Photo: (l-r) Mark Anderson 2nd, Brandon Jones 1st and Joas Mejia 3rd in 100m sprint
BELIZE CITY, Wed. Apr. 19, 2023
The Belize Athletics Association (BAA) held its National Track & Field Championships 2023 over the past weekend, Saturday and Sunday, April 15-16, at the Marion Jones Sports Complex track where athletes from across the country competed for top national honors in their respective events. The times for the track events were all electronically recorded, but due to some technical difficulties, no times were recorded for the 1500m, 3K or 5K races.
Incidentally, the 1500m Male event featured recent CARIFTA double gold medalist Demetrie Myers who again ran away from the competition, this time separating himself early from defending national champion, Albert Davis, who had defeated Daniel Meyers, Demetrie’s older brother, in that event at last year’s National’s. Also in that 2022 National’s, Davis had stayed with Demetrie for the length of the 5K race, then used his finishing kick to beat Demetrie to the tape. This year, Daniel was not in attendance at the meet due to an injury, and Demetrie was taking no chances in avenging his and his brother’s defeat. Unfortunately, though maintaining a blistering pace that may likely have been a Belize 1500m record, Demetrie’s victory had no time recorded.
Below are the Finals results.
DAY 1 – Saturday, April 15
Women Triple Jump – 1st Ashantie Carr (11.40m); 2nd Isis Casimiro (9.87m); 3rd Thayesse Alvarez (9.73m).
Men Triple Jump – 1st Brandon Jones (15.31m); 2nd Joas Mejia (14.07m); 3rd Kirk Elrington (13.23m).
Women 100 Meter Dash – 1st Hilary Gladden (12.62); 2nd Kendall Morgan (13.08); 3rd Tridean Martinez (13.94).
Men 100 Meter Dash – 1st Brandon Jones (11.13); 2nd Mark Anderson (11.17); 3rd Joas Mejia (11.35).
Women 400 Meter Dash – 1st Ashontie Carr (1:03.36); 2nd Jada Logan (1:13.29); 3rd Cher Lin Gamboa (1:22:34).
Men 400 Meter Dash – 1st Gary Neal (53.05); 2nd Mario Vivas (53.10); 3rd Ronaldo Fullwood (53.11).
Men High Jump – 1st Kerwin Palacio (1.86m); 2nd Kevin Jones (1.75m); 3rd Andre Arnold (NH).
Women Shot Put – 1st Gloria Serano (10.08m); 2nd Kendall Morgan (8.70m); 3rd Gina Tejada (7.99m).
Men Shot Put – 1st Juan Portillo (8.33m); 2nd Giovanni Baizar (7.57m); 3rd Christopher Broaster (7.39m).
DAY 2 – Sunday, April 16
Men 1500 Meters – 1st Demetrie Meyers; 2nd Albert Davis; 3rd Christopher Broaster.
Women 1500 Meters – 1st Byanka Castillo. (Solo run)
Women 200 Meter Dash – 1st Kendall Morgan (27.24); 2nd Dahlee Tyrell (28.10); 3rd Tridean Martinez (28.76).
Men 200 Meter Dash – 1st Brandon Jones (21.81); 2nd Mark Anderson (22.35); 3rd Joas Mejia (22.70)
Women Javelin Throw – 1st Gloria Serano (26.65m); 2nd Kendall Morgan (25.97m); 3rd Thayesse Alvarez (12.34m).
Women 800 Meter Dash – 1st Ashontie Carr (2:39.62); 2nd Byanka Castillo (2:55.40); 3rd Jada Logan (3:31.41).
Men 800 Meter Dash – 1st Mario Vivas (2:05.20); 2nd Christopher Broaster (2:14.11); 3rd Devin Arzu (2:26.98).
Women Long Jump – 1st Ashantie Carr (5.13m); 2nd Thayesse Alvarez (4.53m); 3rd Jada Logan (4.52m).
Men Javelin Throw – 1st Martin Flowers (40.30m); 2nd Mario Vivas (33.75m); 3rd Christopher Broaster (26.91m).
Men Long Jump – 1st Joas Mejia (6.52m); 2nd Kirk Elrington (6.39m); 3rd Martin Flowers (5.94m).