2007 NACAC Championships in Athletics

I NACAC Championships
I NACAC Championships
	Logo for the 2007 NACAC Championships
Dates	July 13–15, 2007
Host city	San Salvador,; El Salvador
Venue	Flor Blanca National Stadium
Level	Senior
Events	42
Participation	275 athletes from ; 26 nations
	2015 San José → ;

The 2007 North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships was a regional track and field competition held at the Flor Blanca National Stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador, from July 13–15, 2007. It was the inaugural edition of a senior track and field championship for the NACAC region.^[1] A total of forty-three events were contested, 22 by male and 21 by female athletes.^[2]

The championships served as preparation for the 2007 Pan American Games, held later that month, for many of the senior athletes. Canada and Cuba, two of the region's strongest countries in the sport, did not send a delegation to participate. One further event—the women's 10,000 metres—was initially scheduled for the championships, but was subsequently not held in San Salvador.^[3]

The United States sent the largest contingent to the competition and, although many were developmental athletes, Americans dominated the competition, winning twenty-eight of the events and fifteen minor medals for a total of 43. Mexico were the next best performers, claiming four golds, fourteen silvers and two bronze medals. Trinidad and Tobago took three golds in their eleven medal haul, while the hosts El Salvador also won three events.

Mary Jayne Harrelson completed an 800/1500 metres double win. Americans Calvin Smith Jr. and Debbie Dunn took the 400 metres individual titles, before going on the help the relay teams to another gold. Cristina López of El Salvador won the 10 km walk title and went on to win Pan American gold later that month. The NACAC high jump silver medallist Romary Rifka improved to the gold at that tournament.

Medal summary[]

Men[]

Richard Thompson won the men's 100 m gold medal.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Richard Thompson (TRI)	10.322	Monzavous Edwards (USA)	10.327	(USA)	10.34
200 metres	(USA)	20.17	(USA)	20.48	Chris Lloyd (DMA)	20.73
400 metres	Calvin Smith Jr. (USA)	45.52	Arismendy Peguero (DOM)	45.63	Nery Brenes (CRC)	46.00
800 metres	(USA)	1:49.01	Pablo Solares (MEX)	1:49.28	Moise Joseph (HAI)	1:50.25
1500 metres	Pablo Solares (MEX)	3:45.29	(MEX)	3:48.53	(PUR)	3:49.69
5000 metres	(USA)	14:27.90	(MEX)	14:29.45	(GUA)	14.33.31
10,000 metres	(MEX)	29.38.31	(GUA)	29.42.11	Only two competitors
110 m hurdles	Dexter Faulk (USA)	13.35	(JAM)	13.67	(USA)	13.70
400 m hurdles	(USA)	48.76	Jonathan Williams (BLZ)	48.88	Javier Culson (PUR)	49.31
3000 m steeplechase	(USA)	8.39.51	(MEX)	8.43.08	(USA)	8.56.09
4 × 100 m relay	United States (USA) Monzavous Edwards	38.99	Jamaica (JAM)	39.77	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Niconnor Alexander Richard Thompson Rondel Sorrillo Emmanuel Callander	39.92
4 × 400 m relay	United States (USA) Calvin Smith Jr. David Neville	3:02.78	Jamaica (JAM) DeWayne Barrett Lansford Spence Michael Manson	3:04.32	Dominican Republic (DOM) Carlos Santa Pedro Mejía Yoel Tapia Arismendy Peguero	3:04.96
20 km track walk	Walter Sandoval (ESA)	1:28.29	David Mejia (MEX)	1:28.51	Allan Segura (CRC)	1:29.50
High jump	Adam Shunk (USA)	2.23 m	Gerardo Martínez (MEX)	2.21 m	Julio Luciano (DOM)	2.17 m
Pole vault	(MEX)	5.15 m	(MEX)	4.80 m	Jeremy Scott (USA)	4.80 m
Long jump	Carlos Jorge (DOM)	7.89 m	(USA)	7.83 m	Le Juan Simon (TRI)	7.71 m
Triple jump	(USA)	16.50 m	Allen Simms (PUR)	16.37 m	Le Juan Simon (TRI)	15.72 m
Shot put	(USA)	18.43 m	(DMA)	16.81 m	(GUA)	13.91 m
Discus throw	(USA)	56.17 m	(VIN)	52.39 m	(MEX)	50.15 m
Hammer throw	Jake Freeman (USA)	70.32 m	(MEX)	62.62 m	Roberto Sawyers (CRC)	61.98 m
Javelin throw	(USA)	73.16 m	(DOM)	69.64 m	Rigoberto Calderón (NIC)	66.50 m
Decathlon	(HON)	6330 pts	Adolphus Jones (SKN)	6092 pts	Only two competitors

Women[]

Lavern Spencer won the women's high jump.

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Mechelle Lewis (USA)	11.37	(USA)	11.43	Carol Rodríguez (PUR)	11.47
200 metres (wind: 2.2 m/s)	Virgil Hodge (SKN)	22.73 w	Shareese Woods (USA)	22.97 w	(USA)	23.14 w
400 metres	Debbie Dunn (USA)	52.68	(JAM)	53.27	Kineke Alexander (VIN)	53.52
800 metres	Mary Jayne Harrelson (USA)	2:05.10	(PUR)	2:05.73	(BAR)	2:06.01
1500 metres	Mary Jayne Harrelson (USA)	4:30.09	(MEX)	4:37.64	(DOM)	4:49.62
5000 metres	(USA)	16:42.12	Marisol Romero (MEX)	17:00.47	(GUA)	17:59.85
100 m hurdles	Candice Davis (USA)	13.12	Tiffany Ofili (USA)	13.27	(JAM)	13.39
400 m hurdles	(USA)	56.54	(JAM)	57.25	(USA)	58.26
3000 m steeplechase	Kristin Anderson (USA)	10:21.82	(MEX)	11:04.79	Gabriela Trana (CRC)	11:11.17
4 × 100 m relay	Jamaica (JAM) Anneisha McLaughlin Peta-Gaye Dowdie	43.73	United States (USA) Shameka Marshall Candice Davis Mechelle Lewis	43.91	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Ayanna Hutchinson Sasha Springer Fana Ashby	43.98
4 × 400 m relay	United States (USA) Shareese Woods Debbie Dunn	3:29.15	Jamaica (JAM) Ronetta Smith	3:30.16	El Salvador (ESA)	4:01.50
10 km track walk	Cristina López (ESA)	44:16.21	Veronica Colindres (ESA)	47:39.93	Evelyn Nunez (GUA)	47:40.36
High jump	Levern Spencer (LCA)	1.89 m	Romary Rifka (MEX)	1.87 m	Juana Arrendel (DOM)	1.87 m
Pole vault	Becky Holliday (USA)	4.15 m	(MEX)	3.60 m	(ESA)	3.50 m
Long jump	Shameka Marshall (USA)	6.34 m	(JAM)	6.26 m	Tanika Liburd (SKN)	6.12 m
Triple jump	Ayanna Alexander (TRI)	13.29 m (w)	Tiombe Hurd (USA)	13.22 m	(PUR)	12.93 m
Shot put	Cleopatra Borel-Brown (TRI)	17.53 m	(TRI)	15.89 m	(BAR)	15.82 m
Discus throw	Stephanie Trafton (USA)	59.27 m	(TRI)	53.63 m	(BAR)	51.15 m
Hammer throw	Jessica Cosby (USA)	65.15 m	Candice Scott (TRI)	60.52 m	(MEX)	58.95 m
Javelin throw	Ana Gutierrez (MEX)	51.52 m	(USA)	50.86 m	Erma-Gene Evans (LCA)	47.95 m
Heptathlon	(ESA)	5022 pts	(MEX)	4824 pts	(TRI)	4611 pts

Medal table[]

Debbie Dunn won 400 m individual and relay golds for the United States.

Allen Simms took triple jump silver for Puerto Rico.

* Host nation (El Salvador)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	28	9	6	43
2	Mexico	4	14	2	20
3	Trinidad and Tobago	3	3	5	11
4	El Salvador*	3	1	2	6
5	Jamaica	1	7	1	9
6	Dominican Republic	1	2	4	7
7	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1	1	3
8	Saint Lucia	1	0	1	2
9	Honduras	1	0	0	1
10	Puerto Rico	0	2	4	6
11	Guatemala	0	1	4	5
12	Dominica	0	1	1	2
12	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0	1	1	2
14	Belize	0	1	0	1
15	Barbados	0	0	3	3
15	Costa Rica	0	0	3	3
17	Haiti	0	0	1	1
17	Nicaragua	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 nations)		43	43	40	126

Participating nations[]

References[]

^ NACAC Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-12-19.
^ Clavelo Róbinson, Javier (July 13, 2007), Comienza hoy I Campeonato NACAC absoluto de atletismo (in Spanish), CACAC, retrieved September 10, 2012
^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2007-07-16). USA dominates 1st NACAC Senior Championships Archived 2007-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-12-19.

Results

I NACAC Senior T&F Championships. SIADA - Sistema de Resultados. Retrieved on 2010-12-19.

External links[]

Official NACAC website

[1] NACAC Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-12-19.

[2] Clavelo Róbinson, Javier (July 13, 2007), Comienza hoy I Campeonato NACAC absoluto de atletismo (in Spanish), CACAC, retrieved September 10, 2012

[3] Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2007-07-16). USA dominates 1st NACAC Senior Championships Archived 2007-08-18 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-12-19.

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