Athletics at the Commonwealth Youth Games

Athletics is one of several sports contested at the quadrennial Commonwealth Youth Games. It has featured at every edition of the competition since its inauguration in 2000. Athletes under nineteen years old may compete (in contrast to the usual under-18 format of other youth athletics competitions).[1]

Editions edit

Games Year Host city Host country
I 2000 (details) Edinburgh   Scotland
II 2004 (details) Bendigo   Australia
III 2008 (details) Pune   India
IV 2011 (details) Douglas   Isle of Man
V 2015 (details) Apia   Samoa
VI 2017 (details) Nassau   Bahamas
VII 2023 (details) Trinidad and Tobago   Trinidad and Tobago

Games records edit

Men edit

Event Record Name Nationality Date Games Place Ref
100 m 10.20 (+1.5 m/s) Tlotliso Leotlela   South Africa 7 September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa [2]
200 m 21.06 Julian Thomas   England December 2004 2004 Games Bendigo, Australia
400 m 45.83 Karabo Sibanda   Botswana September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa [3]
800 m 1:46.05 Willy Tarbei   Kenya September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa [4]
1500 m 3:39.80 Kumari Taki   Kenya September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa [5]
3000 m 7:57.03 Wiliam Sitonik   Kenya 11 September 2011 2011 Games Douglas, Isle of Man [6]
110 m hurdles
(91.4 cm)
13.71 Samuel Bennett   England 22 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [7]
400 m hurdles
(84.0 cm)
51.12 Rivaldo Leacock   Barbados September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa [8]
2000 m steeplechase 5:41.81 Zak Seddon   England 10 September 2011 2011 Games Douglas, Isle of Man [9]
High jump 2.14 m Tejaswin Shankar   India September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa [10]
Pole vault 5.25 m Blake Lucas   Australia October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
Long jump 7.64 m Sheldon Noble   Antigua and Barbuda 21 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [11]
Triple jump 16.02 m Jonathan Moore   England December 2000 2004 Games Edinburgh, Scotland
Shot put
(5 kg)
20.12 m Kevin Nedrick   Jamaica September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa [12]
Discus throw
(1.5 kg)
67.44 m Gerhard de Beer   South Africa 10 September 2011 2011 Games Douglas, Isle of Man [13]
Hammer throw 72.19 m Callum Brown   England 11 September 2011 2011 Games Douglas, Isle of Man [14]
Javelin throw
(500 g)
81.53 m Morne Moolman   South Africa 11 September 2011 2011 Games Douglas, Isle of Man [15]
4 × 100 m relay 40.85 Ranil Jayawardena
Roshan Chamara Silva
Keith de Mel
Shehan Abeyptiya
  Sri Lanka October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
4 × 200 m relay 1:28.35 Ojeikere Precious Omokheoa
Itsekiri Usheoritse Ese
Idjesa Uruemu
Adeyemi Sikiru
  Nigeria September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa
4 × 400 m relay 3:13.32 Jithin Paul
Dharambir
Singh Inderjeet
Parveen Kumar
  India October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India

Women edit

Event Record Name Nationality Date Games Place Ref
100 m 11.46 Shaunna Thompson   England October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
200 m 23.42 Shaunna Thompson   England October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
Riley Day   Australia 23 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [16]
400 m 52.97 Racheal Nachula   Zambia October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
800 m 2:02.30 Phoebe Gill   England 10 August 2023 2023 Games Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago [17]
1500 m 4:12.38 Nancy Cherop   Kenya 8 August 2023 2023 Games Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago [18]
3000 m 9:06.01 Mercy Cherono   Kenya October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
100 m hurdles
(76.2 cm)
13.18 (+1.6 m/s) Taylon Bieldt   South Africa September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa [19]
400 m hurdles 59.40 Johnelle Thomas   Jamaica 23 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [20]
2000 m steeplechase 6:28.10 Norah Jeruto Tanui   Kenya 9 September 2011 2011 Games Douglas, Isle of Man [21]
High jump 1.83 m Sommer Lecky   Northern Ireland 23 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [22]
Pole vault 4.05 m Jade Ive   England October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
Long jump 6.19 m Holly Mills   England 20 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [23]
Triple jump 13.11 m Shardha Ghule   India October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
Shot put
(3 kg)
17.82 m Trinity Tutti   Canada 20 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [24]
Discus throw 50.71 m Taylah Sengul   Australia 9 September 2011 2011 Games Douglas, Isle of Man [25]
Hammer throw 58.43 m Sophie Hitchon   England October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India
Javelin throw
(500 g)
51.99 m Annabel Thomson   Australia December 2004 2004 Games Bendigo, Australia
4 × 100 m relay 45.63 Joscelynn Hopeson
Johnelle Gibbons
Joey Duck
Lucy Sargent
  England December 2004 2004 Games Bendigo, Australia
4 × 200 m relay 1:41.60 Adiakerehwa Blessing
Uche Brown
Etim Aniekeme Alphonsus
Abolaji Omotayo Oluwaseun
  Nigeria September 2015 2015 Games Apia, Samoa
4 × 400 m relay 3:42.02 Chinchu Jose
Anu Mariam Jose
Arya Charivila
M. R. Poovamma
  India October 2008 2008 Games Pune, India

Mixed edit

Event Record Name Nationality Date Games Place Ref
4 × 100 m relay 43.19 Riley Day
Ella Connolly
Ben Schmidtchen
Jake Doran
  Australia 23 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [26]
4 × 200 m relay 1:31.50 Doneisha Anderson
Kayvon Stubbs
Joel Johnson
Shaquiel Higgs
  Bahamas 23 July 2017 2017 Games Nassau, Bahamas [27]
4 × 400 m relay 3:22.07 Malachi Austin
Narissa McPherson
Javon Roberts
Tianna Springer
  Guyana 10 August 2023 2023 Games Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago [28]

Notes edit

References edit

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  26. ^ "Mixed 4×100m Relay Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  27. ^ "Mixed 4×400m Relay Results". bahamas2017cyg.com. 23 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  28. ^ "Mixed 4×400m Relay Results". trinbago2023.org. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 20 November 2023.