Published:Wednesday | November 2, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
THE hunt for places in the junior and senior finals of the ISSA Urban Area Schoolgirl Netball competition, scheduled for Thursday December 1, will get underway today at the Leila Robinson Courts at 2:00 p.m.With the top qualifiers divided into two...
Published:Sunday | October 30, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
G.C. Foster College's Oshane Archibald and Hydel's Monifa Green took top honours at yesterday's first staging of the Pump It Up Mico 5K Run/Walk, which started and ended at the college campus in Cross Roads.Archibald, who has been in great form for...
Published:Friday | October 28, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Kingston College is following in the path of history by breaking ground for its new synthetic running track at the Melbourne campus on Elletson Road yesterday. They will become the second local high school to do so in one year following in the...
Published:Thursday | October 27, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
The annual Burger King-sponsored road race series will get under way on Sunday, November 6 with the staging of the Burger King 'Run Di Road' 10K at the Portmore Mall starting at 6:30 a.m.A 4x1500-metre relay for students will coincide with the 10K...
Published:Friday | September 30, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
With just over two weeks to go before the second staging of the Jamaica National Building Society Foundation Heroes In Action Run/Walk, slated for Falmouth, Trelawny, on Monday, October 17, defending male and female champions Ryon Chambers and Karen...
Published:Sunday | August 28, 2016 | 2:26 PMRaymond Graham
PARIS, France:Jamaica's Stephenie Ann McPherson, who has a chance of winning the Diamond League trophy for the women's 400 metres, is looking to switch events and compete in the 400 metres hurdles next season.Currently, she is the new leader of the...
Published:Saturday | August 27, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
PARIS, France: It was a hot and humid evening yesterday at the 12th stop of the Diamond League series inside the Stade de France Stadium in Paris, but there were still a number of outstanding performances on the track. Jamaica’s Stephenie Ann...
Published:Friday | August 26, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
PARIS, France:Three Jamaicans - Stephenie Ann McPherson, Christine Day and Simone Facey - will be in action when the Meeting de Paris, the 12th of 14 IAAF Diamond League meets, gets underway at the Stade de France in Paris today.McPherson and Day...
Published:Friday | August 26, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
PARIS, France:Jamaica's Simone Facey will be eyeing a top-three finish when she competes in the women's 200 metres at today's Diamond League meet in Paris."Definitely, I am hoping to finish in the top three in the event tomorrow," Facey said...
Published:Friday | August 26, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
PARIS, France:The season started well for Christine Day, but after a second-place finish at the National Senior Championships, she failed to her good early form in Rio de Janeiro.Day dropped out in the semi-finals at the Olympics and, to add to her...
Published:Thursday | August 25, 2016 | 8:27 PMRaymond Graham
LAUSANNE, Switzerland:Since her departure from high school, 29-year-old Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has spent all of her senior career in track and field under the guidance of MVP head coach Stephen Francis.Francis, arguably the top sprint coach in the...
Published:Tuesday | August 23, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
The country's athletes gave another sterling performance at the Olympic Games, winning 11 medals - six gold, three silver and two bronze - a repeat collection of the 2008 Games in Beijing, China, where the medal haul and colours were the same.In...
Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
LAUSANNE, Switzerland:After his success a week ago in Rio, Brazil, where he created history by becoming the first Jamaican to win a gold medal in the men's 110 metres hurdles at the Olympic Games, Omar McLeod will be looking to do "something special...
Published:Wednesday | August 24, 2016 | 7:36 PMRaymond Graham
LAUSANNE, Switzerland:Stephen Francis, coach of Elaine Thompson, was cautious about the time his star athlete could run today."I do not know if there is any expectation for tomorrow (today) as usually, these races are different from major...
Published:Tuesday | August 23, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
LAUSANNE, Switzerland:Jamaica's double Olympic gold medallist Elaine Thompson and men's 110-metre hurdles winner Omar McLeod will be two of the stars on show at tomorrow's Lausanne Diamond League meet in Switzerland.After a four-week break to...
Published:Monday | July 25, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland:MOST times, athletes at Championshipsare defined by their medal performances. However, one of Jamaica's athletes who participated at the recent IAAF World Under-20 Champion-ships (previously named World Junior Championships),...
Published:Sunday | July 24, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland:Jamaica's head coach Danny Hawthorne praised the country's athletes for their resilience as they rebounded from a poor start to match their best-ever haul of eight medals at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships (World Junior...
Published:Sunday | July 24, 2016 | 8:54 PMRaymond Graham
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland:FOLLOWING the country's top-five finish at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships in Poland, manager of the team Ewan Scott heaped praise on the athletes.It was the second time in the history of the Championships that the country...
Published:Saturday | July 23, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland:Jamaica's Jaheel Hyde created history yesterday when he became the first athlete to win back-to-back titles in the men's 400 metres hurdles at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland.Hyde clocked 49.03 seconds to...
Published:Friday | July 22, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland:Shannon Kalawan bagged silver in the women?s 400 metres hurdles, and Nigel Ellis pocketed bronze in the men?s 200 metres as Jamaica's juniors doubled their medal haul on yesterday?s fourth day of the IAAF World Under-20...
Published:Wednesday | July 20, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland:Sprint hurdler Dejour Russell and quarter-miler Tiffany James registered massive personal bests in their respective semi-finals yesterday and will lead Jamaica's hopes for medals today at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships in...
Published:Tuesday | July 19, 2016 | 7:55 PMRaymond Graham
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland:Yesterday's opening day of the IAAF World Under-20 Championships at the Zawisza Stadium in Bydgoszcz, Poland, is one the Jamaican coaching staff and athletes would love to forget as quickly as possible.In field events, five of the...
Published:Monday | July 18, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
BYDGOSZCZ, Poland:THE world's top junior track and field athletes, including 39 from Jamaica, will be battling for glory over the next six days, as the 16th staging of the IAAF World Junior Championships, renamed the IAAF World Under-20...
Published:Saturday | July 16, 2016 | 5:28 PMRaymond Graham
Jamaica's junior athletes and officials have been settling well in their base in Poland following some 24 hours of travelling to that country for the IAAF World Junior Championships.Head coach Donald Hawthorne said they are in good spirits despite...
Published:Saturday | July 16, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Jamaica's netballers continued their impressive display at the World University Championships in Florida yesterday, stopping Australia 45-38 in semi-final action to advance to today's final at the St Thomas University campus in Miami Gardens.The...
