2023 NACAC U18 and U23 Championships in Athletics

NACAC U23 & U18 Championships
Organisers	World Athletics, North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association
Edition	12th
Dates	21–23 July
Host city	San José, Costa Rica
Venue	Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica
Level	Under 23 Under 18
Type	Outdoor
Events	88
Participation	31 nations
Official website	NACAC U18 & U23 Championship July 21 - 23, 2023 Estadio Nacional, San José, CRC
← San José, Costa Rica 2021 TBD 2025 →

The 2023 NACAC U23 & U18 Championships, the twelfth edition of the biennial athletics competition between North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association at NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics for athletes under the age of twenty-three and third edition of NACAC U18 Championships in Athletics for athletes under the age of eighteen.

The 2023 NACAC U23 & U18 Championships were organized by World Athletics and North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association and were held 21–23 July 2023 in San José, Costa Rica, North America. ^{[1] [2]}

Results

Main article: 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics – Results

U23 Men

U23 Track

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Adrian Kerr   Jamaica	10.08	Travis Williams   Jamaica	10.12	Diego González   Puerto Rico	10.22
200 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Callum Robinson   Canada	20.52	Demar Francis   Jamaica	20.67	Connor Washington   United States	20.74
400 metres	D'Andre Anderson   Jamaica	45.56	Kyle Gale   Barbados	45.80	William Jones   United States	45.95
800 metres	Handal Roban   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1:47.43	Sean Dolan   United States	1:47.54	Dennick Luke   Dominica	1:47.62
1500 metres	Emile Toupin   Canada	4:00.01	Hector Pagan   Puerto Rico	4:01.61	Foster Malleck   Canada	4:02.43
5000 metres	Cole Sprout   United States	14:11.78 CR	Hector Pagan   Puerto Rico	14:29.39	Esteban Oses   Costa Rica	15:33.04
110 metres hurdles (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Connor Schulman   United States	13.40	Antoine Andrews   Bahamas	13.57	Jaheem Hayles   Jamaica	13.73
400 metres hurdles	Caleb Cavanaugh   United States	49.35	Assinie Wilson   Jamaica	49.70	Yeral Núñez   Dominican Republic	49.95
3000 metres steeplechase	Kevin Robertson   Canada	9:04.77	Paulo Gómez   Costa Rica	9:10.48	Carson Williams   United States	9:30.66
4 × 100 metres relay	Jamaica Jehlani Gordon Adrian Kerr Travis Williams Shakur Williams	39.04	Bahamas Antoine Andrews Adam Musgrove Carlos Brown Jr. Terrence Jones	39.59	United States Blaise Atkinson Brice Chabot Rodney Heath Samuel Blaskowski	39.62
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Assinie Wilson Reheem Hayles Delano Kennedy D'Andre Anderson	3:02.44	United States William Jones Caleb Cavanaugh Connor Washington Will Sumner	3:04.84	Barbados Raheem Taitt Jahleel Armstrong Kyle Gale Tyrique Johnson	3:04.33
10 kilometres walk†	José Mariano Ordóñez   Guatemala	44:55.05	Samuel Allen   United States	49:26.82	Only two starters
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)

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.
† Exhibition event – no medals awarded.

U23 Field

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Romaine Beckford   Jamaica	2.21 m	Kason O'Riley   United States	2.18 m	Shaun Miller   Bahamas	2.15 m
Pole vault	Hunter Garretson   United States	5.61 m CR	Brenden Vanderpool   Bahamas	4.95 m	Jonathan José López   Puerto Rico	4.75 m
Long jump	Malcolm Clemons   United States	8.21 m	Jeremiah Davis   United States	8.10 m (w)	Jordan Turner   Jamaica	7.82 m
Triple jump	Russell Robinson   United States	16.64 m (w)	Salif Mane   United States	16.49 m	Kelsey Daniel   Trinidad and Tobago	16.19 m (w)
Shot put	Maxwell Otterdahl   United States	19.41 m	Jason Swarens   United States	19.02 m	Christopher Crawford   Trinidad and Tobago	17.84 m
Discus throw	Ralford Mullings   Jamaica	61.18 m	Jaden James   Trinidad and Tobago	53.59 m	Aidan Elbettar   United States	53.21 m
Hammer throw	Kyle Moison   United States	64.93 m	Kade McCall   United States	64.69 m	Michael Soler   Puerto Rico	62.83 m
Javelin throw	Keyshawn Strachan   Bahamas	78.37 m	Dash Sirmon   United States	75.28 m	Braden Presser   United States	72.60 m
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)

U23 Combined

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Decathlon†	Guillermo Rivas   Guatemala	6815 pts	Only one starter
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)

† Exhibition event – no medals awarded.

U23 Women

U23 Track

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.7 m/s)	Mia Brahe-Pedersen   United States	11.08 CR	Leah Bertrand   Trinidad and Tobago	11.27	Beyoncé Defreitas   British Virgin Islands	11.41
200 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Mia Brahe-Pedersen   United States	23.05	Beyoncé Defreitas   British Virgin Islands	23.59	Ashantai Bollers   Canada	23.84
400 metres	Jermaisha Arnold   United States	50.68 CR	Ziyah Holman   United States	50.95	Shana-Kaye Anderson   Jamaica	52.27
800 metres	Olivia Cooper   Canada	2:07.59	Cassandra Williamson   Canada	2:07.83	Mikaela Smith   United States Virgin Islands	2:12.80
1500 metres	Addison Wiley   United States	4:05.84 CR	Elise Shea   United States	4:14.90	Holly MacGillivray   Canada	4:15.99
5000 metres	Layla Roebke   United States	17:24.61	Jorelis Vargas   Puerto Rico	17:56.56	Yuliannie Lugo   Puerto Rico	18:05.18
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.2 m/s)	Rayniah Jones   United States	12.78	Crystal Morrison   Jamaica	12.81	Destiny Huven   United States	13.19
400 metres hurdles	Shani'a Bellamy   United States	55.48	Vanessa Watson   United States	56.05	Garriel White   Jamaica	56.94
4 × 100 metres relay	United States Kaila Jackson Rayniah Jones Sophia Beckmon Mia Brahe-Pedersen	42.74 CR	Jamaica Crystal Morrison Shaqueena Foote Niesha Burgher Shana-Kaye Anderson	43.80	Trinidad and Tobago Reneisha Andrews Shaniqua Bascombe Taejha Badal Leah Bertrand	44.50
4 × 400 metres relay	United States Ziyah Holman Kiah Williams Jan'taijah Ford Jermaisha Arnold	3:26.83 CR	Jamaica Garriel White Shaqueena Foote Joanne Reid Shana-Kaye Anderson	3:28.50	Costa Rica Naydelin Calderón Tiphanny Madrigal Vielka Arias Melanie Vargas	4:09.81
5000 metres walk†	María Fernanda Peinado   Guatemala	23:22.65	Glendy Teletor   Guatemala	24:00.01	Only two starters
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)

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.
† Exhibition event – no medals awarded.

U23 Field

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump†	Jenna Rogers   United States	1.83 m	María José Rodríguez   Costa Rica	1.70 m	Only two starters
Pole vault	Sydney Horn   United States	4.41 m CR	Heather Abadie   Canada	3.95 m	Vielka Paola Arias Mora   Costa Rica	3.55 m
Long jump	Sophia Beckmon   United States	6.69 m (w)	Claire Bryant   United States	6.66 m (w)	Haila González   Cuba	6.41 m (w)
Triple jump	Rhianna Phillips   Jamaica	13.61 m	Euphenie Andre   United States	13.42 m (w)	Asherah Collins   United States	13.04 m
Shot put	Jaida Ross   United States	18.35 m	Jalani Davis   United States	17.20 m	Danielle Sloley   Jamaica	16.23 m
Discus throw	Melany Matheus   Cuba	59.60 m	Shelby Frank   United States	56.96 m	Michaelle Valentin   Haiti	51.62 m
Hammer throw	Jalani Davis   United States	63.81 m	Yanielys Torres   Puerto Rico	58.81 m	Michaelle Valentin   Haiti	57.51 m
Javelin throw	Rhema Otabor   Bahamas	57.48 m CR	Maura Huwalt   United States	49.25 m	Kimberly Smith   British Virgin Islands	37.54 m
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)

† Exhibition event – no medals awarded.

U23 Combined

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Heptathlon†	Jadin O'Brien   United States	5778 pts	Shaunece Miller   Bahamas	4291 pts	Only two starters
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)

† Exhibition event – no medals awarded.

U23 Mixed

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay	United States Caleb Cavanaugh Kiah Williams Will Sumner Bailey Lear	3:14.71 CR	Jamaica Gregory Prince Shaquena Foote Enrique Webster Garriel White	3:19.66	Canada Abdullahi Hassan Olivia Cooper Leroy Russell Cassandra Williamson	3:25.42

U18 Boys

U18 Track

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s)	Kasiya Daley   Antigua and Barbuda	10.56	Gary Card   Jamaica	10.56	Dwayne Fleming   Antigua and Barbuda	10.69
200 metres (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Kasiya Daley   Antigua and Barbuda	21.40	Ainsley McGregor   Jamaica	21.70	Cayden Smith   Bahamas	21.76
400 metres	Zion Miller   Bahamas	48.08	Joshua Wint   Jamaica	48.68	Zion Shepherd   Bahamas	49.10
800 metres	Robin Lefebvre   Canada	1:52.80	LJ Nelson   Canada	1:54.36	Daniel Aguilar   Guatemala	1:55.17
1500 metres	Robin Lefebvre   Canada	3:58.47	Jackson Witham   Canada	3:59.41	Asher Leo Patel   Aruba	4:04.28 NR
3000 metres	Asher Leo Patel   Aruba	9:13.47 NR	David Jiang   Canada	9:14.30	Omare Thompson   Trinidad and Tobago	9:34.94
110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm) (wind: -0.4 m/s)	Daneil Wright   Jamaica	13.31	Kahiem Carby   Jamaica	13.34	Yander Herrera   Cuba	13.41
400 metres hurdles	Trevoy Smith   Jamaica	51.75 CR	Cheyne West   Trinidad and Tobago	52.35	Berkley Munnings   Bahamas	54.27
2000 metres steeplechase†	Jean Carlos Soza   Nicaragua	6:23.09	Derek Strachan   Canada	6:26.97	Only two starters
4 × 100 metres relay	Trinidad and Tobago Khadeem Ryan Kadeem Chinapoo Trevaughn Stewart Andrew Steele	41.14	Jamaica Kahiem Carby Trevoy Smith Ainsley McGregor Joshua Wint	41.18	Bahamas Johnathon Rodgers Cayden Smith Trent Ford Ishmael Rolle	41.19
4 × 400 metres relay	Jamaica Joshua Wint Daneil Wright Jabari Matheson Trevoy Smith	3:12.80	Bahamas Berkley Munnings Zion Shepherd Morgan Moss Zion Miller	3:19.80	Trinidad and Tobago Khadeem Ryan Cheyne West Kaleb Campbell Keeran Sriskandarajah	3:26.81
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)

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.
†Exhibition event

U18 Field

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Chavez Penn   Jamaica	2.10 m	Andrew Stone   Cayman Islands	2.07 m	Jaidi James   Trinidad and Tobago	1.95 m
Pole vault†	Kenny Moxey Jr.   Bahamas	3.90 m	Leonardo Oliveros   Guatemala	3.45 m	Only two starters
Long jump	Chavez Penn   Jamaica	2.10 m	Andrew Stone   Cayman Islands	2.07 m	Jaidi James   Trinidad and Tobago	1.95 m
Triple jump	Immani Mathew   Trinidad and Tobago	7.71 m	Andrew Stone   Cayman Islands	7.36 m	Andrew Steele   Trinidad and Tobago	7.30 m (w)
Shot put (5 kg)	Ángel Montanez   Puerto Rico	15.54 m	Jordy Soto   Costa Rica	11.98 m	Only two starters
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	José Sebastián Albizu   Guatemala	41.62 m	Anthony Gómez   Costa Rica	40.93 m	Only two starters
Hammer throw† (5 kg)	Juan David Contreras   Guatemala	42.48 m	Anthony Gómez   Costa Rica	35.21 m	Only two starters
Javelin throw (700 g)	Malique Francis   Antigua and Barbuda	56.18 m	Wilson Morales   Guatemala	51.70 m	Only two starters
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)

†Exhibition event

U18 Combined

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Decathlon (U18)	Kenny Moxey Jr.   Bahamas	6095 pts	Maxwell Álvarez   Guatemala	5528 pts	Exhibition event
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)

U18 Girls

U18 Track

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +1.2 m/s)	Theianna Terrelonge   Jamaica	11.41	Frances Colón   Puerto Rico	11.50	La'Nica Locker   Antigua and Barbuda	11.54
200 metres (wind: -0.9 m/s)	Theianna Terrelonge   Jamaica	23.53	La'Nica Locker   Antigua and Barbuda	23.64	Frances Colón   Puerto Rico	24.08
400 metres	Chloe Symon   Canada	55.37	Akira Malaver   Trinidad and Tobago	55.77	Breanne Barnett   Haiti	56.01
800 metres	Michelle Smith   U.S. Virgin Islands	2:09.90	Stephanie Bertram   Canada	2:10.88	Gabriella Ruggeri   Canada	2:12.04
1500 metres	Abby Lewis   Canada	4:35.01 CR	Stephanie Bertram   Canada	4:37.97	Ashlyn Simmons   Barbados	4:49.18
3000 metres	Abby Lewis   Canada	10:01.67 CR	Karla Rodas   Guatemala	11:22.26	María Paula Leiva   Costa Rica	11:58.96
100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm) (wind: +0.1 m/s)	Naomi Byam   Canada	13.77	Michelle Smith   U.S. Virgin Islands	13.88	Sofia Swindell   U.S. Virgin Islands	14.01
400 metres hurdles	Michelle Smith   U.S. Virgin Islands	56.99 CR	Darvinique Dean   Bahamas	61.13	Keneisha Shelbourne   Trinidad and Tobago	61.68
4 × 100 metres relay	Trinidad and Tobago Symphony Patrick Janae De Gannes Gianna Paul Akira Malaver	45.99	Bahamas Phebe Thompson Shatalya Dorsett Nia Richards Shayann Demeritte	46.42	Puerto Rico Legna Echevarría Frances Colón Darelys Dominguez Karina Franceschi	46.49
4 × 400 metres relay	Canada Naomi Byam Stryker Zablocki Gracy Smith Chloe Symon	3:49.97	Bahamas Darvinique Dean Shatalya Dorsett Nya Wright Alexis Roberts	3:51.20	Costa Rica Elineth Navarro Victoria Jara Antonella Lanuza Mariangel Núñez	4:08.98
10 kilometres walk	María José González   Guatemala	25:41.65	Chelsea Araya   Costa Rica	27:33.57	Keesha Vázquez   Puerto Rico	29:07.76
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)

* Indicates the athletes only competed in the preliminary heats and received medals.

U18 Field

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
High jump	Jah'kyla Morton   British Virgin Islands	1.74 m	Keneisha Shelbourne   Trinidad and Tobago	1.71 m	Koi Adderley   Bahamas	1.65 m
Long jump	Janae De Gannes   Trinidad and Tobago	6.11 m CR	Legna Echevarría   Puerto Rico	6.08 m (w)	Brooklyn Lyttle   Belize	5.72 m (w)
Triple jump	Asia Phillips   Canada	13.55 m	Jaeda Robinson   Jamaica	12.14 m	Brooklyn Lyttle   Belize	11.65 m (w)
Shot put (wind: 3 kg)	Peyton Winter   Trinidad and Tobago	14.53 m	Annae Mackey   Bahamas	13.09 m	Mikayla Brown   Cayman Islands	12.65 m
Discus throw	Cailyn Johnson   Bahamas	40.85 m	Ruth Irvine   Trinidad and Tobago	33.82 m	Luna Mora   Costa Rica	32.76 m
Javelin throw	Ciara Marie Martínez   Costa Rica	44.94 m	Dior Rae Scott   Bahamas	41.39 m	Taysha Stubbs   Bahamas	40.68 m
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)

U18 Combined

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Heptathlon (U18)	Gianna Paul   Trinidad and Tobago	4618 pts	Tenique Vincent   Trinidad and Tobago	4600 pts	Mariangel Núñez   Costa Rica	4069 pts
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)

U18 Mixed

Chronology: 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | 2027

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
4 × 400 metres relay	Bahamas Zion Miller Nya Wright Zion Shepherd Alexis Roberts	3:31.29	Canada Robin Lefebvre Stephanie Bertram LJ Nelson Gabriella Ruggeri	3:31.96	Trinidad and Tobago Kyle Williams Akira Malaver Keeran Sriskandarajah Keneisha Shelbourne	3:33.13

Participating nations

According to an official count, 448 athletes from 28 countries participated.

•   Anguilla (3)
•   Antigua and Barbuda (6)
•   Aruba (1)
•   Bahamas (48)
•   Barbados (13)
•   Belize (5)
•   Bermuda (6)
•   British Virgin Islands (9)
•   Canada (40)
•   Cayman Islands (7)
•   Costa Rica (46)
•   Cuba (4)
•   Dominica (4)
•   Dominican Republic (5)
•   El Salvador (6)
•   Grenada (1)
•   Guatemala (20)
•   Haiti (5)
•   Honduras (1)
•   Jamaica (69)
•   Montserrat (1)
•   Nicaragua (4)
•   Puerto Rico (25)
•   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (6)
•   Trinidad and Tobago (38)
•   Turks and Caicos Islands (5)
•   United States (62)
•   United States Virgin Islands (5)

References

1. NACAC – U18 & U23 North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association NACAC Athletics
2. NACAC U23 Championships World Athletics

External links

• Final results
• Athletics – NACAC U-23 & U18 Championships – 2023 – Schedule and results World Athletics
• Athletics – NACAC U-23 & U18 Championships – 2023 PAN AM U20 CHAMPIONSHIPS – Schedule Athletics Canada
• Sunday morning NACAC U18 and U23 Championships
• Saturday afternoon - NACAC U18 and U23 Championship
• Saturday morning - NACAC U18 and U23 Championship
• Friday afternoon - NACAC U18 and U23 Championship
• Friday morning - NACAC U18 and U23 Championship
• INAUGURATION - NACAC U18 and U23 Championship