Published:Sunday | March 27, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Jamaica's Shannon Kallawan broke a 13-year-old mark, while Shian Salmon and the boys' Under-18 4x100 metres relay team of Michael Stephens, Christopher Taylor, Jhevaughn Matherson, and Dejour Russell were in record-breaking form at the 45th Carifta...
Published:Saturday | March 26, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
ST GEORGE'S, Grenada:DEFENDING 400 metres champions Christopher Taylor and Akeem Bloomfield retained their titles in fine style as Jamaica picked up 18 medals - eight gold, 7 silver, and three bronze - on yesterday's opening day of the 45th Carifta...
Published:Friday | March 25, 2016 | 3:09 PMRaymond Graham
SEVENTY Eight of the country's top junior athletes will vie for regional glory over the next three days starting today, as the 45th staging of the Carifta Games for Under-18 and Under-20 athletes will begin this morning at the newly built Queen's...
Published:Tuesday | March 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
FOLLOWING last weekend's Carifta trials, the JAAA has provisionally named 73 athletes to represent the country at the Carifta Games in St Georges, Grenada between March 26 to 28.Defending Under-20 400- metre champion, Akeem Bloomfield of Kingston...
Published:Sunday | March 6, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
ATHLETICS: Carifta TrialsKINGSTON College Akeem Bloomfield and Tiffany James of the Mico University College brought the final day of the Carifta Trials to a grand ending yesterday with spectacular runs in the Under-20 400 metres events.Bloomfield...
Published:Saturday | March 5, 2016 | 6:56 PMRaymond Graham
Kingston College's ace sprinter Jhevaughn Matherson highlighted yesterday's opening day of the 2016 Carifta Trials with a National Youth record of 10.25 seconds to capture the Under-18 100 metres.Matherson, who had only competed in one 100m race...
Published:Saturday | February 27, 2016 | 7:54 PMRaymond Graham
Sprintec Track Club scored two big wins during yesterday's 2016 Gibson McCook Relays at the National Stadium.The club's female and male teams clocked fast times to capture the men's and women's sprint relays for clubs and institutions.The quartet of...
Published:Friday | February 26, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
ALL IS set for today's 40th staging of the Gibson/McCook Relays, which will take place inside the National Stadium at 9:00 a.m.Things will get started with the heats of the high-school boys' 4x400m relays, with the final set to bring down the...
Published:Sunday | February 21, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
KIRK Brown and Karlene Blagrove continued their good form this season as they captured the male and female 5K titles at yesterday's Sagicor Sigma 5K Run in New Kingston.Brown, who copped the men's title, won in 17 minutes 15 seconds, finishing ahead...
Published:Sunday | February 21, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
AFTER winning his heat at the Camperdown Classics in 47.30 seconds and placing seventh overall in the event, national senior representative Warren Weir ran his second 400 metres of the season last Saturday at the G.C. Foster Classics. Weir clocked...
Published:Friday | February 19, 2016 | 12:16 PMRaymond Graham
Wolmer's Girls have been corporate area queens for the past eight years but come March 15-19 at the ISSA Boys and Girls Athletics Championships, the Michael Carr-coached team will be under severe pressure to continue their streak.The girls from...
Published:Friday | February 19, 2016 | 5:58 PMRaymond Graham
TOP TEAMS and individuals will be on the hunt for major prizes as the Digicel Grand Prix Finals takes place today with the staging of the G.C. Foster Classics starting this morning at 9 a.m.This will culminate after the staging of five meets, which...
Published:Wednesday | February 17, 2016 | 8:00 PMRaymond Graham
Edwin Allen and St Jago High ruled supreme at the Digicel-sponsored Central Championships, which came to an end yesterday at G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sports.Both teams had overwhelming victories to top the girls and boys...
Published:Tuesday | February 16, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
EDWIN Allen's Shannon Kallawan and St Jago's Timor Barrett stole the show on yesterday's opening day of the Digicel-sponsored Central Championships at GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sports, as both recorded lifetime bests in winning the...
Published:Monday | February 15, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
THE 2016 track and field season will hit another high gear today as the two-day Digicel Grand Prix Central Championships will take place at G.C. Foster College, starting at 9:30 a.m., with the preliminary round of the girls' 400 metres, starting...
Published:Sunday | February 14, 2016 | 7:06 PMRaymond Graham
OVER the years, the Stephen and Paul Francis-coached MVP Track Club and the University of Technology (UTech) have dominated action at the Milo Western Relays.However, at last Saturdays staging of the event, both teams had to play second fiddle to...
Published:Friday | February 12, 2016 | 2:13 PMRaymond Graham
The heavyweights will be busy today. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Yohan Blake, Elaine Thompson and Warren Weir will all get their season going at today's Camperdown Classics inside the National Stadium and the Milo Western Relays set for Catherine Hall...
Published:Friday | February 12, 2016 | 7:16 PMRaymond Graham
The dream run of Molynes United 'A' in the JN Open League Sunshine netball competition continued on Thursday inside the National Indoor Sports Centre, as for the second time in two days they got the better of a Mico team.After eliminating defending...
Published:Friday | February 12, 2016 | 8:21 PMRaymond Graham
It was records galore on Thursday at the Digicel Anthrick Corporate Area Development Track and Field meet at the UWI-Usain Bolt Stadium, where some 30 new marks were achieved as Kingston College and Wolmer's Girls walked away with top prize of $250,...
Published:Wednesday | February 10, 2016 | 3:27 PMRaymond Graham
ATHLETES from the Corporate Area will be hoping to cement their spots for the finals of the Digicel Grand Prix Athletics Championship later this month, when they compete in the Digicel/Anthrick Corporate Area Development Meet at the Usain Bolt/UWI...
Published:Monday | February 8, 2016 | 8:08 PMRaymond Graham
THE qualifiers for this Thursday's semi-finals in the JN Open League netball competition will be known today, following today's quarter-finals at the Leila Robinson Courts, starting at 6:45 p.m.Defending champions Mico 'B', who topped Group Two with...
Published:Sunday | February 7, 2016 | 7:00 PMRaymond Graham
WHILE most attention was being focused on track events at last Saturday's Digicel/PUMA Youngster Goldsmith Classic inside the National Stadium, athletes in the field were making their mark with some strong performances, with Excelsior High's Shanice...
Published:Saturday | February 6, 2016 | 7:38 PMRaymond Graham
Calabar High's Christopher Taylor continued his build-up for next month's ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Championships with another fine display at the Digicel Youngster Goldsmith Classic at the National Stadium yesterday.Competing in the first...
Published:Friday | February 5, 2016 | 11:16 AMRaymond Graham
AFTER an outstanding first-year Class One season in 2015, Kingston College's Akeem Bloomfield will make his season debut today at the Youngster Goldsmith Classics, a Digicel Grand Prix meet, which is set to start at the National Stadium at 8:30 a.m....
Published:Thursday | February 4, 2016 | 12:00 AMRaymond Graham
Sunshine Girls goal shooter, Jhaniele Fowler-Reid, will leave the island on Sunday for her fourth appearance in the ANZ Netball Championships.The 29 year-old Fowler-Reid will appear once again for the New Zealand-based team, Southern Steel.Fowler...
