:48.86	Joshua Lay  England	3:49.35	Luke Duffy  England	3:49.70
3000 metres	Edwin Kiplagat Bett  Kenya	8:23.96	Joshua Desouza  Canada	8:35.15	Francis Damasi  Tanzania	8:37.51
110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm)	Samuel Bennett  England	13.71 GR	Jack Sumners  England	13.85	Denvaughn Whymns  Bahamas	13.88
400 metres hurdles (84.0 cm)	Alastair Chalmers  Guernsey	51.22	Seamus Derbyshire  England	52.00	Boitumelo Mayo  South Africa	52.20
High jump	Sean Szalek  Australia	2.11	Samual Hall  Canada	2.09	Shaun Miller  Bahamas	2.01
Long jump	Sheldon Noble  Antigua and Barbuda	7.64 GR	Benjamin Schmidtchen  Australia	7.54	Denvaughn Whymns  Bahamas	7.15
Shot put (5 kg)	Alexander Kolesnikoff  Australia	19.76	Nicholas Palmer  New Zealand	19.57	Cobe Graham  Jamaica	17.80
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	Connor Bell  New Zealand	63.17	James Tomlinson  Wales	60.11	Djimon Gumbs  British Virgin Islands	56.24
Javelin throw (500 g)	Neil Janse Van Rensburg  Australia	74.19	Tyriq Horsford  Trinidad and Tobago	69.43	Oscar Sullivan  Australia	66.23

Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Julien Alfred  Saint Lucia	11.56	Riley Day  Australia	11.59	Deondra Green  Canada	11.62
200 metres	Riley Day  Australia	23.42 =GR	Beyoncé Defreitas  British Virgin Islands	23.88	Ella Connolly  Australia	24.09
400 metres	Bendere Oboya  Australia	52.69	Ella Connolly  Australia	52.72	Amber Anning  England	53.68
800 metres	Carley Thomas  Australia	2:05.04	Anna Burt  England	2:05.31	Aurora Rynda  Canada	2:06.38
1500 metres	Erin Wallace  Scotland	4:16.61 GR	Emmaculate Chepkirui  Kenya	4:16.73	Katrina Robinson  New Zealand	4:17.19
3000 metres	Emmaculate Chepkirui  Kenya	9:25.20	Katrina Robinson  New Zealand	9:27.40	Brogan MacDougall  Canada	9:29.34
100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm)	Shanette Allison  Jamaica	13.26	Lateisha Willis  Australia	13.55	Katarina Vlahovic  Canada	13.58
400 metres hurdles	Johnelle Thomas  Jamaica	59.40 GR	Sharelle Samuel  Canada	59.59	Terice Steen  Jamaica	1:00.68
High jump	Sommer Lecky  Northern Ireland	1.83 GR	Emily Whelan  Australia	1.79	Imogen Skelton  New Zealand	1.76
Long jump	Holly Mills  England	6.19 GR	Tatiana Aholou  Canada	5.97	Lucy Hadaway  England	5.67
Shot put (3 kg)	Trinity Tutti  Canada	17.82 GR	Sarah Omoregie  Wales	16.74	Styliana Kyriakidou  Cyprus	15.57
Discus throw	Trinity Tutti  Canada	49.57	Tatiana Kaumoana  New Zealand	45.54	Dolly Gabri  Canada	44.70
Javelin throw (500 g)	Josephine Lalam  Uganda	51.89	Ellie Bowyer  Australia	50.64	Emma Howe  England	47.04

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay	Australia[2] Riley Day Ella Connolly Ben Schmidtchen Jake Doran	43.19	Jamaica Kevon Stone David Tomilson Anna-Kay Allen Shanette Allison	43.62	Bahamas Marissa White Tylar Lightbourne Kristin Major Joel Johnson	43.83
Mixed 4 × 200 metres relay	Bahamas Doneisha Anderson Kayvon Stubbs Joel Johnson Shaquiel Higgs	1:31.50	England Vera Chinedu Georgina Adam Chad Miller Samuel Bennett	1:31.77	Botswana	1:33.51
Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay	Australia Bendere Oboya Sebastien Moir Carley Thomas Jordan Doris	3:25.08 AU18B	England Emma Alderson Amber Anning Alex Botterill Joshua Faulds	3:25.45	Bahamas Doneisha Anderson Wendira Moss Corey Sherrod Tyrell Simms	3:34.06

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Bahamas)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	8	7	2	17
2	England (ENG)	3	6	6	15
3	Kenya (KEN)	3	1	0	4
4	Canada (CAN)	2	5	5	12
5	Jamaica (JAM)	2	2	3	7
6	Northern Ireland (NIR)	2	0	0	2
7	New Zealand (NZL)	1	3	2	6
8	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	1	1	0	2
9	Bahamas (BAH)*	1	0	6	7
10	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	1	0	0	1
	Guernsey (GUE)	1	0	0	1
	Saint Lucia (LCA)	1	0	0	1
	Scotland (SCO)	1	0	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	1	0	0	1
	Zambia (ZAM)	1	0	0	1
16	Wales (WAL)	0	2	0	2
17	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	0	1	1	2
18	Dominica (DMA)	0	1	0	1
19	Botswana (BOT)	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus (CYP)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa (RSA)	0	0	1	1
	Tanzania (TAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		29	29	29	87