List of North, Central American and Caribbean youth bests in athletics

North, Central American and Caribbean youth bests in the sport of athletics are the all-time best marks set in competition by aged 17 or younger throughout the entire calendar year of the performance and competing for a member nation of the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC). NACAC doesn't maintain an official list for such performances. All bests shown on this list are tracked by statisticians not officially sanctioned by the governing body.

Outdoor

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
100 m	10.24	Darrel Brown	Trinidad and Tobago	14 April 2001		Bridgetown, Barbados	16 years, 185 days
200 m	20.13 (0.0 m/s)	Usain Bolt	Jamaica	20 July 2003	Pan American Junior Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	16 years, 333 days
400 m	45.14	Obea Moore	United States	2 September 1995	Pan American Junior Athletics Championships	Santiago, Chile	16 years, 235 days
800 m
1500 m
Mile
3000 m
5000 m
10000 m
110 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	12.96 (+1.3 m/s)	Jaheel Hyde	Jamaica	23 August 2014	Youth Olympic Games	Nanjing, China	17 years, 202 days	[1]
110 m hurdles (99/100 cm)
300 m hurdles (91.4 cm)	36.45	Bershawn Jackson	United States	13 May 2000		Gainesville, United States	17 years, 5 days
400 m hurdles (84.0 cm)	49.01	William Wynne	United States	15 July 2007	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	17 years, 166 days
400 m hurdles (91.4 cm)
2000 m steeplechase
3000 m steeplechase
High jump	2.33 m	Javier Sotomayor	Cuba	19 May 1985		Havana, Cuba	17 years, 218 days
Pole vault
Long jump	8.28 m (+1.8 m/s)	Maykel Demetrio Massó	Cuba	28 May 2016	Memorial Barrientos	Havana, Cuba	17 years, 20 days	[2]
Triple jump	17.24 m (+0.7 m/s)	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba	1 February 2014		Havana, Cuba	16 years, 90 days	[3]
Shot put (6 kg)
Discus throw (1.750 kg)
Hammer throw (6 kg)
Javelin throw
Octathlon	6482 pts	Yordanis García	Cuba	13–14 July 2005		Marrakesh, Morocco	16 years, 235 days
	11.24 (100 m), 6.86 m (long jump), 16.39 m (shot put), 51.35 (400 m) / 14.11 (110 m hurdles), 1.95 m (high jump), 65.76 m (javelin), 2:54.19 (1000 m)
10000 m walk (track)
4 × 100 m relay	40.03	Winston Smith Michael Frater Davaon Spence Omar Brown	Jamaica	18 July 1999	World Youth Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	16 years, 238 days 16 years, 285 days 17 years, 27 days
4 × 400 m relay

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref	Video
100 m	10.98 (+2.0 m/s)	Candace Hill	United States	20 June 2015	Brooks PR Invitational	Shoreline, United States	16 years, 130 days	[4]
200 m	22.43 (−0.7 m/s)	Candace Hill	United States	19 July 2015	World Youth Championships	Cali, Colombia	16 years, 158 days	[5]
400 m
800 m
1500 m
Mile
3000 m
5000 m
10000 m
100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)	12.94 (0.0 m/s)	Yanique Thompson	Jamaica	11 July 2013	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	17 years, 121 days	[6]
100 m hurdles (83.8 cm)	12.84 (+1.2 m/s)	Tia Jones	United States	25 June 2016	United States Junior Championships	Clovis, United States	15 years, 291 days	[7]
300 m hurdles	40.18	Leslie Maxie	United States	26 May 1984		Berkeley, United States	17 years, 143 days
400 m hurdles	54.15	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	10 July 2016	United States Olympic Trials	Eugene, United States	16 years, 338 days	[8]
3000 m steeplechase
High jump	1.96 m	Vashti Cunningham	United States	1 August 2015	Pan American Junior Championships	Edmonton, Canada	17 years, 195 days	[9]
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Discus throw
Hammer throw
Javelin throw
Heptathlon
	(100 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (200 m) / (long jump), (javelin), (800 m)
10000 m walk (track)
10 km walk (road)
4 × 100 m relay
4 × 400 m relay
Medley relay	2:03.42	Christania Williams Shericka Jackson Chrisann Gordon Olivia James	Jamaica	10 July 2011	World Youth Championships	Lille, France		[10][11]

Indoor

Boys

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
50 m	5.81	Jeremy Rankin	United States	11 March 2007		Landover, United States	16 years, 169 days
60 m	6.67 A	Jeremy Rankin	United States	16 February 2007		Golden, United States	16 years, 146 days
200 m
400 m	46.84	William Reed	United States	22 February 1986		Boston, United States	15 years, 327 days
800 m
1000 m
1500 m
Mile	4:07.87	Alan Webb	United States	12 March 2000		Bloomington, United States	17 years, 59 days
3000 m
5000 m
50 m hurdles (99/100 cm)	6.69	Wayne Davis	United States	11 March 2007		Landover, United States	15 years, 201 days
60 m hurdles (91.4 cm)
60 m hurdles (99/100 cm)	7.62	Wayne Davis	United States	16 March 2008		Landover, United States	16 years, 207 days
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Heptathlon
	(60 m), (long jump), (shot put), (high jump) / (60 m hurdles), (pole vault), (1000 m)
5000 m walk
4 × 200 m relay	1:26.09	Long Beach Polytechnic High School Isaiah Green Vincent Joseph Travon Patterson Bryshon Nellum	United States	13 March 2005	National Scholastic Indoor Championships	New York City, United States	15 years, 215 days 17 years, 52 days 16 years, 174 days 15 years, 316 days	[12][13]
4 × 400 m relay	3:23.04	Zebulon B. Vance TC, Charlotte Lamar Johnson Erin Jenkins Cameron Tate Jarrett Samuels	United States	14 March 2010	Nike Indoor Nationals	Boston, United States		[14]

Girls

Event	Record	Athlete	Nationality	Date	Meet	Place	Age	Ref
50 m	6.28	Victoria Jordan	United States	11 March 2007		Landover, Maryland, United States	17 years, 13 days
60 m	7.24	Victoria Jordan	United States	10 February 2007		Houston, United States	16 years, 349 days
200 m
400 m	51.84	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	13 March 2016	New Balance Nationals	New York City, United States	16 years, 219 days	[15]
800 m	2:01.8 (ht)	Mary Decker	United States	17 February 1974		San Diego, United States	15 years, 197 days
1500 m	4:11.72+	Mary C. Cain	United States	16 February 2013	Millrose Games	New York, United States	16 years, 289 days	[16]
Mile	4:28.25	Mary C. Cain	United States	16 February 2013	Millrose Games	New York, United States	16 years, 289 days	[17]
3000 m
5000 m	16:37.50	Stephanie Jenks	United States	14 March 2014	New Balance Nationals Indoor	New York City, United States	16 years, 209 days	[18]
50 m hurdles (84 cm)	6.95	Candy Young	United States	3 February 1979		Edmonton, Canada	16 years, 258 days
60 m hurdles (76.2 cm)
60 m hurdles (84 cm)	8.17 A	Dior Hall	United States	9 February 2013	CSM Twilight Collegiate Open	Golden, United States	17 years, 38 days	[19]
	8.17	Sydney McLaughlin	United States	15 March 2015	New Balance Nationals	New York City, United States	15 years, 218 days	[20]
High jump
Pole vault
Long jump
Triple jump
Shot put
Pentathlon
	(60 m hurdles), (high jump), (shot put), (long jump), (800 m)
3000 m walk
4 × 400 m relay	3:46.31	Motor City TC Johnyce Powell Carlita Taylor Jayla Fleming Anna Jefferson	United States	16 March 2014	New Balance Nationals Indoor	New York City, United States	17 years, 74 days 15 years, 74 days 17 years, 74 days 16 years, 74 days	[21]

References

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2. "Un 8.28 mundial de Massó en longitud" (in Spanish). granma.cu. 29 May 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2016.
3. "Lázaro Martínez: ¡Increíbles 17.24 y pidiendo pista!" (in Spanish). www.cubasi.cu. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
4. Jon Mulkeen (20 June 2015). "Hill breaks world youth 100m best and American junior record with 10.98". IAAF. Retrieved 21 June 2015.
5. "200m Results". IAAF. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
6. "Discus Throw Results". IAAF. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
7. Bob Ramsak (26 June 2016). "Jones, McLaughlin and Hill impress at US U20 Championships". IAAF. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
8. Roy Jordan (11 July 2016). "Records broken on final day of US Olympic Trials". IAAF. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
9. "High Jump Results". deltatiming.com. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
10. David Martin (10 July 2011). "Sitonik's impressive 3000m caps the action as curtain draws on World Youth champs - Lille 2011 - Day 5 report". IAAF. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
11. "Sprint Medley Relay Results" (PDF). IAAF. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
12. "2005 National Scholastic Indoor Championships Results". parser.dyestat.com. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
13. "High School Indoor Records—Boys". Track & Field News. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
14. "4x400m Relay Results". www.ma.milesplit.com. 14 March 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
15. "WATCH: Sydney McLaughlin breaks the national record in the 400". highschoolsports.nj.com. 13 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
16. "1500m En Route Results" (PDF). www.branchsportstech.com. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2013.
17. "Mile Run Results". www.branchsportstech.com. 16 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
18. "2014 New Balance Nationals Indoor - Girls 5000 Meter Run Championship Results". results.deltatiming.com. 15 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
19. "60 Metres Hurdles Results". www.directathletics.com. 9 February 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2013.
20. "60m Hurdles Results". deltatiming.com. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
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