2001 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics

I Leeward Islands Junior/Youth Championships
Dates	May 5–6
Host city	Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Venue	A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	44 (13 junior boys, 11 junior girls, 10 youth boys, 10 youth girls)
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The 2001 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on May 5–6, 2001. The event was held at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.^[1]

A total of 44 events were contested, 23 by boys and 21 by girls.

Medal summary[]

Medal winners can be found on the LIAA webpage^[1] courtesy Dean H. Greenaway from the British Virgin Islands Athletics Association.

Boys (U-20)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind:  m/s)	Delwayne Delaney  Saint Kitts	11.33	Saint Kitts	11.55	U.S. Virgin Islands	11.73
200 metres (wind:  m/s)	Kevon Pierre  Nevis	22.31	Delwayne Delaney  Saint Kitts	22.74	Saint Kitts	23.46
400 metres	Kevon Pierre  Nevis	49.52	Antigua and Barbuda	51.55	U.S. Virgin Islands	51.83
800 metres	Saint Kitts	2:02.91	U.S. Virgin Islands	2:04.87	Antigua and Barbuda	2:06.89
1500 metres	Saint Kitts	4:27.39	Antigua and Barbuda	4:30.16	British Virgin Islands	4:43.64
5000 metres†	British Virgin Islands	18:53.4	British Virgin Islands	19:06.0	U.S. Virgin Islands	19:35.9
High Jump	Saint Kitts	1.73	Sint Maarten	1.70	Saint Kitts	1.70
Long Jump	Saint Kitts	6.55	Antigua and Barbuda	6.52	Antigua and Barbuda	6.30
Triple Jump†	Ayata Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	13.94	Saint Kitts	13.34	British Virgin Islands	13.33
Shot Put	British Virgin Islands	11.60	U.S. Virgin Islands	11.23	Saint Kitts	10.95
Discus Throw	British Virgin Islands	40.20	British Virgin Islands	31.78	Nevis	31.76
Javelin Throw	Sint Maarten	39.90m	Saint Kitts	39.80	Nevis	39.80
4 x 400 metres relay†	Saint Kitts Delwayne Delaney	3:29.86	Antigua and Barbuda	3:33.78	Nevis Kevon Pierre	3:34.56

^†: Open event for both U20 and U17 athletes.

Girls (U-20)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind:  m/s)	Tiandra Ponteen  Saint Kitts	12.21	Virgil Hodge  Saint Kitts	12.37	Tanika Liburd  Nevis	12.88
200 metres (wind:  m/s)	Tiandra Ponteen  Saint Kitts	24.78	Virgil Hodge  Saint Kitts	25.46	Tanika Liburd  Nevis	26.51
400 metres	Tiandra Ponteen  Saint Kitts	55.79	U.S. Virgin Islands	59.94	Saint Kitts	60.70
3000 metres†	Antigua and Barbuda	11:14.9	Antigua and Barbuda	12:04.3	British Virgin Islands	13:53.9
High Jump	Tanika Liburd  Nevis	1.53m	Saint Kitts	1.48m	Anguilla	1.48m
Long Jump	Tanika Liburd  Nevis	5.07	Saint Kitts	5.04	Nevis	4.82
Triple Jump†	Anguilla	10.44	Saint Kitts	10.42	Saint Kitts	10.16
Shot Put	Saint Kitts	9.85	Tanika Liburd  Nevis	9.54	British Virgin Islands	9.48
Discus Throw	Saint Kitts	29.66	British Virgin Islands	23.06	Saint Kitts	19.15
Javelin Throw	Saint Kitts	27.07	British Virgin Islands	22.57	Saint Kitts	17.07
4 x 400 metres relay†	Antigua and Barbuda	4:00.47	Saint Kitts Virgil Hodge Tiandra Ponteen	4:09.51	United States Virgin Islands	4:15.68

^†: Open event for both U20 and U17 athletes.

Boys (U-17)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind:  m/s)	Jamie Henry  Saint Kitts	11.1 (ht)	Saint Kitts	11.2 (ht)	British Virgin Islands	11.7 (ht)
200 metres (wind:  m/s)	Jamie Henry  Saint Kitts	22.5 (ht)	Nevis	23.0 (ht)	Antigua and Barbuda	23.4 (ht)
400 metres	British Virgin Islands	52.88	Antigua and Barbuda	53.38	Anguilla	53.86
800 metres	Saint Kitts	2:09.2	U.S. Virgin Islands	2:12.4	Anguilla	2:13.9
1500 metres	Saint Kitts	4:39.49	U.S. Virgin Islands	4:45.40	Nevis	4:45.42
High Jump	British Virgin Islands	1.73	Saint Kitts	1.70	Saint Kitts	1.70
Long Jump	Saint Kitts	6.33	Ayata Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	6.17	Nevis	6.15
Shot Put	Sint Maarten	10.97	Nevis	10.40	Saint Kitts	9.80
Discus Throw	Sint Maarten	33.68	British Virgin Islands	29.38	British Virgin Islands	27.32
Javelin Throw	Sint Maarten	38.77	Saint Kitts	34.99	British Virgin Islands	28.70

Girls (U-17)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind:  m/s)	U.S. Virgin Islands	12.73	Antigua and Barbuda	12.84	Antigua and Barbuda	12.97
200 metres (wind:  m/s)	U.S. Virgin Islands	26.24	Saint Kitts	27.21	Antigua and Barbuda	27.27
400 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	61.51	Antigua and Barbuda	62.23	Saint Kitts	63.71
800 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	2:24.6	Antigua and Barbuda	2:31.4	Anguilla	2:36.4
1500 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	4:58.32	Antigua and Barbuda	5:14.11	U.S. Virgin Islands	5:36.25
High Jump	Saint Kitts	1.53m	Nevis	1.48m	British Virgin Islands	1.43m
Long Jump	Saint Kitts	5.10	Saint Kitts	4.80	Nevis	4.66
Shot Put	U.S. Virgin Islands	9.39	Nevis	8.88	British Virgin Islands	8.18
Discus Throw	U.S. Virgin Islands	25.26	British Virgin Islands	20.03	Saint Kitts	17.13
Javelin Throw	U.S. Virgin Islands	26.30	Saint Kitts	22.85

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (British Virgin Islands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Saint Kitts	19	16	11	46
2	Antigua and Barbuda	6	11	5	22
3	British Virgin Islands*	5	6	9	20
4	U.S. Virgin Islands	5	5	5	15
5	Nevis	4	5	9	18
6	Sint Maarten	4	1	0	5
7	Anguilla	1	0	4	5
Totals (7 nations)		44	44	43	131

Team trophy[]

The scores for the team trophy were published.^[1]

Rank	Nation	Points
	Saint Kitts	162
2	Antigua and Barbuda	80
3	British Virgin Islands	55
4	U.S. Virgin Islands	45
5	Nevis	37
6	Sint Maarten	34
7	Anguilla

Participation[]

Athletes from at least 7 countries participated.

References[]