Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics
Year City Country Date No . of Events No . of Athletes
1st 1974 Maracaibo Venezuela 12-15 December 36 about 196
2nd 1976 Xalapa Mexico 26-29 August 57 about 127
3rd 1978 Xalapa Mexico 25-28 August 69 about 293
4th 1980 Nassau Bahamas 22-25 August 73 about 263
5th 1982 Bridgetown Barbados 23-25 July 75 about 320
6th 1984 San Juan Puerto Rico 21-24 June 75 about 355
7th 1986 Mexico City Mexico 26-29 June 74 about 262
8th 1988 Nassau Bahamas 30 June - 2 July 74 about 223
9th 1990 Havana Cuba 6-8 July 77 about 406
10th 1992 Tegucigalpa Honduras 10-12 July 79 about 304
11th 1994 Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago 8-10 July 79 about 377
12th 1996 San Salvador El Salvador 14-16 July 78 about 524
13th 1998 Georgetown Cayman Islands 10-12 July 79 about 361
14th 2000 San Juan Puerto Rico 14-16 July 80 about 422
15th 2002 Bridgetown Barbados 5-7 July 69 about 445
16th 2004 Coatzacoalcos Mexico 25-27 June 81 about 411
17th 2006 Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago 14-16 July 81 about 449
18th 2010 Santo Domingo Dominican Republic 2-4 July 80 about 500
19th 2012 San Salvador El Salvador 29 June - 1 July 86 about 467
20th 2014 Morelia Mexico 4 - 6 July
Editions
The Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships is a junior athletics competition held between the nations of Central America and the Caribbean Islands promoted by the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC). It is divided into the Junior B Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships held since 1978 and the Junior A Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships held since 1974. The Junior A category was open for girls and boys aged 17-20 until 2010. and for girls and boys aged 18-20 starting in the year 2012. The Junior B category was open for girls and boys aged 14-16 until 2010. and for girls and boys aged 14-17 starting in the year 2012. Many world-class and Olympic winning senior athletes competed in the championships in their teenage years. Usain Bolt won the 200 m event in 2002. No competition was held in 2008, due to a clash with the senior 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships, which had been postponed from the previous year. At the 2010 edition, a total of 532 athletes from 27 nations took part in the championships' events. The 2016 edition did not proceed as planned following the announcement of a change towards a wider competition by NACAC regional president Victor Lopez. The new competition, due in 2018, would incorporate Canada and the United States. Lopez noted that the Caribbean region already had shared junior competition at the CARIFTA Games and that Central America already had its own regional junior event.