List of Central American and Caribbean under-20 records in athletics

Central American and Caribbean Junior records in athletics are the best marks set in an event by an athlete who has not yet reached their 20th birthday in the given year of competition, competing for a member nation of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC). CACAC doesn't maintain an official list for such performances. All bests shown on this list are tracked by statisticians not officially sanctioned by the governing body.

Outdoor

  Not ratified or later rescinded by World Athletics

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref	Video
100 m	9.99 (+0.3 m/s)	Bouwahjgie Nkrumie	Jamaica	29 March 2023	ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	18 years, 68 days	[1]
200 m	19.93 (+1.4 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	11 April 2004	CARIFTA Games	Devonshire, Bermuda	17 years, 234 days
400 m	44.99	Jamal Walton	Cayman Islands	21 July 2017	Pan American U20 Championships	Trujillo, Peru	18 years, 238 days	[2]
800 m
1500 m	3:41.21	Luis Grijalva	Guatemala	20 April 2018	Bryan Clay Invitational	Azusa, United States	19 years, 10 days	[3]
3000 m
5000 m
10000 m
Marathon
110 m hurdles (99 cm)	12.99 (+0.3 m/s)	Damion Thomas	Jamaica	23 June 2018	Jamaican Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	18 years, 359 days	[4]
110 m hurdles	13.32 (+0.7 m/s)	Dejour Russell	Jamaica	24 June 2017	Jamaican Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	17 years, 84 days	[5]
400 m hurdles	47.34	Roshawn Clarke	Jamaica	21 August 2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	19 years, 51 days	[6]
3000 m steeplechase
High jump	2.36 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	23 February 1986		Santiago de Cuba, Cuba	18 years, 133 days
Pole vault
Long jump	8.33 m (+2.0 m/s)	Maykel Massó	Cuba	14 July 2017	Meeting de Atletismo Madrid	Madrid, Spain	18 years, 67 days	[7]
Triple jump	17.87 m (+1.3 m/s)	Jaydon Hibbert	Jamaica	13 May 2023	SEC Championships	Baton Rouge, United States	18 years, 116 days	[8] [9]
Shot put
Discus throw (1.75 kg)	66.88 m	Traves Smikle	Jamaica	31 March 2011		Kingston, Jamaica	18 years, 328 days
Discus throw (2.0 kg)	61.54 m	Pedro Acosta	Cuba	15 July 1989		Havana, Cuba
Hammer throw (6.0 kg)	79.14 m	Reinier Mejias	Cuba	27 June 2009		Havana, Cuba
Hammer throw (7.26 kg)	69.78 m	Alberto Sanchez	Cuba	18 September 1992		Seoul, South Korea	19 years, 229 days
Javelin throw (800 g)	84.58 m	Keshorn Walcott	Trinidad and Tobago	11 August 2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	19 years, 131 days	[10]
Decathlon (Senior implements)	8257pts	Yordani García	Cuba	31 August - 1 September 2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	18 years, 284 days	[11]
	100m (wind) Long jump (wind) Shot put High jump 400m 110H (wind) Discus Pole vault Javelin 1500m 10.73 (+0.7 m/s) 7.15 m (+0.2 m/s) 14.94 m 2.09 m 49.25 14.08 (-0.2 m/s) 42.91 m 4.70 m 68.74 m 4:55.42
10000 m walk (track)	39:56.49	Alberto Cruz	Mexico	10 August 1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	18 years, 65 days
20 km walk (road)
50 km walk (road)
4×100 m relay	38.61 A	Alexavier Monfried Bryan Levell Andrew Gilipps Sandrey Davison	Jamaica	22 August 2021	World U20 Championships	Nairobi, Kenya		[12]
4×400 m relay	3:00.99	Evaldo Whitehorne Jeremy Farr Bovel McPherson Anhony Cox	Jamaica	21 July 2019	Pan American U20 Championships	San José, Costa Rica		[13]

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m	10.92 (+1.0 m/s)	Alana Reid	Jamaica	29 March 2023	ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletics Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	18 years, 68 days	[14]
200 m	22.45 (+0.9 m/s)	Shaunae Miller	Bahamas	22 June 2013	Bahamian Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	19 years, 53 days
400 m	50.70	Shaunae Miller	Bahamas	7 June 2013	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, United States	19 years, 53 days	[15]
800 m	1:57.74	Sahily Diago	Cuba	25 May 2014	Memorial Barrientos	Havana, Cuba	18 years, 272 days	[16]
1000 m
1500 m
Mile
3000 m
5000 m
10000 m	32:22.99	Madaí Pérez	Mexico	17 April 1999	Mt. SAC Relays	Walnut, United States	19 years, 74 days
3000 m steeplechase
100 m hurdles	12.71 (+1.3 m/s)	Britany Anderson	Jamaica	24 July 2019	Motonet Grand Prix	Joensuu, Finland	18 years, 174 days	[17]
400 m hurdles
High jump	1.98 m	Silvia Costa	Cuba	11 July 1983		Edmonton, Canada	19 years, 68 days
Pole vault
Long jump	6.74 m A (+0.4 m/s)	Yudelkis Fernandez	Cuba	22 May 2004		Mexico City, Mexico	19 years, 84 days
Triple jump	14.53 m (+0.5 m/s)	Leyanis Perez	Cuba	29 June 2021	José Antonio Cansino Memorial	Castellón, Spain	19 years, 170 days	[18]
Shot put	18.78	Yumileidi Cumbá	Cuba	10 June 1994		Camagüey, Cuba	19 years, 119 days
Discus throw	63.60	Hilda Ramos	Cuba	19 May 1983		Havana, Cuba	18 years, 260 days
Hammer throw	68.74	Arasay Thondike	Cuba	20 May 2005		Havana, Cuba	18 years, 357 days
Javelin throw	63.86 m	Yuleimis Aguilar	Cuba	2 August 2015	Pan American Junior Championships	Edmonton, Canada	18 years, 364 days	[19]
Heptathlon	6231 pts	Yorgelis Rodríguez	Cuba	21–22 February 2014		Havana, Cuba	19 years, 28 days
	14.01 (0.0 m/s) (100 m hurdles), 1.84 m (high jump), 14.21 m (shot put), 24.93 (0.0 m/s) (200 m) / 6.03 m (0.0 m/s) (long jump), 47.58 m (javelin), 2:17.93 (800 m)
5 km walk (road)	23:06+	Valeria Ortuño	Mexico	8 April 2017	EA Race Walking Permit Meeting	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	18 years, 316 days	[20]
10000 m walk (track)	44:13.88	Alegna González	Mexico	14 July 2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	19 years, 193 days	[21]
10 km walk (road)	44:50	Rachelle De Orbeta	Puerto Rico	10 February 2019	Oceania Race Walking Championships	Adelaide, Australia	18 years, 320 days	[22]
20000 m walk (track)
20 km walk (road)	1:31:48	Valeria Ortuño	Mexico	8 April 2017	EA Race Walking Permit Meeting	Poděbrady, Czech Republic	18 years, 316 days	[23]
4 × 100 m relay	42.59 A	Serena Cole Tina Clayton Kerrica Hill Tia Clayton	Jamaica	5 August 2022	World U20 Championships	Cali, Colombia	18 years, 40 days 17 years, 353 days 17 years, 352 days	[24]
	42.58 [lower-alpha 1]	Serena Cole Tina Clayton Brianna Lyston Tia Clayton	Jamaica	17 April 2022	CARIFTA Games	Kingston, Jamaica	17 years, 295 days 17 years, 243 days 17 years, 328 days 17 years, 243 days	[25]
4 × 400 m relay

Mixed

Event	Record	Athlete	Nation	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
4 × 400 m relay	3:19.98 A	Jasauna Dennis Abigail Campbell Malachi Johnson Alliah Baker	Jamaica	2 August 2022	World U20 Championships	Cali, Colombia		[26]

Indoor

Men

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
60 m
200 m
400 m	44.80	Kirani James	Grenada	27 February 2011	SEC Championships	Fayetteville, United States	18 years, 179 days	[27] [28]
800 m
1000 m
1500 m
Mile
3000 m
5000 m
60 m hurdles
High jump	2.30 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	18 January 1985		Paris, France	17 years, 97 days
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Heptathlon
	60m Long jump Shot put High jump 60m H Pole vault 1000m
5000 m walk
4×400 m relay

Women

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
60 m	7.10 A	Julien Alfred	Saint Lucia	25 January 2020	Martin Luther King Invitational	Albuquerque, United States	18 years, 229 days	[29]
200 m	22.33	Adaejah Hodge	British Virgin Islands	12 March 2023	New Balance Nationals	Boston, United States	16 years, 364 days	[30]
400 m
800 m
1500 m
Mile
3000 m
5000 m
60 m hurdles	7.91	Ackera Nugent	Jamaica	25 January 2020	Big 12 Championships	Lubbock, United States	18 years, 303 days	[31]
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Pentathlon	4194 pts	Akela Jones	Barbados	31 January 2014	Wichita State Varsity Apartments Invitational	Wichita, United States	18 years, 284 days	[32]
	8.49 (60 m hurdles), 1.85 m (high jump), 12.19 m (shot put), 6.11 m (long jump), 2:29.62 (800 m)
3000 m walk
4×400 m relay

Notes

1. all team members were not subjected to doping control after the race

References

1. Noel Francis (2 April 2023). "Nkrumie and Reid sizzle at Jamaican High School Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
2. "Four records fall on Pan Am U20 Champs opening day". trackalerts.com. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
3. "1500m Results". Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS). 20 April 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
4. Noel Francis (25 June 2018). "Thomas ties world U20 110m hurdles record at Jamaican Junior Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
5. "110m Hurdles Results". JAAA. 24 June 2017. Archived from the original on 28 June 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
6. "400m Hurdles Semifinal Results Summary" (PDF). World Athletics. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
7. "Meeting Madrid 2017 Results" (PDF). RFEA. 14 July 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
8. "2023 SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championship – Men's Triple Jump Results". Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS). 13 May 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2023.
9. "Wilson clocks 49.13 for 400m, Hibbert breaks world U20 triple jump record with 17.87m". World Athletics. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
10. "Men's Javelin Throw Results". www.london2012.com. 11 August 2012. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
11. "Decathlon Final Standing" (PDF). IAAF . IAAF. 23 February 2008. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 January 2024.
12. "4×100m Relay Men − Final − Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
13. "Boling leads weekend of three world U20 records at Pan American U20 Championships". 22 July 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
14. Noel Francis (2 April 2023). "Nkrumie and Reid sizzle at Jamaican High School Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
15. Alfons Juck, Larry Eder (8 June 2013). "Robles runs 13.82 in Torino". www.runblogrun.com. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
16. "Logran dos records en Memorial Barrientos de atletismo" (in Spanish). www.juventudrebelde.cu. 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
17. "Kirt, Khaladovich and Korte provide the highlights in Joensuu". European Athletics. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
18. "José Antonio Cansino Memorial Results". World Athletics. 29 June 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
19. "Javelin Throw Results". deltatiming.com. 2 August 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
20. "20 km Race Walk Results" (PDF). podebrady-walking.cz. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
21. "10000m Race Walk Results" (PDF). IAAF. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
22. Giovanny Vega (10 February 2019). "Marchistas boricuas establecen nuevas marcas nacionales". elvocero.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2019.
23. "20 km Race Walk Results" (PDF). podebrady-walking.cz. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
24. "Women's 4×100m Final Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
25. Patrick Green (18 April 2022). "Jamaica Set New Girls' Under-20 World Record 42.58sec in Clean Sweep of Carifta Sprint Relays". caribbeannationalweekly.com. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
26. "4 x 400 Metres Relay Mixed – Final – Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 5 August 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
27. "400 Meters Dash Results". www.flashresults.com. 27 February 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
28. Bob Ramsak (28 February 2011). "Teen phenom James smashes through 45-second barrier in Fayetteville". IAAF . Retrieved 28 February 2011.
29. "Weekend indoor round-up: Harrison, Brisco and Alfred impress in Albuquerque". World Athletics. 26 January 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
30. Cory Mull (12 March 2023). "Adaejah Hodge, Just 16, Smashes The World U20 Record In 200m". milesplit.com. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
31. "Ackera Nugent equals U20 World Record in 60m Hurdles at Big 12 indoors". jamaicaobserver.com. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
32. "Pentathlon Results". www.tfrrs.org. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.