2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships

2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships is a championship for young Track & Field athletes of the islands of the Dutch Kingdom. In 2010 there were three island competing. Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Eustatius. They compete in different events and the athlete with the overall most points will be declared the winner. There are two age groups, they are 11–12 years (Pentathlon) and 13–14 years (Heptathlon). This year was the first year that hurdles and baseball throw was added to the event list for the heptathlon. Sint Eustatius did not have a complete team. They only competed with a full Heptathlon team. Like every year, the hosting island is allowed to have two teams (which was Aruba). There were 32 athletes competing in total and Aruba was declared the overall winner, Curaçao came in second and Sint Eustatius came in third. This would also mark the first Year Aruba defeats Curaçao in the overall points

Events

The Pentathlon consist of a total of 5 different events. These events are 60 metres, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball throw and 800 metres (for the girls) and 1000 metres (for the boys).

The Heptathlon consist of a total of 7 different events. These events are 80 metres, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball throw, shot put, 80 metres hurdles (for the girls), 80 metres hurdles and 1000 metres (for the girls) and 1200 metres (for the boys).

Teams

Aruba Team 1

Pentathlon: Jemahl Lucas, Axel Tromp, Margenine Kock and Siljee Feliciana

Heptathlon: Xavier Boekhoudt, Eugene Bouwer, Jelissa Nedd and Jullianne Dorothal

Aruba Team 2

Pentathlon: Shadwin Simon, Alec Lacle, Sarahi Sierra and Yasmine Arrindell

Heptathlon: Reginald Koc, Jonathan Croes, Lixandra Geerman and Chayenne David

Curaçao

Pentathlon: Ken-Jay Obiana, Jean-Andre Denisa, Tiffany Hurtado and Nadien Martina

Heptathlon: Genessis Dolorita, Wendymar Martina, Ebony Hodgsons and Naeemah Isidora

Sint Eustatius

Pentathlon: None

Heptathlon: Junior Saladin, Omar Redan, Danique Martis and Sje Vaughn Flemming

Team Overall Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Overall Points	Aruba Team  Aruba	23651	Curaçao Team  Curaçao	22854	Sint Eustatius Team  Sint Eustatius	6225
4x100 Mixed Relay Pentathlon	Curaçao Team  Curaçao	56.54	Aruba Team 1  Aruba	59.06	Aruba Team 2  Aruba	1:03.80
4x100 Mixed Relay Heptathlon	Aruba Team 1  Aruba	50.78	Curaçao Team  Curaçao	51.47	Aruba Team 2  Aruba	54.57

Individual Results Pentathlon

Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Margenine Kock  Aruba	8.83	Nadiene Martina  Curaçao	8.98	Tiffany Hurtado  Curaçao	9.00
Long Jump	Nadiene Martina  Curaçao	3.74	Tiffany Hurtado  Curaçao	3.73	Margenine Kock  Aruba	3.71
Baseball Throw	Sarahi Sierra  Aruba	37.15	Siljee Feliciana  Aruba	35.90	Nadiene Martina  Curaçao	33.79
High Jump	Sarahi Sierra  Aruba	1.20	Siljee Feliciana  Aruba	1.15	Nadiene Martina  Curaçao	1.15
800 M	Sarahi Sierra  Aruba	2:45.84	Siljee Feliciana  Aruba	2:53.02	Yasmine Arrindell  Aruba	2:56.36
Overall Female Pentathlon	Sarahi Sierra  Aruba	2071 Points	Siljee Feliciana  Aruba	1930 Points	Margenine Kock  Aruba	1917 Points

Boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Ken-Jay Obiana  Curaçao	8.37	Jean-Andre Denisa  Curaçao	8.59	Jemahl Lucas  Aruba	9.04
Long Jump	Ken-Jay Obiana  Curaçao	4.00	Jean-Andre Denisa  Curaçao	3.98	Axel Tromp  Aruba	3.50
Baseball Throw	Jean-Andre Denisa  Curaçao	42.40	Shadwin Simon  Aruba	37.70	Alec Lacle  Aruba	37.00
High Jump	Jean-Andre Denisa  Curaçao	1.34	Jemahl Lucas  Aruba	1.30	Axel Tromp  Aruba	1.25
1000 M	Jean-Andre Denisa  Curaçao	3:36.81	Axel Tromp  Aruba	3:42.79	Jemahl Lucas  Aruba	3:45.71
Overall Male Pentathlon	Ken-Jay Obiana  Curaçao	2448 Points	Jean-Andre Denisa  Curaçao	2284 Points	Jemahl Lucas  Aruba	2047 Points

Individual Results Heptathlon

Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
80 metres	Jelissa Nedd  Aruba	10.16	Lixandra Geerman  Aruba	10.58	Jullianne Dorothal  Aruba	11.03
Long Jump	Jelissa Nedd  Aruba	4.92	Lixandra Geerman  Aruba	4.36	Chayenne David  Aruba	4.25
Shot Put	Jelissa Nedd  Aruba	9.79	Chayenne David  Aruba	9.10	Jullianne Dorothal  Aruba	8.57
High Jump	Jullianne Dorothal  Aruba	1.45	Jelissa Nedd  Aruba	1.45	Lixandra Geerman  Aruba	1.35
60 M Hurdles	Jullianne Dorothal  Aruba	10.88	Jelissa Nedd  Aruba	10.94	Lixandra Geerman  Aruba	12.17
1000 M	Jelissa Nedd  Aruba	3:19.47	Jullianne Dorothal  Aruba	3:27.66	Chayenne David  Aruba	3:32.45
Baseball throw	Naeemah Isidora  Curaçao	49.59	Jelissa Nedd  Aruba	48.45	Ebony Hodgsons  Curaçao	46.62
Overall Female Pentathlon	Jelissa Nedd  Aruba	4007 Points	Jullianne Dorothal  Aruba	3560 Points	Lixandra Geerman  Aruba	3134 Points

Boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
80 metres	Genessis Dolorita  Curaçao	9.89	Xavier Boekhoudt  Aruba	9.98	Wendymar Martina  Curaçao	10.12
Long Jump	Wendymar Martina  Curaçao	5.15	Genessis Dolorita  Curaçao	5.14	Xavier Boekhoudt  Aruba	4.84
Shot Put	Eugene Bouwer  Aruba	11.29	Xavier Boekhoudt  Aruba	10.89	Wendymar Martina  Curaçao	10.10
High Jump	Eugene Bouwer  Aruba	1.60	Genessis Dolorita  Curaçao	1.55	Xavier Boekhoudt  Aruba	1.50
80 M Hurdles	Xavier Boekhoudt  Aruba	13.62	Wendymar Martina  Curaçao	14.01	Genessis Dolorita  Curaçao	14.70
1200 M	Genessis Dolorita  Curaçao	3:57.39	Eugene Bouwer  Aruba	3:59.91	Xavier Boekhoudt  Aruba	4:04.95
Baseball throw	Genessis Dolorita  Curaçao	63.58	Xavier Boekhoudt  Aruba	62.62	Wendymar Martina  Curaçao	55.59
Overall Male Heptathlon	Genessis Dolorita  Curaçao	2448 Points	Xavier Boekhoudt  Aruba	2284 Points	Wendymar Martina  Curaçao	2047 Points

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Curaçao	15	9	10	34
2	Aruba Team 1	12	19	13	44
3	Aruba Team 2	5	4	9	18
4	Sint Eustatius	0	0	0	0
	Total	32	32	32	96

Fun Facts

- This is the first year that Baseball throwing and Hurdles have been included into the Heptathlon since they are also part of the CAC Age Group Championships

- Despite winning overall in points, team Curaçao won the most Gold Medals during this event.

- This being Sint Eustatius' first time, they did not manage to win any medals.

- In 2010 would be the first year Aruba would win overall points and the first time they won gold in the relays after always coming in second place.

- Jelissa Nedd, Xavier Boekhoudt and Jean-Andre Denisa are the only 3 athletes to win a medal in all the events this year.

- This is the first time Aruba managed to win Gold, Silver and Bronze in the female Pentathlon and Heptathlon.

- Aruba came in first in both the female Heptathlon and Pentathlon while Curaçao won Gold for both the male Heptathlon and Pentathlon

External links

Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships
1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010

References

1. Aruba ta sali triunfador den e Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championship. (in papiamento). www.sporttvaruba.com. 2010-04-24. Retrieved 2010-11-09