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]

Boys (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Jason Rogers Saint Kitts	10.67	Miles Walters Nevis	11.09	Ramo Pemberton British Virgin Islands	11.14
200 metres (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Jevon Claxton Nevis	21.89	Jason Rogers Saint Kitts	22.33	Ramo Pemberton British Virgin Islands	22.78
400 metres	Jevon Claxton Nevis	48.48	Maverick Weathered Antigua and Barbuda	49.99	Chetal Evans Saint Kitts	50.71
800 metres	Maverick Weathered Antigua and Barbuda	2:00.08	Seymour Walters U.S. Virgin Islands	2:00.41	Ricky Gumbs U.S. Virgin Islands	2:05.33
1500 metres	Juan Robles U.S. Virgin Islands	4:17.10	Seymour Walters U.S. Virgin Islands	4:20.50	Triscan Hendrickson Saint Kitts	4:25.60
5000 metres^†	Juan Robles U.S. Virgin Islands	16:50.51	Kyron Corea U.S. Virgin Islands	17:57.99	Kashka Forbes Nevis	18:10.53
High Jump	Rashawn Shabaaz Antigua and Barbuda	1.95m	Kelvin Samuel British Virgin Islands	1.92m	Decastro Walbrook Antigua and Barbuda	1.88m
Long Jump	Joseph Pemberton Saint Kitts	7.30m	Miguel Browne Saint Kitts	6.84m	Decastro Walbrook Antigua and Barbuda	6.83m
Triple Jump^†	Vincent Walters Antigua and Barbuda	14.29m	Arthur Ward Anguilla	14.19m	Kareem Edwards Antigua and Barbuda	13.73m
Shot Put	Dion Samuel Saint Kitts	13.86m	Allan Farara Montserrat	13.16m	Rohan Jeffers Nevis	12.01m
Discus Throw	Dion Samuel Saint Kitts	33.68m	Rohan Jeffers Nevis	30.46m	Jonathan Dutil Nevis	30.32m
Javelin Throw^†	Kelvin Samuel British Virgin Islands	45.12m	Chetal Evans Saint Kitts	45.04m	Joseph Pemberton Saint Kitts	38.69m
4 x 100 metres relay	British Virgin Islands Norvin Smith Ramo Pemberton Micheal Buttler Keron Stoute	43.04	Saint Kitts Vernelle Hodge Jason Rogers Chetal Evans Miguel Browne	43.62	United States Virgin Islands Virgil Campbell Julio Hodge Christopher Wilson Ricky Gumbs	43.82
4 x 400 metres relay^†	British Virgin Islands Ramo Pemberton Keron Stoute Alliston Blyden Micheal Buttler	3:28.77	Nevis Trevorne Nisbett Javid Stapelton Jevon Claxton Miles Walters	3:28.78

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

Girls (U-20)

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	Davanna Claxton Saint Kitts	1:02.06
800 metres	Samantha John British Virgin Islands	2:16.14	Ninfa Bernard U.S. Virgin Islands	2:20.16	Bianca Dougan British Virgin Islands	2:24.81
1500 metres	Ninfa Bernard U.S. Virgin Islands	5:06.73	Bianca Dougan British Virgin Islands	5:38.39
3000 metres^†	Kenryca Francis Antigua and Barbuda	10:34.47	Jonicia Richardson Anguilla	11:38.21	Rosalie Pringle Saint Kitts	11:49.09
High Jump	Chantel Malone British Virgin Islands	1.65m	Seanna Jack British Virgin Islands	1.57m	Shsandor Wilkinson Saint Kitts	1.52m
Long Jump	Chantel Malone British Virgin Islands	6.09m (wind: +1.8 m/s)	Sheriffa Whyte 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	Kanishque Todman British Virgin Islands	10.46m
Shot Put	Shearima Stanley Saint Kitts	9.53m	Tesril Nisbett Nevis	9.42m	Latoya Jones Nevis	8.37m
Discus Throw	Shearima Stanley Saint Kitts	27.34m	Tesril Nisbett Nevis	22.21m	Seanna Jack British Virgin Islands	19.97m
Javelin Throw^†	Tesril Nisbett Nevis	27.88m	Andrea Wynter U.S. Virgin Islands	26.00m	Shearima Stanley Saint Kitts	24.76m
4 x 100 metres relay	Saint Kitts Meritzer Williams Tameka Williams Sheriffa Whyte Marecia Pemberton	44.68

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

Boys (U-17)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Lestrod Roland Saint Kitts	11.27	Royston Queeley Nevis Nital Chavez Saint Kitts	11.36
200 metres (wind: -1.5 m/s)	Lester Ryan Montserrat	22.79	Lestrod Roland Saint Kitts	23.00	Jevonte Croal British Virgin Islands	23.11
400 metres	Lestrod Roland Saint Kitts	51.51	Trevorne Nisbett Nevis	53.07	Shaquille Edwards U.S. Virgin Islands	55.10
800 metres	Javid Stapelton Nevis	2:05.18	Kashka Forbes Nevis	2:08.20	Yanick Henderson Saint Kitts	2:11.39
1500 metres	Kashka Forbes Nevis	4:27.27	Javid Stapelton Nevis	4:28.71	Yanick Henderson Saint Kitts	4:39.12
High Jump	Givan Bass Saint Kitts	1.72m	Brandon Fahie British Virgin Islands	1.72m	Yaw-Micheal David Nevis	1.67m
Long Jump	Givan Bass Saint Kitts	6.82m (wind: NWI)	Emmette Thompson Anguilla	6.50m w (wind: +2.4 m/s)	Jevonte Croal British Virgin Islands	6.47m (wind: +0.8 m/s)
Shot Put	Givan Bass Saint Kitts	12.20m	Royston Queeley Nevis	11.40m	Lonzo Wilkinson Saint Kitts	11.33m
Discus Throw	Stephan Ryan Anguilla	28.68m	Givan Bass Saint Kitts	23.50m	Lonzo Wilkinson Saint Kitts	22.33m
4 x 100 metres relay	Saint Kitts Nital Chavez Lestrod Roland Givan Bass Lonzo Wilkinson	44.68	British Virgin Islands Jevonte Croal Jamoi Penn Teymaul Huggins Norville Carey	46.25	Nevis Royston Queeley Trevorne Nisbett Yaw-Micheal David Javid Stapelton	1:05.76

Girls (U-17)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.5 m/s)	Darneita Robinson British Virgin Islands	12.23	Kaetia Maduro British Virgin Islands	12.66	Siana Douglas Saint Kitts	12.68
200 metres (wind: -1.7 m/s)	Britney Wattley British Virgin Islands	24.92	Darneita Robinson British Virgin Islands	25.28	Siana Douglas Saint Kitts	26.05
400 metres	Vanessa Benett Saint Kitts	1:01.53	Tarika Warner British Virgin Islands	1:02.20	Romisha Malone Nevis	1:05.54
800 metres	Kenryca Francis Antigua and Barbuda	2:20.30	Rozel Liburd Nevis	2:27.95	Jonicia Richardson Anguilla	2:27.96
1500 metres	Kenryca Francis Antigua and Barbuda	4:53.58	Jonicia Richardson Anguilla	5:17.16	Rosalie Pringle Saint Kitts	5:30.62
High Jump (tie)	Israel Ramsey Nevis	1.65m	Trefesanna White Saint Kitts	1.56m	Marissa Malone British Virgin Islands Queneala Bradshaw Saint Kitts Kanishque Todman British Virgin Islands	1.47m
Long Jump	Queneala Bradshaw Saint Kitts	5.58m	Kanishque Todman British Virgin Islands	5.26m	Israel Ramsey Nevis	5.23m
Shot Put	Rochella Challenger Saint Kitts	10.33m	Anisha Douglas British Virgin Islands	9.10m	Andrea Wynter U.S. Virgin Islands	9.05m
Discus Throw	Rochella Challenger Saint Kitts	31.48m	Teresa Daniel Nevis	25.14m	Anisha Douglas British Virgin Islands	24.94m
4 x 100 metres relay	British Virgin Islands Darneita Robinson Kaetia Maduro Britney Wattley Kanishque Todman	47.86	Saint Kitts Trefesanna White Vanessa Benett Siana Douglas Queneala Bradshaw	49.89	Nevis Ariann Maynard Israel Ramsey Romisha Malone Kereesha Powell	50.10

Medal table (unofficial)

* Host nation (British Virgin Islands)


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 entries)		47	47	44	138

Team trophies

The scores for the team trophy were published.^[4]^[5]

The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Points
	Saint Kitts	140.33
2	British Virgin Islands	89.67
3	Nevis	74
4	Antigua and Barbuda	36
5	U.S. Virgin Islands	29
6	Anguilla	18
7	Montserrat	8

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 102 athletes from 7 countries participated.

References

^ Greenaway, Dean (July 1, 2008), St. Kitts defends Leeward Islands Junior Track title, Virgin Islands Daily News, archived from the original on September 24, 2015, retrieved February 28, 2014
^ Anguilla Track & Field News (cached), Anguilla News, July 1, 2008, archived from the original on September 15, 2018, retrieved February 28, 2014
^ Leeward Islands Junior Champs, Tortola 2008, Anguilla Track & Field, archived from the original on February 28, 2014, retrieved February 28, 2014
^ ^a ^b LI Juniors '08 Day1 - LEEWARD ISLANDS TRACK & FIELD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP - TORTOLA - 28/29 JUNE 2008 - DAY 1 RESULTS - Saturday 28th June (Updated), Nevis Amateur Athletic Association, retrieved February 28, 2014
^ ^a ^b LI Juniors '08 Day2 - LEEWARD ISLANDS TRACK & FIELD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP - TORTOLA - 28/29 JUNE 2008 - DAY 2 RESULTS - SUNDAY 29-Jun-08 AM SESSION HEATS, Nevis Amateur Athletic Association, retrieved February 28, 2014

[vidn_01-1] Greenaway, Dean (July 1, 2008), St. Kitts defends Leeward Islands Junior Track title, Virgin Islands Daily News, archived from the original on September 24, 2015, retrieved February 28, 2014

[an_01-2] Anguilla Track & Field News (cached), Anguilla News, July 1, 2008, archived from the original on September 15, 2018, retrieved February 28, 2014

[an_02-3] Leeward Islands Junior Champs, Tortola 2008, Anguilla Track & Field, archived from the original on February 28, 2014, retrieved February 28, 2014

[liaa_01-4] LI Juniors '08 Day1 - LEEWARD ISLANDS TRACK & FIELD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP - TORTOLA - 28/29 JUNE 2008 - DAY 1 RESULTS - Saturday 28th June (Updated), Nevis Amateur Athletic Association, retrieved February 28, 2014

[liaa_02-5] LI Juniors '08 Day2 - LEEWARD ISLANDS TRACK & FIELD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP - TORTOLA - 28/29 JUNE 2008 - DAY 2 RESULTS - SUNDAY 29-Jun-08 AM SESSION HEATS, Nevis Amateur Athletic Association, retrieved February 28, 2014

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