2008 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics

VI Leeward Islands Junior/Youth Championships
Dates	June 28–29
Host city	Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	47 (14 junior boys, 13 junior girls, 10 youth boys, 10 youth girls)
Participation	102 athletes from 7 nations
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The 2008 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on June 28–29, 2008. The event was held in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. Reports^[1][2] and photos^[3] were published.

A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by boys and 23 by girls.

Complete results can be found on the Nevis Amateur Athletic Association webpage.^[4][5]

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: +0.4 m/s)	Jason Rogers  Saint Kitts	10.67	Miles Walters  Nevis	11.09	Ramo Pemberton  British Virgin Islands	11.14
200 metres (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Jevon Claxton  Nevis	21.89	Jason Rogers  Saint Kitts	22.33	Ramo Pemberton  British Virgin Islands	22.78
400 metres	Jevon Claxton  Nevis	48.48	Maverick Weathered  Antigua and Barbuda	49.99	Chetal Evans  Saint Kitts	50.71
800 metres	Maverick Weathered  Antigua and Barbuda	2:00.08	Seymour Walters  U.S. Virgin Islands	2:00.41	Ricky Gumbs  U.S. Virgin Islands	2:05.33
1500 metres	Juan Robles  U.S. Virgin Islands	4:17.10	Seymour Walters  U.S. Virgin Islands	4:20.50	Triscan Hendrickson  Saint Kitts	4:25.60
5000 metres†	Juan Robles  U.S. Virgin Islands	16:50.51	Kyron Corea  U.S. Virgin Islands	17:57.99	Kashka Forbes  Nevis	18:10.53
High Jump	Rashawn Shabaaz  Antigua and Barbuda	1.95m	Kelvin Sameul  British Virgin Islands	1.92m	Decastro Walbrook  Antigua and Barbuda	1.88m
Long Jump	Joseph Pemberton  Saint Kitts	7.30m	Miguel Browne  Saint Kitts	6.84m	Decastro Walbrook  Antigua and Barbuda	6.83m
Triple Jump†	Vincent Walters  Antigua and Barbuda	14.29m	Arthur Ward  Anguilla	14.19m	Kareem Edwards  Antigua and Barbuda	13.73m
Shot Put	Dion Samuel  Saint Kitts	13.86m	Allan Farara  Montserrat	13.16m	Rohan Jeffers  Nevis	12.01m
Discus Throw	Dion Samuel  Saint Kitts	33.68m	Rohan Jeffers  Nevis	30.46m	Jonathan Dutil  Nevis	30.32m
Javelin Throw†	Kelvin Sameul  British Virgin Islands	45.12m	Chetal Evans  Saint Kitts	45.04m	Joseph Pemberton  Saint Kitts	38.69m
4 x 100 metres relay	British Virgin Islands Norvin Smith Ramo Pemberton Micheal Buttler Keron Stoute	43.04	Saint Kitts Vernelle Hodge Jason Rogers Chetal Evans Miguel Browne	43.62	United States Virgin Islands Virgil Campbell Julio Hodge Christopher Wilson Ricky Gumbs	43.82
4 x 400 metres relay†	British Virgin Islands Ramo Pemberton Keron Stoute Alliston Blyden Micheal Buttler	3:28.77	Nevis Trevorne Nisbett Javid Stapelton Jevon Claxton Miles Walters	3:28.78

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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.8 m/s)	Meritzer Williams  Saint Kitts	11.75	Tameka Williams  Saint Kitts	12.01	Ashley Kelly  British Virgin Islands	12.51
200 metres (wind: -2.6 m/s)	Meritzer Williams  Saint Kitts	23.90	Tameka Williams  Saint Kitts	24.67	Ashley Kelly  British Virgin Islands	25.02
400 metres	Chantel Malone  British Virgin Islands	54.58	Ashley Kelly  British Virgin Islands	54.69	Davanna Claxton  Saint Kitts	1:02.06
800 metres	Samantha John  British Virgin Islands	2:16.14	Ninfa Bernard  U.S. Virgin Islands	2:20.16	Bianca Dougan  British Virgin Islands	2:24.81
1500 metres	Ninfa Bernard  U.S. Virgin Islands	5:06.73	Bianca Dougan  British Virgin Islands	5:38.39
3000 metres†	Kenryca Francis  Antigua and Barbuda	10:34.47	Jonicia Richardson  Anguilla	11:38.21	Rosalie Pringle  Saint Kitts	11:49.09
High Jump	Chantel Malone  British Virgin Islands	1.65m	Seanna Jack  British Virgin Islands	1.57m	Shsandor Wilkinson  Saint Kitts	1.52m
Long Jump	Chantel Malone  British Virgin Islands	6.09m (wind: +1.8 m/s)	Sheriffa Whyte  Saint Kitts	5.94m w (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Tameka Williams  Saint Kitts	5.53m (wind: +0.0 m/s)
Triple Jump†	Chantel Malone  British Virgin Islands	12.45m	Kanishque Todman  British Virgin Islands	10.46m
Shot Put	Shearima Stanley  Saint Kitts	9.53m	Tesril Nisbett  Nevis	9.42m	Latoya Jones  Nevis	8.37m
Discus Throw	Shearima Stanley  Saint Kitts	27.34m	Tesril Nisbett  Nevis	22.21m	Seanna Jack  British Virgin Islands	19.97m
Javelin Throw†	Tesril Nisbett  Nevis	27.88m	Andrea Wynter  U.S. Virgin Islands	26.00m	Shearima Stanley  Saint Kitts	24.76m
4 x 100 metres relay	Saint Kitts Meritzer Williams Tameka Williams Sheriffa Whyte Marecia Pemberton	44.68

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

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.2 m/s)	Lestrod Roland  Saint Kitts	11.27	Royston Queeley  Nevis Nital Chavez  Saint Kitts	11.36
200 metres (wind: -1.5 m/s)	Lester Ryan  Montserrat	22.79	Lestrod Roland  Saint Kitts	23.00	Jevonte Croal  British Virgin Islands	23.11
400 metres	Lestrod Roland  Saint Kitts	51.51	Trevorne Nisbett  Nevis	53.07	Shaquille Edwards  U.S. Virgin Islands	55.10
800 metres	Javid Stapelton  Nevis	2:05.18	Kashka Forbes  Nevis	2:08.20	Yanick Henderson  Saint Kitts	2:11.39
1500 metres	Kashka Forbes  Nevis	4:27.27	Javid Stapelton  Nevis	4:28.71	Yanick Henderson  Saint Kitts	4:39.12
High Jump	Givan Bass  Saint Kitts	1.72m	Brandon Fahie  British Virgin Islands	1.72m	Yaw-Micheal David  Nevis	1.67m
Long Jump	Givan Bass  Saint Kitts	6.82m (wind: NWI)	Emmette Thompson  Anguilla	6.50m w (wind: +2.4 m/s)	Jevonte Croal  British Virgin Islands	6.47m (wind: +0.8 m/s)
Shot Put	Givan Bass  Saint Kitts	12.20m	Royston Queeley  Nevis	11.40m	Lonzo Wilkinson  Saint Kitts	11.33m
Discus Throw	Stephan Ryan  Anguilla	28.68m	Givan Bass  Saint Kitts	23.50m	Lonzo Wilkinson  Saint Kitts	22.33m
4 x 100 metres relay	Saint Kitts Nital Chavez Lestrod Roland Givan Bass Lonzo Wilkinson	44.68	British Virgin Islands Jevonte Croal Jamoi Penn Teymaul Huggins Norville Carey	46.25	Nevis Royston Queeley Trevorne Nisbett Yaw-Micheal David Javid Stapelton	1:05.76

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.5 m/s)	Darneita Robinson  British Virgin Islands	12.23	Kaetia Maduro  British Virgin Islands	12.66	Siana Douglas  Saint Kitts	12.68
200 metres (wind: -1.7 m/s)	Britney Wattley  British Virgin Islands	24.92	Darneita Robinson  British Virgin Islands	25.28	Siana Douglas  Saint Kitts	26.05
400 metres	Vanessa Benett  Saint Kitts	1:01.53	Tarika Warner  British Virgin Islands	1:02.20	Romisha Malone  Nevis	1:05.54
800 metres	Kenryca Francis  Antigua and Barbuda	2:20.30	Rozel Liburd  Nevis	2:27.95	Jonicia Richardson  Anguilla	2:27.96
1500 metres	Kenryca Francis  Antigua and Barbuda	4:53.58	Jonicia Richardson  Anguilla	5:17.16	Rosalie Pringle  Saint Kitts	5:30.62
High Jump (tie)	Israel Ramsey  Nevis	1.65m	Trefesanna White  Saint Kitts	1.56m	Marissa Malone  British Virgin Islands Queneala Bradshaw  Saint Kitts Kanishque Todman  British Virgin Islands	1.47m
Long Jump	Queneala Bradshaw  Saint Kitts	5.58m	Kanishque Todman  British Virgin Islands	5.26m	Israel Ramsey  Nevis	5.23m
Shot Put	Rochella Challenger  Saint Kitts	10.33m	Anisha Douglas  British Virgin Islands	9.10m	Andrea Wynter  U.S. Virgin Islands	9.05m
Discus Throw	Rochella Challenger  Saint Kitts	31.48m	Teresa Daniel  Nevis	25.14m	Anisha Douglas  British Virgin Islands	24.94m
4 x 100 metres relay	British Virgin Islands Darneita Robinson Kaetia Maduro Britney Wattley Kanishque Todman	47.86	Saint Kitts Trefesanna White Vanessa Benett Siana Douglas Queneala Bradshaw	49.89	Nevis Ariann Maynard Israel Ramsey Romisha Malone Kereesha Powell	50.10

  *   Host nation (British Virgin Islands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Saint Kitts	19	12	16	47
2	British Virgin Islands*	11	12	11	34
3	Nevis	6	12	9	27
4	Antigua and Barbuda	6	1	3	10
5	U.S. Virgin Islands	3	5	4	12
6	Anguilla	1	4	1	6
7	Montserrat	1	1	0	2
Totals (7 entries)		47	47	44	138

The scores for the team trophy were published.^[4][5]

Rank	Nation	Points
	Saint Kitts	140.33
2	British Virgin Islands	89.67
3	Nevis	74
4	Antigua and Barbuda	36
5	U.S. Virgin Islands	29
6	Anguilla	18
7	Montserrat	8

According to an unofficial count, 102 athletes from 7 countries participated.