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Published:Monday | May 29, 2023 | 1:05 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

FORMER KINGSTON College jumpers Jaydon Hibbert and Wayne Pinnock will be two of 16 Jamaican men who will compete in individual events at the June 7-10 National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division 1 Championships to be held in Austin,...

Published:Wednesday | May 24, 2023 | 1:27 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

LAST WEEKEND several of the country’s top senior athletes had good performances at the USATF Bermuda Grand Prix World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meet and one of the standouts was Shashalee Forbes. On a day when many of the sprints were aided...

Published:Monday | May 22, 2023 | 3:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

SIX JAMAICAN athletes were winners at the three-day National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA) Track and Field Championships, which ended on Saturday in New Mexico, United States. Former Enid Bennett High middle-distance runner Tyrese...

Published:Monday | May 22, 2023 | 1:43 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

ANDRENETTE KNIGHT showed good form at yesterday’s Bermuda Grand Prix to capture the women’s 400 metres hurdles event in 54.90 seconds. Her win was the only individual victory for a Jamaican female at the United States Track and Field World...

Published:Wednesday | May 17, 2023 | 1:45 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

SEVERAL OF the country’s top senior athletes continued their preparation for the 2023 track and field season over the past weekend at the NACAC New Life Invitational meet at the Grand Bahamas Sport Complex in Freeport, Bahamas. Leading a list of...

Published:Tuesday | May 16, 2023 | 1:13 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

The World Athletics Championships to be held in Budapest, Hungary, August 19-27, is just over three months away, and many Jamaican athletes are pacing themselves well with several ranked in the top three of their respective events and jumpers...

Published:Monday | May 15, 2023 | 12:40 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

FORMER EDWIN Allen High School sprinter, Kevona Davis, is displaying her best form at the collegiate level since moving to this level and closed off the three-day Big 12 Conference Championships yesterday in Norman, Oklahoma with excellent...

Published:Wednesday | May 10, 2023 | 1:39 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THE NATIONAL Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division 1 Track and Field Outdoor Championships is just four weeks away and Jamaican athletes are positioning themselves well for this with several of them ranked in the top 10 in their events....

Published:Wednesday | May 10, 2023 | 1:16 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

AFTER A successful staging of the Puma East Coast International Showcase last Saturday in Landover, Maryland, where several of Jamaica’s top high school athletes matched strides with their counterparts from the United States, Olympian Juliet...

Published:Tuesday | May 9, 2023 | 1:14 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

BALTIMORE, Maryland Holmwood Technical High’s 400 metres runner Rickiann Russell has had a dream season in 2023 so far after average performances last year in her pet event. Going into last Saturday’s Puma East Coast International Showcase, it...

Published:Monday | May 8, 2023 | 1:01 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

BALTIMORE, Maryland LAST SATURDAY, several of the country’s top high school athletes displayed their talents in track and field events at the second staging of the Puma East Coast International Showcase in Baltimore, Maryland, where they engaged...

Published:Saturday | May 6, 2023 | 1:23 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

BALTIMORE, Maryland: WITH GREAT weather expected, some of the Jamaica’s top high school stars should produce big performances when they compete against the best of their age group in the United States at today’s Puma East Coast International...

Published:Friday | May 5, 2023 | 1:00 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

BALTIMORE, Maryland FANS ATTENDING tomorrow’s second staging of the East Coast International Showcase in Landover, Maryland are set to have a treat as some of the top juniors from Jamaica will go head to head with their United States counterparts...

Published:Thursday | May 4, 2023 | 1:15 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

LANDOVER, Maryland: IT HAS been a dream season so far for Hydel High School’s Alana Reid. Fresh off her opening leg in the 4x100 metres relay to lead her school to their first success in the Penn Relays Championships of America High School 4x100...

Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2023 | 1:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania FOR THE past 29 years, Team Jamaica Bickle (TJB), headed by founder and Chairman Irwine Clare, has played a significant role in ensuring that Jamaican teams competing at the annual Penn Relays in Philadelphia are...

Published:Tuesday | May 2, 2023 | 12:41 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Several Jamaica athletes produced top-level performances at meets in the United States last weekend. At the Louisiana State University (LSU) Invitational meet in Baton Rouge, there were six wins by Jamaicans. They were led by World Under-20...

Published:Monday | May 1, 2023 | 12:49 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: High-school teams stole most of the spotlight at last weekend’s 127th staging of the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, but several of the country’s senior athletes made their marks at the relay carnival. Competing against the...

Published:Saturday | April 29, 2023 | 1:17 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania They did not match the four wins by the boys on Thursday at the 2023 Penn Relays but Jamaica’s girls, led by a record throw from Holmwood Technical’s discus thrower Cedricka Williams, had three massive wins yesterday....

Published:Saturday | April 29, 2023 | 1:14 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania ON A VERY rainy and cold day inside the Franklin Field Stadium at the 127th staging of the Penn Relays, Jamaica College (JC) and Kingston College (KC) picked up a win each after taking home the Championship of America...

Published:Saturday | April 29, 2023 | 1:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania The girls will be in the spotlight in the Franklin Field stadium on today’s final day of competition at the 127th staging of the Penn Relays. They will be competing for a first time on a Saturday at the relay carnival...

Published:Saturday | April 29, 2023 | 12:43 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: Holmwood Technical High’s outstanding 400 metres runner Rickiann Russell is aiming to end her high-school career on a high at this weekend’s 127th staging of the Penn Relays in the Franklin Field Stadium in...

Published:Friday | April 28, 2023 | 1:18 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: The girls will bow into action at the 127th staging of the Penn Relays inside the Franklin Field Stadium today. Edwin Allen High, Hydel High and Alphansus Davis High will be first on the track when they compete in...

Published:Friday | April 28, 2023 | 1:14 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania: Jamaica College (JC) suffered two big setbacks on yesterday’s opening day of the 127th staging of the Penn Relays in Philadelphia. JC were among the favourites to win the 4x800 metres, 4x400m and 4x100m but, at the...

Published:Friday | April 28, 2023 | 1:05 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania “I AM back stronger and better and we are ready to defend our Penn Relays 4x100 metres relay title.” Those were the strong words from Edwin Allen High School’s outstanding sprinter Serena Cole when The Gleaner caught up...

Published:Friday | April 28, 2023 | 1:03 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

FRANKLIN FIELD, Philadelphia MOUNT Alvernia High School’s Aaliyah Foster is aiming to make a big impact when she competes in the high school girls’ long jump at the 127th staging of the Penn Relays today. Foster, the ISSA-GraceKennedy Boys and...

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