2012 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships

2012 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships is a championship for young Track & Field athletes of the islands of the Dutch Kingdom. In 2012 there were four islands competing. Aruba, Curaçao, Bonaire and Sint Maarten. They compete in different events and the athlete with the overall most points will be declared the winner. There are two age groups, they are 11–12 years (Pentathlon) and 13–14 years (Heptathlon). This year was the first year that three of the former Dutch Antilles competed. Sint Eustatius would not return for this year's event while Sint Maarten made its return and Bonaire competed for the very first time. In total there were 38 athletes taking part in this competition.

Events

The Pentathlon consist of a total of 5 different events. These events are 60 metres, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball throw and 800 metres (for the girls) and 1000 metres (for the boys).

The Heptathlon consist of a total of 7 different events. These events are 80 metres, Long Jump, High Jump, Baseball throw, shot put, 80 metres hurdles (for the girls), 80 metres hurdles and 1000 metres (for the girls) and 1200 metres (for the boys).

Teams

Aruba Team 1

Pentathlon: Wuill Vrolijk, Jahleel Heemstadt Toni-Lisa Brown and Deborah Cecilia.

Heptathlon: David Quandt, Ashmir Amerlaan, Sarahi Sierra and Candace Croes

Aruba Team 2

Pentathlon: Dendrel Groeneveld, Trevor Farro, Aureen Lampe and Latoyer Briggs

Heptathlon: Axel Tromp, Dwayne Maduro, Neemie Sinmeus and Nicole Dirksz

Curaçao

Pentathlon: Jaden Bernabela, Andrew de Pool, Dianthely Tile and Urshelay Louisa

Heptathlon: Ruwensley Hansen, Jean-Marc Scorea, Tiffany Hurtado and Glenka Antonia

Sint Maarten

Pentathlon: Leshawn Brown, Quair Hodge and Malisca Daal

Heptathlon: Mishak James, Vernon Gumbs, Aisha Violenus and Chandra Vanterpool (Extra Athlete: Tia Gomez)

Bonaire

Pentathlon: Kevin Alberto, Raynold Wilsoe, Julivienne Sommer and Jerona Rifaela

Extra Athletes: Farella Lemming and Aryton Cicilia for the relay team

Team Overall Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Overall Points	Curaçao Team  Curaçao	24536	Aruba Team 1  Aruba	23670	Sint Maartin Team  Sint Maarten	13898
4x100 Mixed Relay Pentathlon	Aruba Team 1 Team  Aruba	54.73	Aruba Team 2  Aruba	55.20	Sint Maarten  Sint Maarten	56.87
4x100 Mixed Relay Heptathlon	Curaçao Team  Curaçao	51.33	Aruba Team 1  Aruba	53.48	Aruba Team 2  Aruba	57.51

• Aruba Team 2 (Unofficial Bronz) Aruba with 19160 Points

Individual Results Pentathlon

Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Toni-Lisa Brown  Aruba	8.31	Aureen Lampe  Aruba	8.53	Deborah Cecilia  Aruba	8.66
Long Jump	Toni-Lisa Brown  Aruba	4.75	Dianthely Tile  Curaçao	4.25	Latoyer Briggs  Aruba	4.25
Baseball Throw	Aureen Lampe  Aruba	39.80	Dianthely Tile  Curaçao	38.95	Jerona Rifaela  Bonaire	38.20
High Jump	Toni-Lisa Brown  Aruba	1.30	Urshelay Louisa  Curaçao	1.30	Aureen Lampe  Aruba	1.30
800 M	Latoyer Briggs  Aruba	2:48.06	Deborah Cecilia  Aruba	2:52.98	Dianthely Tile  Curaçao	2:54.66
Overall Female Pentathlon	Toni-Lisa Brown  Aruba	2437 Points	Aureen Lampe  Aruba	2255 Points	Deborah Cecilia  Aruba	2174 Points

Boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
60 metres	Jaden Bernabela  Curaçao	8.57	Andrew de Pool  Curaçao	8.70	Leshawn Brown  Sint Maarten	8.73
Long Jump	Jaden Bernabela  Curaçao	4.65	Andrew de Pool  Curaçao	4.55	Wuill Vrolijk  Aruba	4.25
Baseball Throw	Wuill Vrolijk  Aruba	57.66	Jaden Bernabela  Curaçao	50.93	Dendrel Groeneveld  Aruba	48.76
High Jump	Wuill Vrolijk  Aruba	1.45	Jaden Bernabela  Curaçao	1.45	Andrew de Pool  Curaçao	1.40
1000 M	Andrew de Pool  Curaçao	3:21.75	Trevor Farro  Aruba	3:26.38	Wuill Vrolijk  Aruba	3:26.27
Overall Male Pentathlon	Wuill Vrolijk  Aruba	2746 Points	Jaden Bernabela  Curaçao	2743 Points	Andrew de Pool  Curaçao	2635 Points

Individual Results Heptathlon

Girls

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
80 metres	Tiffany Hurtado  Curaçao	10.77	Sarahi Sierra  Aruba	11.06	Glenka Antonia  Curaçao	11.23
Long Jump	Tiffany Hurtado  Curaçao	4.39	Sarahi Sierra  Aruba	4.29	Glenka Antonia  Curaçao	4.14
Shot Put	Sarahi Sierra  Aruba	8.84	Candace Croes  Aruba	8.73	Neemie Sinmeus  Aruba	7.87
High Jump	Sarahi Sierra  Aruba	1.55	Glenka Antonia  Curaçao	1.45	Tiffany Hurtado  Curaçao	1.40
60 M Hurdles	Sarahi Sierra  Aruba	10.26	Candace Croes  Aruba	10.94	Tiffany Hurtado  Curaçao	11.03
1000 M	Tiffany Hurtado  Curaçao	3:26.37	Candace Croes  Aruba	3:31.91	Sarahi Sierra  Aruba	3:39.52
Baseball throw	Sarahi Sierra  Aruba	48.05	Tiffany Hurtado  Curaçao	41.77	Candace Croes  Aruba	39.77
Overall Female Pentathlon	Sarahi Sierra  Aruba	3685 Points	Tiffany Hurtado  Curaçao	3509 Points	Glenka Antonia  Curaçao	3152 Points

Boys

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
80 metres	Ruwensley Hansen  Curaçao	9.96	David Quandt  Aruba	10.08	Jean-Marc Scorea  Curaçao	10.18
Long Jump	David Quandt  Aruba	4.95	Jean-Marc Scorea  Curaçao	4.88	Ruwensley Hansen  Curaçao	4.43
Shot Put	Jean-Marc Scorea  Curaçao	11.37	David Quandt  Aruba	11.30	Axel Tromp  Aruba	8.76
High Jump	Ruwensley Hansen  Curaçao	1.63	David Quandt  Aruba	1.55	Jean-Marc Scorea  Curaçao	1.55
80 M Hurdles	David Quandt  Aruba	12.20	Ruwensley Hansen  Curaçao	12.80	Jean-Marc Scorea  Curaçao	13.40
1200 M	Ruwensley Hansen  Curaçao	3:54.41	David Quandt  Aruba	3:01.45	Axel Tromp  Aruba	4:02.73
Baseball throw	Ruwensley Hansen  Curaçao	57.71.58	Jean-Marc Scorea  Curaçao	56.30	David Quandt  Aruba	55.53
Overall Male Heptathlon	David Quandt  Aruba	4398 Points	Ruwensley Hansen  Curaçao	4237 Points	Jean-Marc Scorea  Curaçao	4207 Points

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Aruba Team 1	16	12	7	35
2	Curaçao	13	15	13	41
3	Aruba Team 2	2	4	7	13
4	Sint Maarten	0	0	3	3
4	Bonaire	0	0	1	1
	Total	31	31	31	93

Fun Facts

- Axel Tromp and Sarahi Sierra of Aruba and Tiffany Hurtado of Curaçao are the only athletes coming back from the 2010 Dutch Caribbean Age Group Championships from the U-13 Category.

- Aruba won all Gold Medals in the U-15 Girls Category and for the first time all three Medals in the Overall Girls U-15.

- This would be the first time Curaçao hasn't Medal in one of the relays.

- Curaçao Won overall Team and Overall in Medal Count while Aruba has the highest Count in total Gold Medals.

- A grand total of 18 Records new records were recorded in this event

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