OECS Track and Field Championships
First event1986
Last event2017
OrganiserOrganisation of Eastern Caribbean States

The OECS Track and Field Championships was an annual track and field competition between athletes representing one of the member states of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). This event started in 1986 and was first held at Queen's Park, in Grenada. The second was also held in Grenada and thereafter moved around the OECS until 1992. Under the auspices of the OECS Athletics Congress (OAC) the first edition of the revived OECS Track and Field Championships was held in St. Kitts in 2014.[1]

Editions

Edition Year City Country Dates Venue No. of
events		 No. of
athletes		 Winner
— 1986 St. George's Grenada Queen's Park
— 1987 St. George's Grenada Queen's Park
— 1988
— 1989
— 1990
— 1991
— 1992
I 2014 Basseterre Saint Kitts and Nevis July 2014  British Virgin Islands
II 2016 Road Town British Virgin Islands 2–3 July 2016 A.O. Shirley Recreation Ground  British Virgin Islands
III 2017 St. George's Grenada 1–2 July 2017 Kirani James Athletic Stadium  British Virgin Islands

Championships records

Men

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref
1500 m 3:53.90 Edgar Marbeq  Saint Lucia 3 July 2016 2016 Championships Road Town, British Virgin Islands [2]
Javelin throw 84.81 m Anderson Peters  Grenada 2 July 2017 2017 Championships St. George's, Grenada [3]

Women

Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref
400 m 52.29 Ashley Kelly  British Virgin Islands 2 July 2016 2016 Championships Road Town, British Virgin Islands [4]
4 × 100 m relay 43.43 Beatriz Cruz
Celiangeli Morales
Ginoiska Cancel
Carol Rodriguez		  Puerto Rico 2 July 2016 2016 Championships Road Town, British Virgin Islands [5]

References

  1. ↑ "GRENADA to host major athletic events in 2017". thegrenadainformer.com. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  2. ↑ "2nd OECS Championships 2016 Results". bviplatinum.com. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Sport Update: SKN places 3rd in 2017 OECS Track and Field Championships". sknpulse.com. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
  4. ↑ "2nd OECS Championships 2016 Results". bviplatinum.com. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "2nd OECS Championships 2016 Results". bviplatinum.com. 3 July 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
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