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North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association

Athletics governing body

Field	Value
name	North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC)
logo_caption	NACAC logo since 2016
language	English and Spanish
type	Sports federation
formation	1988
headquarters	Nassau, The Bahamas
membership	31 member federations
leader_title	President
leader_name	Mike Sands
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The North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC) is the continental confederation governing body of athletics for national governing bodies and multi-national federations within Northern America, Central America, and the Caribbean. NACAC is one of six area associations of World Athletics (WA), previously named the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). NACAC was founded on December 10, 1988, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Presidents

Amadeo Francis of Puerto Rico was elected as the first president of the association. He was re-elected in 1999 and 2003. and was re-elected in 2011. After McCook died on February 11, 2013, Alain Jean-Pierre from Haiti, treasurer of NACAC and president of the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC), acted as interim president. On August 7, 2013, Víctor López from Puerto Rico, president of the Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA), was elected new president for the period 2013–2019. | access-date = January 18, 2014 On July 2, 2019, during the NACAC Congress held in Querétaro, Mexico Mike Sands of Bahamas was elected president for the period 2019-2022.

Name	Nation	Presidency
Amadeo Francis		1988–2007
Neville McCook		2007–2013
Alain Jean-Pierre		2013 (interim)
Víctor López		2013–2019
Mike Sands		2019–2026

Competitions

NACAC Senior Championships
NACAC U23 Championships
NACAC U18 Championships
NACAC U13-U15 Championships
NACAC Cross Country Championships
NACAC Race Walking Championships
NACAC Mountain Running Championships
Pan American Combined Events Cup (organised by the Association of Panamerican Athletics (APA), formerly: NACAC Combined Events Championships)
Central American and Caribbean Championships (organised by the Central American and Caribbean Athletic Confederation (CACAC))

Member associations

Nation	Association
	Anguilla Amateur Athletic Federation
	Athletic Association of Antigua & Barbuda
	Aruba Athletic Federation
	Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations
	Athletics Association of Barbados
	Belize Amateur Athletic Association
	Bermuda National Athletics Association
	British Virgin Islands Athletics Association
	Athletics Canada
	Cayman Islands Athletic Association
	Costa Rican Athletics Federation
	Cuban Athletics Federation
	Dominica Amateur Athletic Association
	Athletics Federation of the Dominican Republic
	Federacion Salvadoreña de Atletismo
	Grenada Athletic Association
	Guatemalan Athletics Federation
	Haitian Amateur Athletic Federation
	Federación Nacional Hondureña de Atletismo
	Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association
	Federation of Mexican Athletics Associations
	Montserrat Amateur Athletic Association
	Nicaraguan Athletics Federation
	Puerto Rican Athletics Federation
	Saint Kitts & Nevis Amateur Athletic Association
	Saint Lucia Athletics Association
	Team Athletics Saint Vincent & The Grenadines
	National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad & Tobago
	Turks & Caicos Islands Amateur Athletic Association
	USA Track & Field
	Virgin Islands Track & Field Federation

References

(2024). "North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association (NACAC)". [[Union of International Associations]].
North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association. (June 3, 2011). "About us".
Foster, Anthony. (August 22, 2007). "McCook wins tight race for NACAC presidency". [[Jamaica Gleaner]].
North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association. (September 4, 2007). "McCook elected as NACAC president".
{{Citation. North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association. (July 15, 2011). "NACAC - McCook Re-elected as NACAC President". link
"MIKE SANDS NEW PRESIDENT ELECTED FROM NACAC – NACAC".

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