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Junior defending champion Dexter Lee Dexter Lee
of Jamaica wins the 100m final (Getty Images) Reigning World Junior 100m
champion Dexter Lee completed the sprint double at Jamaica’s Junior
Championships at GC Foster College on Sunday.........
more... Jamaica Team to The
Carifta Games The 2010 Carifta games is scheduled for Truman Bodden sports complex
Cayman Islands from April 3-5, 2010........
more...
Jamaica's Campbell creates history
Kemoy
Campbell created history at the North America, Central America and
Caribbean (NACAC) Cross Country Championships, at the Mount Irvine Bay
Golf Course, in Tobago, yesterday.......
more...
JAMAICA’S TEAM– 2010 WORLD INDOOR
CHAMPIONSHIPS, DOHA, QATAR MARCH 12 – 14, 2010 The IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics is scheduled for
Doha, Qatar at the Aspire Dome from March 12 to 14 , 2010......
more... January 22nd, 2010
IAAF FALSE START
RULE 162.7 This is to advise that the International Association of Athletics
Federations approved ‘false start’ Rule 162 .7 is effective
immediately.....
more... Monday, January 11th, 2010
Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser Bolt
Male and Female Athlete of the Year Triple
Olympic and World Championships gold medallist, Usain Bolt, has placed
greater value on earning the Golden Cleats Male Athlete of the Year
Award for 2009 than other accolades he has won internationally....
more... Wednesday, September 30th, 2009
Bolt's world
records ratified MONACO
- USAIN Bolt has had his world record sprints in the 100 and 200m at the
World Athletics Championships in Berlin in August ratified by the
sport's world governing body, the IAAF.
more... Saturday, August
22nd, 2009
BERLIN 2009
4 x 100m WOMEN Once again the Jamaican women proved their dominance in
world sprinting taking the gold in the 4 x 100m relay at the
more... Friday, August
21st, 2009
BERLIN 2009 Long
Jump Women Jovanee Jarret competed in the Women’s Long Jump under windy and
rainy conditions on the seventh day of competition. Jovanee was able to
get in three good jumps, her last of 6.43m being her best. However that
jump was not good enough for her to qualify for the finals.
more... BERLIN 2009 The curtain closed on Jamaica’s medal hope in the Men’s Decathlon when Maurice Smith had to bow out of the event after suffering an injury in the 100m. Maurice has a strain in.....
Tuesday,
August
18th,
2009
BERLIN 2009 The first event on the track for Jamaica on day four was the 200m heats for men where 3 of Jamaica’s sprinters vied for a spot in the.....
Monday, August 17th, 2009 DAY 3 Report - WOMEN WIN BIG FOR JAMAICA 400m Hurdles WOMEN With no morning session the Jamaicans began another day of victory in the afternoon in sunny Berlin. The first event on the track was the 400m hurdles in which Jamaica had three promising entrants and three exceptionally good chances of going to the semi-finals. |
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Kenia Sinclair, the lone Jamaican in the 800m women started in the fifth heat and was an automatic qualifier.
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DAY 1 Report BERLIN - Jamaican athletes had a good start on the first day of competition at the 2009 IAAF World Championships in the beautiful city of Berlin.
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SUPREME VENTURES SPONSORS JAAA PROGRAMME FOR 2009 Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) has once again renewed its sponsorship of the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association (JAAA) track and field programme for 2009, at a commitment of $7.63M. |
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JAMAICA’S TEAM– CARIFTA GAMES 2009 VIEUX FORT- ST. LUCIA – April 10 - 13 The 2009 Carifta Games is scheduled for George Odlum Stadium, Vieux Fort, St. Lucia from April 10 -13, 2009. |
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QuickCash Money Transfer Sponsors JAAA The Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) on Tuesday, the first business day of 2009, received financial contribution from QuickCash Money Transfer. |
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Bolt, Walker and Mills honoured by JAAA Triple Olympic Games gold medallist Usain Bolt and Melaine Walker, the women's 400m Hurdles winner in Beijing, are Jamaica's male and female athletes of the year respectively. |
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Bolt named World Athlete of the Year – 2008 Monte Carlo: Jamaica's triple Olympic gold medallist Usain Bolt, was, as widely expected, named the International Association of Athletics Federations' (IAAF) Male Athlete of the Year in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on Sunday night (November 23). |
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Flow Contributes to The Athletics Intervention Programme In a move to further the development of its athletes off the track, the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) has received assistance from Flow, the nation's first broadband network.
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Jamaica’s men 4x100m ‘bolt to afasa’ record Jamaica, led by double sprint world record holder Usain Bolt, destroyed America’s long standing men’s 4x100m record of 37.40 on August 24. Backed by Bolt’s stunning third leg and Powell’s devastating anchor leg, Jamaica, led off by Nesta Carter to Michael Frater, struck in 37.10 seconds. |
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Campbell-Brown repeats, Walker breaks national 400mH record BEIJING - Veronica Campbell-Brown repeated her Athens 200m success while Melaine Walker won her first Olympic title. Shericka Williams, in the women’s 40m, won silver, in an impressive display. |
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19.30 Bolt shocker BEIJING -- There are simply no doubt now as whether Jamaica’s Usain Bolt is the “World fastest Man”. After August 20th, a day before he turned 22-year-old, Bolt erased doubts, if there were any, by not only winning the men’s 200m, but broke Michael Johnson’s 200m world record for the event. |
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9.69 Bolt!, Fraser impresses BEIJING – Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser created history be becoming the first Jamaicans to win the short sprints at an Olympic Games. They did it in impressive style at the Bird’s Nest stadium in the Chinese capital on Saturday (August 16) and Sunday (August 17) respectively. |
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July 24, 2008
Thanking Our Sponsors We express sincere appreciation to all our Sponsors for their support
throughout 2008. Some have been our partners for many years, while
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July 22, 2008
Powell dips to beat
Bolt - IAAF World Athletics Tour, Stockholm
Stockholm,
Sweden – Some great sprinting and a close shave for the women’s
5000m World record was played out tonight (22) before the annual full
house of 15,000 spectators at the DN Galan, a Super Grand Prix |
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Jamaica Ended The NACAC U-23 Championships on a High Note Jamaica ended the NACAC U 23 championships in Toluca, Mexico ended on high note winning both 4x400 relays. The relay team was comprised of Riker Hylton, Micheal Mason, Teo Bennette and Tarik Edwards (Male). |
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51 selected for Beijing Olympics. Jamaica will be represented by a strong 51-member team
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JAMAICA’S TEAM– CAC SENIOR ATHLETIC CHAMPIONSHIP JULY 4 - 6, 2008 The XXI Central American and Caribbean Senior Athletics Championship is scheduled for Cali, Colombia from July 4- 6, 2008. |
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May 31, 2008
New World Record Holder A 'bolt' of Lightening struck in New York City last night when Usain Bolt flashed to a world record run in the men's 100m at the Reebok Grand Prix.
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2008 Carifta Games - Basseterre, St. Kitts The 2008 CARIFTA games is scheduled for Basseterre, St. Kitts from March 22 – 24, 2008. |
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New Date for National Junior Championships The date and venue for the JAAA National Junior Championships have been changed due to the schedule of this year’s CXC Examinations.
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JAAA Windalco Cross Country Series Kemoy Campbell, Rupert Green and Tanice Barnett, all remain undefeated after two races in the JAAA/Windalco 3 race Cross-country series. In the Junior Boys Category, Campbell is on 22 points followed by Jermaine Blake on 16 points, while Rupert Green is on 22 points followed by Kirk Brown & Shawn Pitter, both on 16 points, in the Senior Men category. |
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November 27, 2007 Powell's 9.74 is top performance for 2007 Asafa Powell's 100m world record run of 9.74 was recognised by the IAAF as the Best Performance by a male athlete in the year 2007. This was announced at the IAAF World Athletics' Gala held at the Salle des Etoiles of the Sporting Club d'eté, in Monte-Carlo on Sunday, November 25. |
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November 26, 2007 Juniors continue to surge on World stage Junior track and field continued to strengthen in 2007 in both quality and depth. Top performers and performances are not concentrated in any single corner of the island, or coming from any one or two directions.
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November 26, 2007 Outstanding performances marked 2007 There is no better way top measure success than results. To say you are on top of your game is one thing, but to be able to show it in black and white is another. Jamaica's athletes demonstrated that they are indeed on top of this world with many astonishing results in 2007. |
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OSAKA 2007 Maurice Smith became the first Jamaican athlete to win a medal in the decathlon on the world stage, when he earned a silver medal in scoring 8644 points in the final standings of the decathlon.
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OSAKA 2007 Veronica Campbell earned her second medal of the Championships when she placed second in the final of the women’s 200m, in a season’s best time of 22.34. Campbell got out to a good start and came off the turn well but was no match for Allyson Felix who won the event in a 2007 world leading time of 21.81. With Campbell’s medal, at the end of the 7th day, |
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OSAKA 2007 Usain Bolt, Christopher Williams, Marvin Anderson, Nickiesha Wilson and James Beckford yesterday helped to push Jamaica’s placing in the 11th IAAF World Championships to 4th place behind the USA, Russia and Kenya. Usain Bolt gave Jamaica their first silver medal of the Championships |
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OSAKA 2007 Once again the Jamaican athletes have made fans proud as they added two more medals to the Jamaican medal tally on the 5th day of the 11th IAAF World Championships. At the end of day five Jamaica has one gold medal and three bronze medals making them ninth in the medal tally. |
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OSAKA 2007 Nickiesha Wilson qualified in a personal best time of 53.97 seconds for the women's 400m hurdles. She is one of three Jamaican women who qualified today for the finals in their events.
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OSAKA 2007 Jamaica's Asafa Powell won the bronze medal in the final of the men's 100m, the first medal of the championships for Jamaica. Powell admitted his disappointment in not winning the gold for Jamaica stating that he panicked towards the end of the race. Hope for a 100m gold medal for Jamaica now lies with the ladies, |
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OSAKA 2007 Jamaica had a successful opening day at the 11th IAAF World Championships with 8 out of 10 competitors advancing to the next round of their respective events. Athletes reported that the training camp in Totorri was beneficial and were in high spirits moving in to the start of competition on Saturday. |
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August 13, 2007
11th IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN
ATHLETICS
As
previously announced, August 13th is the final date for selection to the
Jamaican team to the IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan. In
keeping with our selection policy, our world ranked athletes who did not
compete at our national... |
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11th IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATHLETICS OSAKA, JAPAN Jamaica’s delegation to the 11th IAAF World Championships will depart the island, for a camp in Tottori, Japan from August 11-20, 2007. The championships are scheduled to take place from August 25 to September 2, 2007. |
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Top sprinters ready to roll at World Champs. Jamaica's sprint queen Veronica Campbell will do the double at next month's 11th IAAF World Championships in Osaka, Japan. The 25-year-old Campbell, who won the 100m and 200m in 10.89secs and 22.39secs respectively at the National Championships last month, confirmed her plans with the Sunday Observer in an interview last week. "Absolutely," she said. "My plan is to compete in both the 100m and the 200m at the World Championship in Osaka." Asked whether she had a preference for any of the events, Campbell said, "I'm capable of producing excellent times in both events. As a result, I don't have a preference for either. My aim is to maximise my potential in both sprints, so I treat them as two separate events and prepare for them as such." |
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‘’JULIET CAMPBELL URGES SUPPORT
FOR CAYMAN ISLANDS TRACK & FIELD’’-600 WORDS APPROX. Recently retired Jamaican Olympian, now Athletes Representative, Juliet Campbell was the Main Guest Speaker at the Annual Awards Dinner & Presentation Ceremony hosted by the Cayman Islands Athletic Association on Saturday, January 6. The function is held to recognize and reward, among others, the Junior and Senior Male and Female Athletes of the Year and this edition was staged at the Mary Miller Hall in Red Bay. |
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curtain has been drawn on what must be the year when Jamaica’s athletes,
male and female, in tandem, rose to the highest pinnacle of achievement
ever, the entire fraternity, warming to and swollen by, some truly
classy performances. With a plethora of positives, the country looks,
this summer, in eager and salivating anticipation to the Japanese city
of Osaka. There, come August, the International Association of Athletic
Federations (IAAF) will stage its 11th edition of the
World Championships, the sports most prestigious undiluted stage. This
thought,, predicated on the fact that the occasion, contrary to what
will entail at the Beijing Olympics, the following year, will not have
to compete for attention, with the other ‘’Games that People Play’’. more... |
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JAAA honours outstanding Jamaican athletes and coach Thursday December 21, 2006 World 100-metre record holder Asafa Powell and Olympic sprint relay gold medalist Sherone Simpson, along with their coach Stephen Francis were on Wednesday honoured by the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association (JAAA) at a luncheon held at the Hilton Hotel. Guided by Francis at the MVP track club, both sprinters achieved tremendous success during the 2006 season. |
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Gutzmore, Josiah-Tanner win Reggae Marathon
Thursday December 21, 2006 Jamaica's Commonwealth Games representative Andrew Gutzmore and Guyanese-born Euleen Josiah-Tanner on Saturday crowned themselves 2006 Reggae Marathon champions. The winners pocketed US$1 153 and the Bob Marley and Rita Marley Trophies respectively. Gutzmore finished the 26.2-mile course in two hours, 45 minutes while Josiah-Tanner, who now lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and ran under the United States flag, finished her journey in three hours, 14 minutes and three seconds. |
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The year 2006 will be remembered as one of the greatest years in Jamaica's Athletics as the country's athletes performed extremely well throughout. COMMONWEALTH GAMES (MARCH 19-25) The country's first tour of duty was March's Commonwealth Games, and they delivered in fine style by taking all the sprint events, 100m, 200m, sprint hurdles and sprint relays, to become the first nation to win all the sprint titles at a major championship since the United States' feat at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. |
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Jamaica’s track & field coaches get Top
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Track & Field continues to dominate Jamaica's sporting circle as The Gleaner Company on Monday recognised the contribution of coaches and administrators who have served the sport over the years. Among the persons recognised with the 'Man of the Year Award' at the 27th annual Gleaner Honour Awards ceremony, which was held at the Jamaica Pegasus hotel, New Kingston, were IAAF's Area representative and Council Member Neville 'Teddy' McCook and Mike Fennell, chairman of the Commonwealth Games and president of the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA). |
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Asafa Powell captures IAAF Top Award Monte Carlo, Monaco – World 100m record holder Asafa Powell broke another barrier in Jamaica's athletics this time becoming the first Jamaican to be voted IAAF's Male Athlete of the Year - 2006. Powell won the men's title after twice equaling his world record of 9.77 seconds in the 100 meters. Another Jamaican-born, Sanya Richards, who broke Valerie Brisco's American 400-meter record, won the female crown. |
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Powell and Simpson,
the best CAC athletes of the year Sunday 29 October 2006 Jamaican sprinters Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson have been selected the best Central American and Caribbean Athletes of the Year, following a superb season. Their trainer, Stephen Francis, was also named the North America, Central America and Caribbean Track & Field Coaches Association (NACACTFCA) Coach of the Year.
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China’s serious coaching resolve
Monday 30 October 2006 There is no doubting the determination of the Chinese Athletics Association (CAA) to advance their sport in the lead-up to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. After consulting many international coaches and athletes over recent years, the most famous being World 200m and 400m record holder Michael Johnson (USA), to help their technical development, the latest to be signed up is 1976 Olympic 200m champion and 100m silver medallist Don Quarrie from Jamaica. Well, true to say Quarrie will be returning to China, as the announcement last week that the 55-year-old, with the approval of the Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association (JAAA), had been invited by the CAA to assist the development of Chinese sprinting, comes nearly a year after Quarrie made an initial 10 day trip to a National Training Camp in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.
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Powell, Simpson star at World Athletics Final in
Stuttgart
Powell, Simpson collect 100m titles Jamaica athletes
captured both 100m sprints at the 4th IAAF World Athletics Final in
Stuttgart, Germany for the second year running. Though he looked easy in the end, Powell had to depend on his top-end speed to take him past Americans Leonard Scott, who got a very good start, and the fast-finishing Tyson Gay in the men's 100 metres. Powell admitted he was lost at the start.
Other Jamaicans also Excel
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Simpson, Foster-Hylton shine at World Cup Sherone Simpson and Brigitte Foster-Hylton were Jamaica’s only individual winners at the 10th IAAF World Cup of Athletics, which ended in Athens, Greece on September 17, 2006. Simpson, the first Jamaican to win the 100m at a World Cup, secured victory 10.97 seconds, her sixth sub-11 seconds clocking to beat Torri Edwards, the United States' replacement for Marion Jones who had decided she was not fit enough to run in Athens. Foster-Hylton, who has been consistently among the top three finishers on the Grand Prix circuit, won the women’s 100m hurdles in 12.67 seconds.
Congrats to the Jamaican Athletics Family
September 4th, 2006 Mr. Howard Aris Dear Howard, On behalf of the CACAC and the CAC Athletics Family I would like to congratulate you and the Jamaica Athletics Family for the fantastic results obtained by the Jamaican junior athletes at the World Junior Championships. It was a show of the development, the pride and the athletics tradition of a great Nation. Jamaica keeps leading the region and I just hope that all our countries emulate the fantastic development program and system that the JAAA has in place. Those of us who were present there felt very proud of being part of the CAC region, therefore, my admiration and respect on behalf of the CACAC. I take this opportunity to extend my most sincere appreciation to the JAAA for you continuous support for our organization. Kind regards. Sincerely,
For the second time in two months,
Asafa Powell, has equaled the world 100m mark of 9.77 seconds.
This was achieved at the Zurich Grand Prix on August 18 in Switzerland, the third time he was running that fast.
All the performances have something in common. All came under under European conditions, the first in Athens (June 14 2005), Gateshead (June 11) and the latest, last week in Zurich (August 18).
He is the first man to run a world record three times, and he was quick to point it out to the world, hinting he is the best.
"I'm the only one who has ever run 9.77 three times. I ran a world record three times," he told journalists after the race.
However, at least one question begs itself, does the buck stops there.
"If I'm going to
continue to run 9.77 for the rest of career it's not a bother to me," he
said. He, however, added: "One way or the other, there will come a time
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Jamaica ended the six-day IAAF World Junior Track and Field
Championships at the Chaoyang Sport Centre in the Chinese capital of
Beijing in sixth position. The 28-member team secured two gold, one silver and six bronze medals, to finish behind Kenya (6G, 6S, 3B), China (5G, 5S, 7B), United States (4G, 5S, 2B), Russia (4G, 3S, 3B), and Estonia (4G).
Top 400m hurdler Kaliese Spencer and the men's 4x100m team accounted for the gold medals while Sonita Sutherland won the team's only silver.
Sherene Pinnock,
Yohan Blake, Carrie Russell, the women's 4x400m and sprint relay teams
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Change in Citizenship & Doping in Sports Allow me to quote from our Council meeting held in Doha on April 10, 2005: “At a meeting in Doha on 10 April, 2005, Council agreed that IAAF Rule 5.2d, which relates to Changes of Nationality, should be changed so that the period of ineligibility of an athlete who had competed for one Member Federation and wanted to change to another, would only begin when the athlete received citizenship. |
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Ennis-London finishes second in Athens
Monday,
July 3, 2006
World Championships 100m
hurdles silver medallist Delloreen Ennis-London was a second place
finisher at the Athens Super Grand Prix in Greece on July 3, 2006.
The 31-year-old
Ennis-London captured the silver medal with her 12.81 seconds run, the
second best time of the season for the former National champion.
German Kristen Bolm won the event in 12.69 seconds while Americans
Lolo Jones and Jenny Adams were third and fourth respectively, both
getting across the line in 12.83.
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Chambers heads Jamaica's NACAC team Sunday, July 2, 2006 National 400m champion Ricardo Chambers heads Jamaica's 17-member team to the 2006 North American, Central American, & Caribbean (NACAC) Under-23 Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Chambers, the NCAA silver medallist and World Junior 200m silver medallist Anneisha McLaughlin are two of the leading members of the team, which will depart on July 5th for the July 7-9 Championships |
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Team Jamaica CAC Junior Championships Friday, June 30, 2006
The 2006 Jr. CAC is
scheduled to take place in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad from July 14 - 16.
The Jamaican contingent is scheduled to leave on the 12th of July and
return on the 16th. The team is as follows:
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JOA announces track & field team for CAC Games Friday, June 30, 2006 The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) on Friday, June 30th, released the names of track & field athletes selected to represent Jamaica at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games to be held in Cartagena, Columbia. Jermaine Gonzales and Novlene Williams, both 400m bronze medallists from March's Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, head the 44-member team for the July 25-29 Games. |
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Sinclair targets qualifying mark for
World Cup … After a successful start to the season, Commonwealth Games silver medallist Kenia Sinclair, is now targeting the 1500m qualifying time for the IAAF World Cup in Athens, Greece.
Smith improves national decathlon record … Commonwealth Games silver medallist Maurice Smith, continued his great form this season with another record breaking performance at the "International Mehrkampf-Meeting", held in Ratingen, Germany, on the weekend. more... |
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Powell vs Gatlin clash in doubt Tuesday, June 27, 2006 For the umpteenth time, a much-awaited clash between joint World Record Holders American Justin Gatlin and Jamaican Asafa Powell could be a no show.
Stephen Francis, coach of Powell, said his athlete is not scheduled to
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Beckford leaps to 8.16m win Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Olympic Games silver medallist, James Beckford, was in top form at the Meeting Atletismo Huelva, an IAAF World Athletics Tour Qualifier held in Spain on June 20.
Beckford, the national record holder, leapt 8.16 metres to win the men's
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Kingston, Jamaica - Joint World 100m record holder Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson were in top form on the final day of the Jamaican Track & Field Championships on Sunday (25) at the National Stadium. Both athletes, Powell and Simpson secured world leading times of 19.90 and 22.00 in the men's and women's 200m events respectively.
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Veronica Campbell out of National
Championships Jamaica's reigning Olympic 200m champion Veronica Campbell will miss this year's National Track & Field Championships with a torn muscle.
Two Jamaican Winners at the NCAA Champs Clora Williams and Jovanee Jarrett were Jamaican winners at the NCAA Division One Championships held June 8-10. Kerron Stewart and Ricardo Chambers were equally as impressive in finishing second in their events.
Griffiths wins in Lille and Williams in
Italy Dean Griffiths beat national champion Kemel Thompson in the men's 400m hurdles at Friday's (June 9) Lille Metropole Meeting in Lille, France.
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Gutzmore, Martin finish in top 10 at Tobago Half Marathon
Jamaica's Commonwealth Games representatives Andrew Gutzmore and Areita Martin finished in the top 10 of their respective sections at last weekend's Tobago Half Marathon.
Gateshead Meet ... Lots of Jamaicans down to run. . . Another
Campbell, Simpson clash Olympic champion Veronica Campbell and Commonwealth Games champion Sherone Simpson will renew their rivalry in the women's 200m at Sunday's IAAF British Grand Prix in Gateshead. McFarlane
Anticipates Great Season Jamaica's Olympic 400m hurdles silver medallist Danny McFarlane anticipates great things towards the end of the season. "I think I'm looking for great things at the end of the year," said McFarlane. |
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JAMAICANS PERFORM WELL AT PREFONTAINE Monday, May 29, 2006 Joint world record holders Asafa Powell and Justin Gatlin overcame chilly, damp conditions to win their 100-metre races in 9.93 and 9.88 respectively at the Prefontaine Classic in Oregon on Sunday, May 28. The times were impressive considering the conditions, 61 degrees F (16 C) on a track soaked by earlier rain. |
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Decathlete Smith betters national mark Monday, May 29, 2006 Commonwealth Games silver medallist Maurice Smith has broken his national decathlon record. He amassed 8,269 points yesterday (May 28) while finishing third at the two-day Hypobank meeting in Goetzis, Austria, an IAAF World Combined Events Challenge. |
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ADIDAS CLASSIC - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA Monday, May 22, 2006 Jamaican Olympic Champion, Veronica Campbell, won the 100m in a world leading time of 10.99 on Sunday, May 21 at the Adidas Classic. Campbell outran 2005 US champion Lisa Barber who was second in 11:06. Campbell was in full control of the race and showed signs of being the number one sprinter in 2006. |
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Gatlin’s time corrected to 9.77 – EQUALS 100m World Record Thursday, May 18, 2006 Monte-Carlo - The IAAF has just been informed by Tissot Timing of an error in the reading of the result recorded by Justin Gatlin (USA) in the 100m at the IAAF Super Grand Prix Meeting in Doha, Qatar on Friday 12 May 2006. |
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Stewart leads the world in 100m Wednesday, May 17, 2006 The personal-best bug bit several Jamaicans in Conference Championships at American colleges and universities last weekend. Past student of St Jago High Kerron Stewart, now at Auburn University, was the biggest beneficiary. Opening the throttle at the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Outdoor Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Stewart posted a personal best and world-leading 11.03 seconds (+1.4 m/s). |
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Sinclair gives Jamaica lone medal Monday, March 13, 2006 Half-miler Kenia Sinclair captured Jamaica's only medal as the 11th IAAF World Indoor Championships ended in Moscow, Russia yesterday. Sinclair took the silver in the 800 metres in a new national record, 1 minute 58.90 seconds, trailing Mozambique Maria Mutola, who notched up a record seventh World Indoor title. Morocco's Hasna Benhassi took the bronze in 2:00.34. |
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WORLD 100-metre record holder Asafa Powell made a comfortable return to the track at yesterday's Telstra A-Series, the first leg of the World Athletics Tour 2006 at Melbourne's Olympic Park on March 9. |
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Powell better than ever
- warns Francis
Tuesday, March 07, 2006 Following Asafa Powell's recovery from injury which forced him out of the Helsinki World Championships last year, coach Steven Francis has claimed that the 100 metres world record holder is in better shape than he has ever been, according to a report yesterday on the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) website. |
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Asafa, Trecia sportsman
and sportswoman of the year
WORLD 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell and world triple jump champion Trecia-Kaye Smith expressed mixed feelings after receiving their RJR Sports Foundation National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards, recently. |
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Campbell, Powell
to lead Commonwealth team
ATHENS OLYMPICS 200 metres gold medallist Veronica Campbell, world 100 metres record holder Asafa Powell and 2005 World Championships triple jump gold medallist Trecia Smith head the Jamaican track and field contingent to the 18th Common-wealth Games in Melbourne, Australia. |
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World's fastest man is ready to fly Len Johnson The world's fastest man is just one small step away from getting on a plane and flying to the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. more... |
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Sinclair breaks national 800 metres record Anthony Foster, Freelance Writer KENIA SINCLAIR broke the national 800 metre record, while Veronica Campbell achieved a world-leading and personal best at Friday night's Tyson Invitational meet held at the Randal Tyson Track Complex in Fayetteville, Arkansas. |
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OTTEY'S STATUE UNVEILED "Merlene Ottey is the best female Jamaican known around the world,” PM. Merlene Joyce Ottey, who represented Jamaica with distinction for over 20 years, has been honoured with a statue which was unveiled on Wednesday, December 28, at the National Stadium. The eight-foot, almost 700-pound statue, sculpted by Barry Watson and cast in bronze, depicted Ottey with her right hand outstretched as if reaching for the finish line. |
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JAAA Extend Sincere Condolence The JAAA Limited is indeed saddened by the passing of long serving member of the Association Mr. Adrian Wallace. Mr. Wallace served the Association as Treasurer and was President during the four year period ended November 2000.
Jamaica win
first CAC Half
IAAF
laments Adrian Wallace's death.
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Tuesday,
November 29, 2005
Records tumble at Half Marathon Jamaica's participants ran creditably in the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships held in Edmonton, Canada, recently. On the male side, Rupert Green posted a National record of 1:12.59 to finish 70th overall. Gregory McKenzie ran a personal best finishing 71st in 1:13.27, while Andrew Gutzmore also posted a personal best with 1:14.56. Tameica Thomas ran 1:13.41 for 61st and a new National Record, while Merecia James finished one spot back in a personal record 1:31.54. Jamaica's third female representative, Arieta Martin, did not finish. |
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Thursday, September 01, 2005 JAMAICA'S TEAM FOR HALF-MARATHON Six athletes, three men and three women, will represent Jamaica at the IAAF World Half-Marathon Championships in Edmonton, Canada, on October 1. Neville Myton will travel with the team as coach, and Cathy Rattray-Williams as manager, with Paul Solomon as assistant manager. The athletes are Rupert Green, Gregory McKenzie, Andrew Gutzmore, Tamica Thomas, Merrecia James, and Arieta Martin. It is the first time that Jamaica will be sending athletes to the IAAF World Half-Marathon, which has been held every year since 1992. Green, Thomas top Half-Marathon Trial Rupert Green and Tamika Thomas won the male and female sections, respectively, of Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association's (JAAA) World Half-Marathon Trial in Port Royal on Sunday, September 18. Green clocked 1:14.51 to triumph, while Thomas snatched the female title in 1:35.40. A past Oberlin High and GC Foster College athlete, Green outran Gregory McKenzie (1:16.06), Andrew Gutzmore (1:16.19), Jason Saunders (1:16.56) and Phillip Edwards (1:20.37). Thomas secured her victory, beating Mereica James (1:38.20) and Areita Martin (1:38.56). Jamaica can send a gender maximum of five or minimum three athletes. Thursday, September 01, 2005 Trials
for World Half Marathon Champs IAAF ratifies Powell's 100-metre world record Asafa Powell's 100-metre world record was officially ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on August 31, 2005. The 22 year-old Jamaican clocked 9.77 seconds on June 14 in Athens, Greece, breaking the mark of 9.79 set by Tim Montgomery in Paris on September 14, 2002. Powell missed the rest of the season, including the world championships in Helsinki, Finland, after tearing a ligament in his right groin at the Crystal Palace meet in London on July 22. August 29, 2005 Well done, Jamaica! THE 10TH World Athletic Championships ended in Helsinki on Sunday with the United States and Russia, as expected, dominating the show. The U.S. won 14 gold medals, eight silver medals and three bronze medals for a grand total of 25 medals. Russia ended with seven gold medals, eight silver medals and five bronze medals for an impressive 20. With one gold medal, five silver medals and two bronze medals, Jamaica, however, were right up there more... August 29, 2005 Smith was always going for the gold It perhaps underscored her relative anonymity prior to her outstanding Helsinki performance, that officials, volunteers and others simply shrugged, when asked if Trecia Smith, the newly crowned World Triple Jump champion, was still “in the house.” more... August 26, 2005 Help to Elect the Athletes and Performances of the Year Monte Carlo - The IAAF is delighted to invite YOU, to participate in the vote for the World Athlete of the Year – traditionally elected during the annual World Athletics Gala. By going to the IAAF home page www.iaaf.org on Monday 5 September at 07:00 GMT, you will be able to pick your choice of Athlete of the Year more... July 28, 2005 JAMAICA'S TEAM TO THE IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Ludlow Watts, manager, Grace Jackson and Gregory Hamilton, assistant managers, Donald Quarrie, technical leader and Juliet Cuthbert, press liaison. more...
July 14, 2005 The Jamaica delegation arrived in Marrakech, Morocco early Monday morning after a gruelling 25-hour journey which took them through London and Madrid. They have now settled in and accredited, albeit without a change of clothes as their luggage were misplaced along the way and did not arrive with them. Even up to mid afternoon on Monday, most of the athletes and officials were wearing the same clothes that the donned last Saturday. Officials at Royal Air Maroc were quoted as saying that they hope the luggage would arrive on Monday night. Notwithstanding, the 35-man delegation (25 athletes) have been using the opportunity to get some rest and should be ready for competition come Wednesday. July 8, 2005 Jamaicans perform well in Switzerland NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Germaine Mason and Trecia Smith were the best-placed Jamaicans while Brandon Simpson and Patrick Jarrett won B races at the 30th edition of Athletissima more... June 28, 2005 Campbell takes over in the Women’s 100m – latest IAAF World Rankings Monte-Carlo - Two weeks
ago Asafa Powell became the first Jamaican athlete to lead the IAAF
Men’s Overall Ranking, now this week his compatriot Veronica Campbell
becomes the first Jamaican to lead the Women’s 100m Event Ranking.
ASAFA SMASHES WORLD RECORD. ATHENS, Greece (AFP)
- Jamaica's Asafa Powell broke the 100 metres world record in Athens,
Greece on June 14, running 9.77 seconds. June 13, 2005 THREE JAMAICANS WIN AT NCAAs. OLYMPIAN Kimberli Barrett, Sheri-Ann
Brooks and Aneita Denton were the Jamaican winners at the National
Athletics Championships (NCAA) held at the Sacramento State University
in California.
Powell is number one! NATIONAL 100 METRES record holder Asafa
Powell is the world's number one male athlete.
Maurice Smith on Sunday, May 29,
crushed the national record in the decathlon, totaling 8,232 points,
Bliss, Weakley in top three at Hengelo GP Jamaicans Andrea Bliss and Ian Weakley
secured top-three finishes at the Hengelo Grand Prix meet
May 30, 2005
Jamaican sprinter Usain
Bolt joins a list of the world best sprinters including his team-mate
and Olympic champion Veronica Campbell, for the Reebok Grand Prix on
June 11.
May 24, 2005 Campbell clocks world leading time in 100m
Jamaica's double Olympic champion Veronica Campbell clocked a
world-leading 10.96 seconds to win the 100 metres on Sunday, May 22, at
the 2005 Adidas Track Classic in Carson, California.
Simpson, Foster lead world in 200m, 100m hurdles
Following up on her world-leading 11.03 at the Jamaica International
Invitational (JII) on May 7, Olympic sprint relay gold medallist Sherone
Simpson ran a personal best 22.46 seconds on Saturday, May 11, at the
Felix Sanchez Invitational in the Dominican Republic.
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