Jamaica Track & Field and Cross Country News

DEFENDING champion Jazeel Murphy looked untroubled as he powered his way to victory in the Under-20 boys 100m on day one of the two-day Carifta Trials at the National Stadium, yesterday. Murphy was among the pack which included powerhouses Odail To ... (via Jamaica Observer)

Last year was difficult for Jamaican sprint hurdler Richard Phillips, who not only broke his ankle at the Olympic Games in London, but also dropped out of the IAAF World Indoor Championships because of injury. (via jamaica-gleaner.com)

Marleena Eubanks, Edwin's top middle distance athlete had to be rushed to the Spalding Hospital yesterday after suffering a head injury. (via Jamaica Gleaner)

Barrington Groves (right), brand manager of Sagicor Life Jamaica, shares a moment with the Class Three boys of Wolmer's Boys' School after the 4x100m team won the Sagicor Bank-sponsored race at the annual Gibson Relays at the National Stadium last S ... (via Jamaica Observer)

Double world record holder and six-time Olympic Games gold medallist Usain Boltpowers by the anchor leg runner from the Dominican Republic in the qualifying heats of the men's 4x400m relays at last Saturday's Annual Gibson Relays at the National Sta ... (via Jamaica Observer)

THE two-day trials for the Jamaican team to take part in the CARIFTA Games, set for March 28-April 1 in the Bahamas, will start today at the Stadium East complex with the first event expected to go off at 11:00 am. Thirty one finals will be contes ... (via Jamaica Observer)

Odean Skeen's disqualification for a false start in the Class One 100m final at last year's ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships at the National Stadium was to be his final individual appearance at the over a century old eve ... (via Jamaica Observer)

World 100 metre champion and Olympic double sprint silver medallist Yohan 'The Beast' Blake (third left) in animated discussion with (from left) St Jago High School coaches Dewayne Dawkins, assistant coach for boys, Keilando Golbourne, head coach f ... (via Jamaica Observer)

February 11, 2013 - February 24, 2013

The service was officially slated to begin promptly at 2:00pm, however as I arrived at 12:19pm to ensure that I did not have to park too far from the Chapel.

After consulting with the McCook family over the past few days; the family is accepting Remembrances/tributes for Teddy. The tributes will be placed in the Funeral program.

President of the North America, Central America and Caribbean Area Council (NACAC), Neville 'Teddy' McCook, has been hailed as an administrative stalwart and visionary of the sport of track and field, following his passing yesterday.McCook, who up to... (via jamaica-gleaner.com)

It was with the deepest sadness that the IAAF received the news that IAAF Council Member and NACAC President Neville McCook, OJ, JP passed away on Monday 11 February, at the University Hospital, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica. (via iaaf.org)

Let's take a look at what Jamaicans competing in colleger track & field did for the week of February 04, 2013 - February 10, 2013

A look at some of the Jamaicans competing in international meets this week. This excludes any collegiate athletes, who we will publish in a report on Tuesday.

CAC Junior Championships 200m silver medallist JeVaughn Minzie was beaten in his first outing of the season in a record-breaking 200m race in one of several marks shattered at the Douglas Forrest Invitational Meet at the National Stadium yesterday. ... (via Jamaica Observer)

The last two years have not been easy for Markino Buckley. The 400m hurdler, (via www.sportsjamaica.com)

THOUGH neither was surprised at their victories, RJR Sports Foundation Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year, Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, were thankful for the support of fans and felt winning the titles had capped a year of hard work. ... (via Jamaica Observer)

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FOUNDER of the Carifta Games, Austin Sealy, and accomplished American high school, Pine Crest, will take part in events to mark the seventh staging of the Douglas Forrest Invitational set for January 15 at Stadium East, it was announced at a press ... (via Jamaica Observer)

AFTER a below-par 2012 season that saw her fail to win an individual medal at the London Olympic Games, Jamaican sprinter Kerron Stewart is keen on upping the ante ahead of this summer's World Athletics Championships in Moscow. Stewart, who wa ... (via Jamaica Observer)

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After a happy Christmas, VCB will skip indoor season to focus on Moscow (via iaaf.org)

ST Jago High's Class Three athlete, Kamali Simpson, showed good form at the WATA/JC Invitational Track and Field meet yesterday. (via jamaica-gleaner.com)

The ninth staging of the Douglas Forrest Invitational Track Meet set for Saturday, January 12 at the National Stadium, was launch yesterday at Alhambra Inn where it was announced that Olympic 200m bronze medallist Warren Weir would be this year&rsq ... (via Jamaica Observer)

Brian Smith (centre), chairman and founder of the Douglas Forrest Invitational Meet, poses with sponsors of the event (from left) Ricky Martin from Hy- Lyte; Andrea Osbourne, Mother's; Patria-Kay Aarons GraceKennedy; Digicel’s Tahnida Nunes; Allison Dexter Carimed; Petcom's Tricia Greensword, and Prince Royal of GraceKennedy at the launch of the meet at Alhambra Inn yesterday. (Photo: Bryan Cummings

 

SEEMINGLY lost in the hubbub of the holiday season is the revelation that Track and Field News, arguably the most respected publication in the sport, has given the first five places of the Men's 200m world rankings for 2012 to Jamaican athletes. ... (via Jamaica Observer)

ONE record had been established at press time at the first track and field meeting of the year, the JC/Wata Invitational Meet at Old Hope Road yesterday. John James of Jamaica College (JC) leaped a record 6.15m to win the Class Three Boys lo ... (via Jamaica Observer)

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