As St Catherine High School coach Marlon James headed for the exit after the ONDIRUN Sprint Fest at the GC Foster College of Physical Education on January 20, he predicted good things in 2023 for the star graduate of his programme, Julien Alfred....
In the decade since the 2000 metres steeplechase was introduced at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs), Kingston College (KC) have won most of the glory. Five KC boys have stood atop the podium and the school owns...
Bryan Levell and Delano Kennedy, teammates at Edwin Allen High School, are both working to make 2023 a better year on the track than 2022. That’s the assurance from their coach, Leon Powell, who led the team to a fine fifth place at the ISSA/...
Those who arrived an hour late for the 2023 staging of the Central Hurdles and Relays meet last Saturday missed a record run that may signal a challenge to the established order of merit in the girls’ 4x800 metre relay. Early birds at the GC Foster...
The North America, Central America and the Caribbean region dominates relays at the Olympics and the World Championships. That has led the region’s top athletics administrator to believe that the World Relays meet should become a staple in this...
CARMEN CLARKE had many friends in track and field circles, and many gathered on Saturday as she was laid to rest. They included Mike Sands, the president of the North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Athletic Association, who...
In pursuit of medals at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, this August, coach Julian Robinson is tweaking the training programme for his star discus throwers Fedrick Dacres and Traves Smikle. His objective is to get them to...
The low point in Jamaica’s 16-medal triumph at last year’s World Athletics Under 20 Championships came at 5:50 p.m. in Cali, Colombia on August 4. After racing to the fastest time in the semifinals, Carifta champion Delano Kennedy moved before the...
On January 12, I heard the first sign of worry by a Jamaican that the incomparable Usain Bolt could lose his position as the best sprinter of all time. It came as a coach wondered what lies ahead in my presence. The cause of his worry is Letsile...
“Sir, I have a lot of improvement to make.” Those are the words of former Edwin Allen High School horizontal jump standout Ackelia Smith shortly after a personal-best jump of 6.73 metres in December. The distance and her desire for advancement have...
HURDLERS SOMETIMES fall and it can happen at the worst possible time. If you doubt that, ask Shamer Blake or Demario Prince. The two young hurdlers enter 2023 chasing redemption after disappointing falls last season. As fate would have it, they...
IMMACULATE CONCEPTION High School got its 2023 track season off to a fine start at Jamaica College last weekend, thanks to the hard work by its student-athletes and expert guidance by the team’s coaching staff. In addition, the Immaculate team had...
With her blazing speed, Serena Cole is a long jump coach’s dream athlete. Understandably, her jumps coach Jeremy Delisser is hoping that the outgoing Edwin Allen High School senior will continue with the long jump and the 100 metres throughout her...
In his 13 years at Immaculate Conception High School, head coach Franz Forde has helped the school to three top-10 finishes at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, four more in the top 15 and a high point score of 81 in...
With regions elsewhere in the world being assailed by new outbreaks of the COVID-19 virus, local track and field meet organisers are being asked to be on their guard. This appeal to maintain many of the sport’s COVID-19 protocols has come from...
BEACH VOLLEYBALL and Jamaica seem to be a natural match but not every beach has the space to host tournaments. That’s the challenge the Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA) is working to overcome as it seeks to spread this version of the sport....
In a late-season run in regional tournaments in 2022, Jamaica took the first step towards qualifying for the 2024 Olympics in beach volleyball. Jamaica Volleyball Association (JaVA) President Jacqueline Cowan wants to build on that success. She...
Basketball fans are in for a treat. The second staging of the E1 Caribbean Pro Basketball League will start tomorrow inside the National Arena, once again pairing top local exponents with professionals from overseas. Though the tournament is in...
Jura Levy, a World Championships and Olympic Games medal winner, will headline the first local meet of the 2023 track and field season. Levy will test her speed at the On Di Run Sprint Fest, which is being staged today on the grounds of Jamaica...
JAMAICA BASKETBALL Association (JBA) president, Paulton Gordon, has pointed to the invitation of an Italian academy as one of the synergies his organisation will be looking to take advantage of as a way to help develop the sport. “We have an...
THE JAMAICA Table Tennis Association (JTTA) is focused on preparing the nation’s teams for the upcoming Caribbean Championships for both seniors and juniors with local tournaments and national squad training. “We plan to have a tournament at least...
1. Will Elaine Thompson Herah come back to her best? Sensational in 2021, Elaine Thompson Herah wasn’t herself on the track last season. “It is new to me,” she said of the training programme designed by her husband Deron. “It’s almost like my...
I’d hate to be one of the persons who have to decide whether Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce or Shericka Jackson is the Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year. Both of them are World champions and they both dominated their prime events. The choice is so...
Argentina’s Emiliano Martinez was named the top goalkeeper of the recently concluded World Cup in Qatar, but he was only one of a group of men who were superb between the posts. In fact, football analysts feel that the standard of goalkeeping was...
Respected United States journal Track and Field News has mirrored World Athletics by naming Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis and American 400-metre hurdler Sydney McLaughlin as its male and female athletes of the year. However, while voting...
