Our 2009 Awards to Caribbean Athletes
The 2009 track and field season can be considered one for the ages. From the extraordinary and incomparable performances by Usain Bolt and his Jamaican teammates to the hurdling upset…
Essex County’s Coach Smart Has Caribbean Pipeline
American coach Michael Smart, the East Orange, New Jersey native and Essex County College (Essex) graduate has been coaching track and field at his alma mater for more than 24…
Natasha Hastings: Diva on The Track
With a personal best of 22.61 secs for the 200m and 49.84 for the 400m, Natasha Hastings is ready to accomplish more, much more. The 23-year-old New Yorker by birth,…
Bolt Honored in The Big Apple
From the callroom through the tunnel to the starting blocks, Usain “Lightning” Bold is the perfect picture of a young man having fun. He talks to the camera as he…
Bolt’s Quest to Become a Legend
For the past 18 months, the 23-yr-old Jamaican Usain Bolt has dominated track & field with his mind-boggling speed and charm on and off the track. The sprinting sensation, who…
Diplomatic Status for Hurdler Ryan Brathwaite
It’s not only bad things that happen in threes. A third Caribbean athlete has been honored this season by his country for his stellar performance at last month’s World Championships…
Antigua Names Daniel Bailey Sporting Ambassador
Antiguan 100m specialist Daniel Bailey continues to make news. Having placed fourth in the 100m final at the IAAF World Championships in Berlin, Germany on August 16, he was rewarded…
New False-start Rule for 2010
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), the body that governs world athletics, or track and field, today changed its false-start rule which lets the first offender in a race…
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…