Reid Leads Caribbean Sweep in Lima
Jamaica’s Alana Reid led a Caribbean sweep when she won the women’s 100m last night (28) at the World Under-20 Athletics Championships in Lima, Peru. She clocked 11.17secs to defeat…
Hydel Girls Rule at Home and Abroad
The tenacity, speed, and strength of Jamaica’s Hydel High School girls fended off the challenges of their main rivals, compatriots Edwin Allen High School and US powerhouse Bullis High School…
5 Teen-aged Sprinters Caught My Eyes
The excitement from the Jamaica high school track and field championships (Champs) in March might still be in the air. For me, it was more than the battle among schools,…
Two Big 100m Upsets at Jamaica Champs
Alliah Baker (photo above) of Hydel High School and Damor Miller of Excelsior High school staged major upsets in the marquee 100m races last week Wednesday (20th) at the ISSA…
Penn Friday ’23 Was Wet, Windy, and Cold
As if the removal of the popular segment USA v. The World from the Penn Relays carnival wasn’t enough, the weather and temperature at this year’s edition, April 27-29, made…
A Case of Gender Disparity at Champs ’23
It was only the second day of the 113th annual ISSA Grace Kennedy-sponsored Jamaica national Boys and Girls High School Track and Field Championships (better known as Champs) when arguably the…
Jamaican Twin Girls Set To Go Pro
There are so many moving targets in Jamaican track and field, I can hardly focus on one thing. At the heart of these targets is the Jamaican saying: “Ef ih…
Toast of CARIFTA Games 2022
Sixteen-year-old Adaejah Hodge of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) was the toast of the 49th CARIFTA Games held over three days in Kingston, Jamaica, April 16-18. She won the Austin…
Champs 2020: KC Dethrones JC, Edwin Allen Retains Girls Title
The 111-year-old ISSA Boys and Girls Athletics Championships, widely known as Champs, ended last Saturday evening (April 9) in its usual blaze of glory. Defending girls champions Edwin Allen retained…
Sprint Relay World Record for Jamaican High School Girls
A Jamaican high school girls sprint team ran a high school 4x100m relay world record today at the scaled-down 45th staging of the Gibson-McCook Relays in the Kingston. The crack…