Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics

The Central American Junior and Youth Championships in Athletics (Spanish: Campeonatos Centroamericanos Juvenil A y B) is an athletics event organized by the Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation (CADICA) (Spanish: Confederación Atlética del Istmo Centroamericano) open for athletes from member associations.

The event is divided into the Junior B Central American Championships and the Junior A Central American Championships. The Junior A category is open for girls and boys aged 18–19. The Junior B category is open for girls and boys aged 15–17. There is a report on an early Central American Junior Championship held in the year 1975 in Guatemala.^[1] At least from 1997 on, it is verified that the competition is held annually. Records can be set by both Junior (U-20) and Youth (U-18) athletes who compete at the championships in their category representing one of CADICA's member federations.^[2][3]

Editions

The following list was compiled from the CADICA website,^[4] and from a variety of articles from the archives of a variety of different newspapers.^{[1][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]}

Edition Junior/Youth	Year	City	Country	Date	Venue	No. of Athletes	Winner Team Ranking
	1975	Guatemala City	Guatemala
	1994			June
	1995	San Salvador	El Salvador	August 19–21
X / V	1997	Guatemala City	Guatemala	June 20–22
XI / VI	1998		Nicaragua	May 29–30
XII / VII	1999	Puerto Barrios	Guatemala	June 12–13
XIII / VIII	2000	San José	Costa Rica	June 16–18	Estadio Nacional	561	Costa Rica
XIV / IX	2001	San Salvador	El Salvador	September 21–23
XV / X	2002	Guatemala City	Guatemala	May 24–26	Estadio Nacional Doroteo Guamuch Flores
XVI / XI	2003	San José	Costa Rica	September 4–6	Estadio Nacional	301	Costa Rica
XVII / XII	2004	San José	Costa Rica	June 11–12	Estadio Nacional	279	Costa Rica
XVIII / XIII	2005	Managua	Nicaragua	May 21–22	Estadio Olímpico Instituto Nicaragüense de Juventud y Deportes	250	Costa Rica
XIX / XIV	2006	Guatemala City	Guatemala	May 11–13	Estadio Cementos Progreso		Guatemala
XX / XV	2007	San Salvador	El Salvador	May 25–27	Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca "Magico Gonzalez"	320	Costa Rica
XXI / XVI	2008	San Salvador	El Salvador	July 19–20	Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca "Magico Gonzalez"	372	El Salvador
XXII / XVII	2009	San Salvador	El Salvador	May 16–17	Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca "Magico Gonzalez"	218	Guatemala
XXIII / XVIII	2010	Panama City	Panama	May 28–29	Estadio Rommel Fernandez	250	Costa Rica
XXIV / XIX	2011	San Salvador	El Salvador	June 18–19	Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca "Magico Gonzalez"	245	Costa Rica
XXV / XX	2012	San Salvador	El Salvador	May 25–27	Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca "Magico Gonzalez"	301	Costa Rica
XXVI / XXI	2013	San José	Costa Rica	May 24–26	Estadio Nacional	247	Costa Rica
XXVII / XXII	2014	Managua	Nicaragua	May 23–25	Estadio de Atletismo del Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes	332	Guatemala
XXVIII / XXIII	2015	San Salvador	El Salvador	May 22–24	Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca "Magico Gonzalez"		Guatemala
XXIX / XXIV	2016	San José	Costa Rica	May 20–22	Estadio Nacional	319	Costa Rica
XXX / XXV	2017	Managua	Nicaragua	July 28–30	Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua	345	Guatemala
XXXI / XXVI	2018	San Salvador	El Salvador	June 1–3	Estadio Nacional Jorge "Magico" Gonzalez	247	El Salvador
XXXII / XXVII	2019	San Salvador	El Salvador	May 17–19	Estadio Nacional Jorge "Magico" Gonzalez	274	Costa Rica
XXXIII / XXVIII	2021	Managua	Nicaragua	July 30–August 1	Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua	148	Guatemala
XXXIV / XXIX	2022	Managua	Nicaragua	June 17–19	Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua	203	Costa Rica
XXXV / XXX	2023	Guatemala City	Guatemala	June 3–4	Estadio Cementos Progreso		Costa Rica
XXXVI / XXXI	2024	San José	Costa Rica	May 18–19	Estadio Nacional

Junior records

Boys (U-20)

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place	Ref
100 m	10.46 (-0.1 m/s)	Mateo Edward	Panama	25 May 2012	2012 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
200 m	21.08 (-1.2 m/s)	Alonso Edward	Panama	27 May 2007	2007 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
400 m	46.90	Antonio Grant	Panama	2 June 2018	2018 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[19]
800 m	1:49.95	Juan Castro Villalobos	Costa Rica	1 June 2018	2018 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[19]
1500 m	3:54.68	Mario Pacay	Guatemala	13 June 2015	2015 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
5000 m	14:31.11	Mario Pacay	Guatemala	12 June 2015	2015 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
10000 m	31:11.93	Mario Pacay	Guatemala	14 June 2015	2015 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
3000 m steeplechase	9:23.14	Erick Rodríguez	Nicaragua	16 May 2009	2009 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
110 m hurdles	14.06 s (+1.6 m/s)	Renan Palma	El Salvador	19 July 2008	2008 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
400 m hurdles	51.88	José Humberto Bermúdez	Guatemala	28 July 2017	2017 Managua	Managua, Nicaragua	[18]
High jump	2.11 m	Jaime Escobar Valdivieso	Panama	12 June 2015	2015 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
Pole vault	4.81 m	Natán Rivera	El Salvador	30 July 2017	2017 Managua	Managua, Nicaragua	[18]
Long jump	7.51 m	Irving Saladino	Panama	24 May 2002	2002 Guatemala	Guatemala City, Guatemala	[18]
Triple jump	15.63 m (+0.8 m/s)	Jason Castro	Honduras	29 May 2010	2010 Panamá	Panama City, Panama	[18]
Shot put	16.58 m	Bryan Méndez	Costa Rica	18 June 2011	2011 San Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
Discus throw	49.00 m	Marlón Queme	Guatemala	29 July 2017	2017 Managua	Managua, Nicaragua	[18]
Hammer throw	64.24 m	Enrique Martinez Florez	El Salvador	30 July 2017	2017 Managua	Managua, Nicaragua	[18]
Javelin throw	60.90 m	Rowie Miranda	Panama	21 May 2016	2016 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
Decathlon	6121 pts	Darwin Colón	Honduras	12–13 May 2006	2006 Guatemala	Guatemala City, Guatemala	[18]
	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)	42:51.82	José Eduardo Ortiz	Guatemala	2 June 2018	2018 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[19]
4×100 m relay	42.04	Arturo Deliser Gino Toscano Jaime Smith Erick Aguirre	Panama	21 May 2016	2016 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
4×400 m relay	3:13.51	Gerald Drummond Cesar Andrey Vásquez David Hodgson Luis Alonso Murillo	Costa Rica	27 May 2012	2012 San Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]

Girls (U-20)

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place	Ref
100 m	11.66 (-0.2 m/s) NR	Mariandreé Chacón	Guatemala	17 June 2022	2022 Championships	Managua, Nicaragua	[20]
200 m	24.93 (NWI)	Glenda Davis	Costa Rica	25 May 2013	2013 San José	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
400 m	54.93	Daniela Rojas Gutiérrez	Costa Rica	22 May 2016	2016 San José	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
800 m	2:12.81	Brenda Salmerón	El Salvador	16 May 2009	2009 El Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
1500 m	4:40.77	Brenda Salmerón	El Salvador	17 May 2009	2009 El Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
3000 m	10:26.41	Noelia Vargas	Costa Rica	3 June 2018	2018 El Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador	[19]
5000 m	18:14.91	Noelia Vargas	Costa Rica	1 June 2018	2018 El Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador	[19]
10000 m	38:04.45	Eugenia Allen	Costa Rica	24 May 2002	2002 Guatemala	Guatemala City, Guatemala	[18]
100 m hurdles	13.80 (+0.8 m/s)	Andrea Carolina Vargas	Costa Rica	24 May 2014	2014 Managua	Managua, Nicaragua	[18]
400 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	1:00.66	Daniela Rojas Gutiérrez	Costa Rica	20 May 2016	2016 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
3000 m steeplechase	11:44.88	Irma Margarita Aldana	El Salvador	22 May 2016	2016 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
High jump	1.68 m	Kashany Ríos	Panama	29 May 2010	2010 Panamá	Panama City, Panama	[18]
Pole vault	3.51 m	Andrea Michelle Velasco	El Salvador	20 May 2016	2016 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
Long jump	5.80 m	Estefany Cruz	Guatemala	19 July 2008	2008 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
Triple jump	12.32 m (0.0 m/s)	Nancy Sandoval	El Salvador	30 July 2017	2017 Managua	Managua, Nicaragua	[18]
Shot put	11.94 m	Nathyan Catano	Panama	5 September 2003	2003 San José	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
Discus throw	44.67 m	Aixa Middleton	Panama	26 May 2007	2007 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
Hammer throw	53.79 m	Sabrina Gaitán	Guatemala	14 June 2015	2015 El Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
Javelin throw	48.05 m	Dalila Rugama	Nicaragua	6 September 2003	2003 San José	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
Heptathlon	4364 pts	Stephanie Grant	Costa Rica	19–20 August 1995	1995 San Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
	16.09 (100 m hurdles), 1.64 m (high jump), 6.78 m (shot put), 26.12 (200 metres), 5.21 m (long jump), 24.20 m (javelin), 2:23.09 (800 m)
10000 m walk (track)	48:37.27	Noelia Vargas	Costa Rica	2 June 2018	2018 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[19]
4×100 m relay	48.09	Nathalee Joane Aranda Kaila Xiomara Smith Ana María Martínez Gabriela Shimara Guevara	Panama	25 May 2013	2013 San José	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
4×400 m relay	3:53.95	María Segura Vargas Lissette Ramírez Núñez Alejandra Murillo Barrantes Daniela Rojas Gutiérrez	Costa Rica	22 May 2016	2016 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[18]

Youth records

Key:   Defunct event

Boys (U-18)

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place	Ref
100 m	10.78 (-0.5 m/s)	Arturo Deliser	Panama	23 May 2014	2014 Managua	Managua, Nicaragua	[18]
200 m	21.61	Arturo Deliser	Panama	25 May 2013	2013 San José	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
400 m	48.51	Antonio Grant	Panama	22 May 2016	2016 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
800 m	1:52.03	Juan Diego Castro Villalobos	Costa Rica	20 May 2016	2016 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
1500 m	3:59.69	Juan Diego Castro Villalobos	Costa Rica	22 May 2016	2016 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
3000 m	8:48.11	Roy Vargas	Costa Rica	19 August 1995	1995 San Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
110 m hurdles (91 cm)	13.94 (NWI)	Wienstan Mena	Guatemala	13 June 2015	2015 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
400 m hurdles (84 cm)	53.26	Pablo Ibáñez	El Salvador	12 June 2015	2015 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
2000 m steeplechase	6:15.80	Allan Rodriguez Mata	Costa Rica	3 June 2018	2018 El Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador	[19]
High jump	1.97 m	Francisco Rodriguez Castaneda	El Salvador	28 July 2017	2017 Managua	Managua, Nicaragua	[18]
Pole vault	4.21 m	Natán Armando Rivera	El Salvador	25 May 2014	2014 Managua	Managua, Nicaragua	[18]
Long jump	7.02 m	Juan Mosquera	Panama	18 June 2011	2011 San Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
Triple jump	14.93 m	Jason Castro	Honduras	20 July 2008	2008 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
Shot put	15.34 m	Pablo Abarca	Costa Rica	23 May 2014	2014 Managua	Managua, Nicaragua	[18]
Discus throw	45.79 m	José Francisco Araya	Costa Rica	26 May 2012	2012 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
Hammer throw	62.76 m	Rodrigo Moran Gaitan	Guatemala	3 June 2018	2018 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[19]
Javelin throw	67.93 m	Armando Abdiel Caballero	Panama	1 June 2018	2018 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[19]
Decathlon	6240 pts	Mauricio Galindo Vega	Guatemala	29–30 July 2017	2017 Managua	Managua, Nicaragua	[18]
	11.69 (+1.2 m/s) (100 m), 6.25 m (-1.6 m/s) (long jump), 13.83 m (shot put), 1.84 m (high jump), 53.08 (400 m), 15.38 (1.0 m/s) (110 m hurdles), 33.64 m (discus), 3.20 m (pole vault), 41.48 m (javelin), 4:50.05 (1500 m)
10000 m walk (track)	44:05.92	Oseas Abimael Accu	Guatemala	2 June 2018	2018 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[19]
4×100 m relay	43.18	Keiner Arboine Kluiverth Nuñez Sebastian Alonso Piza Kayle Farguharson	Costa Rica	30 July 2017	2017 Managua	Managua, Nicaragua	[18]
Medley relay	1:57.06	Arturo Deliser Gino Alfredo Toscano José Abdul Demera Miguel Angel Ortega	Panama	25 May 2013	2013 San José	San José, Costa Rica	[18]

Girls (U-18)

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Championships	Place	Ref
100 m	11.90 (+0.1 m/s)	Selena Arjona	Panama	20 May 2016	2016 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
200 m	24.86 (+1.7 m/s)	Rosa Benita Baltazar	Guatemala	22 May 2016	2016 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
400 m	56.78	Kathi Cuadra	Nicaragua	29 May 2010	2010 Panamá	Panama City, Panama	[18]
800 m	2:10.66	Brenda Salmerón	El Salvador	25 May 2007	2007 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
1500 m	4:38.73	Brenda Salmerón	El Salvador	26 May 2007	2007 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
3000 m	10:14.39	Ana Hercules	El Salvador	12 June 2015	2015 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
100 m hurdles	14.10	Verónica Quijano	El Salvador	21 June 1997	1997 Guatemala	Guatemala City, Guatemala	[18]
400 m hurdles	63.61	Andrea Vargas	Costa Rica	24 May 2013	2013 San José	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
2000 m steeplechase	7:24.45	Irma Aldana	El Salvador	14 June 2015	2015 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
High jump	1.67 m	Kashani Ríos	Panama	20 July 2008	2008 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
Pole vault	3.21 m	Fátima Soto	El Salvador	21 May 2016	2016 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
Long jump	5.72 m (+0.2 m/s)	Nathalee Aranda	Panama	18 June 2011	2011 San Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
Triple jump	12.23 m (+1.4 m/s)	Nancy Sandoval	El Salvador	22 May 2016	2016 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
Shot put (3.0 kg)	13.37 m	Jennifer Rodriguez	Panama	30 July 2017	2017 Managua	Managua, Nicaragua	[18]
Discus throw	40.07 m	Sabrina Gaitán	Guatemala	24 May 2014	2014 Managua	Managua, Nicaragua	[18]
Hammer (3.0 kg)	62.49 m	Sabrina Gaitán	Guatemala	25 May 2014	2014 Managua	Managua, Nicaragua	[18]
Javelin throw (500 g)	46.47 m	Jennifer Rodríguez	Panama	29 July 2017	2017 Managua	Managua, Nicaragua	[18]
Javelin throw (600 g)	47.64 m	Jannis Ramírez	Nicaragua	11 June 2004	2004 San José	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
Heptathlon	3830 pts	Victoria Grenni Alvarado	El Salvador	1–2 June 2018	2018 El Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador	[19]
	16.27 (+1.6 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.52 m (high jump), 8.33 m (shot put), 27.13 (-0.3 m/s) (200 metres), 4.10 m (+1.7 m/s) (long jump), 24.67 m (javelin), 2:40.13 (800 m)
5000 m walk (track)	23:31.28	Jamy Franco	Guatemala	25 May 2007	2007 Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	[18]
4×100 m relay	49.23	Mariella Eugenia Mena Camila María Eserski Mikaela María Rank Nancy Gabriela Sandoval	El Salvador	21 May 2016	2016 Championships	San José, Costa Rica	[18]
Swedish relay	2:15.99	Eugenia Stargarten Ingrid Narváez Kathi Cuadra Vanessa Romero	Nicaragua	29 May 2010	2010 Panamá	Panama City, Panama	[18]

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External links

• CADICA website (in Spanish)