2009 Central American Championships in Athletics

XX Central American Championships in Athletics
Dates	June 12–13
Host city	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Venue	Estadio Cementos Progreso
Level	Senior
Events	40 (21 men, 19 women)
Participation	163 athletes from 7 nations
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The 20th Central American Championships in Athletics were held at the Estadio Cementos Progreso in Guatemala City, Guatemala, between June 12–13, 2009.

A total of 40 events were contested, 21 by men and 19 by women.

Participation

A total of 163 athletes from 7 countries were reported to participate:^[1]

•  Belize (10)
•  Costa Rica (29)
•  El Salvador (34)
•  Guatemala (56)
•  Honduras (15)
•  Nicaragua (19)
• Panamá (1)

Medal summary

Complete results and medal winners were published.^[2][3][4][5]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: NWI)	Rolando Palacios (HON)	10.38	Bryan Brown (CRC)	10.60	Josef Norales (HON)	10.86
200 metres (wind: NWI)	Rolando Palacios (HON)	20.99 CR	Gary Robinson (CRC)	21.43	Renán Palma (ESA)	21.59
400 metres	Hans Villagrán (GUA)	47.77	Pedro Miguel Suazo (HON)	48.19	Víctor Cantillano (CRC)	48.31
800 metres	Marco Pérez (CRC)	1:54.93	Arnoldo Monge (CRC)	1:55.86	Edgar Cortés (NCA)	1:56.47
1500 metres	Erick Rodríguez (NCA)	3:58.92	José Carlos Raxón (GUA)	3:59.43	Estuardo Palacios (GUA)	4:01.97
5000 metres	José Amado García (GUA)	14:55.44	Jeremías Saloj (GUA)	14:55.72	José Carlos Raxón (GUA)	15:07.59
10000 metres	Jeremías Saloj (GUA)	31:12.39	William Chamán (GUA)	32:46.74	William Sánchez (ESA)	37:17.32
3000 metres steeplechase	Erick Rodríguez (NCA)	9:35.44	Dolman Barrios (GUA)	9:51.16	Domingo Alvarez (GUA)	10:00.23
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.4 m/s)	Ronald Bennett (HON)	14.14 CR	Jonathan Williams (BIZ)	14.23	Renán Palma (ESA)	14.59
400 metres hurdles	Jonathan Williams (BIZ)	49.73 CR	Allan Ayala (GUA)	50.16	Camilo Quevedo (GUA)	52.84
High Jump	Henry Linton (CRC)	2.05	Byron Nolberto (GUA)	1.95	Marlon Colorado (ESA)	1.95
Long Jump	Jonathan Romero (PAN)	7.41 (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Kessel Campbell (HON)	7.35 (wind: 0.0 m/s)	Jason Castro (HON)	7.06 (wind: 1.0 m/s)
Triple Jump	Jason Castro (HON)	15.49 CR (wind: NWI)	Juan Carlos Nájera (GUA)	15.32 (wind: NWI)	Jonathan Romero (PAN)	15.28 (wind: NWI)
Shot Put	Henry Santos (GUA)	14.74	Roberto Sawyers (CRC)	14.68	Luis Folgar (GUA)	14.38
Discus Throw	Roberto Sawyers (CRC)	48.39 CR	Raúl Rivera (GUA)	44.69	Winston Campbell (HON)	44.49
Hammer Throw	Raúl Rivera (GUA)	64.73 CR	Roberto Sawyers (CRC)	64.13	Diego Berrios (GUA)	55.27
Javelin Throw	Rigoberto Calderón (NCA)	65.42	Kenley Olivas (NCA)	63.75	Luis Taracena (GUA)	60.25
Decathlon	Darvin Colón (HON)	6279	Marco Rodríguez (ESA)	4936	Allan Bustillo (HON)	4768
20000 m walk	Walter Sandoval (ESA)	1:25:19.91 CR, NR	Allan Segura (CRC)	1:27:39.56	Ricardo Reyes (ESA)	1:27:48.29
4 x 100 metres relay	Honduras Ronald Bennett Pedro Miguel Suazo Rolando Palacios Josef Norales	41.03 CR	Costa Rica	41.46
4 x 400 metres relay	Guatemala	3:14.00	Costa Rica	3:14.03	Honduras	3:22.17

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: NWI)	Kaina Martínez (BIZ)	11.98 CR	Sharolyn Scott (CRC)	12.05	Mariela Leal (CRC)	12.20
200 metres (wind: NWI)	Sharolyn Scott (CRC)	24.75	Mariela Leal (CRC)	25.11	Shantely Scott (CRC)	25.17
400 metres	Fátima Castro (ESA)	57.32	Tamara Quintanilla (ESA)	57.39	Jessica Aguilera (NCA)	58.25
800 metres	Gladys Landaverde (ESA)	2:16.08	Wendy Zúñiga (CRC)	2:17.00	Cecilia Gutiérrez (GUA)	2:17.94
1500 metres	Gladys Landaverde (ESA)	4:49.12	Cecilia Gutiérrez (GUA)	4:49.58	Wendy Zúñiga (CRC)	4:50.33
5000 metres	Elida De Xuyá (GUA)	18:17.31	Imelda Bac (GUA)	18:19.30	Elsa Monterroso (GUA)	18:23.77
3000 metres steeplechase^†	Evonne Marroquín (GUA)	11:35.24	Blanca Solís (ESA)	12:29.34
100 metres hurdles (wind: 0.5 m/s)	Jeimmy Bernárdez (HON)	14.32	Ana María Porras (CRC)	14.92	Claudia Marisol Villeda (GUA)	15.48
400 metres hurdles	Ana María Porras (CRC)	63.61	Bessy Flores (ESA)	66.02	Iris Santamaría (ESA)	68.47
Long Jump	Ana María Porras (CRC)	5.54 (wind: 0.1 m/s)	Tricia Flores (BIZ)	5.43 (wind: 0.2 m/s)	Aneliesse Aldana (GUA)	5.26 (wind: 0.8 m/s)
Triple Jump	Estefany Cruz (GUA)	12.09 (wind: NWI)	Ana Lucía Camargo (GUA)	11.52 (wind: NWI)	Kay-De Vaughn (BIZ)	11.34 (wind: NWI)
Shot Put	Doroty López (GUA)	12.80	Stephanie Zúñiga (CRC)	10.55	Silvia Piñar (CRC)	10.49
Discus Throw	Doroty López (GUA)	42.97	Silvia Piñar (CRC)	37.59	Viviana Abarca (CRC)	35.91
Hammer Throw	Rosita De León (GUA)	48.45	Viviana Abarca (CRC)	43.54	Silvia Piñar (CRC)	36.91
Javelin Throw^†	Ginna von Quednow (GUA)	42.24	Génova Arias (CRC)	40.34	Adriana Morales (GUA)	38.80
Heptathlon	Alejandra Gómez (CRC)	3988	Ruth Morales (GUA)	3582	Andrea Melgar (ESA)	3511
10,000 metres Walk	Cristina López (ESA)	47:35.35 CR	Verónica Colindres (ESA)	49:46.02	Jamy Franco (GUA)	49:53.75
4 x 100 metres relay	Costa Rica Sharolyn Scott Mariela Leal Shantely Scott	47.61 CR	El Salvador Bessy Flores Tamara Quintanilla Fátima Castro Gladys Landaverde	48.80	Belize	49.80
4 x 400 metres relay	Costa Rica	3:52.31	El Salvador Iris Santamaría Fátima Castro Tamara Quintanilla Gladys Landaverde	3:55.99	Nicaragua	4:01.14

Note

^†: Event with no points for the team rankings because of the low number of participants.

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (Guatemala)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Guatemala*	13	12	13	38
2	Costa Rica	9	16	7	32
3	Honduras	7	2	5	14
4	El Salvador	5	7	7	19
5	Nicaragua	3	1	3	7
6	Belize	2	2	2	6
7	Panama	1	0	1	2
Totals (7 entries)		40	40	38	118

Team Rankings

Guatemala won the overall team ranking and the team ranking in the men's category. Costa Rica won the team ranking in the women's category^[3]

Total   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points  Guatemala 127  Costa Rica 104  El Salvador 63 4  Honduras 51 5  Nicaragua 28 6  Belize 23 7  Panama 7

Male   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points  Guatemala 78  Honduras 46  Costa Rica 43 4  El Salvador 22  Nicaragua 6  Belize 9 7  Panama 7

Female   The host country is highlighted in lavender blue Rank Nation Points  Costa Rica 61  Guatemala 49  El Salvador 41 4  Belize 14 5  Nicaragua 6 6  Honduras 5

References

1. Trejo, Julio (June 11, 2009), 163 deportistas en el XX Campeonato de Atletismo de Centroamérica (in Spanish), CACAC, retrieved September 12, 2012
2. Centroamericanos de Mayores (in Spanish), CADICA, August 29, 2012, archived from the original on July 8, 2013, retrieved September 12, 2012
3. XX CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO DE ATLETISMO MAYOR - Estadio Cementos Progreso - GUA - 12/06/2009 to 13/06/2009 - Resultados (PDF) (in Spanish), CADICA, archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016, retrieved September 11, 2012
4. Rodríguez C., José Luis (June 15, 2009), Torneo en Guatemala - Ticas reinan en atletismo del área (in Spanish), La Nación, San José, Costa Rica, retrieved September 11, 2012
5. Cárcamo, Rafael (June 15, 2009), El Salvador, tercero en C.A. Mayor de atletismo - El cuscatleco Walter Sandoval ganó los 20 km marcha con nueva marca regional (in Spanish), elsalvador.com, San Salvador, El Salvador, retrieved November 30, 2014