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Published:Wednesday | March 15, 2023 | 1:09 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

JODYANN MITCHELL of Holmwood Technical has pulled the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships Class I 1500-metre record into view. In fact, her winning time at the recent Central Championships -- 4 minutes, 30.31 seconds (4:30....

Published:Tuesday | March 14, 2023 | 1:21 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

ST GEORGE’S College scored 14 points at the 2022 Corporate Area Championships. However, steady work boosted that score to 79.5 and fifth place at the 2023 staging inside the National Stadium. The Corporate Area results are a boon to head coach...

Published:Saturday | March 11, 2023 | 1:08 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

There were times last year when Cedricka Williams was the best under-20 discus thrower in the world. However, an uncharacteristic crash at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Championships (Champs) blotted the copybook of the soft-spoken Holmwood...

Published:Friday | March 10, 2023 | 1:20 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

It seems like an age has passed since Kishay Rowe won gold and silver in the 800 and 1500 metres at ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Championships (Champs) in 2019. Perhaps that’s why Rowe, a senior at Alphansus Davis High School, allowed herself...

Published:Tuesday | March 7, 2023 | 1:04 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

St Catherine High are in position to do some damage at this year’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs). That’s the opinion of St Catherine’s head coach Marlon James after his team impressed in fifth place in the girls...

Published:Tuesday | March 7, 2023 | 12:48 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

Last year’s Female Athlete of the Year, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, is phenomenal. However, it looks like Holland’s Femke Bol is about to challenge her. Her 2023 indoor performances indicate that she is just as fast and strong as McLaughlin-Levrone...

Published:Monday | March 6, 2023 | 12:23 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

No one could blame you if you have picked Bouwahjgie Nkrumie, Deandre Daley, and Bryan Levell to dominate the Class One sprints at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs), which begin on March 28 at the National...

Published:Saturday | March 4, 2023 | 12:53 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

The recent Western Championship victories by St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) were emotional ones as the school was reeling from the death of long-serving coach Eldemire Smith. The bereavement has rested mostly heavily on school’s middle...

Published:Saturday | March 4, 2023 | 12:51 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

Last year, the marquee track event at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) was the girls’ Class One 100 metres. It featured Edwin Allen High star, Tina Clayton, coming back from her 2021 World Under-20 title, and...

Published:Tuesday | February 28, 2023 | 1:06 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

Jamaica College (JC) and Edwin Allen High took top honours in the high school 4x400 metres races at last Saturday’s Gibson McCook Relays. However, World Under-20 400m finalist Delano Kennedy and Rickiann Russell caught the eye with brilliant...

Published:Monday | February 27, 2023 | 1:13 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

From Kimar Farquharson in 2019 to J’Voughnn Blake last year, the winners of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Championships (Champs) Class One 800 metres have made the one minute 50 seconds barrier a thing of the past. Jamaica College (JC)...

Published:Saturday | February 25, 2023 | 1:09 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

The last time high jumpers Lushane Wilson and Christoff Bryan were in action at the National Stadium, Wilson cleared a personal best height of 2.26 metres with Bryan over at 2.23, his highest clearance in five years. When they march out to the high...

Published:Friday | February 24, 2023 | 1:07 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

Hydel High School’s girls raced to within touching distance of the Gibson McCook Relays 4x400 metres relay record last year. However, Hydel’s coach, Corey Bennett, reckons that his 2023 team will have to do something special to retain the title...

Published:Friday | February 24, 2023 | 12:58 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

Battlelines were drawn for tomorrow’s Gibson McCook Relays, at Jamaica College on February 18. Defending 4x800 metres champion Jamaica College (JC) and 2023 Western Relay winners Kingston College (KC) tuned up for Gibson McCook with notable...

Published:Thursday | February 23, 2023 | 1:02 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

BATTLE LINES were drawn for this Saturday’s Gibson-McCook Relays at Jamaica College on February 18. Defending 4x800 champion school Jamaica College (JC) and 2023 Western Relay winners Kingston College (KC) tuned up for Gibson-McCook with notable...

Published:Tuesday | February 21, 2023 | 1:05 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

Girls’ competition at last Saturday’s Western Championships saw several notable double winners. None of them, however, shone more brightly than Alexis James of Petersfield High School, the 2022 World Under-20 100 metres hurdles runner-up. She wasn’...

Published:Monday | February 20, 2023 | 1:31 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

Shamer Blake made three trips on to his home track at St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS) on the final day of the Western Championships last Saturday, and each one of them was spectacular. The first two earned him individual gold medals, and the...

Published:Monday | February 20, 2023 | 1:13 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

With a record entry of 600 throwers bearing witness, discus throwers Traves Smikle and Fedrick Dacres put on a world-class show at the recent King of the Ring all throws meet at Excelsior High School. After a day when Dacres and Smikle were...

Published:Monday | February 20, 2023 | 1:01 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

Coach Andrew Henry’s Mount Alvernia High School speed squadron will come to the 50th Gibson-McCook Relays on Saturday as the favourites in the Class Four 4x100 metres. Undefeated and fastest on the clock at 49.03 seconds, the little ladies from...

Published:Saturday | February 18, 2023 | 1:02 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

Athletics coach Reynaldo Walcott has described the late Eldemire Smith as the best father anyone could ask for. Smith died last Saturday and Walcott is grateful for the guidance he received from the veteran St Elizabeth Technical School (STETHS)...

Published:Friday | February 17, 2023 | 12:28 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

Middle and long-distance running will be in the spotlight at Jamaica College (JC) tomorrow as a new athletics meeting makes its debut. According to JC’s Duane Johnson, the Fervet Distance Carnival is designed to generate interest in running events...

Published:Friday | February 17, 2023 | 12:21 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

Just as the local track and field fraternity was coming to terms with the passing on Saturday of St Elizabeth Technical High (STETHS) legend Eldemire Smith, another well-known coach has died. This time, it’s Edward Hector, the former vice principal...

Published:Wednesday | February 15, 2023 | 1:31 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

WHEN THE organisers of the 2023 Milo Western Relays gathered their honourees on the infield at the GC Foster College of Physical Education...

Published:Tuesday | February 14, 2023 | 12:45 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

Sprint fans may all soon have to add a new name to the list of women contending for national team places. The new name is Kasheika Cameron, the winner of the women’s 60 metres at last Saturday’s Western Relays. Cameron is working quietly at the...

Published:Monday | February 13, 2023 | 9:06 AMHubert Lawrence/Gleaner Writer

More than 40 years of service at St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) by teacher and coach Eldemire Smith was broken on Saturday when he died after a bout of illness. Speaking a day later, STETHS principal Keith Wellington said Smith’s...

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