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…
A Peek into Shelly-Ann’s World
Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser, the 2008 Olympic 100m gold medalist has no interest in being treated like a star. On the contrary , she shuns the limelight and doesn’t have a…
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…
Jamaica’s Kimberly Williams Takes NCAA Jump Double
Jamaican Kimberly Williams, a Florida State sophomore and two-time All American, continued her winning ways yesterday by capturing 1st place in the triple jump final with a leap of 14.38m…
Dangerous Daniel Bailey Says: I’ll Show Them Who I Am
Lurking in the Caribbean is an impending danger whom some fans have only just begun to watch. He’s 100m specialist Daniel Bailey from Antigua & Barbuda, who is so serious…
Reebok Meet: Signs of Things Things to Come
There was no Usain Bolt this year, and while some may have gone to the Reebok Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium in New York expecting show-time performances from senior athletes…
Sister-Sister Acts At Penn Relays
Ristananna and Nikita Tracey, two sisters and students at Edwin Allen High School in Jamaica, received plaques for their outstanding performance at Penns. in the 115 th annual Penn Relays…
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…
Golden Girl Savatheda Fynes Ends Stellar Career
After a colorful track career that spanned some 20 years and which included winning one Carifta championship, five NAIA championships, five NCAA championships, two World Athletic Championships medals (gold and…
Spice Island ¼-Miler Leaves UA in fine form
After capping off her University o f Alabama (UA) career in impressive form, Grenadian quarter-miler Trish Bartholomew went on to represent her country in the 400m at the Beijing Olympics…