I Leeward Islands Junior/Youth Championships
Dates	May 5–6
Host city	Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands
Venue	A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground
Level	Junior and Youth
Events	44 (13 junior boys, 11 junior girls, 10 youth boys, 10 youth girls)
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The 2001 Leeward Islands Junior Championships in Athletics took place on May 5–6, 2001. The event was held at the A. O. Shirley Recreation Ground in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands. ^[1]

A total of 44 events were contested, 23 by boys and 21 by girls.

Medal summary

Medal winners can be found on the LIAA webpage ^[1] courtesy Dean H. Greenaway from the British Virgin Islands Athletics Association.

Boys (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind:  m/s)	Delwayne Delaney   Saint Kitts	11.33	Travis Adams   Saint Kitts	11.55	Kamil Francis   U.S. Virgin Islands	11.73
200 metres (wind:  m/s)	Kevon Pierre   Nevis	22.31	Delwayne Delaney   Saint Kitts	22.74	Travis Adams   Saint Kitts	23.46
400 metres	Kevon Pierre   Nevis	49.52	Bernard Etinoff   Antigua and Barbuda	51.55	Kevin Maynard   U.S. Virgin Islands	51.83
800 metres	Stuart Ward   Saint Kitts	2:02.91	Kevin Maynard   U.S. Virgin Islands	2:04.87	Careem Joseph   Antigua and Barbuda	2:06.89
1500 metres	Stuart Ward   Saint Kitts	4:27.39	Careem Joseph   Antigua and Barbuda	4:30.16	Jermaine Bryan   British Virgin Islands	4:43.64
5000 metres†	Linden Peters   British Virgin Islands	18:53.4	Jermaine Bryan   British Virgin Islands	19:06.0	Dwayne Allen   U.S. Virgin Islands	19:35.9
High Jump	Eston Williams   Saint Kitts	1.73	Edmund Paul   Sint Maarten	1.70	Jamion Brookes   Saint Kitts	1.70
Long Jump	Jamion Brookes   Saint Kitts	6.55	Chester Williams   Antigua and Barbuda	6.52	Peter Charles   Antigua and Barbuda	6.30
Triple Jump†	Ayata Joseph   Antigua and Barbuda	13.94	Eston Williams   Saint Kitts	13.34	Alison Potter   British Virgin Islands	13.33
Shot Put	Eric Mathias   British Virgin Islands	11.60	Michael Browne   U.S. Virgin Islands	11.23	Lesroy Browne   Saint Kitts	10.95
Discus Throw	Eric Mathias   British Virgin Islands	40.20	Leroy Thomas   British Virgin Islands	31.78	Shawn Warner   Nevis	31.76
Javelin Throw	Abdul Wattley   Sint Maarten	39.90m	Lesroy Browne   Saint Kitts	39.80	Shawn Warner   Nevis	39.80
4 x 400 metres relay†	Saint Kitts Kemroy Percival Anevial Dias Delwayne Delaney Stuart Ward	3:29.86	Antigua and Barbuda Bernard Etinoff Chet Gomes Peter Charles Careem Joseph	3:33.78	Nevis Gerani George Cassto Julius Kevon Pierre Robert Morton	3:34.56

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

Girls (U-20)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind:  m/s)	Tiandra Ponteen   Saint Kitts	12.21	Virgil Hodge   Saint Kitts	12.37	Tanika Liburd   Nevis	12.88
200 metres (wind:  m/s)	Tiandra Ponteen   Saint Kitts	24.78	Virgil Hodge   Saint Kitts	25.46	Tanika Liburd   Nevis	26.51
400 metres	Tiandra Ponteen   Saint Kitts	55.79	Sherma Aurelin   U.S. Virgin Islands	59.94	Nathandra John   Saint Kitts	60.70
3000 metres†	Janil Williams   Antigua and Barbuda	11:14.9	Celelisa Maloney   Antigua and Barbuda	12:04.3	Martha Ramirez   British Virgin Islands	13:53.9
High Jump	Tanika Liburd   Nevis	1.53m	Germaine Buchanan   Saint Kitts	1.48m	Samantha Hughes   Anguilla	1.48m
Long Jump	Tanika Liburd   Nevis	5.07	Sindy Nathan   Saint Kitts	5.04	Miranda Bobb   Nevis	4.82
Triple Jump†	Nadia Edwards   Anguilla	10.44	Sindy Nathan   Saint Kitts	10.42	Nathandra John   Saint Kitts	10.16
Shot Put	Valerie Connor   Saint Kitts	9.85	Tanika Liburd   Nevis	9.54	Nadia Collins   British Virgin Islands	9.48
Discus Throw	Valerie Connor   Saint Kitts	29.66	Nadia Collins   British Virgin Islands	23.06	Cindy Nathan   Saint Kitts	19.15
Javelin Throw	Valerie Connor   Saint Kitts	27.07	Nadia Collins   British Virgin Islands	22.57	Germaine Buchanan   Saint Kitts	17.07
4 x 400 metres relay†	Antigua and Barbuda Stephanie Jones Janil Williams Celsia Maloney Andrea Jno-Baptiste	4:00.47	Saint Kitts Nekesha Jeffers Virgil Hodge Nathandra John Tiandra Ponteen	4:09.51	United States Virgin Islands Xiomara Gomez Natalie O'Neal Evelise Gomez Sherida Aurelien	4:15.68

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

Boys (U-17)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind:  m/s)	Jamie Henry   Saint Kitts	11.1 (ht)	Rashid Hodge   Saint Kitts	11.2 (ht)	Alison 'Al' Potter   British Virgin Islands	11.7 (ht)
200 metres (wind:  m/s)	Jamie Henry   Saint Kitts	22.5 (ht)	Robert Morton   Nevis	23.0 (ht)	Chet Gomes   Antigua and Barbuda	23.4 (ht)
400 metres	Ackim Lewis   British Virgin Islands	52.88	Chet Gomes   Antigua and Barbuda	53.38	Khalid Brookes   Anguilla	53.86
800 metres	Jerome Toussaint   Saint Kitts	2:09.2	Amalee Lochart   U.S. Virgin Islands	2:12.4	Keith Gumbs   Anguilla	2:13.9
1500 metres	Jerome Toussaint   Saint Kitts	4:39.49	Amalee Lochart   U.S. Virgin Islands	4:45.40	Dulani Phillip   Nevis	4:45.42
High Jump	Alison 'Al' Potter   British Virgin Islands	1.73	Eldrin Richardson   Saint Kitts	1.70	Tarik Bradshaw   Saint Kitts	1.70
Long Jump	Jason Isaac   Saint Kitts	6.33	Ayata Joseph   Antigua and Barbuda	6.17	McLean Fraser   Nevis	6.15
Shot Put	Romeo Brown   Sint Maarten	10.97	McLean Fraser   Nevis	10.40	Eldrin Richardson   Saint Kitts	9.80
Discus Throw	Romeo Brown   Sint Maarten	33.68	Nichols Charles   British Virgin Islands	29.38	Andrick Vigilant   British Virgin Islands	27.32
Javelin Throw	Romeo Brown   Sint Maarten	38.77	Anevial Dias   Saint Kitts	34.99	Randolph McDowall   British Virgin Islands	28.70

Girls (U-17)

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind:  m/s)	Evelise Gomez   U.S. Virgin Islands	12.73	Celeste Thomas   Antigua and Barbuda	12.84	Chandora Codrington   Antigua and Barbuda	12.97
200 metres (wind:  m/s)	Evelise Gomez   U.S. Virgin Islands	26.24	Julieta Johnson   Saint Kitts	27.21	Chandora Codrington   Antigua and Barbuda	27.27
400 metres	Andrea Baptiste   Antigua and Barbuda	61.51	Stephanie Jones   Antigua and Barbuda	62.23	Nickesha Jeffers   Saint Kitts	63.71
800 metres	Janil Williams   Antigua and Barbuda	2:24.6	Celisa Maloney   Antigua and Barbuda	2:31.4	Audra Rogers   Anguilla	2:36.4
1500 metres	Janil Williams   Antigua and Barbuda	4:58.32	Celisa Maloney   Antigua and Barbuda	5:14.11	Charley Charles   U.S. Virgin Islands	5:36.25
High Jump	Rosalie Glasford   Saint Kitts	1.53m	Zelima Mills   Nevis	1.48m	Tanaysha Henry   British Virgin Islands	1.43m
Long Jump	Rosalie Glasford   Saint Kitts	5.10	Nikisha Jeffers   Saint Kitts	4.80	Millisa Charles   Nevis	4.66
Shot Put	Morella Dore   U.S. Virgin Islands	9.39	Zelina Mills   Nevis	8.88	Nerida Skelton   British Virgin Islands	8.18
Discus Throw	Morella Dore   U.S. Virgin Islands	25.26	Nerida Skelton   British Virgin Islands	20.03	Rosalie Glasford   Saint Kitts	17.13
Javelin Throw	Morella Dore   U.S. Virgin Islands	26.30	Rosalie Glasford   Saint Kitts	22.85

Medal table (unofficial)

  *   Host nation ( British Virgin Islands)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Saint Kitts	19	16	11	46
2	Antigua and Barbuda	6	11	5	22
3	British Virgin Islands*	5	6	9	20
4	U.S. Virgin Islands	5	5	5	15
5	Nevis	4	5	9	18
6	Sint Maarten	4	1	0	5
7	Anguilla	1	0	4	5
Totals (7 entries)		44	44	43	131

Team trophy

The scores for the team trophy were published. ^[1]

Rank	Nation	Points
	Saint Kitts	162
2	Antigua and Barbuda	80
3	British Virgin Islands	55
4	U.S. Virgin Islands	45
5	Nevis	37
6	Sint Maarten	34
7	Anguilla

Participation

Athletes from at least 7 countries participated.

References