2002 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics

II Leeward Islands Junior/Youth Championships
Dates	June 1–2
Host city	Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Venue	A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	42 (12 junior boys, 11 junior girls, 10 youth boys, 9 youth girls)
Participation	135 athletes from 6 nations
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The 2002 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on June 1–2, 2002. The event was held at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. A detailed report was published.^[1]

A total of 42 events were contested, 22 by boys and 20 by girls.

Medal summary[]

Medal winners were published.^[2] Complete results can be found on the Nevis Amateur Athletic Association webpage.^[3]

Boys (U-20)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	U.S. Virgin Islands	11.56	Jamie Henry  Saint Kitts	11.58	Nevis	11.59
200 metres	Saint Kitts	22.91	Jamie Henry  Saint Kitts	23.42	U.S. Virgin Islands	23.43
400 metres	British Virgin Islands	51.20	U.S. Virgin Islands	51.74	Antigua and Barbuda	51.92
800 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	1:59.61	Saint Kitts	2:01.39	Antigua and Barbuda	2:05.13
1500 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	4:16.62	Antigua and Barbuda	4:32.76	British Virgin Islands	4:38.63
5000 metres†	Antigua and Barbuda	16:51.78	Nevis	19:02.43	British Virgin Islands	19:29.94
High Jump	Saint Kitts	1.85	British Virgin Islands	1.65	British Virgin Islands	1.65
Long Jump	Ayata Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	6.85	Antigua and Barbuda	6.35	Saint Kitts	6.01
Triple Jump†	Ayata Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	15.16	Saint Kitts	13.61	Antigua and Barbuda	13.46
Shot Put	British Virgin Islands	13.51	British Virgin Islands	11.64	Saint Kitts	11.09
Discus Throw	British Virgin Islands	41.39	British Virgin Islands	33.55	Saint Kitts	24.68
Javelin Throw	Sint Maarten	47.30	Saint Kitts	42.75	British Virgin Islands	40.32

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

Girls (U-20)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	12.47	British Virgin Islands	12.57	British Virgin Islands	12.76
200 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	26.15	British Virgin Islands	26.61	Saint Kitts	26.73
400 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	59.52	Saint Kitts	1:02.08	Antigua and Barbuda	1:02.67
800 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	2:20.18	Antigua and Barbuda	2:22.98	Saint Kitts	2:50.84
1500 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	5:01.26	Antigua and Barbuda	5:03.77	Nevis	6:01.18
3000 metres†	Antigua and Barbuda	11:37.81	Antigua and Barbuda	11:42.08	Nevis	12:06.14
High Jump	Saint Kitts	1.52	Nevis	1.45
Long Jump	Nevis	5.17	Saint Kitts	4.79	Saint Kitts	4.58
Shot Put	British Virgin Islands	9.33	Saint Kitts	9.03	Nevis	8.01
Discus Throw	British Virgin Islands	25.78	British Virgin Islands	21.05	Saint Kitts	20.35
Javelin Throw	Saint Kitts	22.00	Nevis	21.72	Saint Kitts	21.20

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

Boys (U-17)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	British Virgin Islands	10.8 (ht)	Nevis	11.0 (ht)	Daniel Bailey  Antigua and Barbuda	11.2 (ht)
200 metres	British Virgin Islands	22.84	Nevis	23.08	Antigua and Barbuda	23.33
400 metres	Nevis	53.40	Saint Kitts	53.55	British Virgin Islands	54.60
800 metres	Saint Kitts	2:09.04	Nevis	2:09.43	U.S. Virgin Islands	2:09.61
1500 metres	Saint Kitts	4:42.56	Saint Kitts	4:43.59	U.S. Virgin Islands	4:47.24
High Jump	British Virgin Islands	1.80	British Virgin Islands	1.75	Saint Kitts	1.70
Long Jump	British Virgin Islands	6.35	Sint Maarten	6.35	Saint Kitts	6.32
Shot Put	Saint Kitts	11.73	British Virgin Islands	10.09	Nevis	9.53
Discus Throw	Sint Maarten	33.80	British Virgin Islands	30.34	British Virgin Islands	28.02
Javelin Throw	Sint Maarten	40.38	Nevis	34.70	British Virgin Islands	32.29

Girls (U-17)[]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	12.52	Antigua and Barbuda	12.59	British Virgin Islands	12.61
200 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	25.67	Antigua and Barbuda	26.12	British Virgin Islands	26.36
400 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	58.33	Antigua and Barbuda	58.89	Nevis	1:03.30
800 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	2:23.18	Saint Kitts	2:37.03	British Virgin Islands	2:39.19
1500 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	5:09.28	Nevis	5:26.31	Saint Kitts	5:31.78
High Jump	Nevis	1.54	British Virgin Islands	1.47	Nevis	1.45
Long Jump	British Virgin Islands	5.32	Nevis	4.79	Saint Kitts	4.77
Shot Put	Saint Kitts	10.82	Nevis	10.78	British Virgin Islands	10.58
Discus Throw	British Virgin Islands	27.11	British Virgin Islands	24.91	Saint Kitts	22.08

Medal table (unofficial)[]

  *   Host nation (British Virgin Islands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)	16	8	6	30
2	British Virgin Islands (IVB)*	11	11	12	34
3	Saint Kitts	8	11	13	32
4	Nevis (NEV)	3	10	7	20
5	Sint Maarten	3	1	0	4
6	U.S. Virgin Islands (VIR)	1	1	3	5
Totals (6 nations)		42	42	41	125

Team trophies[]

The scores for the team trophy were published.^[3]

Rank	Nation	Points
	British Virgin Islands	125
2	Antigua and Barbuda	124
3	Saint Kitts	101
4	Nevis	46
5	Sint Maarten	18
6	U.S. Virgin Islands	10

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 135 athletes from 6 countries participated.

References[]