The Central American Age Group Championships in Athletics (Campeonatos Centroamericanos Juvenil C y Infantil A) is an athletics event organized by the Confederación Atlética del Istmo Centroamericano CADICA (Central American Isthmus Athletic Confederation) open for athletes from member associations. The event is divided into the Junior C (U-16) Central American Championships and the Infantile A (U-14) Central American Championships. The Junior C category is open for girls and boys aged 14–15. The Infantile A category is open for girls and boys aged 12–13. The competition started to be open for age groups U-14 (Spanish: Infantil A) and U-12 (Spanish: Infantil B) as Campeonatos Centroamericanos Infantil. There is a report on an early competition held in the year 1984 in El Salvador.[1] At least from 1999 on, it is verified that the competition is held annually. In 2007, the format was changed to be open for the age groups U-16 and U-14, with U-12 competitions being held occasionally. In 2012, a specific Central American "Kids Athletics" tournament (Spanish: Torneo Centroamericano Kids Athletics) was introduced for this age group (9–11 years).[2]

Editions

The following list was compiled from the CADICA website,[3] and from a variety of other websites and articles from the archives of different newspapers.[1][2][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Campeonatos Centroamericanos Infantil

Edition Year City Country Date Venue No. of
Events 		No. of
Athletes
1994  El Salvador
III 1996 San José  Costa Rica November 9 - 10 Estadio Nacional
1997 Ciudad de Guatemala  Guatemala June 19–20
V 1999 San Salvador  El Salvador September 18–19
VI 2000 San Pedro Sula  Honduras September 9–10
VII 2001 Tegucigalpa  Honduras June 9–10
VIII 2002 Santa Ana  El Salvador August 17–18 Complejo Deportivo INDES
IX 2003 San José  Costa Rica September 4–6 Estadio Nacional
X 2004 San Pedro Sula  Honduras October 1–2
XI 2005 San Salvador  El Salvador June 18–19 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca
XII 2006 San Salvador  El Salvador November 18–19 Estadio Jorge "Mágico" González

Campeonatos Centroamericanos Juvenil C y Infantil A

Edition Year City Country Date Venue No. of
Events 		No. of
Athletes
I 2007 San Salvador  El Salvador November 9–10 Estadio Nacional Flor Blanca "Magico Gonzalez"
II 2008 Managua  Nicaragua November 21–22 Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes
III 2009 San José  Costa Rica November 27–28 Estadio Nacional
IV 2010 San Pedro Sula  Honduras November 26–27 Estadio Olímpico Metropolitano
V 2011 Managua  Nicaragua November 25–27 Estadio de Atletismo del Instituto Nicaragüense de Deportes
VI 2012 San José  Costa Rica November 23–25 Estadio Nacional
VII 2013 San Salvador  El Salvador November 22–24
VIII 2014 San José  Costa Rica November 14–16
IX 2015 San José  Costa Rica November 27–29

References

  1. ^ a b Gabriela Traña (in Spanish), Comité Olímpico Nacional de Costa Rica, archived from the original on February 12, 2013, retrieved February 12, 2013
  2. ^ a b VI CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO DE ATLETISMO INFANTIL "A" Y JUVENIL "C" – I TORNEO "KIDS ATHLETICS" INFANTIL B – MANUAL TECNICO (PDF) (in Spanish), CADICA, September 25, 2012, archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016, retrieved February 12, 2013
  3. ^ Centroamericanos Infantil A y Juvenil C (in Spanish), CADICA, January 12, 2012, archived from the original on March 12, 2014, retrieved February 12, 2013
  4. ^ XI CAMPEONATO CENTROAMERICANO INFANTIL – SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR – 18 Y 19 DE JUNIO DE 2005 (PDF) (in Spanish), CADICA, September 25, 2012, archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016, retrieved February 12, 2013
  5. ^ Castrillo Marín, Luis (June 1, 1999), Cosecha de oro • En pocos años, Marcela González Sáenz ha ganado 30 medallas (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, retrieved February 12, 2013
  6. ^ Díaz, Rónald (September 9, 2000), Promesa infantil • Atletismo infantil tico espera consolidar su liderazgo en el Istmo (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, retrieved February 12, 2013
  7. ^ Lima, Iris (August 18, 2002), La fiesta infantil – Con un rotundo éxito arrancó ayer el VIII Campeonato Centroamericano Infantil de Atletismo en el Complejo Deportivo INDES, Santa Ana. (in Spanish), El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador, archived from the original on July 14, 2007, retrieved February 12, 2013
  8. ^ Lima, Iris (May 30, 2003), Con salto de altura (in Spanish), El Diario de Hoy, San Salvador, El Salvador, archived from the original on February 28, 2009, retrieved February 12, 2013
  9. ^ Rodríguez, José Luis (September 4, 2003), Arranca atletismo regional (in Spanish), La Nación, Costa Rica, retrieved February 12, 2013
  10. ^ Mercado, Alfaro (August 21, 2004), Viene Nacional de pruebas combinadas (in Spanish), El Nuevo Diario, Managua, Nicaragua, archived from the original on June 17, 2008, retrieved February 12, 2013
  11. ^ Cerón, Nicolás (November 18, 2006), El Salvador encabeza posiciones del Centroamericano Infantil de Atletismo (in Spanish), Diario Co Latino, San Salvador, El Salvador, archived from the original on April 8, 2013, retrieved February 12, 2013
  12. ^ El Salvador lideró el medallero del atletismo infantil y juvenil Centroamericano (in Spanish), Instituto Nacional de los Deportes República de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador, November 28, 2012, retrieved February 12, 2013

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