Published:Tuesday | February 2, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
AFTER missing out on quality competition for the past two seasons, Traves Smikle, who competed for Jamaica at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, had to watch from the sidelines after failing a doping test.However, his suspension was provisionally lifted...
Published:Sunday | January 31, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
It was a family affair at Vere Technical High School yesterday as athletes from that institution dominated the first staging of the Veronica Campbell-Brown Foundation 5K, with Britnie Dixon and Kimoy Cohen being crowned the respective female and...
Published:Saturday | January 30, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
WORLD Championships 200 metres silver medallist, Elaine Thompson, expressed delight with her final 20 metres after she sped to victory in her heat of the women’s Invitational 60 metres in 7.17 seconds at yesterday’s Queen’s...
Published:Friday | January 29, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
IT has been more than 22 years since St Jago's boys have seen the winners' enclosure at the ISSA/ GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Championships.The Spanish Town-based team won its second title in 1993 under John Cente, six years after winning its first...
Published:Sunday | January 24, 2016 | 7:18 PMRaymond Graham
THERE were brilliant performances on and off the track at Saturday's historical Wint/McKenley Classic at Calabar High School.It was a great job by the organising committee as the entire meet was first class. Entering the environs of the Red Hills...
Published:Saturday | January 23, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
St Elizabeth Technical High's (STETHS) boys and the girls from defending inter-secondary champions Edwin Allen High were the outstanding performers at yesterday's Central Hurdles and Relay meet at G.C. Foster College yesterday.World Youth...
Published:Friday | January 22, 2016 | 2:39 PMRaymond Graham
This was the second-longest winning streak in Girls' Champs history, behind Vere Technical's 15.All of Holmwood's victories came under former head coach Maurice Wilson, who has served as technical leader of Jamaica's senior track and field team, and...
Published:Thursday | January 21, 2016 | 5:13 PMRaymond Graham
Calabar High's head coach, Michael Clarke, is promising a high-class performance at home when the school hosts the inaugural McKenley-Wint Invitational Track and Field meet tomorrow."We are really excited about the meet tomorrow and the guys are...
Published:Sunday | January 17, 2016 | 5:10 PMRaymond Graham
There were some outstanding results at the Douglas Forrest Development Meet at the National Stadium on Saturday, with Vere Technical and Hydel High's girls chipping in with good performances, while the boys' side was dominated by St Jago High in...
Published:Saturday | January 16, 2016 | 7:43 PMRaymond Graham
Nigel Ellis of St Elizabeth Technical stole the spotlight at yesterday's JAAA-Puma Development meet at Kirkvine with a fast 21.37 seconds to win his heat of the Class One 200 metres.Running against a negative wind of 0.3 metres per second, Ellis ran...
Published:Saturday | January 16, 2016 | 1:33 PMRaymond Graham
Action at the Douglas Forest meet got off to a late start this morning inside the National Stadium with the competition starting a full hour after the scheduled 8:00am start. St Jago's Andrenette Knight and Kingston College's Orlando...
Published:Friday | January 15, 2016 | 1:18 PMRaymond Graham
FOLLOWING last Saturday's start of the 2016 athletics season with the Purewater/JC Invitational and the Herbert Morrison First Chance meets, action will switch to three venues today, with all three meets starting at 8:30 a.m.In the Corporate Area,...
Published:Sunday | January 10, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
AFTER two years of success, defending Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association girls champions Edwin Allen High will be hoping to make it three in March, and following his team's opening at Saturday's Purewater JC Invitational Michael Dyke is...
Published:Saturday | January 9, 2016 | 5:37 PMRaymond Graham
CALABAR High's Warren Barrett and Shauntae Foreman of Excelsior High were in record-breaking form at yesterday's 23rd staging of the Purewater-JC Invitational on the grounds of Jamaica College.Barrett had a winning throw of 19.40 metres in capturing...
Published:Friday | January 8, 2016 | 7:07 PMRaymond Graham
The 2016 series of local development meets kicks off today with the staging of two development meets on the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association (JAAA) calendar.In the Corporate Area, Jamaica College will host the 23rd staging of the...
Published:Wednesday | January 6, 2016 | 11:34 AMRaymond Graham
CALABAR HIGH School will create sporting history in Jamaica this month as the defending Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) boys' track and field champions will become the first high school in the country to have its own synthetic...
Published:Saturday | January 2, 2016 | 4:08 PMRaymond Graham
The 2016 track and field season will get under way on Saturday with the 23rd staging of the Purewater/JC track and field meet on the grounds of Jamaica College (JC), Old Hope Road, starting at 8:30 a.m.With the ISSA-Grace-Kennedy Boys and Girls'...
Published:Saturday | December 26, 2015 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
In a year where several of Jamaica's male juniors performed with distinction, two athletes, Christopher Taylor of Calabar High and Akeem Bloomfield of Kingston College, stood tall in the 400 metres.Taylor, who gave early signals at development meets...
Published:Wednesday | December 23, 2015 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
WITH the ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Championships set for March 15-19 and the World Junior Championships, one of several international meets for local high-school athletes on the 2016 calendar, it will be a shortened Christmas break for many...
Published:Wednesday | December 16, 2015 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Lebert Halliman will be the Manning Cup football head coach at Kingston Technical High School (KTHS) next season."Yes, this is definitely so," Halliman confirmed to The Gleaner."I will be taking over the reins as football coach at Kingston Technical...
Published:Wednesday | December 16, 2015 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Calabar High School's Class Two athlete, Christopher Taylor, showed that he is on target for another terrific season next year.Competing on the newly laid track at G.C. Foster College at the Tyler Mills Track and Field Meeting last Saturday, he sped...
Published:Friday | December 11, 2015 | 6:32 PMRaymond Graham
Rural schools Denbigh High and Holmwood Technical were crowned Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association all-island junior and senior schoolgirl champions, respectively at the finals yesterday at Clarendon Park in May Pen.In junior action, Denbigh...
Published:Thursday | December 10, 2015 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Holmwood Technical High, the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association rural senior champions, will be seeking their eighth all-island title today when the 2015 season comes to an end today with the national finals at Clarendon Park in May Pen....
Published:Tuesday | December 8, 2015 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Gaynstead High and Camperdown High were crowned new champions in the urban area, while defending champions Denbigh High and Holmwood Technical retained their rural titles in the finals of the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association netball...
Published:Monday | December 7, 2015 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Kingston College (KC) had a lot to celebrate after yesterday's Pepsi Under-14 and Under-16 finals at the Constant Spring field.The North Street-based school captured both titles. In the Under-14 showdown, they defeated Camperdown High 2-1 and...
