Pan American U20 Athletics Championships
Biennial sports event for track and field
The Pan American U20 Athletics Championships are a biennial sports event for track and field organized by the Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA) open for junior (U20) athletes from member and associate member associations. They were first held in 1980.[ 1] [ 2] Before the 2017 edition, the event was known as Pan American Junior Athletics Championships .
Editions
Medals (1980-2019)
Source:[ 3]
Championships records
Men
Event
Record
Athlete
Nationality
Date
Meet
Place
Ref
100 m
10.03 (+0.7 m/s)
Marcus Rowland
United States
2009
2009 Championships
Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago
200 m
20.13 (+0.0 m/s)
Usain Bolt
Jamaica
July 2003
2003 Championships
Bridgetown , Barbados
400 m
44.99
Jamal Walton
Cayman Islands
21 July 2017
2017 Championships
Trujillo , Peru
[ 4]
800 m
1:46.41
Ryan Sánchez
Puerto Rico
22 July 2017
2017 Championships
Trujillo , Peru
[ 5]
1500 m
3:43.16
Eric van der Els
United States
23 July 2017
2017 Championships
Trujillo , Peru
[ 6]
5000 m
14:12.11
Mohammed Ahmed
Canada
2009
2009 Championships
Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago
10000 m
29:28.6
Alejandro Villanueva
Mexico
June 1989
1989 Championships
Santa Fe , Argentina
110 m hurdles (99.0 cm)
13.08 (+2.0 m/s) WJR
Wayne Davis
United States
2009
2009 Championships
Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago
400 m hurdles
48.49 A
Alison Santos
Brazil
21 July 2019
2019 Championships
San José , Costa Rica
[ 7]
3000 m steeplechase
8:43.96
José Alberto Sánchez
Cuba
July 2005
2005 Championships
Windsor , Canada
High jump
2.27 m
Javier Sotomayor
Cuba
July 1986
1986 Championships
Winter Park , United States
Pole vault
5.50 m
Lawrence Johnson
United States
July 1993
1993 Championships
Winnipeg , Canada
Long jump
8.16 m
Dion Bentley
United States
June 1989
1989 Championships
Santa Fe , Argentina
Triple jump
16.93 m (−0.5 m/s)
David Giralt
Cuba
July 2003
2003 Championships
Bridgetown , Barbados
Shot put (6 kg)
22.02 m
Jordan Geist
United States
23 July 2017
2017 Championships
Trujillo , Peru
[ 8]
Discus throw (1.75 kg)
66.58 m
Travis Smikle
Jamaica
July 2011
2011 Championships
Miramar , United States
[ 9]
Hammer throw (6 kg)
80.21 m
Humberto Mansilla
Chile
2 August 2015
2015 Championships
Edmonton , Canada
[ 10]
Javelin throw
76.95 m A
Tzuriel Pedigo
United States
20 July 2019
2019 Championships
San José , Costa Rica
[ 11]
Decathlon
8037 pts
Harrison Williams
United States
31 July – 1 August 2015
2015 Championships
Edmonton , Canada
[ 12]
10.67 (+2.9 m/s) (100 m) , 6.98 m (+3.7 m/s) (long jump) , 13.71 m (shot put) , 2.03 m (high jump) , 48.28 (400 m) / 14.41 (-1.0 m/s) (110 m hurdles) , 39.68 m (discus) , 5.00 m (pole vault) , 51.77 m (javelin) , 4:29.20 (1500 m)
10000 m walk (track)
39:50.73
Jefferson Pérez
Ecuador
July 1993
1993 Championships
Winnipeg , Canada
4 × 100 m relay
38.62 A WU20R
Arian Smith Justin Ofotan Marcellus Moore Matthew Boling
United States
20 July 2019
2019 Championships
San José , Costa Rica
[ 13]
4 × 400 m relay
2:59.30 A WU20R
Frederick Lewis Matthew Boling Matthew Moorer Justin Robinson
United States
21 July 2019
2019 Championships
San José , Costa Rica
[ 14]
Women
Event
Record
Athlete
Nationality
Date
Meet
Place
Ref
100 m
11.22 (0.8 m/s)
Chalonda Goodman
United States
2009
2009 Championships
Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago
200 m
22.35 (+1.6 m/s)
Shawnti Jackson
United States
6 August 2023
2023 Championships
Mayagüez , Puerto Rico
[ 15]
400 m
51.46
Roxana Gomez
Cuba
21 July 2017
2017 Championships
Trujillo , Peru
[ 16]
800 m
2:03.70
Mairelín Fuentes
Cuba
July 1997
1997 Championships
Havana , Cuba
1500 m
4:16.07
Fabiana Da Silva
Brazil
July 1997
1997 Championships
Havana , Cuba
3000 m
9:05.78
Ellie Shea
United States
6 August 2023
2023 Championships
Mayagüez , Puerto Rico
[ 17]
5000 m
16:23.35
Rachael Reddy
United States
1 August 2015
2015 Championships
Edmonton , Canada
[ 18]
100 m hurdles
13.01 (+0.4 m/s)
Tia Jones
United States
21 July 2017
2017 Championships
Trujillo , Peru
[ 19]
400 m hurdles
55.94 A
Jessica de Oliveira
Brazil
21 July 2019
2019 Championships
San José , Costa Rica
[ 20]
3000 m steeplechase
10:04.71
Sabine Heitling
Brazil
July 2005
2005 Championships
Windsor , Canada
High jump
1.96 m =WYB
Vashti Cunningham
United States
1 August 2015
2015 Championships
Edmonton , Canada
[ 21]
Pole vault
4.41 m
Rachel Baxter
United States
21 July 2017
2017 Championships
Trujillo , Peru
[ 22]
Long jump
6.46 m (-0.4 m/s)
Yudelkis Fernández
Cuba
July 2003
2003 Championships
Bridgetown , Barbados
Triple jump
14.08 m (0.0 m/s)
Liadagmis Povea
Cuba
2 August 2015
2015 Championships
Edmonton , Canada
[ 23]
Shot put
18.27 m
Raven Saunders
United States
31 July 2015
2015 Championships
Edmonton , Canada
[ 24]
Discus throw
59.53 m A
Melany del Pilar Matheus
Cuba
20 July 2019
2019 Championships
San José , Costa Rica
[ 25]
Hammer throw
64.80 m
Arasay Tondike
Cuba
July 2005
2005 Championships
Windsor , Canada
Javelin throw
63.86 m WJR
Yuleimis Aguilar
Cuba
2 August 2015
2015 Championships
Edmonton , Canada
[ 26]
Heptathlon
5847 pts A [ a]
Anna Hall
United States
20–21 July 2019
2019 Championships
San José , Costa Rica
[ 27]
100m H (wind)
High jump
Shot put
200m (wind)
Long jump (wind)
Javelin
800m
14.11 (-0.7 m/s)
1.82 m
12.53 m
24.22 (+0.9 m/s)
5.55 m (+5.1 m/s) (w)
33.70 m
2:10.11
10000 m walk (track)
44:43.89
Alegna Gonzalez
Mexico
23 July 2017
2017 Championships
Trujillo , Peru
[ 28]
4 × 100 m relay
42.88
Kaila Jackson Camryn Dickson Avery LewisShawnti Jackson
United States
5 August 2023
2023 Championships
Mayagüez , Puerto Rico
[ 29]
4 × 400 m relay
3:24.04 A
Alexis Holmes Kimberly Harris Ziyah Holman Kayla Davis
United States
21 July 2019
2019 Championships
San José , Costa Rica
[ 30]
Mixed
Notes
^ wind-assisted score. Her wind-legal leap of 5.49m in the long jump gives her a record-eligible score of 5829
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