VIII Leeward Islands Junior/Youth Championships
Dates	June 1
Host city	Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Venue	A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	28 (15 boys, 13 girls)
Participation	89 (+ 42 BVI Twilight Invitational) athletes from 8 (+ 9 BVI Twilight Invitational) nations
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The 2013 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on June 1, 2013. The event was held at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Detailed reports were published. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

A total of 28 events were contested, 15 by boys and 13 by girls.

Results

The Leeward Islands Junior Championships were held jointly with the BVI Twilight Invitational ^[4] and the event was covered on Facebook. ^[5] Complete results for both competitions can be found on the British Virgin Islands Athletics Association webpage. ^[6]

BVI Twilight Invitational

The results of the BVI Twilight Invitational were discussed in detail. ^[7]

Event	First		Second		Third
Men
100 metres (wind: -0.2 m/s)	Kim Collins   Saint Kitts	10.19	Antoine Adams   Saint Kitts	10.28	Dexter Lee   Jamaica	10.29
200 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Zharnel Hughes   Anguilla	20.82	Antoine Adams   Saint Kitts	20.87	Joel Redhead   Grenada	20.91
400 metres	Gustavo Cuesta   Dominican Republic	45.87	Marcus Boyd   United States	46.26	Josh Scott   United States	46.79
Women
100 metres (wind: -0.5 m/s) A	Genoiska Cancel   Puerto Rico	11.62	Kimberly Hyacinthe   Canada	11.63	Karene King   British Virgin Islands	11.65
100 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s) B	Simone Facey   Jamaica	11.67	Margarita Manzueta   Dominican Republic	11.79	Crystal Emmanuel   Canada	11.82
200 metres (wind: -0.8 m/s) A	Patricia Hall   Jamaica	22.93	Karene King   British Virgin Islands	23.35	Kineke Alexander   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	23.40
200 metres (wind: -0.3 m/s) B	Kimberly Hyacinthe   Canada	23.39	Crystal Emmanuel   Canada	23.43	Shai-Anne Davis   Canada	24.20
400 metres	Patricia Hall   Jamaica	51.34	Anastasia Le-Roy   Jamaica	51.65	Kineke Alexander   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	51.67
4 x 100 metres relay	Canada Crystal Emmanuel Kimberly Hyacinthe Shai-Anne Davis Khamica Bingham	43.97	Dominican Republic Fany Chalas Mariely Sánchez Marleny Mejía Margarita Manzueta	44.13	British Virgin Islands Ashley Kelly Tahesia Harrigan-Scott Chantel Malone Karene King	44.65

Leeward Islands Junior Championships (Open)

Boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres† (wind: -0.1 m/s) A	Shernyl Burns†   Montserrat	10.59	Shaquoy Stephens   British Virgin Islands	10.67	Ricco Gumbs   Saint Kitts	10.70
100 metres (wind: -1.4 m/s) B	Ebenezer Joseph   British Virgin Islands	11.48	Tahj Osborne   British Virgin Islands	11.75	Emari Mills   U.S. Virgin Islands	11.81
200 metres (wind: -0.7 m/s) A	Ricco Gumbs   Saint Kitts	21.43	Julius Morris   Montserrat	21.51	Shaquoy Stephens   British Virgin Islands	21.71
200 metres (wind: -1.0 m/s) B	Royce David   British Virgin Islands	22.96	Ronique Todman   British Virgin Islands	23.25	Ebenezer Joseph   British Virgin Islands	23.34
400 metres A	Khari Herbert   British Virgin Islands	48.39	Warren Hazel   Saint Kitts	49.14	Kyron McMaster   British Virgin Islands	49.45
400 metres B	Morris Gumbs   Nevis	52.54	Aiden Hazzard   Anguilla	53.59	Rodney Griffin   U.S. Virgin Islands	53.74
800 metres A	Ka'jon Parris   Saint Kitts	1:57.17	Tarique Moses   British Virgin Islands	1:57.80	Malique Smith   U.S. Virgin Islands	2:01.99
800 metres B	Khari Creque   British Virgin Islands	2:07.12	Teymahl Huggins   British Virgin Islands	2:07.74
Long Jump	Nathaniel Huggins   Saint Kitts	7.14m (wind: -1.8 m/s)	Kemoi Charles   U.S. Virgin Islands	6.40m (wind: -1.8 m/s)	Mikaile Browne   Anguilla	6.06m (wind: -0.7 m/s)
Shot Put	Eldred Henry   British Virgin Islands	16.73m	Kadeon Potter   British Virgin Islands	13.62m	Avery Joseph   U.S. Virgin Islands	11.09m
Discus Throw	Eldred Henry   British Virgin Islands	50.47m	Kadeon Potter   British Virgin Islands	32.25m	Avery Joseph   U.S. Virgin Islands	29.95m
Javelin Throw	J'Anthon Sillidy   Saint Kitts	57.74m	Adrian Williams   Nevis	53.88m	Deon Vanterpool   Anguilla	49.95m
Javelin Throw (700g)	Kevin Vanterpool   British Virgin Islands	47.08m	Avery Joseph   U.S. Virgin Islands	43.25m
4 x 100 metres relay	Saint Kitts Ricco Gumbs Lonzo Wilkinson Warren Hazel Sadiki Tyson	41.52	United States Virgin Islands Emari Mills Malique Smith Kohun Eugene Kemoi Charles	45.26
4 x 400 metres relay	British Virgin Islands Kyron McMaster Tarique Moses Shaquoy Stephens Khari Herbert	3:21.02	Saint Kitts Ricco Gumbs Warren Hazel Sadiki Tyson Lonzo Wilkinson	3:23.20

^†: Shernyl Burns from   Montserrat was already 22 years old.

Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.5 m/s) A	Taylor Hill   British Virgin Islands	12.23	L'Tsha Fahie   British Virgin Islands	12.24	Nia Jack   U.S. Virgin Islands	12.43
100 metres (wind: -1.7 m/s) B	Shamica Glasgow   British Virgin Islands	12.73	Kayla King   U.S. Virgin Islands	12.75	Chelsi Flax-Solomon   British Virgin Islands	12.97
200 metres (wind: +0.1 m/s) A	Taylor Hill   British Virgin Islands	24.95	L'Tsha Fahie   British Virgin Islands	24.98	Chloe Williams   Nevis	25.74
200 metres (wind:  m/s) B	Shamica Glasgow   British Virgin Islands	25.83	Sh'Kaida Lavacia   British Virgin Islands	26.31	Chelsi Flax-Solomon   British Virgin Islands	26.34
400 metres	Sareena Carti /  Guadeloupe	54.53	Tarika Moses   British Virgin Islands	54.95	Jonel Lacey   British Virgin Islands	56.07
800 metres	Lakeisha Warner   British Virgin Islands	2:14.73	Cheryl Farial /  Guadeloupe	2:17.02	Iman Derthelot /  Guadeloupe	2:20.97
400 metres hurdles	Raida Gaza /  Guadeloupe	1:01.90	Meghane Grandson /  Guadeloupe	1:02.96	Keishonna Brookes   Saint Kitts	1:07.05
Long Jump (open or u17)	Krystal Liburd   Saint Kitts	5.96m (wind: +0.6 m/s)	Rechelle Meade   Anguilla	5.74m (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Kanishque Todman   British Virgin Islands	5.47m (wind: -1.1 m/s)
Shot Put (open or u17)	Trevia Gumbs   British Virgin Islands	14.03m	Dekoya Hodge   British Virgin Islands	11.41m	Kiwana Emmanuel   British Virgin Islands	10.34m
Discus Throw (open or u17)	Stavia Lewis   Saint Kitts	35.52m	Tynelle Gumbs   British Virgin Islands	33.32m	Kellie-Sheleen Chapman   U.S. Virgin Islands	24.29m
Javelin Throw (600g)	Kerisha Powell   Nevis	32.86m
Javelin Throw (500g)	Tynelle Gumbs   British Virgin Islands	39.91m	Shanee Angol   Dominica	35.97m	Kellie-Sheleen Chapman   U.S. Virgin Islands	23.78m
4 x 100 metres relay	British Virgin Islands Taylor Hill L'Tsha Fahie Jonel Lacey Tarika Moses	46.62	/  Guadeloupe Sareena Carti Meghane Grandson Raida Gaza Iman Derthelot	47.97	Saint Kitts Shanice Elliott Keishonna Brookes Keressa Eddy Krystal Liburd	48.36

Medal table (Leeward Islands Junior Championships, unofficial)

  *   Host nation ( British Virgin Islands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	British Virgin Islands*	16	13	8	37
2	Saint Kitts	7	2	3	12
3	/  Guadeloupe	2	3	1	6
4	Nevis	2	1	1	4
5	Montserrat	1	1	0	2
6	U.S. Virgin Islands	0	4	8	12
7	Anguilla	0	2	2	4
8	Dominica	0	1	0	1
Totals (8 entries)		28	27	23	78

Participation

BVI Twilight Invitational

According to an unofficial count, 42 athletes from 13 countries participated.

Leeward Islands Junior Championships (Open)

According to an unofficial count, 89 athletes from 8 countries participated.

References