2017 South American U20 Championships in Athletics

XLII South American U20 Championships in Athletics
Dates	3–4 June
Host city	Leonora, Guyana
Venue	National Track and Field Centre
Level	Junior
Events	41
Participation	11 nations
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The 42nd South American U20 Championships in Athletics were held in Leonora, Guyana, on 3 and 4 June. It was the first time that this competition was held in Guyana.

Medal summary

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres -1.6 m/s	Compton Caesar   Guyana	10.37	Derick Silva   Brazil	10.45	Daniel Londero   Argentina	10.70
200 metres	Derick Silva   Brazil	20.92	Compton Caesar   Guyana	21.45	Enzo Faulbaum   Chile	21.55
400 metres	Miguel Shepper   Suriname	47.90	Daniel Williams   Guyana	48.24	Mateo Pascual   Uruguay	48.30
800 metres	Jeferson dos Santos   Brazil	1:56.35	Samuel Lynch   Guyana	1:57.26	Anfernee Headecker   Guyana	1:57.87
1500 metres	Jeferson dos Santos   Brazil	4:00.95	José Zabala   Argentina	4:02.51	Anfernee Headecker   Guyana	4:02.81
5000 metres	Daniel do Nascimento   Brazil	14:53.71	Yuri Labra   Peru	14:54.24	Carlos Hernández   Colombia	14:56.33
10,000 metres	Daniel do Nascimento   Brazil	31:01.64	Yuri Labra   Peru	32:13.78	Omar Ramos   Peru	35:39.20
110 metres hurdles (99 cm) -1.9 m/s	Marcos Herrera   Ecuador	13.58	Vittor Souza   Brazil	13.87	Diego Vivas   Colombia	13.99
400 metres hurdles	Caio Giovani Martins   Brazil	54.78	Eher Ali Romana   Colombia	55.65	Terrence Fraser   Guyana	58.07
3000 m steeplechase	Walace Caldas   Brazil	9:26.40	Edwar Condori   Peru	9:33.20	Alexander Huanca   Peru	9:35.40
4 × 100 m relay	Brazil Cleverson Pereira Junior Gabriel Oliveira Derick Silva Vittor Souza	41.29	Guyana Daniel Williams Tyrell Peters Ryan Bramble Compton Caesar	41.30	Colombia Juan David Moreno Diego Vivas Samuel Mauricio González Yeimer Palacios	42.38
4 × 400 m relay	Colombia Nicolás Salinas Manuel Henao Eher Ali Romana Samuel Mauricio González	3:20.85	Suriname Bargalvio Sallesman Miguel Shepper Astrando Piñas Daniel Peng	3:33.91	Argentina Lautaro Benitez Valentin Della ? José Zabala	3:35.94
10,000 m track walk	Jhonatan Amores   Ecuador	45:34.90	César Herrera   Colombia	45:56.70	Matheus Correa   Brazil	46:12.50
High jump	Luan Barbosa de Souza   Brazil	1.95	Tortque Boyce   Guyana	1.90	Daniel Williams   Guyana	1.90
Long jump	José Luis Mandros   Peru	7.91	Yeimer Palacios   Colombia	7.69	Gabriel Oliveira   Brazil	7.62
Triple jump	Frixon Chila   Ecuador	15.76	Arnovis Dalmero   Colombia	15.64	Geiner Moreno   Colombia	14.95
Shot put (6 kg)	Saymon Hoffmann   Brazil	16.57	Claudio Romero   Chile	16.48	Luis Córdoba   Colombia	15.84
Discus throw (1.75 kg)	Saymon Hoffmann   Brazil	54.59	Wellinton da Cruz Filho   Brazil	53.91	Claudio Romero   Chile	52.23
Hammer throw (6 kg)	Alencar Pereira   Brazil	71.42	Roberto Montiel   Chile	66.31	Only 2 participants
Javelin throw	Pedro Henrique Rodrigues   Brazil	69.71	Tramaine Beckles   Guyana	53.41	Timothy Sealey   Guyana	48.93
Decathlon (junior) [1]	Ignacio Sánchez   Peru	5271	Dennies Roberts   Guyana	4936	Jordan de Souza   Brazil	3361
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres -3.1 m/s	Lorraine Martins   Brazil	11.56	Onasha Rogers   Guyana	11.71	Kenisha Phillips   Guyana	11.78
200 metres -2.6 m/s	Lorraine Martins   Brazil	23.89	Romina Cifuentes   Ecuador	24.19	Kenisha Phillips   Guyana	24.26
400 metres	Tiffani Beatriz Marinho   Brazil	54.25	Avon Samuels   Guyana	55.45	Karen Segura   Colombia	57.56
800 metres	Johana Arrieta   Colombia	2:10.41	Joanna Archer   Guyana	2:19.43	Davinia Asantiba   Suriname	2:50.68
1500 metres	Pietra da Silva   Brazil	4:31.82	Jarly Marín   Colombia	4:33.83	Claudrice McKoy   Guyana	4:39.96
3000 metres	Micaela Levaggi   Argentina	9:58.15	Sheyla Eulogio   Peru	10:10.06	Lida Meneses   Peru	10:18.91
5000 metres	Virginia Huatarongo   Peru	18:18.10	Nicole Urra   Chile	18:20.60	Sheyla Eulogio   Peru	18:35.70
100 metres hurdles +0.6 m/s	Maribel Caicedo   Ecuador	14.32	Vitoria Sena Alves   Brazil	14.41	María Valentina Sánchez   Argentina	15.07
400 metres hurdles	Valeria Cabezas   Colombia	60.27	Marlene Ewellyn dos Santos   Brazil	61.24	Salome Navarro   Ecuador	63.73
3000 m steeplechase	Rina Cjuro   Peru	10:47.25	Erika Mariela Pilicita   Ecuador	10:48.63	Clara Macarena Baiocchi   Argentina	11:08.13
4 × 100 m relay	Ecuador Salome Navarro Romina Cifuentes Katherin Chillambo Maribel Caicedo	46.47	Colombia Valeria Cabezas Angélica Gamboa Shary Vallecilla María Fernanda Murillo	47.33	Guyana Kenisha Phillips Cassie Small Avon Samuels Onasha Rogers	47.43 NR
4 × 400 m relay	Guyana Avon Samuels Tandika Haynes Kenisha Phillips Joanna Archer	3:51.40	Colombia Jarly Marín Marisofia Pinilla Angélica Gamboa Johana Arrieta	3:52.14	Argentina María Valentina Sánchez Micaela Levaggi Clara Macarena Baiocchi Oriana Prieto	4:13.57
10,000 m track walk	María Montoya   Colombia	48:22.4	Evelyn Inga   Peru	48:33.1	Leyde Guerra   Peru	49:07.6
High jump	María Fernanda Murillo   Colombia	1.78	Roberta dos Santos   Brazil	1.75	Candy Toche   Peru	1.75
Long jump	Chantoba Bright   Guyana	6.30	Vitoria Sena Alves   Brazil	6.12	Ruth Sanmogan   Guyana	5.59
Triple jump	Mirieli Estaili Santos   Brazil	12.71	Monifah Djoe   Suriname	12.33	Chantoba Bright   Guyana	12.19
Shot put	Ailen Armada   Argentina	14.34	Ana Caroline da Silva   Brazil	13.92	Jelyza Pengel   Suriname	11.56
Discus throw	Ailen Armada   Argentina	47.43	Valquiria Meurer   Brazil	44.19	Dahiana López   Uruguay	40.74
Hammer throw	Mariana García   Chile	60.42	Ana Lays Bayer   Brazil	59.96	Araceli Nahuel   Argentina	53.24
Javelin throw	Juleisy Angulo   Ecuador	54.00	Fabielle Samira Ferreira   Brazil	51.74	Kimbily Hilliman   Guyana	19.82
WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

Medal table

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  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil  (BRA)	18	11	3	32
2	Ecuador  (ECU)	6	2	1	9
3	Colombia  (COL)	5	7	6	18
4	Peru  (PER)	4	5	6	15
5	Guyana  (GUY)*	3	10	12	25
6	Argentina  (ARG)	3	1	6	10
7	Chile  (CHI)	1	3	2	6
8	Suriname  (SUR)	1	2	2	5
9	Uruguay  (URU)	0	0	2	2
Totals (9 entries)		41	41	40	122

References

1. "Dennis Roberts is Guyana's ultimate all-rounded junior athlete". Guyana Chronicle. 9 June 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
2. "Medal table". Archived from the original on 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2017-06-21.

External links

• Event's Webpage