2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup

The 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup was held in two locations: both 20 kilometres events in Chula Vista, California, United States, on 15 March. The track of the Cup ran in the Marina Parkway at Chula Vista Marina. The men's 50 kilometres event was held one week earlier 15 km away in Tijuana, Baja California, México, on 9 March. Here, the track of the Cup ran in the Paseo de los Héroes, zona del Río Tijuana, and the results were extracted from the inaugural competition of the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge, which was organized as part of the traditional XXVI International Race Walking Week (Spanish: Semana Internacional de la Caminata) held annually since in 1978.[1]

2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup
OrganisersPan American Race Walking Committee
Edition11th
Date9 and 15 March
Host cityChula Vista, California,  United States
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico México
VenueMarina Parkway, Chula Vista Marina / Paseo de los Héroes, zona del Río Tijuana
Events3
Participation65 (+ 13 guests) athletes from
10 nations

A detailed report for the 50 kilometres event was given by Javier Clavelo Robinson.[2] Because of a compromise with the transmitting TV companies, the start was scheduled at 10:00 rather than the usual 7:00, causing a great number of drop outs due to the hard climatic conditions during midday.[1] The decision to move the start time for Mexican television arguably contributed to the first team loss at the 50 km distance in Pan Am Cup history for the host nation as only two of the five declared Mexican scoring team members finished the race, resulting in a team victory for the United States. The U.S. was the only nation to have three scoring finishers.[3] Despite failing to finish the required three scoring finishers, the Games Committee awarded Mexico the silver and Ecuador bronze in the team competition based on having two and one finisher respectively in the extreme weather conditions.[4]

Complete results were published.[1][5][6][7]

Medallists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
20 km walk  Jefferson Pérez (ECU)1:23:12  Cristián Berdeja (MEX)1:24:17  Cristián Muñoz (CHI)1:24:34
50 km walk  Germán Sánchez (MEX)4:04:11  Philip Dunn (USA)4:15:01  Miguel Solís (MEX)4:18:02
Men (Team)
Team 20 km walk  United States13 pts  Ecuador13 pts Mexico México23 pts
Team 50 km walk  United States13 pts Mexico México-- pts  Ecuador-- pts
Women
20 km walk  María del Rosario Sánchez (MEX)1:37:14  Geovana Irusta (BOL)1:37:53  Sandra Zapata (COL)1:38:45
Women (Team)
Team 20 km walk Mexico México6 pts  United States15 pts

Results

Men's 20 km
PlaceAthleteTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Jefferson Pérez  ECU1:23:12
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Cristián Berdeja  MEX1:24:17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Cristián Muñoz  CHI1:24:34
4Tim Seaman  USA1:25:24
5Kevin Eastler  USA1:25:34
6Mário José dos Santos  BRA1:25:49
7Fausto Quinde  ECU1:25:58
8Rolando Saquipay  ECU1:26:37
9Fernando López  COL1:27:15
10Tim Berrett  CAN1:27:39
11Sean Albert  USA1:27:42
12Xavier Moreno  ECU1:28:05
13Oscar Ramírez  MEX1:29:26
14Andrés Chocho  ECU1:29:27
15Curt Clausen  USA1:30:45
16Ezequiel Nazario  PUR1:31:14
17John Nunn  USA1:32:13
18Edwin Malacatus  ECU1:32:49
19Dave McGovern  USA1:39:32
20Mark Green  USA1:45:42
21Nelson Funes  GUA1:49:04
22David Doherty  USA1:53:55
23Ricardo Ortiz  MEX2:24:44
—Guillermo Castellanos  MEXDQ
—Fredy Hernández  COLDQ
—Dan O'Brien  USADNF
—Bernardo Segura  MEXDNS
—Erick Guevara  MEXDNS
—Jesús Sánchez  MEXDNS
—Claudio Erasmo Vargas  MEXDNS
—Arturo Huerta  CANDNS
—Ricardo Reyes  ESADNS
—Salvador Ernesto Mira  ESADNS
—Walter Sandoval  ESADNS
—Jairol Chacón  CRCDNS
—Edwin Centeno  PERDNS

Team
PlaceCountryPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s) United States13 pts
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ecuador13 pts
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Mexico México23 pts

Men's 50 km
PlaceAthleteTime
—*Jesús Ángel García  ESP3:46:46
—*Craig Barrett  NZL3:51:15
1st place, gold medalist(s)Germán Sánchez  MEX4:04:11
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Philip Dunn  USA4:15:01
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)†Miguel Solís  MEX4:18:02
4 †Juan Toscano  MEX4:18:52
—*Saúl Méndez  MEX4:19:12
5†Cristián Bascuñán  CHI4:19:27
6†Rogelio Sánchez  MEX4:26:09
—*Felipe Nava  MEX4:29:58
—*Humberto Celestino  MEX4:35:04
7Rolando Saquipay  ECU4:44:16
8Jesús Martínez  MEX4:49:39
9Theron Kissinger  USA4:58:10
10Bill Vayo  USA5:16:44
11Rod Craig  USA5:18:33
—Michael Bartholomew  USADQ
—John Soucheck  USADQ
—Francisco Berdeja  MEXDQ
—Carlos Flores  MEXDQ
—David Silva  MEXDQ
—Alejandro Chávez  MEXDQ
—Javier Malacatus  ECUDNF
—Miguel Ángel Rodríguez  MEXDNF
—Edgar Hernández  MEXDNF
—Fernando Guerrero  MEXDNF
—Omar Zepeda  MEXDNF
—Jaime González  MEXDNF
—Curt Clausen  USADNF
—Horacio Nava  MEXDNF
—Raúl Cruz  MEXDNF
—Roberto Demeza  MEXDNF
—*Andreas Gustafsson  SWEDNF

*: Started as a guest out of competition.
†: Both Miguel Solís and Juan Toscano from México were not listed as members of the official Mexican A Team.[6][8] Therefore, it remains unclear, whether they were entitled to win medals in the Pan American Race Walk Cup. One source lists Rogelio Sánchez from the Mexican A Team as 4th.[8] In this case, Cristián Bascuñán from Chile would have been the bronze medal winner. On the other hand, two other sources list Miguel Solís as bronze medallist.[1][9]

Team
PlaceCountryPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s)Mexico México8 pts
2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States13 pts

Women's 20 km
PlaceAthleteTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)María del Rosario Sánchez  MEX1:37:14
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Geovana Irusta  BOL1:37:53
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Sandra Zapata  COL1:38:45
4Graciela Mendoza  MEX1:39:21
5Abigail Sainz  MEX1:43:05
6Luisa Paltín  ECU1:44:54
7Samantha Cohen  USA1:44:57
8Bobbi Jo Chapman  USA1:45:47
9Jolene Moore  USA1:46:52
10Cheryl Rellinger  USA1:47:27
11Susan Armenta  USA1:49:03
12Gianetti de Sena Bonfim  BRA1:49:38
13Lisa Sontag  USA1:52:27
14Heidi Hauck  USA1:53:11
15Lee Chase  USA1:59:52
16Erin Taylor  USA2:02:45
—Francisca Martínez  MEXDQ
—Marianne Martino  USADQ
—Sara Sheets  USADQ
—Mara Ibáñez  MEXDNS
—Aura Morales  MEXDNS
—Ariana Quino  BOLDNS
—Zoila Reyes  GUADNS
—Evelyn Núñez  GUADNS

Team
PlaceCountryPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s)Mexico México6 pts
2nd place, silver medalist(s) United States15 pts

Participation

The participation of 65 athletes from 10 countries (plus 10 guest athletes for the 50 kilometres event) is reported.[1] In addition, three athletes from overseas were competing for the IAAF World Race Walking Challenge.[2] The assignment for the official participants of the teams from México and the United States remains unclear.

Guest countries:

See also
  • 2003 Race Walking Year Ranking

References
  1. Aguilera, Rubén, Historia de las Copas Panamericanas de Marcha Atlética 1984-2007 (PDF) (in Spanish), Association of Panamerican Athletics, pp. 80–86, archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2016, retrieved July 22, 2013
  2. Clavelo Robinson, Javier (March 10, 2003), García wins 50km in IAAF Race Walking Challenge in Tijuana, IAAF, retrieved July 22, 2013
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-09-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "USATF - Events - 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup".
  5. 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup - Results - Men's 20 km Race Walk, USA Track & Field, retrieved July 22, 2013
  6. 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup - Results - Women's 20 km Race Walk, USA Track & Field, retrieved July 22, 2013
  7. 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup - Results - Men's 50 km Race Walk, USA Track & Field, retrieved July 22, 2013
  8. Pineda Rodríguez, Luis (February 1, 2012), Historial de Copas Panamericanas de Caminata - Resultados de Atletas Mexicanos Participantes (PDF) (in Spanish), Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo, archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2013, retrieved July 22, 2013
  9. DIRECCION TECNICA (April 24, 2013), MEDALLISTAS DE LA COPA PANAMERICANA DE MARCHA (PDF) (in Spanish), Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Atletismo, retrieved July 22, 2013
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