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…
Is STETHS the New Sprinters’ Paradise?
St. Elizabeth Technical High School’s (STETHS) made history at this year’s annual Jamaica Inter-Secondary School Sports Association (ISSA) Boys and Girls Championships, known as Champs. On 15 May, their boys…
Mixed Reaction in Jamaica to Sprinter’s Decision to Study Abroad
Kevona Davis (photo above), the Edwin Allen High School sprint sensation and, by virtue of her enormous talent, a Jamaica “national treasure” has opted to continue her education and track…
Edwin Allen’s Super Relay Team Strikes Again
Jamaica’s Edwin Allen High School’s Class Two sprint relay quartet of Serena Cole, Tina Clayton, Brandy Hall, and Tia Clayton yesterday ran the fastest time on Jamaican soil by any…
Jamaican Juniors Who Unleash Their Power on The Backstretch
The backstretch/second leg of the 4x100m relay is fascinating to watch; for me it is usually where the party begins, and the magic happens. Quite often, it’s run by a…
Brace for Scorching Times from EA’s Twins and Davis at Champs
As the renown Jamaica Boys and Girls Athletics Championships looms March 26-30), one event has fans salivating; it’s the Class 3 girls (14-15 years old) 100m, which should feature 14-yr-old…
Two Stunning Jamaica Champs Records by 12-, 14-yr-old Girls
Scintillating, breathtaking, amazing, and phenomenal are just a few superlatives that describe Jamaica’s 12-year-old Brianna Lyston’s time of 23.72secs. (-0.6m/s) and that of 14-year-old Kevona Davis , (23.07 (0.9m/s) over…
After Jamaica’s Champs, The Rivalry Continues
There it was, to the world, the biggest and best high school track and field competition ever. It’s the Jamaica Inter-Secondary Schools Boys and Girls Championships dubbed Champs and held…