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Published:Monday | August 7, 2023 | 12:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

SEVERAL OF Jamaica’s top athletes, who have qualified for the Budapest World Athletics Championships, were in action on Friday night at the Ed Murphy Classics in Memphis, Tennessee. Antonio Watson, Roshawn Clarke, and Natalliah Whyte picked up wins...

Published:Thursday | August 3, 2023 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

WORLD UNDER 20 200-metre bronze medallist Alana Reid and 100-metre silver medallist Bouwahjgie Nkrumie lead Jamaica’s 37-member team – 23 men, 14 women – for the Junior Pan Am Championships in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, from August 4-6. The group left...

Published:Monday | July 31, 2023 | 12:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THREE JAMAICAN ATHLETES, Jonielle Smith, Amoi Brown and Christoffe Bryan picked up wins at yesterday’s CAS International track and field meet in Schifflange, Luxembourg. Smith won the women’s 100 metres in 11.18 seconds to lead a sweep of the top...

Published:Wednesday | July 26, 2023 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA team is back from the North America, Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) Under-18 and 23 Athletics Championships which was held over the past weekend in San Jose, Costa Rico, and manager of the team, Keith Wellington, is proud of the...

Published:Wednesday | July 26, 2023 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

ARGUABLY THE best performance at the recent NACAC Under-18 and -23 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, from a Jamaican athlete came from Edwin Allen High School athlete Theianna Lee Terrelonge, who captured the under-18 girls’ sprint double....

Published:Monday | July 24, 2023 | 12:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Natoya Goule-Toppin has expressed her delight at clocking a season’s best in the women’s 800 metres at yesterday’s London Diamond League meet. With just over three weeks before the 2023 Budapest World Athletics Championships, several of the world...

Published:Monday | July 24, 2023 | 12:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

EDWIN ALLEN HIGH School sprinter Theianna-Lee Terrelonge won the women’s under-18 200 metres to close out a sprint double on yesterday’s final day of competition at the North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC)...

Published:Thursday | July 20, 2023 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

WHILE SHELLY-ANN Fraser-Pryce’s long-awaited and much-delayed 100-metre season debut has grabbed all the attention, there will be 22 other Jamaicans down to compete in Luzern, Switzerland, today. Along with Fraser-Pryce at the World Athletics Tour...

Published:Tuesday | July 18, 2023 | 12:07 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THE JAMAICA Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) has named a squad of 66 under-23 athletes to represent the country at the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletics Association (NACAC) Championships to be held from July 21-23...

Published:Monday | July 17, 2023 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

American sprint ace Sha’Carri Richardson produced her trademark strong finish to deny Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson in the women’s 100 metres at the Silesia Diamond League meet in Poland yesterday. The slow-starting Richardson found her top speed...

Published:Sunday | July 9, 2023 | 8:45 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Rojay Hamilton is the new champion in the men's 800 metres after turning back the challenge of defending champion Navasky Anderson to win the event in one minute, 47.28 seconds this evening at the JAAA/PUMA National Senior and Junior Championships...

Published:Sunday | July 9, 2023 | 8:32 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Overseas-based Andrew Hudson was in fine form in the men's 200 metres at the JAAA/PUMA National Senior and Junior Championships tonight, easily outclassing his rivals to win the event in a personal best 20.11 seconds. Rasheed Dwyer of SprinTec was...

Published:Sunday | July 9, 2023 | 8:20 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Like she did in the 100 metres, Shericka Jackson made it clear there was no doubt she was the best in the country, defending her JAAA/PUMA National Senior and Junior Championships title with a world lead inside the National Stadium, no less....

Published:Sunday | July 9, 2023 | 8:18 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

In a stacked men's 110-metre hurdles field, Commonwealth Games champion Rasheed Broadbell produced a personal best and world leading 12.94 seconds to become Jamaica’s national champion. In what was a very competitive event at the JAAA/PUMA National...

Published:Sunday | July 9, 2023 | 8:11 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Like she did in the 100 metres, Shericka Jackson made it clear there was no doubt she was the best in the country, defending her JAAA/PUMA National Senior and Junior Championships title with a world lead inside the National Stadium, no less....

Published:Sunday | July 9, 2023 | 7:46 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Enrique Webster of St Elizabeth Technical High School ran an intelligent race to peg back early leader, Jaheene Bell of St Jago High, registering a win the in the boys’ under-20 400 metres at the JAAA/PUMA National Senior and Junior Championships...

Published:Sunday | July 9, 2023 | 6:52 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Megan Tapper’s excellent record at the JAAA/PUMA National Senior and Junior Championships continued today as the Elite Performance athlete held off a late rush from Ackera Nugent to win her third national senior title in 12.64 seconds. The...

Published:Sunday | July 9, 2023 | 6:27 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Former National Champion, Sean Bailey, the country's number-one man in the 400 metres this season was forced to stave off the late challenge of Antonio Watson to regain his title at the JAAA/PUMA National Senior and Junior Championships inside the...

Published:Sunday | July 9, 2023 | 6:07 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Former Clarendon College quarter miler, Dejanea Oakley, who now competes for the University of Texas, outclassed her opponents for an impressive win in the girls’ under-20 400 metres at the JAAA/PUMA National Senior and Junior Championships inside...

Published:Sunday | July 9, 2023 | 5:58 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

It was smooth sailing for Lacovia High School’s Sabrina Dockery, the lanky teenager easily winning the girls’ under-18 400 metres at the JAAA/PUMA National Senior and Junior Championships inside the National Stadium this evening. Dockery won in 55....

Published:Sunday | July 9, 2023 | 5:49 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

St Catherine High School’s Kitiana Headley pulled off a big upset in the girls’ under-20 800 metres at the JAAA/PUMA National Senior and Junior Championships after turning back the consistent Kishay Rowe of Alphonsus Davis inside the National...

Published:Sunday | July 9, 2023 | 5:46 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Rashid Bowen of St Elizabeth Technical High School used a late burst to capture the boys’ under-18 800 metres at the JAAA/PUMA National Senior and Junior Championships inside the National Stadium this evening. Bowne clocked one minute, 57.73...

Published:Sunday | July 9, 2023 | 3:50 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Cornwall College’s Kasean Jordan Rhooms was crowned the first champion on today's final day of competion of the JAAA/PUMA National Senior and Junior Championships inside the National Stadium. Competing in the boys’ under-18 triple jump finals where...

Published:Sunday | July 9, 2023 | 2:20 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

In the only final involving senior athletes in the first session of todays final day of the JAAA/PUMA National Senior and Junior Championships inside the National Stadium, Nayoka Clunis captured the women's hammer throw. The only competitor in the...

Published:Sunday | July 9, 2023 | 2:08 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

St Catherine High School’s Able Mills was an impressive winner in the girls’ under-18 shot put final this morning at the JAAA/PUMA National Senior and Junior Championships inside the National Stadium. Mills separated herself from her rivals after...

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