2003 Micronesian Championships in Athletics

I Micronesian Championships in Athletics
Host city	Koror, Palau
Date(s)	April 25–26
Level	Senior
Events	29 (14 men, 14 women, 1 mixed)
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The 2003 Micronesian Championships in Athletics took place between April 25–26, 2003.^[1] The event was held in Koror, Palau.

A total of 29 events were contested, 14 by men, 14 by women and 1 mixed. In addition, there was a mixed non-championship hammer throwing competition for both men and women including Australian guest athletes.

Medal summary

Medal winners and their results were published on the Athletics Weekly webpage.^[2]

Men

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -1.7 m/s)	Jack Howard  F.S. Micronesia	11.09	John Howard  F.S. Micronesia	11.19	Danny Fredrick  F.S. Micronesia	11.41
200 metres (wind: +0.2 m/s)	Danny Fredrick  F.S. Micronesia	23.39	Peter Donis Rudolf  F.S. Micronesia	23.49	Russell Ward Roman  Palau	23.71
400 metres	Jack Howard  F.S. Micronesia	50.88	Ashley Kazuma  Palau	52.25	Russell Ward Roman  Palau	52.50
800 metres	Neil Weare  Guam	2:03.96	Derek Mandell  Guam	2:08.11	Moikeha Keogh  Palau	2:10.43
1500 metres	Neil Weare  Guam	4:14.56	Derek Mandell  Guam	4:31.12	Nicholas Mangham  Palau	4:34.76
5000 metres	Neil Weare  Guam	17:51.56	Derek Mandell  Guam	18:25.44	Rendelius Germinaro  F.S. Micronesia	18:26.81
High Jump	Donovan Helvey  Palau	1.82	Ketson Kabiriel  Northern Mariana Islands	1.60
Long Jump	Rabangaki Nawai  Kiribati	6.20	McKnight McArthur  Palau	6.04	Clayton Maluwelgiye  F.S. Micronesia	5.90
Triple Jump	Bwaraniko Paul  Kiribati	12.82	Taburimai Tewaki  Kiribati	12.00	McKnight McArthur  Palau	11.65
Shot Put	Jersey Iyar  Palau	12.71	Steve Carrerra  Palau	12.56	Alipate Raikadroka  Palau	11.66
Discus Throw	Clayton Maluwelgiye  F.S. Micronesia	36.56	Jersey Iyar  Palau	33.48	Gerard Jones  Nauru	33.06
Hammer Throw†	Steve Carrerra  Palau	35.67	Barry Mullins  Australia	30.23	Fletcher McEwen  Australia	28.73
Javelin Throw	Clayton Maluwelgiye  F.S. Micronesia	56.94	Jersey Iyar  Palau	52.10	Rabangaki Nawai  Kiribati	47.34
4 x 100 metres relay	Federated States of Micronesia	43.73	Palau	45.64	Northern Mariana Islands	46.99
4 x 400 metres relay	Federated States of Micronesia	3:29.27	Palau	3:36.40	Northern Mariana Islands	3:42.20

^†: non-championship event

Women

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 metres (wind: -0.6 m/s)	Ngerak Florencio  Palau	12.90	Rosa-Mystique Jone  Nauru	13.07	Desiree Craggette  Guam	13.31
200 metres (wind: +0.2 m/s)	Ngerak Florencio  Palau	27.22	Rosa-Mystique Jone  Nauru	27.96	Desiree Craggette  Guam	28.01
400 metres	Ngerak Florencio  Palau	65.20	Vangie Mercado  F.S. Micronesia	65.90	Rae Detabene  Nauru	67.98
800 metres	Christine Vicente  Guam	2:36.69	Avon Grace Mazo  Palau	2:39.15	Banrenga Baikia  Kiribati	2:54.48
1500 metres	Christine Vicente  Guam	5:38.43	Banrenga Baikia  Kiribati	5:59.25	Jaceleen Pluhs  F.S. Micronesia	6:25.24
3000 metres	Christine Vicente  Guam	12:03.62	Avon Grace Mazo  Palau	12:36.74	Banrenga Baikia  Kiribati	12:41.75
High Jump	Carrissa Dkar Subris  Palau	1.52	Barbara Gbewonyo  Palau	1.40	Kimaia Dan Murdoch  Kiribati	1.35
Long Jump	Kaitinano Mwemweata  Kiribati	4.50	Barbara Gbewonyo  Palau	4.39	Connie Camacho  Northern Mariana Islands	4.28
Triple Jump	Barbara Gbewonyo  Palau	8.78
Shot Put	Chandis Cooper  Palau	10.38	Maleah Umerang Tengadik  Palau	9.49	Cristabel Gbewonyo  Palau	9.15
Discus Throw	Chandis Cooper  Palau	28.94	Julie Tokyo  Northern Mariana Islands	27.61	Kimaia Dan Murdoch  Kiribati	27.10
Hammer Throw†	Christina Duenas  Guam	18.94
Javelin Throw	Maleah Umerang Tengadik  Palau	36.97	Julie Tokyo  Northern Mariana Islands	30.54	Christina Duenas  Guam	27.11
4 x 100 metres relay	Palau A	51.89	Nauru	53.45	Palau B	53.93
4 x 400 metres relay	Palau	4:35.89	Nauru	4:49.18

^†: non-championship event

Mixed

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
800 metres Medley relay	Palau	1:42:28	Nauru	1:45.51	Kiribati	1:47.37

Medal table (unofficial)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Palau	13	12	8	33
2	F.S. Micronesia	7	3	4	14
3	Guam	6	3	3	12
4	Kiribati	3	2	6	11
5	Nauru	0	5	2	7
6	Northern Mariana Islands	0	3	3	6

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