List of Central American and Caribbean under-23 bests in athletics

CAC U23 bests in the sport of athletics are the all-time best marks set in competition by aged 22 or younger throughout the entire calendar year of the performance and competing for a member nation of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC). Technically, in all under-23 age divisions, the age is calculated "on December 31 of the year of competition" to avoid age group switching during a competitive season. CACAC doesn't maintain an official list for such performances. All bests shown on this list are tracked by statisticians not officially sanctioned by the governing body.

Outdoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m	9.69 (0.0 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	16 August 2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	21 years, 361 days
200 m	19.26 (+0.7 m/s)	Yohan Blake	Jamaica	16 September 2011	Memorial Van Damme	Brussels, Belgium	21 years, 264 days	[1]
400 m	43.74	Kirani James	Grenada	3 July 2014	Athletissima	Lausanne, Switzerland	21 years, 305 days	[2]
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
5000 m
10000 m
Marathon
110 m hurdles	12.87 (+0.9 m/s)	Dayron Robles	Cuba	6 June 2008	Golden Spike Ostrava	Ostrava, Czech Republic	20 years, 200 days
300 m hurdles	34.94	Yeral Nuñez	Dominican Republic	1 April 2023	Felix Sánchez Classic	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	20 years, 82 days	[3]
400 m hurdles	47.34	Roshawn Clarke	Jamaica	21 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	19 years, 51 days	[4]
3000 m steeplechase
High jump	2.44 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	29 July 1989	CAC Championships	San Juan, Puerto Rico	21 years, 289 days
Pole vault
Long jump	8.68 m (+1.7 m/s)	Juan Miguel Echevarría	Cuba	30 June 2018	25th Weitsprung Meeting	Bad Langensalza, Germany	19 years, 323 days	[5]
Triple jump	18.08 m (0.0 m/s)	Pedro Pablo Pichardo	Cuba	28 May 2015	Copa Cuba-Memorial Barrientos	Havana, Cuba	21 years, 332 days	[6]
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Decathlon
	100 m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400 m 110 m h (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500 m
10000 m walk (track)	39:27.10	Emiliano Barba	Mexico	30 August 2024	World U20 Championships	Lima, Peru	17 years, 160 days	[7]
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4×100 m relay	38.61 A	Alexavier Monfried Bryan Levell Andrew Gilipps Sandrey Davison	Jamaica	22 August 2021	World U20 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	17 years, 242 days 18 years, 209 days	[8]
4×400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m	10.81 (+1.7 m/s)	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia	14 May 2022	Big 12 Championships	Lubbock, United States	20 years, 338 days	[9]
200 m
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
5000 m
10000 m
Marathon
100 m hurdles	12.24 (-0.4 m/s)	Ackera Nugent	Jamaica	30 August 2024	Golden Gala	Rome, Italy	22 years, 123 days	[10]
200 m hurdles (straight)	24.86 (+0.1 m/s)	Shiann Salmon	Jamaica	23 May 2021	Adidas Boost Boston Games	Boston, United States	22 years, 53 days	[11]
400 m hurdles
3000 m steeplechase
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Heptathlon
	100m H (wind) High jump Shot put 200m (wind) Long jump (wind) Javelin 800m
10000 m walk (track)	44:13.88	Alegna González	Mexico	14 July 2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	19 years, 193 days	[12]
10 km walk (road)	44:50	Rachelle De Orbeta	Puerto Rico	10 February 2019	Oceania Race Walking Championships	Adelaide, Australia	18 years, 320 days	[13]
20 km walk (road)
4×100 m relay	42.94 A	Serena Cole Tina Clayton Kerrica Hill Tia Clayton	Jamaica	22 August 2021	World U20 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	17 years, 57 days 17 years, 5 days 16 years, 169 days 17 years, 5 days	[14]
4×400 m relay

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
60 m
200 m
400 m	44.80	Kirani James	Grenada	27 February 2011	SEC Championships	Fayetteville, United States	18 years, 179 days	[15][16]
800 m	1:46.20	Andrés Arroyo	Puerto Rico	27 February 2016	SEC Championships	Fayetteville, United States	20 years, 265 days	[17]
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles	7.33	Dayron Robles	Cuba	8 February 2008	PSD Bank Meeting	Düsseldorf, Germany	21 years, 81 days	[18]
High jump	2.43 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	4 March 1989	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	21 years, 142 days
Pole vault
Long jump	8.46 m	Juan Echevarría	Cuba	2 March 2018	World Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	19 years, 203 days	[19]
Triple jump
Shot put
Heptathlon	6272 pts	Ayden Owens-Delerme	Puerto Rico	28–29 January 2022	Razorback Invitational	Fayetteville, United States	21 years, 246 days	[20]
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m 6.82 7.42 m 14.74 m 2.04 m 7.86 4.85 m 2:35.93
5000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
60 m	6.94 A	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia	11 March 2023	NCAA Division I Championships	Albuquerque, United States	21 years, 274 days	[21]
200 m	22.01 A	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia	11 March 2023	NCAA Division I Championships	Albuquerque, United States	21 years, 274 days	[22]
400 m
800 m
1500 m
3000 m
60 m hurdles	7.72 A	Ackera Nugent	Jamaica	10 March 2023	NCAA Division I Championships	Albuquerque, United States	20 years, 315 days	[23]
High jump	2.01 m	Ioamnet Quintero	Cuba	5 March 1993		Berlin, Germany	20 years, 178 days
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump	14.47 m	Leyanis Perez	Cuba	4 February 2022	Meeting Elite de Miramas	Miramas, France	20 years, 25 days	[24]
Shot put
Pentathlon
	60m H High jump Shot put Long jump 800m
3000 m walk
4×400 m relay

References

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