NACAC Combined Events Championships

NACAC Combined Events Championships

The NACAC Combined Events Championships is a track and field competition in men's decathlon and women's heptathlon. Organised by the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC), it is an annual contest for combined events athletes representing countries in the region. It is typically held in late May or June.

The competition was launched in 2005 as part of the IAAF Combined Events Challenge, with the first edition taking place in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[1] The event was repeated in San Juan the following year and had its third outing in 2007 in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.[2][3] The size of the competition was expanded in 2008 as it was renamed the Pan American Combined Events Championships and became open to combined events specialists representing any of the countries in the Americas. A record of 40 athletes from 15 countries took part in that edition.[4]

The championships underwent another name change the following year, being held in Havana, Cuba as the Americas Combined Events Cup. Headed by the Cuban Federation President, former Olympic champion Alberto Juantorena, it was incorporated in to that year's Barrientos Memorial, Cuba's national track and field championships.[5] No edition was held in 2010 and the event returned under its inaugural moniker for the 2011 season.[6]

Cuba's Yordanis García holds the championship record for the decathlon with his score of 8496 points. The heptathlon best is points by American Sharon Day. Two athletes have won at the event on two occasions: Maurice Smith of Jamaica and Ryan Harlan of the United States.

Editions

Two-time decathlon champion Maurice Smith at the 2007 World Championships
Edition Year Venue City Country No. of
athletes		 No. of
nations
1st 2005 San Juan  Puerto Rico
2nd 2006 Estadio Sixto Escobar San Juan  Puerto Rico
3rd 2007 Felix Sanchez Stadium Santo Domingo  Dominican Republic 27 9
4th 2008 Felix Sanchez Stadium Santo Domingo  Dominican Republic 40 15
5th 2009 Estadio Panamericano Havana  Cuba 34 8
6th 2011 Usain Bolt Track Kingston  Jamaica

Medalists

Decathlon

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2005  Maurice Smith (JAM) 8232 pts  Ryan Harlan (USA) 7997 pts  Paul Terek (USA) 7923 pts
2006  Ryan Harlan (USA) 7966 pts  Paul Terek (USA) 7884 pts  Chris Boyles (USA) 7703 pts
2007  Ryan Harlan (USA) 7901 pts  Leonel Suárez (CUB) 7843 pts  Yunior Díaz (CUB) 7816 pts
2008  Chris Helwick (USA) 7820 pts  Iván Scolfaro da Silva (BRA) 7783 pts  Chris Randolph (USA) 7747 pts
2009  Yordanis García (CUB) 8496 pts  Yunior Díaz (CUB) 7920 pts  Alexei Chivas (CUB) 7808 pts
2011  Maurice Smith (JAM) 8078 pts  Damian Warner (CAN) 7760 pts  Chris Helwick (USA) 7609 pts

Heptathlon

Year Gold Silver Bronze
2005  Fiona Asigbee (USA) 5868 pts  Tracey Lawyer-Thomas (USA) 5603 pts  Jackie Poulson (USA) 5499 pts
2006  Virginia Johnson (USA) 5991 pts  Hyleas Fountain (USA) 5956 pts  Fiona Asigbee (USA) 5779 pts
2007  Gretchen Quintana (CUB) 6007 pts  Fiona Asigbee (USA) 5770 pts  Lela Nelson  (USA) 5760 pts
2008  Lela Nelson (USA) 5944 pts  Ryanne Dupree (USA) 5704 pts  Yasmiany Pedroso (CUB) 5659 pts
2009  Sharon Day (USA) 6063 pts  Yarianny Argüelles (CUB) 5982 pts  Lela Nelson (USA) 5817 pts
2011  Emily Pearson (USA) 5585 pts  Salcia Slack (JAM) 5534 pts  Francia Manzanillo (DOM) 5474 pts 1
  • ^1 Nigeria's Naomi Osazuwa, a US-based athlete, received a special invitation from the NACAC President Neville McCook allowing her to compete as a guest athlete and she finished third in the heptathlon with a score of 5506 points.[7]

References

  1. ^ NACAC Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-06-25.
  2. ^ Johnson and Harlan win NACAC combined events titles. IAAF (2006-08-27). Retrieved on 2011-06-25.
  3. ^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2007-05-27). Harlan, Quintana take NACAC Combined Events titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-25.
  4. ^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2008-06-01). Helwick and Nelson take Pan American Combined Events Champs. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-25.
  5. ^ Clavelo Robinson, Javier (2009-05-31). García tallies 8496 in Havana. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-25.
  6. ^ Foster, Anthony (2011-05-29). Smith and Pearson take NACAC Combined Events titles. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-06-25.
  7. ^ Two-day NACAC meet begins today. Jamaica Observer (2011-05-27). Retrieved on 2011-06-26.

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