Published:Friday | April 24, 2015 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
FRANKLIN FIELD, Pennsylvania:EDWIN Allen High girls produced two outstanding performances at the Penn Relays yesterday to retain their Championship of America 4x100 and 4x400 metres titles.The Frankfield, Clarendon-based school went into both events...
Following her two brilliant performances in the High School Girl's Championships of America 4x100 and 4x400 metres Relays today inside the Franklin Field Stadium where she piloted her team to double success, Edwin Allen Saqkuine Cameron was...
Edwin Allen closed out the Penn Relays in fine style after winning the Championships of America Girl's 4x400 metres in 3:40.41 to retain their title and in the process made it two from two after winning the 4x100 metres earlier in the day...
Edwin Allen High made it back to back victory in the Girl's 4x100 metres after winning the Championships of America event at the Penn Relays in 45.40 seconds, turning back favourite St Jago High into second in 45.86 seconds. Jamaican teams...
Holmwood Technical gave the Jamaican team its first success in the relays today as the girls captured their ninth title after clocking 9:01.01 to win the Championships of America High School event. Western Branch out of Virginia was second in 9:07....
Published:Thursday | April 23, 2015 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
JAMAICAN athletes had to endure very low temperatures on yesterday's opening day of the 121st staging of the Penn Relays at the Franklin Field Stadium in Philadelphia.Despite the unfavourable conditions there were good...
The University of Technology (UTech) females are expected to dominate this year's Penn Relays as they are expected to win at least three relay events at the Carnival. They made their intentions clear after making their first appearance on the...
Edwin Allen High's Paul-Ann Gayle surprised Girl's Carifta Under-20 Discus winner, Shanice Love of Excelsior High to capture the High School Girl's Discus at the Penn Relays today. Competing in the first field event final for High...
Jamaican athletes are finding the windy and cold weather difficult to deal with at the Penn Relays so far, but not the Edwin Allen Girls who warmed the track with an impressive display in the preliminary round of the Girl's 4x100 metres relay...
Former champions, Vere Technical and Holmwood Technical booked their places into tomorrow's final of the Championships of America 4x800 metres Relay for High School Girls following preliminary round action earlier this morning at the Penn...
Jamaican high school athletes found the weather conditions unfriendly on the opening day of competition at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia as St Elizabeth Technical's Junelle Bromfield was the best placed in the High School Girl's 400...
Published:Wednesday | April 22, 2015 | 6:44 PMRaymond Graham
FRANKLIN FIELD, Philadelphia:For the next three days, Jamaican athletes will be in the spotlight as the 101st staging of the Penn Relays will get under way inside the Franklin Field Stadium, starting at 9 a.m. (Jamaica Time).Apart from the high...
Published:Tuesday | April 21, 2015 | 12:05 PMRaymond Graham
DOUBLE defending champions Edwin Allen High School are among several teams that will leave the island this morning to compete at the Penn Relays, to be held at the Franklin Field Stadium in Philadelphia, starting tomorrow and ending on Saturday....
Published:Monday | April 20, 2015 | 12:59 PMRaymond Graham
AT this week's Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Obea Moore, a member of the John Muir High School (Pasadena, California) 4x400 metres relay team which set the record of 3:08.72 in 1997, will be one of the honorees of the meet.Moore will be recognised...
Published:Sunday | April 19, 2015 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
A year ago, Jamaican high-school teams dominated the Girl's 4x400 metres event at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, as led by defending champions Edwin Allen, they occupied the top-four places.Holmwood, St Jago and St Elizabeth Technical claimed the...
Published:Monday | April 13, 2015 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Top male high-school athletes, Michael O'Hara of Calabar High and Jaheel Hyde of Wolmer's Boys', have been barred from representing their institutions at the 2015 Penn Relays, which takes place next week in Philadelphia, United States.The...
Published:Sunday | April 12, 2015 | 5:46 PMRaymond Graham
THE fastest male and female athletes in the world, Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, were on stage at Saturday's UTech Classic at the National Stadium.However, it was the UTech duo of Elaine Thompson and Shericka Jackson who stole the...
Published:Saturday | April 11, 2015 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Sprint hurdlers Megan Simmonds and Ronald Levy, both of the University of Technology (UTech), won the women's and men's sprint hurdles in record times at yesterday's UTech Classic at the National Stadium.Simmonds clocked 13.08 seconds in the 100...
Published:Friday | April 10, 2015 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
WORLD Cham-pionships double sprint champion, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, will make her season debut in the 200 metres today at 7:40 p.m. at the UTech Track and Field Classic at the National Stadium.Action begins at 4:15 p.m. with the men's javelin open...
Published:Monday | April 6, 2015 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
JAMAICA closed out their participation at the 44th Carifta Games in a blaze of glory, winning gold medals in all 4x400 metres relays at the Silver Jubilee Athletic Stadium in Basseterre, St Kitts, last night.The previous day, Jamaica had swept the...
Published:Friday | April 3, 2015 | 6:45 PMRaymond Graham
Champions University of Technology (UTech) are still celebrating following their double success at the recent NCB Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships where they unseated G.C. Foster College and captured both the men's and women's titles....
Published:Tuesday | March 31, 2015 | 7:34 PMRaymond Graham
University of Technology (UTech) speedster, Elaine Thompson, stole the show on yesterday's opening day of the two-day NCB Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships inside the National Stadium.Thompson produced a massive personal best of 11.01...
Published:Sunday | March 22, 2015 | 7:06 PMRaymond Graham
FORMER Queens School and Holmwood Technical sprinter, Chanice Bonner, who has been a fixture on several national junior teams, has been having a breakout season in her first year at the University of Technology (UTech).Bonner was impressive on...
Published:Sunday | March 22, 2015 | 6:54 PMRaymond Graham
THE Kingston City Run, which included a 5K run, 5K walk, 10K run and a half marathon, was well supported yesterday with 2,500 registered participants.Co-chair of the event, Christopher Jarrett, was very pleased with the support."We are happy with...
Published:Saturday | March 21, 2015 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
THROWERS dominated proceedings at yesterday's UWI Invitational meet at the UWI Usain Bolt Track.Fredrick Dacres and O'Dayne Richards recorded season-best distances in their respective events.Dacres who won the men's discus with a throw of 66.40...
