Big Performances at Euros
The 2024 European six-day Track and Field Championships ended in Rome on June 12, and unlike some former years, there were many high-level actions throughout. The continent sent its A-listers,…
Get Out of Lyston’s Way
As the track and field season heats up, armchair commentators, or maybe Monday morning quarterbacks, continue to make predictions, in this, the year of the XXXIII Olympiad, to be held…
Can The German Doc Save ET-H?
Jamaica’s double-double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah turned up at the New York Grand Prix yesterday to the delight and curiosity of track fans. Just a week prior, she returned to…
Big Performances of the Week
Seville Stuns Lyles Rising Jamaican sprinter Oblique Seville upstaged the World 100m reigning champion, Noah Lyles of the USA, at the Racers Grand Prix meet in Kingston last night (June…
3 Young Jamaicans Make Big Progress
While track fans in Jamaica and the diaspora were growing excited about the exploits of two big prospects overseas, 19-yr-old Brianna Lyston at LSU and 23-yr-old Nickisha Pryce at the…
Is Forte Finding Form Again?
Jamaica’s Julian Forte emerged winner of the men’s 100m in a tight finish with his compatriot and World Indoor Championships bronze medalist Akeem Blake. Forte, who has had years of…
Ivorian Talou-Smith Is Toast of Jamaica
Marie Jose Talou-Smith drew the biggest applause for the night when she was introduced in the lineup of the women 100m at the World Athletics Jamaica Invitational International meet in…
Penn Saturday Fell Short of Its Usual Excitement
After months of waiting for the much-heralded new-look Penn Relays for 2024, which many thought would have rekindled the fire of the former Nike-sponsored USA vs. The World, fans were…
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,…