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Bolt to have first 200m of the year in Kingston - IAAF World Challenge (via iaaf.org)
The 2013 Jamaica International Invitational Meet (JIIM) on 4 May will see Usain Bolt have his first 200m outing of the year.
Twenty-six Jamaican high schools and four colleges will be competing at this month’s 119th Pennsylvania Relay Carnival from April 25-27 at the Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Kemoy Campbell sets Jamaica National Record in the 5K at the Stanford Invitational. See related story.
Six-time Olympic champion Usain Bolt is among 29 Olympic medallists, including 12 champions and four world record holders, who have, so far, been confirmed for the IAAF Diamond League at the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on the 26-28 July - one year on from the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Games. (via www.diamondleague.com)
There was an eerie silence at the National Stadium last night as Jamaica's 100m World champion Yohan Blake pulled up injured at around the halfway mark in his 100-metre showdown with eventual winner Kim Collins at the UTech Classic. The extent ... (via Jamaica Observer)
The University of Technology (UTech) will start favourites to retain their 4x200m title at this month's 119th staging of the Penn Relays Carnival to be held in Philadelphia from April 25-27. UTech have been rated in the top 10 in seven relay event ... (via Jamaica Observer)
Local star Miller makes her mark on the Carifta Games (via iaaf.org)
KINGSTON, Jamaica - A record-setting Vere Technical relay team will be honoured at the Penn Relay Carnival which begins on April 25. The Clarendon-based institution’s 2004 4x100m team will be added to the Carnival’s Wall-of-Fame for clo ... (via Jamaica Observer)
GREEN ISLAND, Hanover — AFTER their best season ever, Green Island High is setting their sights on a maiden trip to the 119th Penn Relays carnival set for April 24-27, at Franklin Fieldon the University at Pennsylvania in Philade ... (via Jamaica Observer)
ST Elizabeth Technical's Jauavney James was one of four double individual gold medalists, as Jamaica cruised to a 29th-straight hold on the CARIFTA Games track and field championships held at the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium in Nassau, Bah ... (via Jamaica Observer)
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown will run at the Adidas Grand Prix in New York on May 25 after early season performances left her with mixed feelings. “I started my outdoor season running a 400m in March,” C ... (via Jamaica Observer)
“Who spiked the Gatorade at Champs?” That was the question my wife greeted me with as I trudged through the door on Saturday night. I was coming in from the final day of the ISSA Boys and Girls Athletic Championship where so many records were broken my head was still spinning as I approached my front door. That final day, and indeed the entire week, is among the most exciting experiences I have ever had covering track and field. (via gleanerblogs.com)
UTech's Stephane McPherson powers to victory in her world-leading 50.78 seconds to win the women's 400 metres at theVMBS Jamaica Intercollegiate Meeting at the UWI/Usain Bolt Track on Saturday. McPherson smashed Shericka Williams eight-year-old rec ... (via Jamaica Observer)
Kemoy Campbell with fantastic run to National record
Olympic 400 metres hurdles champion Melaine Walker is on her way to the Racers Track Club. (via jamaica-gleaner.com)
March 28, 2013 - April 05, 2013
March 29, 2013 through March 30, 2013 in Raleigh, NC
March 29, 2013 through March 30, 2013 in Fayetteville, AR
March 29, 2013 through March 30, 2013 in San Diego, CA
March 30, 2013 in Arkansas City, KS
March 29, 2013 through March 30, 2013 in Long Branch, NJ
March 30, 2013 in Shawnee, OK
March 29, 2013 through March 30, 2013 in Palo Alto, CA
March 30, 2013 in College Park, MD
March 30, 2013 in Charlottesville, VA
March 30, 2013 in Pittsburgh, KS
March 29, 2013 through March 30, 2013 in Winston Salem, NC
March 29, 2013 through March 30, 2013 in Atlanta, GA
DEFENDING male and female champions, the University of Technology (UTech) and G.C. Foster College, will be gunning to retain their titles when the two-day VMBS Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships begins today at the Usain Bolt Stadium starting at 1 p.m. (via jamaica-gleaner.com)
Jamaica's junior athletes yet again dominated their regional counterparts at the recently-concluded Carifta Games, held over the Easter holidays in Nassau, The Bahamas.... (via jamaica-gleaner.com)
NASSAU, Bahamas: BEING hosts of this year's Carifta Games, there was big hype in The Bahamas leading up to the championships as there was talk among senior track and field officials and fans that they were going to put... (via jamaica-gleaner.com)
The Business of Sport International Conference, scheduled for May 2 and 3 at the Pegasus Hotel, in Kingston, Jamaica, will host Marion Jones in a plenary session entitled 'Paradise Gained, Lost and Redeemed' in which the former American sprinter wi ... (via Jamaica Observer)
THE Jamaican track and field contingent returned from the 42nd staging of the CARIFTA Games on Monday one short after sprinter Michael O'Hara stayed behind as he was not allowed to 
travel with the team after he was diagnosed with chicken pox soon a ... (via Jamaica Observer)
Prime Minister and Minister of Sport Portia Simpson Miller has congratulated the Jamaican team on its outstanding performances at the just concluded Carifta Games in The Bahamas. The team's performance was outstanding and spectacular, said Simpson ... (via Jamaica Observer)
THE coaches and management of the Jamaican junior track and field team that extended the island's stranglehold on the Carifta Games after a 29th straight win, have reacted with delight. Team manager Jeffrey Gordon hailed the athletes for (via Jamaica Observer)
Despite dominating the Carifta Games, it was not that easy for Jamaica's junior athletes, as even though the team arrived at the Games Village last Thursday - a few hours after midday - they were not assigned their room allocations until near midnight.... (via jamaica-gleaner.com)
IN chilly conditions at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium last night, the jam-packed crowd, which included thousands of cheering Jamaican fans waving their green, gold and black flags, witnessed some awesome running in the 200 metres... (via jamaica-gleaner.com)
A small cloud hung over the final medal count as the 42nd CARIFTA Games at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas, closed last night in what should have been fireworks by the Jamaican team. Ja
von Francis ran a brilliantly timed anchor le ... (via Jamaica Observer)
