COMING OFF her first win as a professional, World Under-20 100-metre hurdles champion Kerrica Hill’s rapid progression in her first year is fuelling her drive to make Jamaica’s World Championship team on her first attempt. Hill defeated her Elite...
WITH THE Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association’s (ISSA) new rules regarding foreign students set to come into being next school year, president Keith Wellington says that those who are already here and competing will not have to worry about...
THE LONG road that Jamaican Polo player Jason Waite has travelled could lead to one of the biggest accomplishments of his career, as he becomes the first Jamaican to play in the US Open final. Waite, who is a part of team Park Place, will face Team...
A NEW lease on life for Happy Grove High’s Courtney Williams resulted in a rewarding conclusion to his high-school career, not only for himself but for his family, coach and school community, who he has put on the map once more. Williams returned...
YESTERDAY’S FINAL day of the Tom Jones Invitational Meet in Gainsville, Florida, saw strong performances from the Jamaican contingent, as well as athletes making their season debuts with mixed results. In the women’s 100m, Kiara Grant clocked a...
AFTER A commanding performance in the opening game of the Concacaf Under-20 Women’s Championship’s preliminary round, Jamaica’s young Reggae Girlz will hope to take one step closer to qualification when they take on Bermuda in the second Group E...
JAMAICA’S 2023 Carfita Games campaign started with some setbacks but there were still a number of medals mined after yesterday’s opening day in Nassau, Bahamas. National junior record holder, Alana Reid, followed up her record-breaking performance...
Dreams have finally come true in blue for Hydel High. In the closest title race in years, the girls from Ferry, St Catherine are the queens of high-school athletics, dethroning Edwin Allen to win their first-ever girls title as the 2023 ISSA/...
AFTER A 2022 campaign where he experienced both joy and pain, this year, Kingston College’s Tahj Marques White can enjoy success to his heart’s content. White became a sprint double champion, securing the 200m Class Two title in a new personal best...
Texas A&M University’s eye for Jamaican talent is nothing new, given their recent record, but coach Mario Sategna says that the country’s expansion into other disciplines has made Jamaica a premier choice for talent
FROM CHILDHOOD friends to elite players, sports administrators and business partners. As tributes poured in to celebrate the life of former All-Jamaica badminton champion Garth King, another former player, Robert Richards, remembered him as a...
A SUCCESSFUL title defence and breaking a decade-old record could not have provided Holmwood Technical High School’s Jody-Ann Mitchell with a better way to start her final ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships campaign. Mitchell...
HYDEL’S ALANA Reid’s high-school career has come full circle. In her final year at the 2023 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletic Championships, she ended it the same way she began, as a double sprint champion. Reid added the Class One 200m...
St Jago High has prided itself in being one of the few schools that have finished in the top five consistently at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Championships in both categories. Although cognisant of the tough task that lies ahead of them...
BY HIS standards, Kingston College’s Bouwahjgie Nkrumie says that his confidence in executing an ideal 100-metre is high after storming to victory in the under-20 boys’ final on the second day of the Carifta Trials yesterday at the National Stadium...
WHILE THE talk has been about the battle between Hydel’s Alana Reid and Edwin Allen’s Serena Cole for the Class One girls’ 100-metre title, newly crowned Corporate Area 100-metre Class One champion Mickaela Gardener says she is hoping to cause a...
WITH A new coaching direction, Commonwealth Games high jump champion Lamara Distin is seeing early signs of success in 2023 as she looks to continue building on last year’s momentum. Distin, fresh off winning the Southeastern Conference Indoor...
After retaining their girls’ and boys’ titles at the Corporate Area Championships, Excelsior High School’s girls’ coach, Michael Vassell, was bullish about maintaining their top-five placing at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics...
IN HIS third season at the professional level, Oblique Seville has one thing on his mind, a place on the medal podium of a major global championship. In a close battle to the finish, Seville was edged out by Ackeem Blake at the 50th anniversary of...
FROM ADJUSTING to the climate, to seeing his son already training with top-flight local clubs, national senior men’s head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson’s acclimatisation to Jamaica, his second national team head coaching job, has been going swimmingly...
TWO CONSECUTIVE injury-riddled seasons would make even the most optimistic of athletes concerned about going into a new campaign. But former World long jump champion Tajay Gayle’s attitude is still light-hearted and cheerful because, according to...
IN THEIR second full season of competition for Vikings Swim Club, head coach Alex Parkes is already seeing growth from his young swimmers, growth that he hopes will continue in years to come. Vikings finished fifth at the Karl Dalhouse Memorial...
WITH THE under-17 national football team finally together after Thursday’s travel mishap, they are hoping that their limited acclimatisation will be enough to start their Concacaf Under-17 Championship journey on the right foot. The Young Reggae...
DESPITE A few nervous moments at the end, National Under-17 head coach Merron Gordon feels his team hit their marks in their 1-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago (T...
Tornadoes Swim Club coach Annelies Denny is hoping to avoid being on the wrong end of a late surge, in similar fashion to last year, when the Karl Dalhouse Memorial Swim Meet goes into today’s final day at the National Aquatic Centre inside the...
