2021 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics – Results

These are the results of the 2021 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics which took place on July 9, 10, and 11, at the Estadio Nacional in San José, Costa Rica.^[1]

Men's results

100 meters

Heats – July 9
Wind:
Heat 1: +0.6 m/s, Heat 2: +4.1 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Kuron Griffith	Barbados	10.34	Q
2	2	Odaine McPherson	Jamaica	10.39	Q
3	2	Guinove Joanus	Haiti	10.40	Q
4	1	Kion Benjamin	Trinidad and Tobago	10.53	Q
5	2	Ian Liburd Jr.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.64	q
6	1	Matthew Clarke	Barbados	10.65	Q
7	2	Tyrell Edwards	Trinidad and Tobago	10.68	q
8	2	Timothy Powell	Costa Rica	11.02
9	1	Isaac Benjamin Joseph	Haiti	11.03	Q
10	1	Luis Alonso Guevara	Costa Rica	11.20

Final – July 9

Wind: +0.2 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Kuron Griffith	Barbados	10.33
	5	Odaine McPherson	Jamaica	10.39
	6	Kion Benjamin	Trinidad and Tobago	10.40
4	7	Matthew Clarke	Barbados	10.55
5	1	Tyrell Edwards	Trinidad and Tobago	10.56
6	3	Guinove Joanus	Haiti	10.59
7	2	Ian Liburd Jr.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	10.80
8	8	Isaac Benjamin Joseph	Haiti	10.91

200 meters

Heats – July 10
Wind:
Heat 1: -0.6 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Alexander Ogando	Dominican Republic	20.79	Q
2	1	Jevaughn Powell	Jamaica	21.35	Q
3	1	Antonio Watson	Jamaica	21.51	Q
4	1	Guinove Joanus	Haiti	21.61	Q
5	2	Darion Skerrit	Antigua and Barbuda	21.64	Q
6	1	Ian Liburd Jr.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	21.82	q
7	2	Matthew Clarke	Barbados	21.92	Q
8	2	Isaac Benjamin Joseph	Haiti	22.22	q
9	1	Karim Murray	Cayman Islands	22.33
10	2	Kluiverth Núñez	Costa Rica	22.95

Final – July 11

Wind: -1.7 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Alexander Ogando	Dominican Republic	20.59
	5	Jevaughn Powell	Jamaica	20.83
	3	Antonio Watson	Jamaica	21.03
4	2	Matthew Clarke	Barbados	21.16
5	7	Darion Skerrit	Antigua and Barbuda	21.57
6	6	Guinove Joanus	Haiti	21.58
7	8	Ian Liburd Jr.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	21.94
8	1	Isaac Benjamin Joseph	Haiti	22.69

400 meters

July 10

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	5	Jonathan Jones	Barbados	46.20
	4	Christopher Taylor	Jamaica	46.58
	3	Javeir Brown	Jamaica	47.54
4	7	Antonio Grant	Panama	48.90
5	1	Leroy Chapman	Saint Kitts and Nevis	50.12
6	2	Derick Leandro	Costa Rica	50.84
	6	Wilbert Encarnación	Dominican Republic	DNS

800 meters

July 10

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Juan Diego Castro	Costa Rica	1:48.66
	Tyrese Reid	Jamaica	1:49.44
	Aaron Hernández	El Salvador	1:54.47
4	Jorge Prendas	Costa Rica	1:54.49
5	Marcos Cruz	Guatemala	1:56.53

1500 meters

July 11

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Aaron Hernández	El Salvador	3:57.37
	Marcos Cruz	Guatemala	3:58.27
	Tyrese Reid	Jamaica	4:01.40
4	Jorge Prendas	Costa Rica	4:02.14
5	Allan Rodríguez	Costa Rica	4:08.61
6	Keveroy Venson	Jamaica	4:30.27

5000 meters

July 9

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Marcial Rodríguez	Nicaragua	14:32.93

110 meters hurdles

July 10
Wind: -1.5 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	6	Orlando Bennett	Jamaica	13.65
	7	Rasheem Brown	Cayman Islands	14.06
	5	Yves Cherubin	Haiti	14.29
4	8	Jordani Woodley	Jamaica	14.86

400 meters hurdles

July 9

Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
4	Rasheeme Griffith	Barbados	52.06
5	Nathan Fergusson	Barbados	52.69
3	Luis Alonso Guevara	Costa Rica	54.78

3000 meters steeplechase

July 11

Name	Nationality	Time
Marcial Rodríguez	Nicaragua	9:56.16
Brandon Barrantes	Costa Rica	10:07.86
Carlos Santos	El Salvador	DNF

4 × 100 meters relay

July 10

Rank	Lane	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	3	Jamaica	Antonio Watson, Christopher Taylor, Jevaughn Powell, Odaine McPherson	42.07
	4	Costa Rica	Derick Leandro, Ivan Sibaja, Kluiverth Núñez, Rasheed Miller	44.69

10,000 meters walk

July 10

Name	Nationality	Time
Pedro Alexander López	Guatemala	43:55.84
Oscar Pop	Guatemala	44:08.08
Juan Manuel Calderón	Costa Rica	44:12.97
Yeudy Bonilla	Costa Rica	DQ

High jump

July 11

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.85	1.90	1.95	2.00	2.05	2.10	2.15	2.21	2.25	Result
	Shaun Miller	Bahamas	–	–	–	o	o	o	xo	o	xxx	2.21
	Kyle Alcine	Bahamas	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	xxx		2.15
	Byron Villalobos	Costa Rica	o	o	o	xxx						1.95
	Raymond Richards	Jamaica	–	–	o	xx–	x					1.95
5	Víctor Saavedra	Costa Rica	o	xo	xxx						1.90

Pole vault

July 11

Rank	Name	Nationality	4.20	4.35	4.50	4.60	Result	Notes
	Julio Flores	Nicaragua	–	o	xxo	xxx	4.50
	Héctor Juan	Dominican Republic	xxo	–	xxx		4.20

Long jump

July 11

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result
	Shakwon Coke	Jamaica	7.82	6.62	x	x	7.88	x	7.88
	Clement Campbell	Trinidad and Tobago	6.94	5.43	6.74	7.31	x	7.37	7.37
	Rasheed Miller	Costa Rica	7.15	x	x	x	7.08	x	7.15
4	Taeco O'Garro	Antigua and Barbuda	6.88	6.65	x	7.01	6.98	6.86	7.01
	Adrián Alvarado	Panama	x	r					NM

Triple jump

July 9

Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result
Jonathan Miller	Barbados	15.89	16.00	x	x	–	–	16.00
Taeco O'Garro	Antigua and Barbuda	15.34	15.41	15.33	15.24	14.49	x	15.41
Jadon Brome	Barbados	x	x	14.69	15.12	–	x	15.12
Owayne Owens	Jamaica	x	x	x	r			NM

Shot put

July 9

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Courtney Lawrence	Jamaica	16.60	18.02	18.66	18.37	x	18.27	18.66
	Elías Gómez	Costa Rica	13.17	13.19	13.44	x	x	x	13.44

Discus throw

July 9

Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result
Kai Chang	Jamaica	x	x	59.69	61.39	60.90	x	61.39
Roje Stona	Jamaica	60.01	61.21	59.86	59.66	56.70	x	61.21
Elías Gómez	Costa Rica	41.30	43.50	46.33	x	44.80	44.23	46.33

Hammer throw

July 10

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Dylan Suárez	Costa Rica	58.83	x	60.81	61.14	58.69	x	61.14
	Rodrigo Morán	Guatemala	51.73	52.66	53.04	52.75	52.34	x	53.04

Javelin throw

July 10

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result
	Tyriq Horsford	Trinidad and Tobago	68.01	69.18	x	68.58	73.06	x	73.06
	Keyshawn Strachan	Bahamas	67.81	72.13	65.67	–	67.99	71.41	72.13
	Armando Caballero	Panama	56.26	58.20	63.50	61.75	59.40	56.28	63.50
4	Iván Sibaja	Costa Rica	x	63.04	60.99	60.18	62.01	58.31	63.04

Decathlon

July 9–10

The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Name	Nationality	100m	LJ	SP	HJ	400m	110m H	DT	PV	JT	1500m	Points	Notes
	Esteban Ibáñez	El Salvador	11.33w	6.78	9.80	1.95	50.86	15.55	28.94	3.90	41.50	4:53.75	6436
	Brainer Chavarría	Costa Rica	11.43w	5.86	10.06	1.56	53.21	17.61	31.89	2.90	40.31	5:24.61	6436

Women's results

100 meters

July 9
Wind: +0.6 m/s

Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
5	Halle Hazzard	Grenada	11.42
3	Amya Clarke	Saint Kitts and Nevis	11.90
2	Denisha Cartwritght	Bahamas	11.91
4	Ashanti Moore	Jamaica	DQ	FS

200 meters

July 11
Wind: -1.6 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	5	Fiordaliza Cofil	Dominican Republic	23.89
	4	Halle Hazzard	Grenada	24.07
	7	Iantha Wright	Trinidad and Tobago	24.40
4	6	Grizell Scarlett	Jamaica	24.45
	8	Angeline Pondler	Costa Rica	DNF

400 meters

July 10

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Charokee Young	Jamaica	52.06
	3	Shafiqua Maloney	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	52.73
	5	Fiordaliza Cofil	Dominican Republic	53.83
4	8	Shalysa Wray	Cayman Islands	54.42
5	6	Tamara Woodley	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	56.76
6	1	Angeline Pondler	Costa Rica	57.18
	2	Milagros Duran	Dominican Republic	DNS
	7	Lilian Reyes	Dominican Republic	DNS

800 meters

July 10

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Shafiqua Maloney	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2:08.13
	Mikaela Smith	United States Virgin Islands	2:19.87

100 meters hurdles

July 10
Wind: -2.6 m/s

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	4	Daszay Freeman	Jamaica	13.80
	6	Charisma Taylor	Bahamas	13.88
	3	Sasha Wells	Bahamas	13.94
4	5	Hannah Connell	Barbados	14.08
5	2	Mariel Brokke	Costa Rica	15.41

400 meters hurdles

July 9

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7	Shiann Salmon	Jamaica	58.29

5000 meters walk

July 10

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Yasury Palacios	Guatemala	22:31.13	NU23R
	María Fernanda Peinado	Guatemala	DQ

High jump

July 9

Rank	Name	Nationality	1.65	1.70	1.75	1.80	1.85	1.90	Result	Notes
	Lamara Distin	Jamaica	–	o	o	xo	o	xxx	1.85
	Ángela González	Panama	xxo	xxx					1.65

Triple jump

July 11

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Charisma Taylor	Bahamas	13.22	x	13.04	–	13.02	x	13.22
	Mikeisha Welcome	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	13.16	13.13	x	12.88	12.94	13.10	13.16

Shot put

July 9

Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
Deisheline Mayers	Costa Rica	14.90	13.18	14.05	14.24	13.79	13.65	14.90	NR
Danielle Sloley	Jamaica	13.34	13.35	12.96	13.42	13.82	13.85	13.85
Lacee Barnes	Cayman Islands	11.84	12.58	13.32	13.75	x	13.16	13.75

Discus throw

July 9

Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result
Lacee Barnes	Cayman Islands	38.78	42.76	44.95	40.56	47.34	x	47.34
Acacia Astwood	Bahamas	x	28.33	34.34	35.85	36.78	x	36.78
Tania Sevilla	Costa Rica	x	33.16	33.32	29.26	31.73	x	33.32

Hammer throw

July 10

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Acacia Astwood	Bahamas	50.07	47.39	x	x	51.22	x	51.22
	Lindsay Reyes	Costa Rica	x	39.99	44.53	45.62	x	42.48	45.62

Javelin throw

July 11

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Deisheline Mayers	Costa Rica	37.95	41.98	36.08	x	39.68	36.26	41.98

Heptathlon

July 9–10

Rank	Name	Nationality	100m H	HJ	SP	200m	LJ	JT	800m	Points	Notes
	Mariel Brokke	Costa Rica	15.08	1.49	7.64	26.33	5.12	19.79	2:39.50	4042

Mixed results

4 × 100 meters relay

July 11

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Jamaica	Shiann Salmon (W), Christopher Taylor (M), Odaine McPherson (M), Charokee Young (W)	3:20.71
	Bahamas	Sasha Wells (W), Shaun Miller (M), Charisma Taylor (W), Kyle Alcine (M)	3:41.69

References

^ Results book

[1] Results book

[1]

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