North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association

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North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC)
Formation1988
Type Sports federation
Headquarters Nassau, The Bahamas
Membership
31 member federations
Official language
English and Spanish
President
Mike Sands
Website AthleticsNACAC.org

The North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean. NACAC is one of six area associations of World Athletics (WA), previously named the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). NACAC was founded on December 10, 1988, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. [1]

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Presidents

Amadeo Francis of Puerto Rico was elected as the first president of the association. He was re-elected in 1999 and 2003. [1] In 2007 Neville "Teddy" McCook (Jamaica) was elected as new president [2] [3] and was re-elected in 2011. [4] After McCook died on February 11, 2013, Alain Jean-Pierre from Haiti, treasurer of NACAC and president of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC), acted as interim president. On August 7, 2013, Víctor López from Puerto Rico, president of the Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA), was elected new president for the period 2013–2019. [5] On July 2, 2019, during the NACAC Congress held in Querétaro, Mexico Mike Sands of Bahamas was elected president for the period 2019-2022. [6]

NameNationPresidency
Amadeo Francis Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 1988–2007
Neville McCook Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 2007–2013
Alain Jean-Pierre Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti 2013 (interim)
Víctor López Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 2013–2019
Mike Sands Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 2019–2022

Competitions

Member associations

NationAssociation
Flag of Anguilla.svg  Anguilla Anguilla Amateur Athletic Federation
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda Athletic Association of Antigua & Barbuda
Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba Aruba Athletic Federation
Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations
Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados Athletics Association of Barbados
Flag of Belize.svg  Belize Belize Amateur Athletic Association
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda Bermuda National Athletics Association
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands British Virgin Islands Athletics Association
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Athletics Canada
Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands Cayman Islands Athletic Association
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica Costa Rican Athletics Federation
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Cuban Athletics Federation
Flag of Dominica.svg  Dominica Dominica Amateur Athletic Association
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic Athletics Federation of the Dominican Republic
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador Federacion Salvadoreña de Atletismo
Flag of Grenada.svg  Grenada Grenada Athletic Association
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala Guatemalan Athletics Federation
Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti Haitian Amateur Athletic Federation
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras Federación Nacional Hondureña de Atletismo
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Federation of Mexican Athletics Associations
Flag of Montserrat.svg  Montserrat Montserrat Amateur Athletic Association
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Nicaraguan Athletics Federation
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Puerto Rican Athletics Federation
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg  Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts & Nevis Amateur Athletic Association
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Athletics Association
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Team Athletics Saint Vincent & The Grenadines
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad & Tobago
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg  Turks and Caicos Islands Turks & Caicos Islands Amateur Athletic Association
Flag of the United States.svg  United States USA Track & Field
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands Virgin Islands Track & Field Federation

See also

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References

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