BELIZE CITY, Thurs. Feb. 5, 2015–As opposed to days long past, when a track and field meet garnered a huge attendance of fans at the MCC Grounds, where the annual Nationals were held during the month of September, the Belize Athletic Association‘s (BAA) 2015 National Track & Field Championships took place with little fanfare a couple weekends ago on January 24-25 at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex, where the main gate facing the Princess Margaret Drive remained locked and barred to the public. Interested fans and athletes who attended the event had to access the stadium through the side entrance adjacent to the fence facing the SJC compound.
It is a beautiful all-weather running track (see picture above) at the Marion Jones Sporting Complex, but fan attendance was still low. Below are the top finishers in the various events, female “(F) and male (M), according to the BAA release.
100m (F) Open – 1st Tricia Flores (12.5s); 2nd Shanicka Augustine (12.6s); 3rd Ashantie Carr (13.8s).
100m (M) Open – 1st Mark Anderson (10.5s); 2nd James Bregal (10.7s); 3rd Linford Avila (10.8s).
200m (F) Open – 1st Shanicka Augustine (27.6s); 2nd Akeema Jenkins (29.8s), (2 finishers only).
200m (M) Open – 1st Linford Avila (22.9s); 2nd James Bregal (23.3s); 3rd Martin Flowers (23.4s).
400m (F) Open – 1st (sole finisher) Ashontie Carr (1:07.6s).
400m (M) Open – 1st Mark Anderson (52.7s); 2nd Linford Avila (54.9s); 3rd Hance Card (55.3s).
800m (F) Open – 1st Ashontie Carr (2:43.1s); 2nd Delmi Hernandez (3:15.5s), (2 finishers only).
800m (M) Open – 1st Erson Moreira (2:15.6s); 2nd Alexander Alvarado (2:19.8s); 3rd Kennion Moreira (2:24.0s).
1500m (F) Open – 1st Ashontie Carr (6:02.9s); 2nd Ashantie Carr (6:35.5s); (2 finishers only).
1500m (M) Open – 1st Ernesto Villafranco (4:37.2s); 2nd Alexander Alvarado (4:55.8s); 3rd Efrain Rejon (5:15.0s).
5000m (F) Open – None.
5000m (M) Open – 1st Giovanni Baizar (20:14.7s); 2nd Alexander Alvarado (20:48.0s), (2 finishers only).
4 x 100m relay (F) Open – 1st (Ashantie Carr, Liesje Chung, Delmi Hernandez & Ashontie Carr, 59.1s); 2nd (Lionellie Myers, Shelmadine Carr, Akeema Jenkins & Ajahney Carr, nt); (2 teams only).
4 x 100m relay (M) Open – 1st (Kenneth Brackett, Hance Card, Frederick Usher, Jr., & Martin Flowers, 45.0s); 2nd (Ezhay Cayetano, Linford Avila, Alex Terry & James Bregal, 46.0s); 3rd (Wilfred Usher, Erson Moriera, Kennion Moriera & Alexander Alvarado, 50.9s).
4 x 400m relay (F) Open – None.
4 x 400m relay (M) Open – 1st (Joseph Carr, Hance Card, Linford Avila & Martin Flowers, 3:52.6s); 2nd (Wilfred Usher, Erson Moriera, Giovanni Baizar & Alexander Alvarado, 3:58.6s); 3rd (Kennion Moriera, Frederick Usher, Jr., Alex Terry & Ezhay Cayetano, 4:03.0s).
High Jump (F) Open – 1st Kay-De Vaughan (1.42m), (sole entry).
High Jump (M) Open – 1st Linford Avila (1.73m); 2nd Martin Flowers (1.70m); 3rd Raluni Bernardez (1.67m).
Long Jump (F) Open – 1st Tricia Flores (5.30m); 2nd Shanicka Augustine (5.13m); 3rd Ashantie Carr (4.73m).
Long Jump (M) Open – 1st Kenneth Brackett (6.58m); 2nd Ezhay Cayetano (6.43m); 3rd Alex Terry (6.28m).
Triple Jump (F) Open – 1st Shanicka Augustine (11.29m); 2nd Ashantie Carr (10.63m); 3rd Akeema Jenkins (8.35m).
Triple Jump (M) Open – 1st Kenneth Brackett (14.10m); 2nd Martin Flowers (13.72m); 3rd Ezhay Cayetano (13.55m).
Shot Put (F) Open – 1st Kay-De Vaughan (11.38m); 2nd Gloria Serano (11.11m); 3rd Jinelle Pott (9.01m).
Shot Put (M) Open – 1st Justin Awe (11.94m); 2nd Robert Hernandez (11.62m); 3rd Kojac Smith (10.56m).
Discus (F) Open – 1st Gloria Serano (32.63m); 2nd Lionellie Myers (21.35m), (2 entries only).
Discus (M) Open – 1st Robert Hernandez (31.97m); 2nd Raluni Bernardez (31.16m); 3rd Yseri Palacio (29.86m).
Javelin(800g) (F) Open – 1st Gloria Serano (27.43m); 2nd Jinelle Pott (24.94m), (2 entries only).
Javelin(800g) (M) Open – 1st Arlen Pou (47.05m); 2nd Yseri Palacio (46.79m); 3rd Raluni Bernardez (43.88m).