Twelve global medallists set to compete at 19th Pan AmericanU20 Championships

Trujillo, Perú.- Trinidad and Tobago’s Khalifa St. Fort leads a group of 12 global medallists expected to compete at the 19th Pan American U20 Championships in Athletics, to be held in Trujullo, Peru, July 21-23.

St. Fort took the silver medal at the World U18 Championships in Cali and clinched bronze at the World U20 Championships a year later in Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Coached by 1997 world 200m champion and four-time Olympic medallist Ato Boldon, she has grown as an athlete as part of her country’s senior relay team, claiming the 2015 World Championships bronze and finishing fifth at the 2016 Olympic Games. Earlier this season, the defending Pan Am U20 champion she set a new Centro American and Caribbean U20 record with 11.06, the fastest in the world for a U20 athlete in 2017.

Ecuador’s Maribel Caicedo, the 2015 World U18 100m hurdles champion, will try to improve her silver medal performance from Edmonton two years ago.

Since its inception in Sudbury, Canada, in 1980, the Pan American U20 Championships has witnessed the start of emerging track and field stars in the region. More than 20 continental champions in this category have gone on to reach the Olympic glory. The list includes USA’s Carl Lewis and Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Jamaica’s Usain Bolt, Colombia’s Caterine Ibarguen, Brazil’s Thiago Braz and Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor and Iván Pedroso.

Here is the list of 12 global medallists from the 2015 World U18 and/or the 2016 World U20 Championships set to compete next weekend at the Pan Am U20 Championships in Trujillo, Peru.

1.  Khalifa ST Fort (TRI) 100m

2016 World U20 bronze medallist

2015 World U18 silver medallist

2016 Olympic 4x100m Relay bronze medallist

2015 World 4x100m Relay bronze medallist

2. Tia Jones (USA) 100m Hurdles

2016 World U20 4x100m champion

2016 World U20 bronze medallist

3. Tara Davis 18 United States 100m Hurdles and long jump

2015 World U18 Long champion

5. Maribel Caicedo (ECU) 100m hurdles

2015 World U18 champion

5. Brandee Johnson (USA) 400m Hurdles

2015 World U18 bronze medallist

6. Xahria Santiago (CAN) 400m Hurdles

2016 World U bronze medallist

7. Alyssa Wilson (USA) Shot Put

2016 World U20 Bronze medallist

8. Adriana Rodriguez (CUB), Heptathlon

2016 World U20 silver medallist

9. Christopher Taylor (JAM) 200m

2015 World U18 400m champion

2016 World U20 4x400m Relay bronze medallist

10. Joseph Daniels (CAN) 110m hurdles

2015 World U18 bronze medallist

11.  Adrian Piperi (USA) Shot Put

2015 World U18 champion

12. Jhonathan Javier Amores (ECU) 10000m walk

2016 World U20 silver medallist

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