2003 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics

The 2003 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on May 31–June 1, 2003. The event was held at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. A detailed report was published.[1][2]

III Leeward Islands Junior/Youth Championships
Dates	May 31–June 1
Host city	Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Venue	A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	44 (12 junior boys, 12 junior girls, 10 youth boys, 10 youth girls)
Participation	164 athletes from 7 nations
← 2002 Tortola 2005 St. John's →

A total of 44 events were contested, 22 by boys and 22 by girls.

Medal summary

Complete results were published.[2][3]

Boys (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Daniel Bailey  Antigua and Barbuda	10.62	Aliston Potter  British Virgin Islands	10.96	Bernell Smithen  U.S. Virgin Islands	11.13
200 metres	Daniel Bailey  Antigua and Barbuda	22.29	Chet Gomes  Antigua and Barbuda	22.34	Kevin Fahie  British Virgin Islands	22.63
400 metres	Kevin Fahie  British Virgin Islands	50.64	Bernell Smithen  U.S. Virgin Islands	50.82	Chet Gomes  Antigua and Barbuda	51.44
800 metres	Jamil Nelson  Antigua and Barbuda	1:58.80	Jerome Toussaint  Saint Kitts	2:01.34	Adolphus Jones  Saint Kitts	2:12.83
1500 metres	Jamil Nelson  Antigua and Barbuda	4:13.42	Jerome Toussaint  Saint Kitts	4:20.12	Obrien Huggins  Saint Kitts	4:56.85
5000 metres^†	Jamil Nelson  Antigua and Barbuda	17:25.5 (ht)	Obrien Huggins  Saint Kitts	18:16.2 (ht)	Michael Scott  Antigua and Barbuda	18:46.2 (ht)
High Jump	James Grayman  Antigua and Barbuda	2.00	Adolphus Jones  Saint Kitts	1.90	Tamasa Samuels  Nevis	1.80
Long Jump	Ayata Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	7.12	Donville Eddy  Saint Kitts	6.51	Adolphus Jones  Saint Kitts	6.42
Triple Jump^†	Ayata Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	14.79	Adolphus Jones  Saint Kitts	12.99	Brandon Joseph  Antigua and Barbuda	12.98
Shot Put	Eric Mathias  British Virgin Islands	14.02	Romeo Brown  Sint Maarten	12.51	Lesroy Brown  Saint Kitts	11.05
Discus Throw	Eric Mathias  British Virgin Islands	48.07	Romeo Brown  Sint Maarten	33.16	Kyle Francis  British Virgin Islands	30.11
Javelin Throw	Romeo Brown  Sint Maarten	40.85	Adolphus Jones  Saint Kitts	39.84	James Grayman  Antigua and Barbuda	38.90

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

Girls (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Chandora Codrington  Antigua and Barbuda	12.02	Nolise Henry  Saint Kitts	12.60	Surine Mitcham  Saint Kitts	12.87
200 metres	Chandora Codrington  Antigua and Barbuda	25.19	Kelsa Mason  Saint Kitts	26.54	Surine Mitcham  Saint Kitts	26.81
400 metres	Janil Williams  Antigua and Barbuda	1:01.15	Kelsa Mason  Saint Kitts	1:01.19	Nerissa Pelle  Antigua and Barbuda	1:01.59
800 metres	Janil Williams  Antigua and Barbuda	2:26.84	Calisa Maloney  Antigua and Barbuda	2:28.15	Sonny Eugene  U.S. Virgin Islands	2:37.71
1500 metres	Janil Williams  Antigua and Barbuda	5:17.59	Calisia Maloney  Antigua and Barbuda	5:19.55	Roseline Coleman  Sint Maarten	5:58.44
3000 metres^†	Janil Williams  Antigua and Barbuda	11:42.29	Romancia Arthurton  Nevis	12:20.71	Tamika Butler  Antigua and Barbuda	13:00.00
High Jump	Zelma Mills  Nevis	1.50	Antoinette Huggins  Saint Kitts Tanaysha Henry  British Virgin Islands	1.50
Long Jump	Rosalie Glasford  Saint Kitts	5.37	Antoinette Huggins  Saint Kitts	4.93	Zelma Mills  Nevis	4.88
Triple Jump^†	Rosalie Glasford  Saint Kitts	11.37	Patrice Davis  Antigua and Barbuda	10.29	Deon Marquis  British Virgin Islands	9.95
Shot Put	Zelma Mills  Nevis	9.92	Antoinette Huggins  Saint Kitts	8.40	Latoya George  British Virgin Islands	8.34
Discus Throw	Latoya George  British Virgin Islands	25.77	Teandra Moore  Antigua and Barbuda	25.40	Lena Scotland  Sint Maarten	24.29
Javelin Throw	Zelma Mills  Nevis	23.80	Antoinette Huggins  Saint Kitts	23.17	Donna Leonard  British Virgin Islands	21.71

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

Boys (U-17)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Adino Greenaway  Antigua and Barbuda	11.18	Claude Paul  Sint Maarten	11.21	Mark Kendall  British Virgin Islands	11.25
200 metres	Adino Greenaway  Antigua and Barbuda	22.75	Mark Kendall  British Virgin Islands	22.85	Whitley Williams  Saint Kitts	23.59
400 metres	Darnel Allen  Saint Kitts	52.1 (ht)	Lenniel Warner  Saint Kitts	52.2 (ht)	Kimon Lewis  British Virgin Islands	53.9 (ht)
800 metres	Ervin Woolard  Saint Kitts	2:06.77	Michael Scott  Antigua and Barbuda	2:08.25	Leron Chambers  Saint Kitts	2:11.12
1500 metres	Erwin Woolard  Saint Kitts	4:30.97	Leron Chambers  Saint Kitts	4:30.99	Michael Scott  Antigua and Barbuda	4:50.12
High Jump	Kimon Lewis  British Virgin Islands	1.80	McKenzie Baltimore  British Virgin Islands	1.70	Lenniel Warner  Saint Kitts	1.70
Long Jump	Kenyatta Burt  Saint Kitts	6.39	Claude Paul  Sint Maarten	6.39	Lenniel Warner  Saint Kitts	6.29
Shot Put	Lenbirch Williams  Saint Kitts	13.59	Devon Farrel  Saint Kitts	12.70	Kejal Reede  Nevis	10.57
Discus Throw	Lenbirch Williams  Saint Kitts	35.69	Julius Manners  Nevis	28.88	Kejal Reede  Nevis	26.68
Javelin Throw	Kenyatta Burt  Saint Kitts	36.50	Julius Manners  Nevis	33.59	Kejal Reede  Nevis	32.46

Girls (U-17)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres	Anika Jno Baptiste  Antigua and Barbuda	11.9 (ht)	Marecia Pemberton  Saint Kitts	12.5 (ht)	Malaika Anthony  Saint Kitts	12.5 (ht)
200 metres	Anika Jno Baptiste  Antigua and Barbuda	25.51	Amanda Edwards  Antigua and Barbuda	26.47	Curlee Gumbs  Anguilla	26.51
400 metres	Amanda Edwards  Antigua and Barbuda	59.18	Tifa Lee  U.S. Virgin Islands	1:00.49	Malaika Anthony  Saint Kitts	1:01.93
800 metres	Maria Appleton  Antigua and Barbuda	2:25.88	Kerish Richardson  Saint Kitts	2:26.00	Cleopatra Perry  Nevis	2:29.30
1500 metres	Kerish Richardson  Saint Kitts	5:12.2 (ht)	Maria Appleton  Antigua and Barbuda	5:17.4 (ht)	Romanica Arthurton  Nevis	5:20.8 (ht)
High Jump	Melissa Allen  Nevis	1.50	Shara Proctor  Anguilla	1.50	Aquilyah Smith  Saint Kitts	1.40
Long Jump	Shara Proctor  Anguilla	5.64	Melissa Allen  Nevis	5.11	Kimmoy Henry  Saint Kitts	4.93
Shot Put	Lisa Browne  Nevis	9.93	Kimmoy Henry  Saint Kitts	9.60	Jamilla Morton  Saint Kitts	9.55
Discus Throw	Jamila Morton  Saint Kitts	26.80	Jasmaine Symons  Nevis	25.45	Shara Proctor  Anguilla	24.40
Javelin Throw	Amanda Edwards  Antigua and Barbuda	35.27	Jasmaine Symons  Nevis	25.25	Kimmoy Henry  Saint Kitts	22.13

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation (British Virgin Islands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Antigua and Barbuda	21	8	7	36
2	Saint Kitts	11	20	16	47
3	Nevis	5	6	7	18
4	British Virgin Islands*	5	4	7	16
5	Sint Maarten	1	4	2	7
6	Anguilla	1	1	2	4
7	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	2	2	4
Totals (7 nations)		44	45	43	132

Team trophies

The scores for the team trophy were published.[2]

  The host country is highlighted in lavender blue

Rank	Nation	Points
	Saint Kitts	282.5
2	Antigua and Barbuda	243
3	British Virgin Islands	135.5
4	Nevis	114
5	Sint Maarten	48
6	Anguilla	23
7	U.S. Virgin Islands	21

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 164 athletes from 7 countries participated.

Anguilla (8)  Antigua and Barbuda (30)  British Virgin Islands (28)

Nevis (27)  Saint Kitts (38)

Sint Maarten (23)  U.S. Virgin Islands (10)

References

1. St. Kitts reclaims Leeward Islands Jr. Track and Field title, Island Sun, June 7, 2003, archived from the original on October 31, 2012, retrieved February 26, 2014
2. 2003 LEEWARD ISLANDS TRACK & FIELD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP, Nevis Amateur Athletic Association, retrieved February 26, 2014
3. 2003 Leeward Islands Jr. Championships complete results, Island Sun, June 7, 2003, archived from the original on October 31, 2012, retrieved February 26, 2014