Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation

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Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC)
Cacac logo con leyenda small.jpg
Formation1967
TypeSports federation
Membership
34 member + 5 observer federations
Official language
English and Spanish
President
Haiti

The Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC) is a confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within Central America and the Caribbean. Membership of the Confederation is open to all national governing bodies for the sport of athletics in any country or territory in the region which is affiliated to World Athletics. Other countries may be granted observer status and may, with permission of the Congress, be allowed to compete in open championships. They will, however, not be entitled to vote at the Congress.[1]

The Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC) should not be confused with the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) established later in 1988, being one of the official area associations of World Athletics, and also including federations from Canada and the USA. CACAC considers NACAC as its parent organization,[2] and the CACAC constitution regulates that the World Athletics Area Representative of NACAC is an ex-official member

History[]

With the initiative of the Mexican representative Mr. Carlos de Anda Dominguez,[3] at the 10th Central American and Caribbean Games held in June 1966 in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, the need for the formation of a Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation was discussed as well as a proposal for organizing the first Central American and Caribbean Championships.[1]

The first Championships were held on the 5th and 6 May 1967, in Jalapa, Veracruz, México. Discussion about the formation of the Confederation was started at this time.[1]

In Winnipeg, Canada, during the celebration of the V Pan American Games, a tentative constitution was approved, a permanent committee elected and the site of the second Central American and Caribbean Championships was awarded to Cali, Colombia, for August 1969, with Havanna, Cuba, as the alternate site.[1]

The Constitution was finally adopted on the occasion of the second Championships in August 1969. It has been revised and amended at General Assemblies in Guadalajara, Mexico, June 16, 1979; San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 5, 1979; Nassau, Bahamas, August 22, 1980; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, July 11, 1981; Maracaibo, Venezuela, August 18, 1998; Bridgetown, Barbados, June 27, 1999, San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 16, 2000, Bridgetown, Barbados, July 7, 2002 and San Salvador, El Salvador, December 4, 2002, Havana, Cuba, July 5, 2009, Santo Domingo 2010, Mayaguez 2010.[1]

Presidents[]

The current president of the confederation, Alain Jean-Pierre of Haiti was elected at the CACAC Congress held in San Salvador, El Salvador, in 2012.[4] He follows Víctor López of Puerto Rico, who was elected firstly in Maracaibo, Venezuela, in 1998, and re-elected in Grenada in 2003, and in Cali, Colombia, in 2008.[5]

Name Nation Presidency
[6]  Cuba 1967–1978
?
[7]  Bahamas 1982–1990
?
 Puerto Rico 1998–2012
 Haiti 2012–present

Competitions[]

CACAC organises five different championships: senior championships, junior championships, cross country championships, age group championships and under-17 (youth) championships.[1][2]

  • Central American and Caribbean Senior Championships
  • Central American and Caribbean Junior/Youth Championships
  • Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships
  • Central American and Caribbean Age Group Championships

A Central American and Caribbean Half Marathon Cup was held once in Negril in 2005, incorporated into the Reggae Marathon in Jamaica, but did not get renewed after this debut event after only two nations entered.[8]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
2005 Central American and Caribbean Half Marathon Cup
Men's half marathon   (JAM) 1:09:10   (JAM) 1:09:37   (TRI) 1:10:18
Women's half marathon   (JAM) 1:29:25   (JAM) 1:29:37   (TRI) 1:31:45

Member federations[]

CACAC consists of 34 member federations and 5 observer members:[1] 29 of the member federations are members of NACAC (all NACAC members are represented except the federations from Canada and the USA), and 5 of the member federations are members of CONSUDATLE (Colombia, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela). The 5 observer members are non-World Athletics members.

Nation Federation Website
 Anguilla Anguilla Amateur Athletic Federation http://www.freewebs.com/axathletics
 Antigua and Barbuda Athletic Association of Antigua & Barbuda
 Aruba Arubaanse Atletiek Bond https://web.archive.org/web/20110725014846/http://www.arubaathleticfederation.org/
 Bahamas Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations https://web.archive.org/web/20110820094940/http://bahamastrack.com/
 Barbados Athletics Association of Barbados http://www.aabarbados.com
 Belize Belize Amateur Athletic Association
 Bermuda Bermuda National Athletics Association https://web.archive.org/web/20130619210113/http://www.bnaa.bm/
 British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands Athletics Association http://bvi.milesplit.com
 Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Athletic Association
 Colombia Federación Colombiana de Atletismo http://www.fecodatle.org
 Costa Rica Federación Costarricense de Atletismo http://www.fecoa.info
 Cuba Federación Cubana de Atletismo
 Dominica Dominica Amateur Athletic Association https://web.archive.org/web/20110719133147/http://www.daaa.dm/
 Dominican Republic Federación Dominicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo https://web.archive.org/web/20190702044949/http://www.fedomatle.org/
 El Salvador Federación Salvadoreña de Atletismo
 Grenada Grenada Athletic Association
 Guatemala Federación Nacional de Atletismo de Guatemala http://www.atletismoguate.com
 Guyana Athletics Association of Guyana
 Haiti Fédération Haïtienne d'Athlétisme Amateur
 Honduras Federación Nacional Hondureña de Atletismo http://condepah.org/dr
 Jamaica Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association http://www.trackandfieldja.com
 Mexico Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo http://www.fmaa.mx
 Montserrat Montserrat Amateur Athletic Association
 Nicaragua Federación Nicaragüense de Atletismo http://www.fna.org.ni
 Panama Federación Panameña de Atletismo
 Puerto Rico Federación de Atletismo de Puerto Rico http://www.atletismofapur.com
 Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts & Nevis Amateur Athletic Association http://www.sknaaa.com
 Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Athletics Association https://web.archive.org/web/20110904080543/http://saintluciatrackandfield.org/
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Team Athletics Saint Vincent & The Grenadines http://www.svgnoc.org
 Suriname Surinaamse Atletiek Bond http://suriname-athletics.org
 Trinidad and Tobago National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad & Tobago http://www.ttnaaa.org
 Turks and Caicos Islands Turks & Caicos Islands Amateur Athletic Association
 Venezuela Federación Venezolana de Atletismo https://web.archive.org/web/20111028030332/http://www.fva.cavillo.com.ve/
 United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Track & Field Federation https://web.archive.org/web/20110728163412/http://virginislandstrackandfield.org/
Observer Members
 Curaçao Curaçaose Atletiek Bond http://www.curacaoatletiekbond.com/
French Guiana/ French Guiana Ligue d'Athlétisme de la Guyane http://www.athle973.com
Guadeloupe/ Guadeloupe Ligue Régionale d'Athlétisme de la Guadeloupe http://liguegua.athle.com
Martinique/ Martinique Ligue de Martinique d'Athlétisme http://liguemque.athle.com
 Sint Maarten Sint Maarten Amateur Athletic Association

Former member associations[]

At their Council Meeting, the IAAF announced, that because the Netherlands Antilles has ceased to exist as a separate territory (one of 21 IAAF Members that are not countries but territories), athletes will not compete anymore as AHO but as Holland, and IAAF membership will drop from 213 to 212.[9] The CACAC published the decision in their own newsletter.[10] Curaçao, one of the five former island territories of the Netherlands Antilles, was invited as observer member.[1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (December 2010), CACAC Constitution - Competition Rules (UpdDEC2010) (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2011, retrieved July 15, 2011
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation, President Welcome Message, retrieved July 18, 2011
  3. ^ Carlos de Anda
  4. ^ Serrette elected CACAC vice-president, Trinidad Express, July 3, 2012, archived from the original on March 4, 2016, retrieved July 6, 2012
  5. ^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (July 8, 2008), Victor Lopez re-elected CACAC President, World Athletics, retrieved July 16, 2011
  6. ^ CACAC, Dr. Ricardo Gerónimo PÉREZ SARRÍA, archived from the original on March 24, 2012, retrieved July 16, 2011
  7. ^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (November 28, 2007), 23 athletics greats to be inducted into the CAC Hall of Fame, IAAF, retrieved July 16, 2011
  8. ^ Hosts win first CAC Half Marathon Cup. IAAF (2005-12-07). Retrieved on 2015-03-05.
  9. ^ IAAF (November 19, 2011), IAAF Council Meeting, Monaco, Day One, retrieved July 22, 2011
  10. ^ Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (December 24, 2010), CAC NEWS Update: Dec 24th. 2010 (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2011, retrieved July 22, 2011

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