2009 Micronesian Championships in Athletics

The 2009 Micronesian Championships in Athletics took place between August 4–8, 2009. The event was held at the Griffith University in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, jointly with the OAA Grand Prix Series, and the OAA sub-regional Melanesian and Polynesian Championships. Many athletes utilised the competitions preparing for the upcoming IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany.[1] Detailed reports were given for the OAA.[2][3]

IV Micronesian Championships in Athletics
Dates	August 4–8
Host city	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Venue	Griffith University
Level	Senior
Events	34 (18 men, 16 women)
Participation	64 athletes from 7 nations
← 2007 Guam 2011 Apia →

A total of 34 events were contested, 18 by men and 16 by women.

Medal summary

Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage,[4][5][6] and at sportfieber.pytalhost.com.[7][8][9]

In 100 metres, triple jump, and javelin throw, there were separate open competitions for the Micronesian championships and the OAA Grand Prix Series held on different days.

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.4 m/s)	Tyrone Omar  Northern Mariana Islands	11.51	Tanroo Taniera  Kiribati	11.60	JJ Capelle  Nauru	11.78
100 metres Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Yondan Namelo  F.S. Micronesia	12.07 (wind: +0.0 m/s)
200 metres (wind: +2.9 m/s)	Tyrone Omar  Northern Mariana Islands	23.41 w	George David  Kiribati	23.42 w	Kiakia Tekambwa  Kiribati	23.50 w
400 metres	Kiakia Tekambwa  Kiribati	51.98	Matthew Pangelinan  Guam	52.60	Pahnrasko Ardos  F.S. Micronesia	54.42
800 metres	Matthew Pangelinan  Guam	2:03.22 CR	Jeofry Limtiaco  Guam	2:04.87	Toby Castro  Guam	2:08.66
1500 metres	Jeofry Limtiaco  Guam	4:19.91	Toby Castro  Guam	4:27.94	Matthew Pangelinan  Guam	4:34.53
5000 metres	Toby Castro  Guam	17:11.03 CR	Kabriel Ketson  Northern Mariana Islands	19:09.81	Matt Manaco  Northern Mariana Islands	20:15.39
10000 metres	Kabriel Ketson  Northern Mariana Islands	40:08.84	Matt Manaco  Northern Mariana Islands	40:14.77	Francis Tkel  Palau	44:30.53
3000 metres steeplechase	Kabriel Ketson  Northern Mariana Islands	11:53.77	Matt Manaco  Northern Mariana Islands	12:20.40
110 metres hurdles (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Leon Mengloi  Palau	17.37 CR	Michael Herreros  Guam	17.45	Clayton Kenty  Northern Mariana Islands	20.76
400 metres hurdles	Kabriel Ketson  Northern Mariana Islands	64.87	Clayton Kenty  Northern Mariana Islands	66.73	Michael Herreros  Guam	68.95
High Jump	David Peter Birati  Kiribati	1.81m	George David  Kiribati	1.75m	Trevor Ogumro  Northern Mariana Islands	1.60m
Long Jump	Deamo Baguga  Nauru	6.21m w (wind: +4.3 m/s)	David Peter Birati  Kiribati	6.13m (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Godfrey Quadina  Nauru	6.08m (wind: -1.0 m/s)
Triple Jump	David Peter Birati  Kiribati	13.17m (wind: -0.5 m/s)	Buraieta Yeeting  Kiribati	13.16m (wind: +0.0 m/s)	Deamo Baguga  Nauru	12.61m (wind: -0.9 m/s)
Triple Jump Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Edward Babauta  Guam	12.22m	Godfrey Quadina  Nauru	11.82m
Shot Put	Raobu Tarawa  Kiribati	12.88m	Dougwin Franz  Palau	8.18m
Discus Throw	Raobu Tarawa  Kiribati	38.81m	Dougwin Franz  Palau	23.56m
Javelin Throw	Dougwin Franz  Palau	56.46m	Raobu Tarawa  Kiribati	49.96m	Jesus Iguel  Northern Mariana Islands	38.04m
Javelin Throw Non-Championship Event (Grand Prix Series)	Dougwin Franz  Palau	59.91m
4 x 100 metres relay	Kiribati	44.82	Nauru	45.79	Federated States of Micronesia	46.21
4 x 400 metres relay	Kiribati	3:38.62	Guam	3:39.73	Northern Mariana Islands	3:52.68

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.1 m/s)	Naome Burk  Guam	13.39	Lovelite Detenamo  Nauru Yvonne Bennet  Northern Mariana Islands	13.39
200 metres (wind: +1.7 m/s)	Naome Burk  Guam	27.37	Lovelite Detenamo  Nauru	27.44	Yvonne Bennet  Northern Mariana Islands	27.63
400 metres	Yvonne Bennet  Northern Mariana Islands	62.91 CR	Naomi Blaz  Guam	63.96	Yvette Bennet  Northern Mariana Islands	67.57
800 metres	Nicole Layson  Guam	2:38.77	Maria Barcinas  Guam	2:46.08
1500 metres	Nicole Layson  Guam	5:29.57	Maria Barcinas  Guam	5:46.81	Athena Avery  Guam	5:57.99
5000 metres	Nicole Layson  Guam	20:42.75	Maria Barcinas  Guam	21:52.51	Athena Avery  Guam	22:17.85
100 metres hurdles (wind: -0.3 m/s)	Jacqueline Wonenberg  Northern Mariana Islands	18.31	Andria Cruz  Guam	18.88
400 metres hurdles	Jacqueline Wonenberg  Northern Mariana Islands	1:12.97	Andria Cruz  Guam	1:27.58
Long Jump	Jacqueline Wonenberg  Northern Mariana Islands	4.66m (wind: +2.0 m/s) CR	Liamwar Rangamar  Northern Mariana Islands	4.41m w (wind: +3. m/s)	Kaitinano Mwemweata  Kiribati	4.22m w (wind: +2.6 m/s)
Triple Jump	Jacqueline Wonenberg  Northern Mariana Islands	9.59m (wind: +1.3 m/s) CR	Kaitinano Mwemweata  Kiribati	9.10m (wind: +0.1 m/s)
Shot Put	Genie Gerardo  Guam	9.75m	Nina Grundler  Nauru	8.90m	Jerusha Mau  Nauru	8.55m
Discus Throw	Diana Alicto  Guam	27.95m	Jerusha Mau  Nauru	27.38m	Genie Gerardo  Guam	25.93m
Hammer Throw	Genie Gerardo  Guam	31.82m CR	Jerusha Mau  Nauru	19.56m	Nina Grundler  Nauru	17.84m
Javelin Throw	Liamwar Rangamar  Northern Mariana Islands	30.15m	Kaitinano Mwemweata  Kiribati	27.92m	Diana Alicto  Guam	26.37m
4 x 100 metres relay	Northern Mariana Islands	53.00
4 x 400 metres relay	Northern Mariana Islands	4:29.31 CR	Guam	4:39.09

Medal table (unofficial)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Northern Mariana Islands (NMI)	13	6	7	26
2	Guam (GUM)	11	12	7	30
3	Kiribati (KIR)	7	8	2	17
4	Palau (PLW)	2	2	1	5
5	Nauru (NRU)	1	6	5	12
6	F.S. Micronesia (FSM)	0	0	2	2
Totals (6 nations)		34	34	24	92

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 64 athletes from 7 countries participated.

Guam (15)  Kiribati (8)  Marshall Islands (7)

F.S. Micronesia (6)  Nauru (11)

Northern Mariana Islands (12)  Palau (5)

References

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