Athletics at the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games

Athletics at the VI Commonwealth Youth Games
Dates	20–23 July
Host city	Nassau, Bahamas
Venue	Thomas Robinson Stadium
Level	U18
Events	29
Participation	309 athletes
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Athletics was one of the nine sports of the 2017 Commonwealth Youth Games. The events were staged at the Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas between 20 and 23 July, shortly after the 2017 World U18 Championships in Athletics. ^[1]

Medal summary

Boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Adell Colthrust   Trinidad and Tobago	10.55	Kevon Stone   Jamaica	10.59	Adrian Curry   Bahamas	10.61
200 metres	Aaron Sexton   Northern Ireland	21.57	Danel Mahautière   Dominica	21.61	Chad Miller   England	21.65
400 metres	Kennedy Luchembe   Zambia	47.63	Vaughn Taylor   Canada	47.92	Ramone Lindo   Jamaica	48.01
800 metres	Alex Botterill   England	1:52.22	Jordan Doris   Australia	1:52.82	Joshua Allen   England	1:53.09
1500 metres	John Mwangi Waweru   Kenya	3:48.86	Joshua Lay   England	3:49.35	Luke Duffy   England	3:49.70
3000 metres	Edwin Kiplagat Bett   Kenya	8:23.96	Joshua Desouza   Canada	8:35.15	Francis Damasi   Tanzania	8:37.51
110 metres hurdles (91.4 cm)	Samuel Bennett   England	13.71 GR	Jack Sumners   England	13.85	Denvaughn Whymns   Bahamas	13.88
400 metres hurdles (84.0 cm)	Alastair Chalmers   Guernsey	51.22	Seamus Derbyshire   England	52.00	Boitumelo Mayo   South Africa	52.20
High jump	Sean Szalek   Australia	2.11	Samual Hall   Canada	2.09	Shaun Miller   Bahamas	2.01
Long jump	Sheldon Noble   Antigua and Barbuda	7.64 GR	Benjamin Schmidtchen   Australia	7.54	Denvaughn Whymns   Bahamas	7.15
Shot put (5 kg)	Alexander Kolesnikoff   Australia	19.76	Nicholas Palmer   New Zealand	19.57	Cobe Graham   Jamaica	17.80
Discus throw (1.5 kg)	Connor Bell   New Zealand	63.17	James Tomlinson   Wales	60.11	Djimon Gumbs   British Virgin Islands	56.24
Javelin throw (500 g)	Neil Janse Van Rensburg   Australia	74.19	Tyriq Horsford   Trinidad and Tobago	69.43	Oscar Sullivan   Australia	66.23

Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Julien Alfred   Saint Lucia	11.56	Riley Day   Australia	11.59	Deondra Green   Canada	11.62
200 metres	Riley Day   Australia	23.42 =GR	Beyoncé Defreitas   British Virgin Islands	23.88	Ella Connolly   Australia	24.09
400 metres	Bendere Oboya   Australia	52.69	Ella Connolly   Australia	52.72	Amber Anning   England	53.68
800 metres	Carley Thomas   Australia	2:05.04	Anna Burt   England	2:05.31	Aurora Rynda   Canada	2:06.38
1500 metres	Erin Wallace   Scotland	4:16.61 GR	Emmaculate Chepkirui   Kenya	4:16.73	Katrina Robinson   New Zealand	4:17.19
3000 metres	Emmaculate Chepkirui   Kenya	9:25.20	Katrina Robinson   New Zealand	9:27.40	Brogan MacDougall   Canada	9:29.34
100 metres hurdles (76.2 cm)	Shanette Allison   Jamaica	13.26	Lateisha Willis   Australia	13.55	Katarina Vlahovic   Canada	13.58
400 metres hurdles	Johnelle Thomas   Jamaica	59.40 GR	Sharelle Samuel   Canada	59.59	Terice Steen   Jamaica	1:00.68
High jump	Sommer Lecky   Northern Ireland	1.83 GR	Emily Whelan   Australia	1.79	Imogen Skelton   New Zealand	1.76
Long jump	Holly Mills   England	6.19 GR	Tatiana Aholou   Canada	5.97	Lucy Hadaway   England	5.67
Shot put (3 kg)	Trinity Tutti   Canada	17.82 GR	Sarah Omoregie   Wales	16.74	Styliana Kyriakidou   Cyprus	15.57
Discus throw	Trinity Tutti   Canada	49.57	Tatiana Kaumoana   New Zealand	45.54	Dolly Gabri   Canada	44.70
Javelin throw (500 g)	Josephine Lalam   Uganda	51.89	Ellie Bowyer   Australia	50.64	Emma Howe   England	47.04

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Mixed 4 × 100 metres relay	Australia [2] Riley Day Ella Connolly Ben Schmidtchen Jake Doran	43.19	Jamaica Kevon Stone David Tomilson Anna-Kay Allen Shanette Allison	43.62	Bahamas Marissa White Tylar Lightbourne Kristin Major Joel Johnson	43.83
Mixed 4 × 200 metres relay	Bahamas Doneisha Anderson Kayvon Stubbs Joel Johnson Shaquiel Higgs	1:31.50	England Vera Chinedu Georgina Adam Chad Miller Samuel Bennett	1:31.77	Botswana	1:33.51
Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay	Australia Bendere Oboya Sebastien Moir Carley Thomas Jordan Doris	3:25.08 AU18B	England Emma Alderson Amber Anning Alex Botterill Joshua Faulds	3:25.45	Bahamas Doneisha Anderson Wendira Moss Corey Sherrod Tyrell Simms	3:34.06

Medal table

^[3]

  *   Host nation (Bahamas)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia  (AUS)	8	7	2	17
2	England  (ENG)	3	6	6	15
3	Kenya  (KEN)	3	1	0	4
4	Canada  (CAN)	2	5	5	12
5	Jamaica  (JAM)	2	2	3	7
6	Northern Ireland  (NIR)	2	0	0	2
7	New Zealand  (NZL)	1	3	2	6
8	Trinidad and Tobago  (TTO)	1	1	0	2
9	Bahamas  (BAH)*	1	0	6	7
10	Antigua and Barbuda  (ATG)	1	0	0	1
	Guernsey  (GUE)	1	0	0	1
	Saint Lucia  (LCA)	1	0	0	1
	Scotland  (SCO)	1	0	0	1
	Uganda  (UGA)	1	0	0	1
	Zambia  (ZAM)	1	0	0	1
16	Wales  (WAL)	0	2	0	2
17	British Virgin Islands  (IVB)	0	1	1	2
18	Dominica  (DMA)	0	1	0	1
19	Botswana  (BOT)	0	0	1	1
	Cyprus  (CYP)	0	0	1	1
	South Africa  (RSA)	0	0	1	1
	Tanzania  (TAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		29	29	29	87

References

1. "Timetable". Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
2. Tucker, Jim (24 July 2017). "Commonwealth Youth Games: Aussie Riley Day shows off potential in 200m gold run in the Bahamas". The Courier-Mail . Retrieved 7 August 2017.
3. "Medal table". Archived from the original on 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2017-08-07.

External links

• Official website
• Results