Published:Wednesday | April 29, 2020 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Edwin Allen High School sprinter Kevona Davis will be a Longhorn this autumn after accepting an admission offer from Division 1 institution, the University of Texas (UT), Austin today. The 18-year-old was expected to...
Published:Saturday | April 27, 2019 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: Kingston College standout Wayne Pinnock secured back-to-back win in the High School Boys Championships of America long jump event at the Penn Relays, after leaping to a winning distance of 7.87m. The...
Published:Saturday | April 27, 2019 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania St Jago High school picked up their first win in 12 years in the High School Boys Championships of America 4x100m relay today at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, after a big upset over favourites Kingston...
Published:Saturday | April 27, 2019 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Pre-race favourite, Romel Plummer of Kingston College, had to settle for second in the Championships of America, High School Boy's 400m hurdles at Penn Relays in Philadelphia, USA. Competing in cold conditions, ...
Published:Friday | April 26, 2019 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Raymond Graham, Gleaner Writer PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: Competition inside Franklin Field Stadium at the 125th staging of the Penn Relays has come to a halt and the stands cleared of spectators, due to persistent lightning. The area...
Published:Thursday | January 24, 2019 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Top high school teams from Central Jamaica will take the spotlight on Saturday as the second staging of the Northern Track and Field Championships will take place at the Grizzly’s Plantation Cove Sports Complex in Priory, St Ann. Speaking at...
Published:Saturday | January 19, 2019 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Kingston College's (KC) hurdlers made a strong statement in their first full competition on the track this season at yesterday's Central Hurdles and Relays meet at G.C. Foster College with Rayon Campbell in Class Two and Romel Plummer in Class One...
Published:Wednesday | January 16, 2019 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
THE ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Championships is slated for the latter part of March and the stage has already been set for perhaps the most competitive meet for years. Defending champions Calabar High and Edwin Allen...
Published:Saturday | January 12, 2019 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
St Jago's High's Class Three athlete, Alex Taylor, was the highlight of the JAAA/Puma/Fuller/Anderson Development meet at Kirkvine yesterday with a record run in the 800 metres.Taylor, who was one of the stars at the Purewater/JC/R. Danny Williams...
Published:Saturday | January 5, 2019 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
St Jago High's girls dominated the sprint hurdles at yesterday's 26th staging of the Purewater/JC/Danny Williams Invitational Development track and field meet at Jamaica College.The Keilando Goburn-coached girls swept all the sprint hurdles events...
Published:Saturday | December 22, 2018 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
All is now set for the first track and field meet on the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association (JAAA) 2019 calendar, the Pure Water JC/Danny Williams Invitational Meet, to be held on January 5 on the new synthetic track at Jamaica College.The...
Published:Friday | November 23, 2018 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
National Housing Trust, fresh from their dominance of the local Business House Netball competition, took that form overseas recently, as the Christopher Smart-coached team retained their title at the Florida Netball Classics in Coral Gardens, with a...
Published:Thursday | October 25, 2018 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
After a season that saw him catapulted among the most promising athletes on the international scene, Jamaican quarter-miler Akeem Bloomfield is relishing his new experience in the professional ranks, as he steps up preparations for next year...
Published:Monday | October 22, 2018 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
When the IAAF female athlete of the year is decided in Monaco on Thursday December 4, no Jamaican will be among those vying for that award, as 10 athletes were recently selected by an international panel of athletics experts, comprising...
Published:Saturday | September 8, 2018 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Jamaican athletes were among the stars on yesterday's opening day of the two-day IAAF Continental Cup in Ostrava, Czech Republic.Led by individual wins by Danielle Williams and Fedrick Dacres and top three finishes from Annsert Whyte and Stephenie...
Published:Saturday | August 25, 2018 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
The Jamaica High School Alumni Sporting Network (JHSASN) will kick off its 10th anniversary weekend at Moments Bar and Grill, South Florida' favourite Caribbean hot spot, next Saturday, September 1.Moments is strongly Jamaican. Patrons can listen to...
Published:Saturday | August 18, 2018 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Birmingham Diamond League:Three Jamaican athletes earned top-two finishes at the Birmingham Diamond League meet yesterday.Janieve Russell, Ronald Levy and Tajay Gayle placed second in their respective events and solidified their places in the finals...
Published:Saturday | July 21, 2018 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Following her impressive National 800 metres record run of 1:56.15 in Monaco two days ago, Natoya Goule will head seven Jamaicans, including four national champions, in action on today's final day of the two-day Diamond League meet in London.Goule...
Published:Saturday | July 21, 2018 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce produced a big performance in London yesterday as she continued her comeback in the sport after giving birth to her son, Zyon, on August 7 last year.The 'Pocket Rocket' clocked a season's best 10.98 seconds to take the women'...
Published:Saturday | July 21, 2018 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Olympic and World 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce sent out a very strong message to her rivals that she is slowly getting back to her best, after clocking a season best 10.98 seconds, to win the Women's 100 metres at the London Diamond...
Published:Sunday | July 15, 2018 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Jamaica recorded its best ever medal tally at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships, with Kai Chang's discus gold and the bronze won in the women's 4x400m relay, closing the Jamaicans' campaign on 12 medals. The country picked up...
Published:Sunday | July 15, 2018 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
World Under 18 champion Britany Anderson gave the country an early medal on the final day of competition at the IAAF World Under 20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, as she finished second for silver in a personal best 13.01 seconds. In what...
Published:Saturday | July 14, 2018 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Sixteen-year-old Briana Williams produced another brilliant run to complete the sprint double at the IAAF World Under-20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, yesterday.Williams, in an impressive performance, clocked a championship record and personal...
Published:Friday | July 13, 2018 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
It was a successful Diamond League debut for Akeem Bloomfield, who while competing in Rabat, Morocco, showed no signs of inexperience, as he clocked a new meet record of 44.23 seconds to win in the Men's 400m event.Bloomfield, in the process, erased...
Published:Thursday | July 12, 2018 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
FEMALE team captain, Shian Salmon, was in immaculate form a few minutes ago at the IAAF World Under 20 Championships in Tampere, Finland with a commanding run in the semi-final of the Women's 400m hurdles, advancing as the fastest qualifier for...
