2000 South American Cross Country Championships

2000 South American Cross Country Championships
Organisers	CONSUDATLE
Edition	15th
Date	February 5–6
Host city	Cartagena de Indias, Bolívar, Colombia
Events	8
Distances	12 km – Senior men 4 km – Men's short 8 km – Junior men (U20) 4 km – Youth men (U18) 8 km – Senior women 4 km – Women's short 6 km – Junior women (U20) 3 km – Youth women (U18)
Participation	81 + 69 foreign guests + 45 locals athletes from 7 + 8 guest nations nations
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The 2000 South American Cross Country Championships took place on February 5–6, 2000. The races were held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, jointly with the Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships.^[1]

Complete results,^[1][2][3] results for junior and youth competitions,^[4] and medal winners^[5] were published.

Medallists

South American Cross Country Championships

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Daniel Lopes Ferreira  Brazil	37:14	Silvio Guerra  Ecuador	37:21	Marílson Gomes dos Santos  Brazil	37:59
Men's short (4 km)	Daniel Lopes Ferreira  Brazil	11:59	Freddy González  Venezuela	12:00	Celso Ficagna  Brazil	12:06
Junior (U20) men (8 km)	James Vidal  Colombia	25:41	Jonathan Monje  Chile	25:52	Víctor Hugo Ocampo  Colombia	26:10
Youth (U18) men (4 km)	Yeisson Caucali  Colombia	12:49	Giovanny Amador  Colombia	12:53	Wendell Hébio da Conceição  Brazil	13:00
Senior women (8 km)	Bertha Sánchez  Colombia	28:10	Lidia Karwowski  Brazil	28:12	Érika Alejandra Olivera  Chile	28:12
Women's short (4 km)	Fabiana Cristine da Silva  Brazil	13:13	Bertha Sánchez  Colombia	13:24	Érika Alejandra Olivera  Chile	13:24
Junior (U20) women (6 km)	Lucélia de Oliveira Peres  Brazil	22:10	Tatiana de Souza Sá  Brazil	22:19	Valquíria Silva Santos  Brazil	23:01
Youth (U18) women (3 km)	Jennifer Garzón  Colombia	11:30	Michelli de Carvalho  Brazil	11:36	Lina María Arias  Colombia	11:41
Team
Senior men	Brazil	8	Ecuador	15	Panamá	42
Men's short	Brazil	10	Venezuela	19	Colombia	20
Junior (U20) men	Colombia	12	Ecuador	20	Chile	24
Youth (U18) men	Colombia	6
Senior women	Brazil	11	Chile  Colombia	21
Women's short	Brazil	11	Colombia	23	Chile	25
Junior (U20) women	Brazil	6	Colombia	22	Ecuador	23
Youth (U18) women	Colombia	13

Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships

This is an unofficial extraction from the results.^[1]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men (12 km)	Fidencio Torres México	38:40	Salvador Miranda México	38:51	José Macías México	39:29
Junior (U20) men (8 km)	José Luis Santos México	25:39	James Vidal  Colombia	25:41	Víctor Hugo Ocampo  Colombia	26:10
Senior women (8 km)	Bertha Sánchez  Colombia	28:10	América Mateos México	28:23	Mardrea Hyman  Jamaica	28:53
Junior (U20) women (6 km)	Alma Xicoténcatl México	22:21	Luisa Jiménez  Colombia	23:15	Fabiola Juárez México	23:21
Team
Senior men	México	10	Panamá	66	Jamaica	67
Junior (U20) men	Guatemala	32	Puerto Rico	56	Jamaica	59
Senior women	México	11	Colombia	18	Guatemala	31
Junior (U20) women	México  Colombia	11			Puerto Rico	26

Race results

Senior men's race (12 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
—	João N'Tyamba	Angola	37:11
	Daniel Lopes Ferreira	Brazil	37:14
	Silvio Guerra	Ecuador	37:21
	Marílson Gomes dos Santos	Brazil	37:59
—	Fidencio Torres	México	38:40
4	Benedito Donizetti Gomes	Brazil	38:45
—	Salvador Miranda	México	38:51
—	William Ramírez	Colombia	39:14
—	José Macías	México	39:29
5	Néstor Quinapanta	Ecuador	39:35
—	José Luis Villanueva	México	39:42
6	Wellington Correia Fraga	Brazil	39:46
—	José Amado García	Guatemala	39:50
7	Ademir Fernandes da Silva	Brazil	39:53
—	Juan Carlos Hernández	Colombia	39:53
—	Wilmer Moreno	Colombia	39:59
8	Washington Tenorio	Ecuador	40:04
—	Francisco Gómez Vega	Costa Rica	40:10
—	John Freddy Torres	Colombia	40:11
—	Luis Collazo	Puerto Rico	40:14
—	Selvin Molineros	Guatemala	40:17
9	Leónidas Rivadeneira	Chile	40:19
—	Víctor Velázquez	Guatemala	40:22
10	Rolando Pillco	Bolivia	40:48
11	Wilson Wall	Chile	40:56
12	Richard Arias	Ecuador	41:03
13	Agustín Morán	Panamá	41:12
—	Winston Taylor	Jamaica	41:20
—	Zepherinus Joseph	Saint Lucia	41:25
—	Joaquín Córdoba	Colombia	41:39
14	Simón Alvarado	Panamá	41:47
—	Claudio Cabán	Puerto Rico	41:51
—	Michel Tomlin	Jamaica	41:52
15	Guillermo Ramírez	Panamá	42:15
16	Mauricio Ladino	Colombia	42:16
—	Victor Ledgers	Saint Lucia	42:19
—	Wayne St. Ange	Saint Lucia	42:27
—	Daniel Castillo	Colombia	42:32
—	Kerlyn Brown	Jamaica	42:36
—	Robert Watson	Jamaica	42:49
—	Delroy Hayden	Jamaica	43:02
—	Mauricio Naranjo	Colombia	43:24
—	Andrés Rizo	Costa Rica	43:30
—	Stephen Ason	Saint Lucia	43:37
—	Guido Alzate	Colombia	43:49
—	Germán Rodriguez	Colombia	44:21
—	Omar Brooks	Jamaica	44:36
—	Michael Losmay	Saint Lucia	45:02
—	John Grajales	Colombia	45:04
17	Héctor Martínez	Panamá	45:08
18	Ricardo Concepción	Panamá	45:31

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Brazil Daniel Lopes Ferreira 1 Marilson Gomes dos Santos 3 Benedito Donizetti Gomes 4 (Wellington Correia Fraga) (6) (Ademir Fernandes da Silva) (7)	8
	Ecuador Silvio Guerra 2 Néstor Quinapanta 5 Washington Tenorio 8 (Richard Arias) (12)	15
	Panamá Agustín Morán 13 Simón Alvarado 14 Guillermo Ramírez 15 (Héctor Martínez) (17) (Ricardo Concepción) (18)	42

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Men's short race (4 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Daniel Lopes Ferreira	Brazil	11:59
	Freddy González	Venezuela	12:00
	Celso Ficagna	Brazil	12:06
4	Juan Carlos Gutiérrez	Colombia	12:06
5	Emigdio Delgado	Venezuela	12:09
6	Daniel Bernardo das Neves	Brazil	12:13
7	Mauricio Ladino	Colombia	12:18
8	Wilson Wall	Chile	12:25
9	William Roldán	Colombia	12:32
10	Leónidas Rivadeneira	Chile	12:33
11	Rolando Ortiz†	Colombia	12:41
12	Froilán Bonilla	Venezuela	12:47
13	Agustín Morán	Panamá	12:53
14	Mark Olivo	Venezuela	12:56
15	José Alirio Carrasco	Colombia	13:06
16	Simón Alvarado	Panamá	13:07
17	Guillermo Ramírez	Panamá	13:19
18	Héctor Martínez	Panamá	14:11
19	Ricardo Concepción	Panamá	14:28

^†: Athlete marked as guest, but accounted for team score.

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Brazil Daniel Lopes Ferreira 1 Celso Ficagna 3 Daniel Bernardo das Neves 6	10
	Venezuela Freddy González 2 Emigdio Delgado 5 Froilán Bonilla 12 (Mark Olivo) (14)	19
	Colombia Juan Carlos Gutiérrez 4 Mauricio Ladino 7 William Roldán 9 (Rolando Ortiz)† (11) (José Alirio Carrasco) (15)	20
4	Panamá Agustín Morán 13 Simón Alvarado 16 Guillermo Ramírez 17 (Héctor Martínez) (18) (Ricardo Concepción) (19)	46

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

^†: Athlete marked as guest, but accounted for team score.

Junior (U20) men's race (8 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
—	José Luis Santos	México	25:39
	James Vidal	Colombia	25:41
	Jonathan Monje	Chile	25:52
—	Adalberto Castillo	Colombia	26:03
	Víctor Hugo Ocampo	Colombia	26:10
—	Sergio de León	Guatemala	26:14
—	Anacleto Salazar	México	26:25
4	José da Silva	Brazil	26:28
5	Mesías Zapata	Ecuador	26:35
—	Gonzálo Equite	Guatemala	26:39
—	Víctor Jacobo Solís	Guatemala	26:41
6	César Pilaluisa	Ecuador	26:46
7	Franck Caldeira de Almeida	Brazil	26:47
8	Jaime Baquero	Colombia	27:03
9	Ángel Campos	Ecuador	27:11
10	Marcel Siefert	Chile	27:19
—	José Nevares	Puerto Rico	27:35
—	Nabor Pérez	México	27:44
—	Edwin Cedeño	Puerto Rico	27:49
11	Byron Piedra	Ecuador	28:01
12	Luis Gamin	Chile	28:14
—	Mario Smith	Jamaica	28:19
—	Leon Foster	Jamaica	28:26
—	Joan Méndez	Puerto Rico	28:42
—	Francisco Sánez	Guatemala	28:50
—	Andre Crawford	Jamaica	28:54
—	Alexander Rendón	Colombia	28:55
—	Guillermo Martínez	Colombia	29:21
—	César Lozano	Costa Rica	29:28
—	Lerone Lawson	Jamaica	29:56
—	Gregory McKenzie	Jamaica	30:07
—	Winder Marin	Colombia	30:26
—	Omar Powell	Jamaica	31:06
—	Yusmi Chamorro	Colombia	31:24
—	O'Neill Williams	Bahamas	31:47
—	Leider Lara	Colombia	31:51
—	Ariel Vásquez	Puerto Rico	32:04
—	Ricardo Carillo	Colombia	32:08
—	Edison Henao	Colombia	32:44
—	Mario Alvarez	Colombia	33:04
—	Julio Reyes	Colombia	33:53
—	André Rolle	Bahamas	33:55

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Colombia James Vidal 1 Víctor Hugo Ocampo 3 Jaime Baquero 8	12
	Ecuador Mesías Zapata 5 César Pilaluisa 6 Ángel Campos 9 (Byron Piedra) (11)	20
	Chile Jonathan Monje 2 Marcel Siefert 10 Luis Gamin 12	24

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Youth (U18) men's race (4 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Yeisson Caucali	Colombia	12:49
	Giovanny Amador	Colombia	12:53
	Wendell Hébio da Conceição	Brazil	13:00
4	James Murillo	Colombia	13:01
5	Erick Molina	Bolivia	13:26
—	Edison Pico	Colombia	13:26
—	Lenin Montero	Colombia	13:49
—	José Ramírez	Colombia	13:49
—	Jaime Castillo	Colombia	14:31
—	Mario Meneses	Colombia	14:41
—	Arnold Caicedo	Colombia	14:52
—	Felipe Perez	Colombia	15:04
—	Luis Herrera	Colombia	15:36
—	Luis Martínez	Colombia	15:46
—	José Luis Cárdenas	Colombia	16:02
—	Eder Franco	Colombia	16:38
—	Hand Sands	Colombia	17:20

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Colombia Yeisson Caucali 1 Giovanny Amador 2 James Murillo 4	6

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Senior women's race (8 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Bertha Sánchez	Colombia	28:10
	Lidia Karwowski	Brazil	28:12
	Érika Alejandra Olivera	Chile	28:12
4	Adriana de Souza	Brazil	28:22
—	América Mateos	México	28:23
—	Mardrea Hyman	Jamaica	28:53
—	Dulce María Rodríguez	México	28:56
5	Maria Cristina Bernardo Vaqueiro Rodrigues	Brazil	29:04
6	Rosangela Raimunda Pereira Faria	Brazil	29:26
—	Martha Garcés	México	29:40
—	Giselle Bautista	México	29:46
7	María Paredes	Ecuador	29:46
8	Clara Morales	Chile	29:47
9	Miriam Pulido	Colombia	29:51
—	Dina Cruz	Guatemala	29:54
—	Elsa Monterroso	Guatemala	30:05
10	Flor Venegas	Chile	30:10
11	Cecilia Rojas	Colombia	30:20
12	Lilian Guerra	Ecuador	30:26
—	Esneda Londoño	Colombia	30:31
13	Narcisa Calderón	Ecuador	30:58
14	Erika Abril	Colombia	31:24
15	Anahí Soto	Chile	31:32
—	Marcela Jackson	Costa Rica	31:34
16	Karina Moncayo	Ecuador	32:00
—	Luz Chuquillo	Colombia	32:11
—	Herlinda Xol	Guatemala	32:49
—	Judith Thomas	Jamaica	34:19
—	Paula Whitmore	Jamaica	34:41
—	Candia Esnard	Saint Lucia	34:54
—	Priscila Emmanuel	Saint Lucia	36:38
—	Juliena Actie	Saint Lucia	37:10
—	Jodie Johnson	Jamaica	37:40

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Brazil Lidia Karwowski 2 Adriana de Souza 4 Maria Cristina Bernardo Vaqueiro Rodrigues 5 (Rosangela Raimunda Pereira Faria) (6)	11
	Chile Érika Alejandra Olivera 3 Clara Morales 8 Flor Venegas 10 (Anahí Soto) (15)	21
	Colombia Bertha Sánchez 1 Miriam Pulido 9 Cecilia Rojas 11 (Erika Abril) (14)	21
4	Ecuador María Paredes 7 Lilian Guerra 12 Narcisa Calderón 13 (Karina Moncayo) (16)	32

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Women's short race (4 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Fabiana Cristine da Silva	Brazil	13:13
	Bertha Sánchez	Colombia	13:24
	Érika Alejandra Olivera	Chile	13:24
4	Selma Cândida dos Reis	Brazil	13:39
5	Niusha Mancilla	Bolivia	13:53
6	Ana Paula de Almeida Ferreira	Brazil	13:56
7	María Paredes	Ecuador	13:58
8	Elizabeth Esteves de Souza	Brazil	14:03
9	Clara Morales	Chile	14:04
10	Miriam Pulido	Colombia	14:05
11	Cecilia Rojas	Colombia	14:09
12	Narcisa Calderón	Ecuador	14:10
13	Anahí Soto	Chile	14:11
14	Flor Venegas	Chile	14:11
15	Lilian Guerra	Ecuador	14:16
—	Esneda Londoño	Colombia	14:19
16	Susana Rebolledo	Chile	14:37
17	Erika Abril	Colombia	14:58
18	Silvia Paredes	Ecuador	15:19
19	Karina Moncayo	Ecuador	15:36

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Brazil Fabiana Cristine da Silva 1 Selma Cândida dos Reis 4 Ana Paula de Almeida Ferreira 6 (Elizabeth Esteves de Souza) (8)	11
	Colombia Bertha Sánchez 2 Miriam Pulido 10 Cecilia Rojas 11 (Erika Abril) (17)	23
	Chile Érika Alejandra Olivera 3 Clara Morales 9 Anahí Soto 13 (Flor Venegas) (14) (Susana Rebolledo) (16)	25
4	Ecuador María Paredes 7 Narcisa Calderón 12 Lilian Guerra 15 (Silvia Paredes) (18) (Karina Moncayo) (19)	34

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Junior (U20) women's race (6 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Lucélia de Oliveira Peres	Brazil	22:10
	Tatiana de Souza Sá	Brazil	22:19
—	Alma Xicoténcatl	México	22:21
	Valquíria Silva Santos	Brazil	23:01
4	Adriana Aparecida da Silva	Brazil	23:11
5	Luisa Jiménez	Colombia	23:15
6	Marlene Acuña	Ecuador	23:18
—	Fabiola Juárez	México	23:21
7	Silvia Paredes	Ecuador	23:22
8	Martha Roncería	Colombia	23:29
9	Mercedes Aguilar	Colombia	23:35
10	Sara Nivicela	Ecuador	23:38
—	María del Pilar Díaz	Puerto Rico	23:47
—	Irene González	México	23:59
—	Olga Rodas	Guatemala	24:42
—	Yaritza Rivera	Puerto Rico	24:54
—	Beverly Morris	Jamaica	24:55
—	Lisayra del Valle	Puerto Rico	24:58
—	Lorraine McKenzie	Jamaica	25:29
—	Helena Isaza	Colombia	25:12
—	Kerry-Ann White	Jamaica	25:47
—	Nicola Smith	Jamaica	27:41

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Brazil Lucélia de Oliveira Peres 1 Tatiana de Souza Sá 2 Valquíria Silva Santos 3 (Adriana Aparecida da Silva) (4)	6
	Colombia Luisa Jiménez 5 Martha Roncería 8 Mercedes Aguilar 9	22
	Ecuador Marlene Acuña 6 Silvia Paredes 7 Sara Nivicela 10	23

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Youth (U18) women's race (3 km)

Individual race

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time
	Jennifer Garzón	Colombia	11:30
	Michelli de Carvalho	Brazil	11:36
	Lina María Arias	Colombia	11:41
—	Adriana Molano	Colombia	11:50
—	Diana Alzate	Colombia	12:08
4	Cristina Tovar	Venezuela	12:08
—	Martha Rojas	Colombia	12:14
—	Diana Díaz	Colombia	12:31
5	Ruby Riativa	Colombia	12:35
—	Ayde Meneses	Colombia	13:08
—	Cristina Herrera	Colombia	13:24
—	Natalia Montoya	Colombia	14:01
—	Diana Sosa	Colombia	14:08
—	Karine Montero	Colombia	15:30

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
	Colombia Jennifer Garzón 1 Lina María Arias 3 Ruby Riativa 9	13

• Note: Athletes in parentheses did not score for the team result.

Medal table (unofficial)

South American Cross Country Championships

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	9	3	4	16
2	Colombia*	7	5	3	15
3	Ecuador	0	3	1	4
4	Chile	0	2	4	6
5	Venezuela	0	2	0	2
6	Panama	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		16	15	13	44

• Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships

  *   Host nation (Host nation)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Mexico	6	2	2	10
2	Colombia*	2	3	1	6
3	Guatemala	1	0	1	2
4	Puerto Rico	0	1	1	2
5	Panama	0	1	0	1
6	Jamaica	0	0	3	3
Totals (6 entries)		9	7	8	24

• Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.

Participation

According to an unofficial count, a total of 195 athletes from 16 countries participated.

South American Cross Country Championships

According to an unofficial count, 81 athletes from 7 countries were competing for the South American Cross Country Championships.

Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships

According to an unofficial count, 86 athletes from 9 countries were competing for the Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships. 13 athletes from Colombia and 5 athletes from Panamá competed for both championships.

Guests

In addition, one African guest athlete, and 45 local Colombian athletes participated.

See also

• 2000 in athletics (track and field)

References

External links

• GBRathletics