2001 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics

I Leeward Islands Junior/Youth Championships
Dates	May 5–6
Host city	Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Venue	A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	44 (13 junior boys, 11 junior girls, 10 youth boys, 10 youth girls)
2002 Tortola →

The 2001 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on May 5–6, 2001. The event was held at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.[1]

A total of 44 events were contested, 23 by boys and 21 by girls.

Medal summary

Medal winners can be found on the LIAA webpage[1] courtesy Dean H. Greenaway from the British Virgin Islands Athletics Association.

Boys (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind:  m/s)	Delwayne Delaney  Saint Kitts	11.33	Travis Adams  Saint Kitts	11.55	Kamil Francis  U.S. Virgin Islands	11.73
200 metres (wind:  m/s)	Kevon Pierre  Nevis	22.31	Delwayne Delaney  Saint Kitts	22.74	Travis Adams  Saint Kitts	23.46
400 metres	Kevon Pierre  Nevis	49.52	Bernard Etinoff  Antigua and Barbuda	51.55	Kevin Maynard  U.S. Virgin Islands	51.83
800 metres	Stuart Ward  Saint Kitts	2:02.91	Kevin Maynard  U.S. Virgin Islands	2:04.87	Careem Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	2:06.89
1500 metres	Stuart Ward  Saint Kitts	4:27.39	Careem Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	4:30.16	Jermaine Bryan  British Virgin Islands	4:43.64
5000 metres^†	Linden Peters  British Virgin Islands	18:53.4	Jermaine Bryan  British Virgin Islands	19:06.0	Dwayne Allen  U.S. Virgin Islands	19:35.9
High Jump	Eston Williams  Saint Kitts	1.73	Edmund Paul  Sint Maarten	1.70	Jamion Brookes  Saint Kitts	1.70
Long Jump	Jamion Brookes  Saint Kitts	6.55	Chester Williams  Antigua and Barbuda	6.52	Peter Charles  Antigua and Barbuda	6.30
Triple Jump^†	Ayata Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	13.94	Eston Williams  Saint Kitts	13.34	Alison Potter  British Virgin Islands	13.33
Shot Put	Eric Mathias  British Virgin Islands	11.60	Michael Browne  U.S. Virgin Islands	11.23	Lesroy Browne  Saint Kitts	10.95
Discus Throw	Eric Mathias  British Virgin Islands	40.20	Leroy Thomas  British Virgin Islands	31.78	Shawn Warner  Nevis	31.76
Javelin Throw	Abdul Wattley  Sint Maarten	39.90m	Lesroy Browne  Saint Kitts	39.80	Shawn Warner  Nevis	39.80
4 x 400 metres relay^†	Saint Kitts Kemroy Percival Anevial Dias Delwayne Delaney Stuart Ward	3:29.86	Antigua and Barbuda Bernard Etinoff Chet Gomes Peter Charles Careem Joseph	3:33.78	Nevis Gerani George Cassto Julius Kevon Pierre Robert Morton	3:34.56

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

Girls (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind:  m/s)	Tiandra Ponteen  Saint Kitts	12.21	Virgil Hodge  Saint Kitts	12.37	Tanika Liburd  Nevis	12.88
200 metres (wind:  m/s)	Tiandra Ponteen  Saint Kitts	24.78	Virgil Hodge  Saint Kitts	25.46	Tanika Liburd  Nevis	26.51
400 metres	Tiandra Ponteen  Saint Kitts	55.79	Sherma Aurelin  U.S. Virgin Islands	59.94	Nathandra John  Saint Kitts	60.70
3000 metres^†	Janil Williams  Antigua and Barbuda	11:14.9	Celelisa Maloney  Antigua and Barbuda	12:04.3	Martha Ramirez  British Virgin Islands	13:53.9
High Jump	Tanika Liburd  Nevis	1.53m	Germaine Buchanan  Saint Kitts	1.48m	Samantha Hughes  Anguilla	1.48m
Long Jump	Tanika Liburd  Nevis	5.07	Sindy Nathan  Saint Kitts	5.04	Miranda Bobb  Nevis	4.82
Triple Jump^†	Nadia Edwards  Anguilla	10.44	Sindy Nathan  Saint Kitts	10.42	Nathandra John  Saint Kitts	10.16
Shot Put	Valerie Connor  Saint Kitts	9.85	Tanika Liburd  Nevis	9.54	Nadia Collins  British Virgin Islands	9.48
Discus Throw	Valerie Connor  Saint Kitts	29.66	Nadia Collins  British Virgin Islands	23.06	Cindy Nathan  Saint Kitts	19.15
Javelin Throw	Valerie Connor  Saint Kitts	27.07	Nadia Collins  British Virgin Islands	22.57	Germaine Buchanan  Saint Kitts	17.07
4 x 400 metres relay^†	Antigua and Barbuda Stephanie Jones Janil Williams Celsia Maloney Andrea Jno-Baptiste	4:00.47	Saint Kitts Nekesha Jeffers Virgil Hodge Nathandra John Tiandra Ponteen	4:09.51	United States Virgin Islands Xiomara Gomez Natalie O'Neal Evelise Gomez Sherida Aurelien	4:15.68

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

Boys (U-17)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind:  m/s)	Jamie Henry  Saint Kitts	11.1 (ht)	Rashid Hodge  Saint Kitts	11.2 (ht)	Alison 'Al' Potter  British Virgin Islands	11.7 (ht)
200 metres (wind:  m/s)	Jamie Henry  Saint Kitts	22.5 (ht)	Robert Morton  Nevis	23.0 (ht)	Chet Gomes  Antigua and Barbuda	23.4 (ht)
400 metres	Ackim Lewis  British Virgin Islands	52.88	Chet Gomes  Antigua and Barbuda	53.38	Khalid Brookes  Anguilla	53.86
800 metres	Jerome Toussaint  Saint Kitts	2:09.2	Amalee Lochart  U.S. Virgin Islands	2:12.4	Keith Gumbs  Anguilla	2:13.9
1500 metres	Jerome Toussaint  Saint Kitts	4:39.49	Amalee Lochart  U.S. Virgin Islands	4:45.40	Dulani Phillip  Nevis	4:45.42
High Jump	Alison 'Al' Potter  British Virgin Islands	1.73	Eldrin Richardson  Saint Kitts	1.70	Tarik Bradshaw  Saint Kitts	1.70
Long Jump	Jason Isaac  Saint Kitts	6.33	Ayata Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	6.17	McLean Fraser  Nevis	6.15
Shot Put	Romeo Brown  Sint Maarten	10.97	McLean Fraser  Nevis	10.40	Eldrin Richardson  Saint Kitts	9.80
Discus Throw	Romeo Brown  Sint Maarten	33.68	Nichols Charles  British Virgin Islands	29.38	Andrick Vigilant  British Virgin Islands	27.32
Javelin Throw	Romeo Brown  Sint Maarten	38.77	Anevial Dias  Saint Kitts	34.99	Randolph McDowall  British Virgin Islands	28.70

Girls (U-17)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind:  m/s)	Evelise Gomez  U.S. Virgin Islands	12.73	Celeste Thomas  Antigua and Barbuda	12.84	Chandora Codrington  Antigua and Barbuda	12.97
200 metres (wind:  m/s)	Evelise Gomez  U.S. Virgin Islands	26.24	Julieta Johnson  Saint Kitts	27.21	Chandora Codrington  Antigua and Barbuda	27.27
400 metres	Andrea Baptiste  Antigua and Barbuda	61.51	Stephanie Jones  Antigua and Barbuda	62.23	Nickesha Jeffers  Saint Kitts	63.71
800 metres	Janil Williams  Antigua and Barbuda	2:24.6	Celisa Maloney  Antigua and Barbuda	2:31.4	Audra Rogers  Anguilla	2:36.4
1500 metres	Janil Williams  Antigua and Barbuda	4:58.32	Celisa Maloney  Antigua and Barbuda	5:14.11	Charley Charles  U.S. Virgin Islands	5:36.25
High Jump	Rosalie Glasford  Saint Kitts	1.53m	Zelima Mills  Nevis	1.48m	Tanaysha Henry  British Virgin Islands	1.43m
Long Jump	Rosalie Glasford  Saint Kitts	5.10	Nikisha Jeffers  Saint Kitts	4.80	Millisa Charles  Nevis	4.66
Shot Put	Morella Dore  U.S. Virgin Islands	9.39	Zelina Mills  Nevis	8.88	Nerida Skelton  British Virgin Islands	8.18
Discus Throw	Morella Dore  U.S. Virgin Islands	25.26	Nerida Skelton  British Virgin Islands	20.03	Rosalie Glasford  Saint Kitts	17.13
Javelin Throw	Morella Dore  U.S. Virgin Islands	26.30	Rosalie Glasford  Saint Kitts	22.85

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (British Virgin Islands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Saint Kitts	19	16	11	46
2	Antigua and Barbuda	6	11	5	22
3	British Virgin Islands*	5	6	9	20
4	U.S. Virgin Islands	5	5	5	15
5	Nevis	4	5	9	18
6	Sint Maarten	4	1	0	5
7	Anguilla	1	0	4	5
Totals (7 entries)		44	44	43	131

Team trophy

The scores for the team trophy were published.[1]

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Points
	Saint Kitts	162
2	Antigua and Barbuda	80
3	British Virgin Islands	55
4	U.S. Virgin Islands	45
5	Nevis	37
6	Sint Maarten	34
7	Anguilla

Participation

Athletes from at least 7 countries participated.

•  Anguilla
•  Antigua and Barbuda
•  British Virgin Islands
•  Nevis
•  Saint Kitts
•  Sint Maarten
•  U.S. Virgin Islands

References

1. Greenaway, Dean H., LI Juniors 2001 - LEEWARD ISLANDS JUNIOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS - 5 - 6 May 2001, Nevis Amateur Athletic Association, retrieved September 22, 2012