When Tiffany James pulled the Jamaica Green 4x400m team into second at the Penn Relays, her determination impressed fans. If they knew of her battles to balance her studies with athletics, they’d be even more impressed. With the toughest part of...
When Kemar Bailey-Cole settles into the blocks at this Saturday’s Racers Adidas Grand Prix, he will be hoping to put himself back in the fast lane. Promising runs so far this year have been the reward of adjustments to his training programme and...
Fans may be mourning the end of a golden era of Jamaican sprinting, but according to two respected coaches, the nation is becoming a field event power. Kerry-Lee Ricketts, husband and coach of triple jumper Shanieka Ricketts, and Marlon Gayle of...
As discus thrower Shadae Lawrence approaches the last collegiate championship of her career, she knows she is heading in the right direction. In addition, some observers believe that the Colorado State University senior could be a contender when...
A month from now, a speedy group of Jamaican ladies will sprint for the honour of running at the World Championships this September in Doha, Qatar. Among them will be Gayon Evans, the Commonwealth Games 100 metre bronze medal winner. The 29 year-...
Jahnoy Thompson, last year’s national men’s 200-metre champion, is racing against time. Slowed by a foot injury, the 6’ 2” sprinter is just getting back into the training groove he feels he needs to retain his title. Speaking recently, Thompson...
Trinidad and Tobago’s World champion 4x400m relay team has a target on its back. That’s the view expressed by Deon Lendore, a member of the team that triumphed on May 12 at the IAAF World Relay Games in Yokohama, Japan. Lendore believes the United...
Ristananna Tracey thinks more speed and better technique will see her back to the podium in the 400m hurdles at this year’s IAAF World Championships. She said if she raises her speed levels this season, she will be dangerous. Tracey cruised to...
Akeem Bloomfield and Chris-Ann Gordon produced the fastest Jamaican 4x400m relay split times at last weekend’s IAAF World Relays. In his senior international debut, Bloomfield paced himself to a 44.9-second leg in the men’s 4x400 metre final, while...
Shadae Lawrence continued her advance in the women’s discus with a national record 65.05 metres on the weekend. The 2016 Olympian launched her disc 65.05 metres to establish Jamaica’s top performance in a weekend filled with action on the US...
Most individual ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships winners dream of seeing their names up in lights. Not Dazsay Freeman, the two-time Champs hurdles gold medallist. Though she loves track and field, her mind is on a career in...
A tight schedule has obliged Canada to forego a defence of its IAAF World Relays 4x200m title this weekend in Yokohama, Japan. One member of that champion team said Canada will instead focus on the 4x100m with a goal to win. Sub-20 200m man Brendon...
Behind the bright smile of Carifta Games 400-metre runner-up Anna-Kay Allen is the heart of a conqueror. Her fine 2019 campaign has come against the background of injury troubles she has fought in recent seasons. Now, it’s full speed ahead. Allen...
Track and field fans need not worry that long-distance racing will disappear. That is the indication from Sebastian Coe, president of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). While his organisation has made changes to its...
The history of the Carifta Games is liberally sprinkled with the names of young stars who later became champions at the highest level. That appeal has kept Sebastian Coe, the president of the International Associations of Athletics Federation,...
Calabar High School captain Christopher Taylor could be ready to run at the 125th Penn Relays, set for April 24-26 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. However, even if he is unavailable, Calabar hope to complete a hat-trick of wins in the Championship...
Twenty-four years ago, Maurice Wignall was one of the stars of the 24th Carifta Games in Grand Cayman. Now, the dean of Jamaican sprint hurdlers is back in Cayman as part of the coaching staff to the 2019 Carifta team. Wignall is using his...
With the 2019 World Championships five and a half months away, 400-metre ace Demish Gaye has been measuring his steps. However, his speed at the Western Relays and Gibson-McCook Relays in February suggests good things lie ahead for the soft-spoken...
Hydel High School is going for a hat-trick at this year’s Penn Relays. Hydel has won the girls’ 4x400-metre relay twice in a row and heads back to storied Franklin Field, the Philadelphia stadium that hosts the celebrated relay carnival, after big...
Triple jumper Shanieka Ricketts is working to improve this year, and the early signs are good. Relieved to have mastered the qualifying mark for the World Championships early, Ricketts has turned her attention to the technical details that she...
Barbadian hopeful Sada Williams produced a banner performance in the 400 metres last Saturday at the NCB Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships inside the National Stadium. The 21-year-old slipped away from a good field to stop the clock at...
1997 World 200 metres champion Ato Boldon believes that the days of the world under-20 4x100 metre record – 43.27 seconds – are numbered. The Trinidad and Tobago sprint great sees Ashanti Moore, double world Under-20 champion Briana Williams, and...
Jamaican sprint prospect Briana Williams is primed for a great season. That is the inside information from her coach, Ato Boldon. Optimistic about the future of Jamaican sprinting, Boldon also envisages a World Junior 4x100m relay record for...
No one knows the ups and downs of hurdling like Megan Tapper, but the 25-year-old Jamaican has placed her trust in the Most High and is targeting the 2019 World Championships. Moreover, the MVP Track Club member is putting in the work that will...
For the third year in a row, the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships’ Class Two 100-metre hurdles record has fallen. On Saturday, March 30, Ackera Nugent of Excelsior High School advanced the standard to 12.91 seconds. Her...
