In the US, In Jamaica:
Central Arizona College senior Candecea Bernard’s outdoor season has been on track. The Jamaican threw 51-5½ft (15.68m) in the shot put to finish fourth in the invitational section of the…
Spills, Thrills Highlight US High School Indoor Championships
Thrills and Spills literally highlighted the 2015 edition of USA High School Indoor New Balance Nationals (High School Track and Field Championships) March 13 to 15. Grant Fisher was running…
CHAMPS: Hyde Makes Super Run
Reigning World Junior 400m hurdles champion and 2013 World Youth sprint hurdles champion Jaheel Hyde of Wolmer’s Boys School in Jamaica took a chunk out of his own record in…
Miami Southridge’s Gibson Sets Meet Record
Courtney Gibson of Miami Southridge High School leaped her way in the long jump records books, when she produced 17’-10¼”, a new meet record, at the Hallandale Invitational on Saturday,…
Second-Tier Jamaican Sprinters Making Big Waves
With Usain Bolt’s promise to retire after Rio, some followers of Jamaican track and field are already wondering who will emerge to understudy Yohan Blake, the heir apparent of the…
On The Indoor Circuit
Alabama’s Burchell Sets Collegiate Record in 60m University of Alabama senior sprinter Remona Burchell of Jamaica set a collegiate record in the women’s 60m dash on Saturday afternoon (28th) while…
Jamaica Needs an 800m Prodigy
It has been a long, dry, lean season. It has been decades long; but there is no end in sight. Jamaica is truly blessed, but certainly not with the gift…
Bliss Smashes LSU Shot Put Record
After opening the season by smashing Louisiana State University’s (LSU) indoor school record in the shot put at the LSU Invitational on 9 January, Lady Tiger senior Tori Bliss eclipsed…
An Olympic Crossroads for Jamaica?
NEW YORK – Jamaicans have excelled in everything globally, from the academia to business to entertainment to sports. Although it is next to impossible to comfortably select a discipline in…