Jamaica Track & Field and Cross Country News

Timeless performances at Super Champs - Athletics Noel Spencer Mar 22, 2013

 

(L-R) MATHERSON ... can challenge World Youth record. MCLEOD ... sensational victory in 110 M hurdles 

Years from now, track and field fans in Jamaica will still be talking about the Inter-Schools Athletics Championships (Champs) 2013 as arguably the best ever. The unprecedented number of records; fierceness of the competition almost down to the ... (via Jamaica Observer)

Buying student athletes - Jamaica's debate | Caribbean Intelligence Dania Bogle Mar 20, 2013

Jamaica looks again at its school transfer window for athletes. (via www.caribbeanintelligence.com)

Stunned - Dyke blames rash of late injuries for collapse - Athletics Dania Bogle Mar 20, 2013

DESPITE collapsing and dramatically losing the Inter Secondary Schools' Association (ISSA) GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships by just five points, Edwin Allen's head coach Michael Dyke still believes his team is 100 points be ... (via Jamaica Observer)

O'Hara, Shaw top Champs boy and girl - Athletics Dania Bogle Mar 20, 2013

MICHAEL O'Hara of boys' champions Calabar High and St Jago High's Class Four treble gold medal winner Kimone Shaw were the overall individual points champions at the 103rd ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships that closed in a ... (via Jamaica Observer)

JAAA names CARIFTA squad - Athletics Mar 20, 2013

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) this morning released a 70-member squad to defend the island’s CARIFTA Games title next week at the 41st staging of the regional Championships in the Bahamas March 30- ... (via Jamaica Observer)

PJ homes in on Calabar's win - Sport Noel Spencer Mar 19, 2013

CALABAR High School's victory at the 103rd ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' Championships at the weekend has been hailed as a demonstration of great talent by one the school's most distinguished past students -- former Prime Minister P J Patterson. (via Jamaica Observer)

Best Ever! - 30 records shattered at Boys', Girls' Champs - Sport Noel Spencer Mar 17, 2013

CALABAR High School roared loudly on the final day to successfully defend the Mortimor Geddes trophy — symbol of schoolboys' track and field supremacy — when they strolled to an easy victory on yesterday's final day of the 103rd ISSA/Gra ... (via Jamaica Observer)

Calabar, Holmwood win 2013 ISSA Boys & Girls Athletic Championships Dania Bogle Mar 16, 2013

Champs Day Four Dania Bogle Mar 15, 2013

ISSA Champs 2013 - Day Three Dania Bogle Mar 14, 2013

Injured Athlete at Champs Mar 14, 2013

Champs Day Two Dania Bogle Mar 13, 2013

Girls Champs

 

 

DEFENDING champions Edwin Allen led the points standings with 30 points after two events after two days of action at the 2013 Inter-Secondary School Sports Association Boys & Girls Athletic Championships at the  National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.

            Tara-Sue Barnett of Edwin Allen broke the record twice to finish with a distance of 51.16m to claim the class one girls discus while her team mate Rochelle Frazer claimed the Class two shot put.

            Gleneve Grange of Holmwood took second with 49.05 while Edwin Allen’s Tasha Crosse threw a distance of 43.83m to finish third.

            The shot put record was broken at least five times during competition before Frazer topped the other competitors with a throw of 15.93m ahead of Manchester High’s Isheka Binns with 15.11m and Edwin Allen’s Janell Fullerton with 14.67m.

After two events, Edwin Allen lead the standings with former champions Holmwood and St Jago sharing second place on nine points.

Manchester High are fourth with eight points while St Andrew Technical round out the top five with five points.

Four finals will be contested on Thursday’s third day of action. The class three high jump, class two and four long jump, and the triple jump open will take the spotlight.

Early Wednesday Evening at Champs Noel Spencer Mar 13, 2013

Results for ISSA/Grace Kennedy- Boys and Girls Champs 2013 Noel Spencer Mar 13, 2013

The document has moved here. (via issasports.com)

KC's Clive Pullen has eyes on the top prize - Sports - Jamaica Gleaner - Wednesday | March 13, 2013 Noel Spencer Mar 13, 2013

 

Kingston College team captain Clive Pullen made short work of qualifying for today's Class One boys long jump final with a relaxed 6.93m, in the preliminary round yesterday at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Championships inside the National... (via jamaica-gleaner.com)

Edwin Allen top athlete back in training after head injury :: Sports Noel Spencer Mar 13, 2013

Coach Michael Dyke says the athlete worked out in training yesterday by doing some jogging and light exercises and was in fine spirit. (via Jamaica Gleaner)

Holmwood will focus on quality at Champs - Sports - Jamaica Gleaner - Monday | March 11, 2013 Noel Spencer Mar 11, 2013

One of the key factors that contributed to Holmwood Technical High School's nine-year dominance of the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/GraceKennedy Girls' Athletics Championships, before their reign was ended... (via jamaica-gleaner.com)

 

Goule wins 800 metres at NCAA Indoor Champs - Sports - Jamaica Gleaner - Monday | March 11, 2013 Noel Spencer Mar 11, 2013

 

 

 

FORMER Manchester High and two-time World Junior Championships representative, Natoya Goule won the women's 800 metres on Saturday's final day of the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Randall Tyson Sports... (via jamaica-gleaner.com)

Powell shatters javelin record - Sport Noel Spencer Mar 10, 2013

 

Angels, Spanish Town — Orrin Powell threw the 800g javelin to a new distance of 70.22 metres to erase Robert Barnes' previous record of 68.91 metres, set at the 2003 edition of the GC Foster Classic, at yesterday's renewal. Powell was elated ... (via Jamaica Observer)

Blind senator throws out challenge to 5K contestants - Sport Noel Spencer Mar 10, 2013

GOVERNMENT Senator and Director of the Centre for Disabilities Studies at the University of the West Indies, Floyd Morris, is issuing a challenge to all those who will be participating in the Everyone's A Winner Best Dressed Chicken 5K Road Race ... (via Jamaica Observer)

WEIR COULD BE ‘THE BEAST’ OF 2013 | Sports Noel Spencer Mar 09, 2013

 

Anybody who saw Warren Weir run at the Gibson Relays last weekend – two back-stretch runs in the 4x100m and a leg of the 4x400m for the Racers Track Club – will have had their appetites whetted in expectation of what could possibly come later on this year. (via gleanerblogs.com)

Delano Williams looks to defend sprint double titles - Sport Noel Spencer Mar 09, 2013

 

Williams if he doubles will be the first to do so, since the late Lennox Miller in 1965

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Munro College's Delano Williams will be chasing history at next week's 103rd staging of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships at the National Stadium when he seeks to defend his Class One sprin ... (via Jamaica Observer)

Kingston College at the Ready for Champs 2013 Noel Spencer Mar 09, 2013

Kingston College at the Ready for Champs 2013

UWI Invitational Meet offers more - Sport Noel Spencer Mar 08, 2013

THE 11th staging of the UWI Track & Field Invitational Meet promises to be an exciting of track and field and more for sports enthusiasts. Slated to take place at the UWI/Usain Bolt Track on Saturday, March 23, 2013, commencing at 10:00 am, th ... (via Jamaica Observer)

No. 1 Razorbacks win 19th SEC indoor title Noel Spencer Mar 07, 2013

Behind three event wins, the top-ranked Razorback won the SEC Indoor Championships for the 19th time in program history. (via ArkansasRazorbacks.com)

O'hara obliterates field in 200m at Carifta Trials - Sport Noel Spencer Mar 04, 2013

 

CALABAR High's Michael O'hara was unstop-pable, blasting away the competition to win the U-20 boys' 200m by more than 10m on the concluding day of the Carifta Trials on a wet, windy afternoon at the National Stadium yesterday. O'hara, aided wi ... (via Jamaica Observer)

Holmwood's Thompson stars at Jamaica College meet - Sports - Jamaica Gleaner - Sunday | January 9, 2011 Mar 03, 2013

Holmwood's Yanique Thompson was in impressive form at yesterday's WATA/JC track and field meet on Old Hope Road, accounting for two of the four records that were broken at press time. (via jamaica-gleaner.com)

Easy does it - Murphy cops U-20 100m title at Carifta Trials - Sport Noel Spencer Mar 03, 2013

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)

Home once more - Hurdler Phillips back with high school coach - Sports - Jamaica Gleaner - Saturday | March 2, 2013 Noel Spencer Mar 02, 2013

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)

Edwin Allen athlete receives head injury during training :: Sports Noel Spencer Mar 02, 2013

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)