The 2011

Central American and Caribbean Championships The Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Championships is an international track and field athletics event organised by the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC). Only athletes representing a member nation of the confede ...

in Athletics were held in

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. The event served as classifiers for the

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and took place from July 15–17, 2011. It was the fourth time Puerto Rico hosted the event; the first time in Ponce in 1975, and later in San Juan in 1989 and 1997. The

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

n delegation topped the medals table with 26 medals (ten of them

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was the next most successful nation with ten golds and a total haul of twenty medals, while

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

took third with five golds and fifteen medals.

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, which had dominated the previous three editions, sent a small, weakened delegation and finished fifth (although seven of its nine athletes won medals). The host nation,

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, achieved a total of 14 medals, 3 of which were gold. This was a huge improvement for

since the last edition in 2009, winning 1 more gold medal and 8 more total medals than the previous championships.Robinson, Javier Clavelo (2011-07-16)
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best of 6.81 metres and Mexican Juan Romero improved the

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record by 26 seconds. Further to this, twelve

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were bettered during the competition. Jamaica's

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was the only athlete to medal twice in individual events, taking the

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title and a

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in the women's

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. Among the competition highlights were the men's

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(featuring

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, Félix Sánchez and

Jehue Gordon Jehue Gordon (born 15 December 1991) is a Trinidadian track and field athlete who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles. He turned professional on 24 June 2010, and signed a deal with Adidas in August 2010. Formerly a pupil of Belmont Boys' Secon ...

) and a duel between

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and

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in the

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. Vonette Dixon won a quick women's

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where Brigitte Merlano and

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became the first Colombians under thirteen seconds for the event.

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secured her fourth consecutive

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title. Cuban throwers Guillermo Martínez and

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were the only other athletes who defended their titles from the 2009 edition.

Organisation

The event had a budget of $650,000.00, the municipal government of Mayagüez has made a commitment to give $300,000.00 of these and the rest were from private sponsors. By April 28, 2011 twenty three participating countries had confirmed there attendance. The final day of the event marked the first anniversary of the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games and included artistic presentation in an activity in the plaza in front of the Central American Torch. The event was attended by

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, the president of the

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(IAAF).

Participation

There were 449 athletes from 35 countries (33 member federations of the

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(CACAC) and 2 of the 4 observer nations – Curaçao and Martinique) competing in total. There were no athletes from Anguilla, French Guiana and Guadeloupe. Athletes from Curaçao made their first appearance at the competition under their island's flag, following the

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the previous year.

Medal summary

Men's events

Women's events

Medal table

Participating nations

* (6) * (4) * (29) * (13) * (1) * (8) * (7) * (7) * (32) * (7) * (8) * (6) * (5) * (37) * (10) * (6) * (3) * (17) * (8) * (34) * (4) * (46) * (2) * (1) * (4) * (59) * (8) * (5) * (9) * (3) * (2) * (27) * (1) * (13) * (17)

References

;Results
CAC Mayagüez PUR 15 - 17 July/ 23rd Central American and Caribbean Championships
Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2011-08-13.

External links

Official CACAC Website
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