2008 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics

VI Leeward Islands Junior/Youth Championships
VI Leeward Islands Junior/Youth Championships
Dates	June 28–29
Host city	Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	47 (14 junior boys, 13 junior girls, 10 youth boys, 10 youth girls)
Participation	102 athletes from ; 7 nations
	← 2006 St. John's 2012 Tortola → ;

The 2008 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on June 28–29, 2008. The event was held in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Reports^[1]^[2] and photos^[3] were published.

A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by boys and 23 by girls.

Medal summary[]

Complete results can be found on the Nevis Amateur Athletic Association webpage.^[4]^[5]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Jason Rogers Saint Kitts	10.67	Nevis	11.09	British Virgin Islands	11.14
200 metres (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Nevis	21.89	Jason Rogers Saint Kitts	22.33	British Virgin Islands	22.78
400 metres	Nevis	48.48	Antigua and Barbuda	49.99	Saint Kitts	50.71
800 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	2:00.08	U.S. Virgin Islands	2:00.41	U.S. Virgin Islands	2:05.33
1500 metres	U.S. Virgin Islands	4:17.10	U.S. Virgin Islands	4:20.50	Saint Kitts	4:25.60
5000 metres^†	U.S. Virgin Islands	16:50.51	U.S. Virgin Islands	17:57.99	Nevis	18:10.53
High Jump	Antigua and Barbuda	1.95m	British Virgin Islands	1.92m	Antigua and Barbuda	1.88m
Long Jump	Saint Kitts	7.30m	Saint Kitts	6.84m	Antigua and Barbuda	6.83m
Triple Jump^†	Antigua and Barbuda	14.29m	Anguilla	14.19m	Antigua and Barbuda	13.73m
Shot Put	Saint Kitts	13.86m	Montserrat	13.16m	Nevis	12.01m
Discus Throw	Saint Kitts	33.68m	Nevis	30.46m	Nevis	30.32m
Javelin Throw^†	British Virgin Islands	45.12m	Saint Kitts	45.04m	Saint Kitts	38.69m
4 x 100 metres relay	British Virgin Islands	43.04	Saint Kitts Jason Rogers	43.62	United States Virgin Islands	43.82
4 x 400 metres relay^†	British Virgin Islands	3:28.77	Nevis	3:28.78

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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.8 m/s)	Meritzer Williams Saint Kitts	11.75	Tameka Williams Saint Kitts	12.01	Ashley Kelly British Virgin Islands	12.51
200 metres (wind: -2.6 m/s)	Meritzer Williams Saint Kitts	23.90	Tameka Williams Saint Kitts	24.67	Ashley Kelly British Virgin Islands	25.02
400 metres	Chantel Malone British Virgin Islands	54.58	Ashley Kelly British Virgin Islands	54.69	Saint Kitts	1:02.06
800 metres	Samantha John British Virgin Islands	2:16.14	U.S. Virgin Islands	2:20.16	British Virgin Islands	2:24.81
1500 metres	U.S. Virgin Islands	5:06.73	British Virgin Islands	5:38.39
3000 metres^†	Antigua and Barbuda	10:34.47	Anguilla	11:38.21	Saint Kitts	11:49.09
High Jump	Chantel Malone British Virgin Islands	1.65m	British Virgin Islands	1.57m	Saint Kitts	1.52m
Long Jump	Chantel Malone British Virgin Islands	6.09m (wind: +1.8 m/s)	Saint Kitts	5.94m w (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Tameka Williams Saint Kitts	5.53m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
Triple Jump^†	Chantel Malone British Virgin Islands	12.45m	British Virgin Islands	10.46m
Shot Put	Saint Kitts	9.53m	Nevis	9.42m	Nevis	8.37m
Discus Throw	Saint Kitts	27.34m	Nevis	22.21m	British Virgin Islands	19.97m
Javelin Throw^†	Nevis	27.88m	U.S. Virgin Islands	26.00m	Saint Kitts	24.76m
4 x 100 metres relay	Saint Kitts Meritzer Williams Tameka Williams Marecia Pemberton	44.68

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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Lestrod Roland Saint Kitts	11.27	Nevis Saint Kitts	11.36
200 metres (wind: -1.5 m/s)	Lester Ryan Montserrat	22.79	Lestrod Roland Saint Kitts	23.00	British Virgin Islands	23.11
400 metres	Lestrod Roland Saint Kitts	51.51	Nevis	53.07	U.S. Virgin Islands	55.10
800 metres	Nevis	2:05.18	Nevis	2:08.20	Saint Kitts	2:11.39
1500 metres	Nevis	4:27.27	Nevis	4:28.71	Saint Kitts	4:39.12
High Jump	Saint Kitts	1.72m	British Virgin Islands	1.72m	Nevis	1.67m
Long Jump	Saint Kitts	6.82m (wind: NWI)	Anguilla	6.50m w (wind: +2.4 m/s)	British Virgin Islands	6.47m (wind: +0.8 m/s)
Shot Put	Saint Kitts	12.20m	Nevis	11.40m	Saint Kitts	11.33m
Discus Throw	Anguilla	28.68m	Saint Kitts	23.50m	Saint Kitts	22.33m
4 x 100 metres relay	Saint Kitts Lestrod Roland	44.68	British Virgin Islands Norville Carey	46.25	Nevis	1:05.76

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.5 m/s)	British Virgin Islands	12.23	British Virgin Islands	12.66	Saint Kitts	12.68
200 metres (wind: -1.7 m/s)	British Virgin Islands	24.92	British Virgin Islands	25.28	Saint Kitts	26.05
400 metres	Saint Kitts	1:01.53	British Virgin Islands	1:02.20	Nevis	1:05.54
800 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	2:20.30	Nevis	2:27.95	Anguilla	2:27.96
1500 metres	Antigua and Barbuda	4:53.58	Anguilla	5:17.16	Saint Kitts	5:30.62
High Jump (tie)	Nevis	1.65m	Saint Kitts	1.56m	British Virgin Islands Saint Kitts British Virgin Islands	1.47m
Long Jump	Saint Kitts	5.58m	British Virgin Islands	5.26m	Nevis	5.23m
Shot Put	Saint Kitts	10.33m	British Virgin Islands	9.10m	U.S. Virgin Islands	9.05m
Discus Throw	Saint Kitts	31.48m	Nevis	25.14m	British Virgin Islands	24.94m
4 x 100 metres relay	British Virgin Islands	47.86	Saint Kitts	49.89	Nevis	50.10


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Saint Kitts	19	12	16	47
2	British Virgin Islands*	11	12	11	34
3	Nevis	6	12	9	27
4	Antigua and Barbuda	6	1	3	10
5	U.S. Virgin Islands	3	5	4	12
6	Anguilla	1	4	1	6
7	Montserrat	1	1	0	2
Totals (7 nations)		47	47	44	138