2013 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics

VIII Leeward Islands Junior/Youth Championships
Dates	June 1
Host city	Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Venue	A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	28 (15 boys, 13 girls)
Participation	89 (+ 42 BVI Twilight Invitational) athletes from 8 (+ 9 BVI Twilight Invitational) nations
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The 2013 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on June 1, 2013. 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]

A total of 28 events were contested, 15 by boys and 13 by girls.

Results

The Leeward Islands Junior Championships were held jointly with the BVI Twilight Invitational^[4] and the event was covered on Facebook.^[5] Complete results for both competitions can be found on the British Virgin Islands Athletics Association webpage.^[6]

BVI Twilight Invitational

The results of the BVI Twilight Invitational were discussed in detail.^[7]

Event	First		Second		Third
Men
100 metres (wind: -0.2 m/s)	Kim Collins  Saint Kitts	10.19	Antoine Adams  Saint Kitts	10.28	Dexter Lee  Jamaica	10.29
200 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Zharnel Hughes  Anguilla	20.82	Antoine Adams  Saint Kitts	20.87	Joel Redhead  Grenada	20.91
400 metres	Gustavo Cuesta  Dominican Republic	45.87	Marcus Boyd  United States	46.26	Josh Scott  United States	46.79
Women
100 metres (wind: -0.5 m/s) A	Genoiska Cancel  Puerto Rico	11.62	Kimberly Hyacinthe  Canada	11.63	Karene King  British Virgin Islands	11.65
100 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s) B	Simone Facey  Jamaica	11.67	Margarita Manzueta  Dominican Republic	11.79	Crystal Emmanuel  Canada	11.82
200 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s) A	Patricia Hall  Jamaica	22.93	Karene King  British Virgin Islands	23.35	Kineke Alexander  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	23.40
200 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s) B	Kimberly Hyacinthe  Canada	23.39	Crystal Emmanuel  Canada	23.43	Shai-Anne Davis  Canada	24.20
400 metres	Patricia Hall  Jamaica	51.34	Anastasia Le-Roy  Jamaica	51.65	Kineke Alexander  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	51.67
4 x 100 metres relay	Canada Crystal Emmanuel Kimberly Hyacinthe Shai-Anne Davis Khamica Bingham	43.97	Dominican Republic Fany Chalas Mariely Sánchez Marleny Mejía Margarita Manzueta	44.13	British Virgin Islands Ashley Kelly Tahesia Harrigan-Scott Chantel Malone Karene King	44.65

Leeward Islands Junior Championships (Open)

Boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres† (wind: -0.1 m/s) A	Shernyl Burns†  Montserrat	10.59	Shaquoy Stephens  British Virgin Islands	10.67	Ricco Gumbs  Saint Kitts	10.70
100 metres (wind: -1.4 m/s) B	Ebenezer Joseph  British Virgin Islands	11.48	Tahj Osborne  British Virgin Islands	11.75	Emari Mills  U.S. Virgin Islands	11.81
200 metres (wind: -0.7 m/s) A	Ricco Gumbs  Saint Kitts	21.43	Julius Morris  Montserrat	21.51	Shaquoy Stephens  British Virgin Islands	21.71
200 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s) B	Royce David  British Virgin Islands	22.96	Ronique Todman  British Virgin Islands	23.25	Ebenezer Joseph  British Virgin Islands	23.34
400 metres A	Khari Herbert  British Virgin Islands	48.39	Warren Hazel  Saint Kitts	49.14	Kyron McMaster  British Virgin Islands	49.45
400 metres B	Morris Gumbs  Nevis	52.54	Aiden Hazzard  Anguilla	53.59	Rodney Griffin  U.S. Virgin Islands	53.74
800 metres A	Ka'jon Parris  Saint Kitts	1:57.17	Tarique Moses  British Virgin Islands	1:57.80	Malique Smith  U.S. Virgin Islands	2:01.99
800 metres B	Khari Creque  British Virgin Islands	2:07.12	Teymahl Huggins  British Virgin Islands	2:07.74
Long Jump	Nathaniel Huggins  Saint Kitts	7.14m (wind: -1.8 m/s)	Kemoi Charles  U.S. Virgin Islands	6.40m (wind: -1.8 m/s)	Mikaile Browne  Anguilla	6.06m (wind: -0.7 m/s)
Shot Put	Eldred Henry  British Virgin Islands	16.73m	Kadeon Potter  British Virgin Islands	13.62m	Avery Joseph  U.S. Virgin Islands	11.09m
Discus Throw	Eldred Henry  British Virgin Islands	50.47m	Kadeon Potter  British Virgin Islands	32.25m	Avery Joseph  U.S. Virgin Islands	29.95m
Javelin Throw	J'Anthon Sillidy  Saint Kitts	57.74m	Adrian Williams  Nevis	53.88m	Deon Vanterpool  Anguilla	49.95m
Javelin Throw (700g)	Kevin Vanterpool  British Virgin Islands	47.08m	Avery Joseph  U.S. Virgin Islands	43.25m
4 x 100 metres relay	Saint Kitts Ricco Gumbs Lonzo Wilkinson Warren Hazel Sadiki Tyson	41.52	United States Virgin Islands Emari Mills Malique Smith Kohun Eugene Kemoi Charles	45.26
4 x 400 metres relay	British Virgin Islands Kyron McMaster Tarique Moses Shaquoy Stephens Khari Herbert	3:21.02	Saint Kitts Ricco Gumbs Warren Hazel Sadiki Tyson Lonzo Wilkinson	3:23.20

^†: Shernyl Burns from  Montserrat was already 22 years old.

Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.5 m/s) A	Taylor Hill  British Virgin Islands	12.23	L'Tsha Fahie  British Virgin Islands	12.24	Nia Jack  U.S. Virgin Islands	12.43
100 metres (wind: -1.7 m/s) B	Shamica Glasgow  British Virgin Islands	12.73	Kayla King  U.S. Virgin Islands	12.75	Chelsi Flax-Solomon  British Virgin Islands	12.97
200 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s) A	Taylor Hill  British Virgin Islands	24.95	L'Tsha Fahie  British Virgin Islands	24.98	Chloe Williams  Nevis	25.74
200 metres (wind:  m/s) B	Shamica Glasgow  British Virgin Islands	25.83	Sh'Kaida Lavacia  British Virgin Islands	26.31	Chelsi Flax-Solomon  British Virgin Islands	26.34
400 metres	Sareena Carti / Guadeloupe	54.53	Tarika Moses  British Virgin Islands	54.95	Jonel Lacey  British Virgin Islands	56.07
800 metres	Lakeisha Warner  British Virgin Islands	2:14.73	Cheryl Farial / Guadeloupe	2:17.02	Iman Derthelot / Guadeloupe	2:20.97
400 metres hurdles	Raida Gaza / Guadeloupe	1:01.90	Meghane Grandson / Guadeloupe	1:02.96	Keishonna Brookes  Saint Kitts	1:07.05
Long Jump (open or u17)	Krystal Liburd  Saint Kitts	5.96m (wind: +0.6 m/s)	Rechelle Meade  Anguilla	5.74m (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Kanishque Todman  British Virgin Islands	5.47m (wind: -1.1 m/s)
Shot Put (open or u17)	Trevia Gumbs  British Virgin Islands	14.03m	Dekoya Hodge  British Virgin Islands	11.41m	Kiwana Emmanuel  British Virgin Islands	10.34m
Discus Throw (open or u17)	Stavia Lewis  Saint Kitts	35.52m	Tynelle Gumbs  British Virgin Islands	33.32m	Kellie-Sheleen Chapman  U.S. Virgin Islands	24.29m
Javelin Throw (600g)	Kerisha Powell  Nevis	32.86m
Javelin Throw (500g)	Tynelle Gumbs  British Virgin Islands	39.91m	Shanee Angol  Dominica	35.97m	Kellie-Sheleen Chapman  U.S. Virgin Islands	23.78m
4 x 100 metres relay	British Virgin Islands Taylor Hill L'Tsha Fahie Jonel Lacey Tarika Moses	46.62	/ Guadeloupe Sareena Carti Meghane Grandson Raida Gaza Iman Derthelot	47.97	Saint Kitts Shanice Elliott Keishonna Brookes Keressa Eddy Krystal Liburd	48.36

Medal table (Leeward Islands Junior Championships, unofficial)

  *   Host nation (British Virgin Islands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	British Virgin Islands*	16	13	8	37
2	Saint Kitts	7	2	3	12
3	/ Guadeloupe	2	3	1	6
4	Nevis	2	1	1	4
5	Montserrat	1	1	0	2
6	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	4	8	12
7	Anguilla	0	2	2	4
8	Dominica	0	1	0	1
Totals (8 entries)		28	27	23	78

Participation

BVI Twilight Invitational

According to an unofficial count, 42 athletes from 13 countries participated.

Leeward Islands Junior Championships (Open)

According to an unofficial count, 89 athletes from 8 countries participated.

References