2012 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics

VII Leeward Islands Junior/Youth Championships
Host city	Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Date(s)	June 9-10
Main stadium	A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground
Level	Junior and Youth
Participation	87 athletes from 7 nations
Events	45 (12 junior boys, 13 junior girls, 10 youth boys, 10 youth boys)
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The 2012 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on June 9-10, 2012. The event was held at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Detailed reports were published.^[1][2][3][4]

A total of 45 events were contested, 22 by boys and 23 by girls.

Medal summary

Complete results can be found on the British Virgin Islands Athletics Association webpage.^[5][6]

Boys (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Zharnel Hughes  Anguilla	10.45 CR	Cejhae Greene  Antigua and Barbuda	10.69	Jared Jarvis  Antigua and Barbuda	10.77
200 metres (wind: -2.0 m/s)	Zharnel Hughes  Anguilla	21.26 CR	Cejhae Greene  Antigua and Barbuda	21.89	Jared Jarvis  Antigua and Barbuda	22.29
400 metres	Khari Herbert  British Virgin Islands	49.29	Tarique Moses  British Virgin Islands	50.00	Mark Phillips  Antigua and Barbuda	51.17
800 metres	Tarique Moses  British Virgin Islands	2:00.78	Jameel Joseph  Trinidad and Tobago	2:03.21	Javvae Hippolyte  Antigua and Barbuda	2:03.91
1500 metres ^†	Kenneth Benjamin  Antigua and Barbuda	4:20.85	Javvae Hippolyte  Antigua and Barbuda	4:28.53	Ateniah Roacher  U.S. Virgin Islands	4:31.06
High Jump	Javvae Hippolyte  Antigua and Barbuda	1.86m	Theron Niles  Anguilla	1.83m	Brandon Andrew  British Virgin Islands	1.60m
Long Jump	Brandon Andrew  British Virgin Islands	6.22m (wind: +1.6 m/s)	Xavier Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	5.85m w (wind: +2.6 m/s)	Theron Niles  Anguilla	5.56m (wind: +0.9 m/s)
Shot Put (exhibition)	Eldred Henry  British Virgin Islands	14.53m CR	Bradley Carbon  U.S. Virgin Islands	10.76m
Discus Throw	Eldred Henry  British Virgin Islands	44.19m CR	Bradley Carbon  U.S. Virgin Islands	29.11m	Brandon Andrew  British Virgin Islands	27.56m
Javelin Throw	Brandon Andrew  British Virgin Islands	39.69m	Bradley Carbon  U.S. Virgin Islands	36.51m
4 x 100 metres relay (exhibition)	Antigua and Barbuda Xavier Joseph Cejhae Greene Mark Phillips Jared Jarvis	41.26 CR	British Virgin Islands Shaquoy Stephens Khari Herbert Brandon Andrew Royce David	42.92	Anguilla Zharnel Hughes Theron Niles Mauriel Carty D'Quan Federicks	45.91
4 x 400 metres relay	British Virgin Islands Shaquoy Stephens Khari Herbert Tarique Moses Royce David	3:17.00 CR	Antigua and Barbuda Mark Phillips Matthew Mitchell Javvae Hippolyte Cejhae Greene	3:20.82	United States Virgin Islands Malique Smith Karim Jno-Finn Deandre Rawlins Rodney Griffin	3:42.41

^†: Open event for both U20 and U17 athletes.

Girls (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.5 m/s)	Shaian Vandenburg  British Virgin Islands	12.41	Delita Daniel  Antigua and Barbuda	12.88	Renee Fleming  Anguilla	12.90
200 metres (wind: -2.8 m/s)	Shaian Vandenburg  British Virgin Islands	25.98	Viani Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	26.59	Renee Fleming  Anguilla	26.75
400 metres	Viani Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	59.42	Niayla Smith  British Virgin Islands	1:00.91	Rekiesha Leverette  Anguilla	1:04.08
800 metres (exhibition)	Cassie Vitalis  Antigua and Barbuda	2:22.45	Niayla Smith  British Virgin Islands	2:27.75	Dee-Ann Rogers  Anguilla	2:45.36^‡
1500 metres ^†	Cassie Vitalis  Antigua and Barbuda	5:04.33	Tenijah Morris  Antigua and Barbuda	5:20.37	Ashley Paddie  U.S. Virgin Islands	6:28.37
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.7 m/s) (exhibition)	Elza Plante / Guadeloupe	14.49 CR	Dee-Ann Rogers  Anguilla	16.00	Deya Erickson  British Virgin Islands	16.69
High Jump	Tarikah Warner  British Virgin Islands	1.40m	Rekiesha Leverette  Anguilla	1.40m	Alile Browne  U.S. Virgin Islands	1.25m
Long Jump	Dee-Ann Rogers  Anguilla	5.12m (wind:NWI)^‡	Tarikah Warner  British Virgin Islands	5.04m (wind:NWI)	Delita Daniel  Antigua and Barbuda	4.88m (wind:NWI)
Discus Throw (exhibition)	Annecha Graham  British Virgin Islands	20.50m
Javelin Throw (exhibition)	Annecha Graham  British Virgin Islands	29.57m	Dee-Ann Rogers  Anguilla	18.23m^‡
Heptathlon ^†	Dee-Ann Rogers  Anguilla	3813 pts ^J	Ashley McCall  British Virgin Islands	3066 pts ^Y
4 x 100 metres relay (exhibition)	British Virgin Islands Niayla Smith Natisha Claxton Shanique Olliver Shaian Vandenburg	50.20 CR
4 x 400 metres relay ^†	British Virgin Islands Lakeisha Warner Tarika Moses Jonel Lacey Taylor Hill	3:49.19 CR	Antigua and Barbuda Kiwandi Morson Cassie Vitalis Tenijah Morris Viani Joseph	4:06.54	United States Virgin Islands Alile Browne Keshema Fleming Karen Dascent Ashley Paddie	4:18.36

^†: Open event for both U20 and U17 athletes.
^‡: Result obtained during heptathlon.
^J: Junior implements.
^Y: Youth implements.

Boys (U-17)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.3 m/s)	Michaiah Washington  Antigua and Barbuda	11.66	Alex Stewart  Antigua and Barbuda	11.76	Dominic Adams  British Virgin Islands	11.98
200 metres (wind: -3.2 m/s)	Matthew Mitchell  Antigua and Barbuda	22.81	Kyron McMaster  British Virgin Islands	23.29	Deshawn Douglas  British Virgin Islands	23.69
400 metres	Matthew Mitchell  Antigua and Barbuda	49.66	Kyron McMaster  British Virgin Islands	50.51	Deshawn Douglas  British Virgin Islands	51.94
800 metres	Matthew Mitchell  Antigua and Barbuda	2:03.73 CR	Kenneth Benjamin  Antigua and Barbuda	2:04.08	Malique Smith  U.S. Virgin Islands	2:04.41
High Jump	Kyron McMaster  British Virgin Islands	1.86m	Malique Smith  U.S. Virgin Islands	1.80m	Aundre Turnbull  British Virgin Islands	1.75m
Long Jump	Travis Campbell  Antigua and Barbuda	5.93m w (wind: +2.4 m/s)	Michaiah Washington  Antigua and Barbuda	5.90m (wind: +1.5 m/s)	Aundre Turnbull  British Virgin Islands	5.89m (wind: +1.3 m/s)
Shot Put	Amari Joseph  U.S. Virgin Islands	11.54m	Kadeon Potter  British Virgin Islands	11.10m	Kevin Vanterpool  British Virgin Islands	10.42m
Discus Throw	Kevin Vanterpool  British Virgin Islands	30.17m	Dominic Adams  British Virgin Islands	29.86m	Avery Joseph  U.S. Virgin Islands	27.84m
Javelin Throw	Kevin Vanterpool  British Virgin Islands	48.18m CR	Travis Campbell  Antigua and Barbuda	42.18m	Dominic Adams  British Virgin Islands	40.69m
4 x 100 metres relay	Antigua and Barbuda Travis Campbell Matthew Mitchell Alex Stewart Michaiah Washington	43.97 CR	British Virgin Islands Tahj Osborne Kyron McMaster Deshawn Douglas Dominic Adams	45.03	United States Virgin Islands Malique Smith Karim Jno-Finn Rodney Griffin Bariki George	48.28

Girls (U-17)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -3.0 m/s)	Taylor Hill  British Virgin Islands	12.61	Nelda Huggins  British Virgin Islands	12.67	Bliss Soleyn  Antigua and Barbuda	12.74
200 metres (wind: -3.3 m/s)	Taylor Hill  British Virgin Islands	25.44	Nia Jack  U.S. Virgin Islands	25.46	Bliss Soleyn  Antigua and Barbuda	25.86
400 metres	Sareena Carti / Guadeloupe	55.31 CR	Tarika Moses  British Virgin Islands	56.46	Jonel Lacey  British Virgin Islands	56.94
800 metres	Lakeisha Warner  British Virgin Islands	2:10.92 CR	Cheryl Farial / Guadeloupe	2:13.73	Tenijah Morris  Antigua and Barbuda	2:31.98
High Jump	Kala Penn  British Virgin Islands	1.50m	Nicole Gumbs  Anguilla	1.45m	Rechelle Meade  Anguilla	1.40m
Long Jump	Kala Penn  British Virgin Islands	5.41m (wind: -1.9 m/s)	Rechelle Meade  Anguilla	5.15m (wind: -2.6 m/s)	Nicole Gumbs  Anguilla	5.00m (wind: -3.0 m/s)
Shot Put	Trevia Gumbs  British Virgin Islands	13.57m CR	Tynelle Gumbs  British Virgin Islands	10.72m	Keosha Quinn  U.S. Virgin Islands	8.52m
Discus Throw^*	Trevia Gumbs  British Virgin Islands	29.95m	Tynelle Gumbs  British Virgin Islands	29.79m	Keosha Quinn  U.S. Virgin Islands	18.44m
Javelin Throw	Tynelle Gumbs  British Virgin Islands	36.05m CR	Nicole Gumbs  Anguilla	20.12m	Keosha Quinn  U.S. Virgin Islands	19.60m
4 x 100 metres relay	British Virgin Islands Taylor Hill Nelda Huggins Jonel Lacey Tarika Moses	47.89 CR	United States Virgin Islands Karen Dascent Britney Sage Nia Jack Keshema Fleming	49.27	Antigua and Barbuda Sweeney Bruce Melinda Simpson Bliss Soleyn Kiwandi Morson	49.48

^*: In discus throw event, Jasmine Dalmida from the  British Virgin Islands was 3rd in 24.54m competing as a guest.

Medal table (unofficial)

This is the unofficial medal count without events marked as exhibition.

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	British Virgin Islands	22	13	10	45
2	Antigua and Barbuda	10	13	9	32
3	Anguilla	4	5	6	15
4	/ Guadeloupe	1	1	0	2
5	U.S. Virgin Islands	1	5	11	17
6	Trinidad and Tobago	0	1	0	1

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 87 athletes from 7 countries participated. The announced athletes from  Dominica did not show.

Anguilla (11)  Antigua and Barbuda (18)  British Virgin Islands (33)

/ Guadeloupe (3)  Montserrat (2)

Trinidad and Tobago (4)  U.S. Virgin Islands (16)

References

1. Greenaway, Dean (May 22, 2012), BVI Hosting Leeward Islands Jr. Championships June 9-10, British Virgin Islands Athletics Association, retrieved February 28, 2014
2. Greenaway, Dean (June 6, 2012), Carifta Games Medalists to Light up Leeward Islands Jr. Championships, British Virgin Islands Athletics Association, retrieved February 28, 2014
3. Greenaway, Dean (June 10, 2012), 8 Records Tumble on Day I of Leeward Islands Jr. Championships, British Virgin Islands Athletics Association, retrieved February 28, 2014
4. Greenaway, Dean (June 11, 2012), Leeward Islands Jr. Champs Ends With 17 Records Falling, British Virgin Islands Athletics Association, retrieved February 28, 2014
5. 2012 Leeward Islands Junior Championship - 6/9 to 6/10/2012 - Road Town, Tortola British Virgin Islands - Results, British Virgin Islands Athletics Association, retrieved February 28, 2014
6. 2012 Leeward Islands Junior Championship - 6/9 to 6/10/2012 - Road Town, Tortola/British Virgin Islands (PDF), sportfieber.pytalhost.com, retrieved February 28, 2014