Essex County’s Coach Smart Has Caribbean Pipeline
American coach Michael Smart, the East Orange, New Jersey native and Essex County College (Essex) graduate has been coaching track and field at his alma mater for more than 24…
Natasha Hastings: Diva on The Track
With a personal best of 22.61 secs for the 200m and 49.84 for the 400m, Natasha Hastings is ready to accomplish more, much more. The 23-year-old New Yorker by birth,…
Bolt’s Quest to Become a Legend
For the past 18 months, the 23-yr-old Jamaican Usain Bolt has dominated track & field with his mind-boggling speed and charm on and off the track. The sprinting sensation, who…
Sanya Richards: Gold Medal vs. Gold Bar
The 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics begins in less than a week and one cannot help but wonder about Jamaican-born American Sanya Richards’s chance of copping that individual 400m…
Again, It’s Bolt Again; 200m World Record is Gone
What can Usain Bolt do for an encore after smashing the 100m world record last Sunday in an unbelievable 9.58 secs? The answer is clear: Just smash the 200m on…
Researchers Look behind Jamaica’s Sprinting Prowess?
Jamaica’s superb display at the recently concluded Games of the 29th Olympiad in Beijing, China has left many wondering how such a tiny nation of approximately 2.6 million people outrun…