Athletics at the 2017 Central American Games

Athletics at the XI Central American Games
Athletics at the XI Central American Games
Dates	December 9–12, 2017
Host city	Managua, Nicaragua
Venue	Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua
Level	Senior
Events	47 (24 men, 23 women)
Participation	194 (108 men, 86 women) athletes from ; 7 nations
Records set	22
	← 2013 San José 2022 Santa Tecla → ; 2017 Central American Games

Athletics competitions at the 2017 Central American Games were held at the Estadio Olímpico del IND Managua in Managua, Nicaragua, between December 9–12, 2017. The two marathon events were held on December 17, 2017.^[1]^[2]

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (wind: +1.3 m/s)	Shermal Calimore Costa Rica	10.39	Josef Norales Honduras	10.46	Mateo Edward Panama	10.48
200 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Nery Brenes Costa Rica	20.56 CR	Shermal Calimore Costa Rica	20.67	Virgilio Griggs Panama	21.09
400 m	Nery Brenes Costa Rica	46.64 CR	Gerald Drummond Costa Rica	47.13	José Humberto Bermúdez Guatemala	47.69
800 m	Juan Diego Castro Villalobos Costa Rica	1:52.28	Elvin Canales Escoto Honduras	1:52.92	Josué Francisco Murcia Costa Rica	1:53.26
1500 m	Mario Pacay Guatemala	3:49.52 CR	Juan Diego Castro Villalobos Costa Rica	3:49.81	Erick Rodríguez Nicaragua	3:54.08
5000 m	Juan Carlos Trujillo Guatemala	15:09.49	Mario Pacay Guatemala	15:11.92	Oscar Antonio Aldana El Salvador	15:26.51
10000 m	Juan Carlos Trujillo Guatemala	32:44.14	Mario Pacay Guatemala	32:44.16	Oscar Antonio Aldana El Salvador	32:44.98

110 m hurdles (wind: 3.3 m/s)	Wienstan Mena Guatemala	14.24	Ronald Ramirez Leiva Guatemala	14.66	Esteban Ibañez Guevara El Salvador	15:97
400 m hurdles	Gerber Blanco Guatemala	50.18 CR	Pablo Andrés Ibáñez El Salvador	50.82	Emmanuel Niño Villalta Costa Rica	50.88
3000 m steeplechase	Erick Rodríguez Nicaragua	9:26.69	Alvaro Vasquez González Nicaragua	9:38.69	David Escobar El Salvador	9:52.11

4 × 100 m relay	Panama Juan Mosquera Mateo Edward Virgilio Griggs Jhamal Bowen	41.05	Belize Rahin Monsanto Brandon Terrel Jones Mark Anderson Shaun Gill	41.16	El Salvador José Braghieri José Salazar Mijangos Fernando Bonilla Diaz Juan Rodriguez	41.39
4 × 400 m relay	Costa Rica Gary Robinson Jeikob Monge Emmanuel Niño Villalta Gerald Drummond	3:13.98	Nicaragua Marvin Castillo Luis Alfaro Kelvin Ramirez Dexter Mayorga	3:19.21	El Salvador Pablo Andrés Ibáñez Juan Rodriguez José Salazar Mijangos José Braghieri	3:20.44

Marathon	Luis Carlo Rivero Guatemala	2:22:56 CR	José Amado García Guatemala	2:28:52	César Lizano Costa Rica	2:29:58
20 km walk	Erick Barrondo Guatemala	1:26:41 CR	José Raymundo Cox Guatemala	1:30:34	Yassir Cabrera Panama	1:33:40
35 km walk	Bernardo Barrondo Guatemala	2:46:39 CR	José Leonidas Romero Honduras	2:57:21	Luis Angel Sanzhez Guatemala	3:05:44

High jump	Alexander Bowen Panama	2.10 m CR	Jaime Escobar Valdivieso Panama	2.06 m	Ken Franzua Guatemala	2.01 m
Pole vault	Natán Rivera El Salvador	5.05 m CR	Pedro Figueroa Flores El Salvador	4.70 m	Christian Higueros Guatemala	4.50 m
Long jump	Becker Jarquín Nicaragua	7.32 m (wind: -0.5 m/s)	Angel Suárez Echevería Nicaragua	7.19 m (wind: -1.1 m/s)	Jhamal Bowen Panama	7.18 m (wind: -1.5 m/s)
Triple jump	Jason Castro Honduras	15.80 m (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Brandon Terrel Jones Belize	15.47 m (wind: -2.0 m/s)	Angel Suarez Echeverría Nicaragua	15.36 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)
Shot put	Anselmo Delgado Ealy Panama	15.25 m	Billy Lopez Aldana Guatemala	15.07 m	Diego Alejandro Berrios Guatemala	14.62 m
Discus throw	Winston Campbell Honduras	50.82 m	Enrique Martinez Flores El Salvador	45.03 m	Marlon Quemé Guatemala	44.59 m
Hammer throw	Roberto Sawyers Costa Rica	66.74 m CR	Diego Alejandro Berrios Guatemala	63.21 m	Carlos Arteaga Carrión Nicaragua	56.39 m
Javelin throw	Luis Taracena Guatemala	71.78 m CR	Jonathan Javier Cedeño Panama	66.29 m	Rowe Miranda Panama	59.92 m

Decathlon	Ronald Ramirez Leiva Guatemala	6475 pts	Darwin Simmons Nicaragua	6021 pts	Youssef Qasem Guatemala	5967 pts

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)	Irma Harris Costa Rica	12.11	Rosa Baltazar Guatemala	12.12	Rosa Mosquera Panama	12.17
200 m (wind: -1.7 m/s)	Tracy Joseph Hamblin Costa Rica	23.91	Samantha Dirks Belize	24.86	Rosa Baltazar Guatemala	25.12
400 m	Desire Bermúdez Costa Rica	53.78 CR	Sharolyn Scott Costa Rica	54.41	Ingrid Narváez Nicaragua	56.86
800 m	Andrea Ferris Panama	2:06.75	Daniela Rojas Costa Rica	2:10.41	Monica Vargas Costa Rica	2:10.68
1500 m	Andrea Ferris Panama	4:23.69	Rolanda Bell Panama	4:34.81	Viviana Aroche Guatemala	4:36.71
5000 m	Evelyn Chávez Guatemala	17:56.81	Merlin Chalí Guatemala	18:35.09	Jenny Mendez Suanca Costa Rica	18:46.50
10000 m	Merlín Chalí Guatemala	38:05.80	Evelyn Chavez Guatemala	38:08.34	Jenny Mendez Suanca Costa Rica	39:33.17

100 m hurdles (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Andrea Vargas Costa Rica	13.12 CR	Kaila Smith Panama	14.48	Sarahi Álvarez Nicaragua	15:13
400 m hurdles	Gianna Woodruff Panama	57.85 CR	Sharolyn Scott Costa Rica	58.52	Daniela Rojas Costa Rica	1:00.49
3000 m steeplechase	Andrea Ferris Panama	10:04.19 CR	Rolanda Bell Panama	10:31.43	Brenda Salmerón El Salvador	12:27.48

4 × 100 m relay	Costa Rica Tracy Joseph Hamblin Andrea Carolina Vargas Maria Alejandra Murillo Desire Bermúdez	46.35 CR	Panama Gianna Woodruff Rosa Mosquera Kaila Smith Nathalee Aranda	46.74	Belize Faith Morris Tricia Flores Hilary Gladden Samantha Dirks	47.44
4 × 400 m relay	Costa Rica Irma Harris Desire Bermúdez Daniela Rojas Sharolyn Scott	3:44.04 CR	Nicaragua Asling Vasquez Jarey Vasquez Maria Carmona Ingrid Narvaez	3:54.28	Belize Samantha Dirks Tricia Flores Ashantie Carr Ashontie Carr	4:01.32

Marathon	Jenny Mendez Suanca Costa Rica	3:01:55	Yelka Centeno Nicaragua	3:07:13	none awarded
20 km walk	Mirna Ortiz Guatemala	1:35:14 CR	Mayra Herrera Guatemala	1:35:46	Maritza Poncio Guatemala	1:38:00

High jump	Kashani Ríos Panama	1.66 m	Ana María Mártinez Panama	1.61 m	Ana Sofia Estrada El Salvador	1.55 m
Pole vault	Ana Gabriela Granados Nicaragua	2.80 m	Nataly Segura Guatemala	2.45 m	shared silver
Pole vault	Ana Gabriela Granados Nicaragua	2.80 m	Aimee Zelaya Honduras	2.45 m	shared silver
Long jump	Nathalee Aranda Panama	6.17 m CR (wind: -2.9 m/s)	Estefany Cruz Guatemala	6.05 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)	Tricia Flores Belize	5.70 m (wind: +1.1 m/s)
Triple jump	Estefany Cruz Guatemala	13.25 m CR (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Thelma Fuentes Guatemala	13.00 m (wind: -2.0 m/s)	Ana María Mártinez Panama	12.30 m (wind: +0.4 m/s)
Shot put	Naomi Smith Costa Rica	13.03 m	Aixa Middleton Panama	13.02 m	Dalila Rugama Nicaragua	12.89 m
Discus throw	Aixa Middleton Panama	54.58 m CR	Doroty López Guatemala	43.37 m	Alma Gutierrez Gale Honduras	43.10 m
Hammer throw	Sonja Morano Guatemala	51.55 m	Dagmar Alvarado Panama	47.15 m	Viviana Abarca Costa Rica	47.11 m
Javelin throw	Dalila Rugama Nicaragua	53.47 m CR	Genova Arias Costa Rica	45.82 m	Sofia Alonso Albrand Guatemala	41.80 m

Heptathlon	Ana María Porras Costa Rica	4920 pts CR	Katy Sealy Belize	4690 pts	Jarey Vásquez Nicaragua	4488 pts

Medal table

* Host nation (Nicaragua)


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Guatemala (GUA)	15	15	11	41
2	Costa Rica (CRC)	15	7	8	30
3	Panama (PAN)	10	9	7	26
4	Nicaragua (NIC)*	4	6	7	17
5	Honduras (HON)	2	4	1	7
6	El Salvador (ESA)	1	3	8	12
7	Belize (BIZ)	0	4	3	7
Totals (7 entries)		47	48	45	140

Participation

A total of 194 athletes (108 men and 86 women) from 7 countries were reported to participate:

Belize (14)
Costa Rica (30)
El Salvador (32)
Guatemala (40)
Honduras (11)
Nicaragua (40)
Panamá (27)

References

^ FECOA: Memoria Final de Atletismo de los XI Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos
^ FECOA: Resultados Finales Archived 2018-02-12 at the Wayback Machine

[1] FECOA: Memoria Final de Atletismo de los XI Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos

[2] FECOA: Resultados Finales Archived 2018-02-12 at the Wayback Machine

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