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Published:Wednesday | April 12, 2023 | 1:13 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

THE LONG-TERM focus for Portmore United may be the sixth and final playoff spot in the Jamaica Premier League, but head coach Phlllip Williams is still determined to put on a strong display in their Lynk Cup quarterfinal first-leg clash with...

Published:Wednesday | April 12, 2023 | 12:45 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

DESCRIBING THE 50th Carifta Games as the most challenging of those he has participated in, Jamaica coach Dave Anderson praised his team’s resilience, while calling for improvements in the face of the obstacles experienced. The team returned to the...

Published:Tuesday | April 11, 2023 | 1:05 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

A day that started with chaos ended with Jamaica securing their place atop regional athletics again at the Carifta Games. The 50th edition of the games ended last night with Jamaica finishing atop the leaderboard on a day where records fell and...

Published:Saturday | April 8, 2023 | 1:00 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

After last year’s grand display at home, Jamaica’s coach Keilando Goburn is not pressuring his team to surpass those performances, but make their own mark as the 50th Carifta Games begins today at the Thomas Robinson Track and Field Stadium in...

Published:Saturday | April 8, 2023 | 12:13 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Sprinter Oblique Seville says that, while his 2023 racing calendar will not be packed, he is keeping his focus on fulfilling his potential after a season where he made his first World Championship final. Seville will be competing in Florida today...

Published:Wednesday | April 5, 2023 | 1:17 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

THE 2023 RACERS’ Grand Prix could see the introduction of new technology for the horizontal jumps, according to World Class Athletic director Bruce James. James was speaking at yesterday’s launch of the meet scheduled for June 3, the first time in...

Published:Wednesday | April 5, 2023 | 1:15 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

THE RETURN of the Racers’ Grand Prix not only brings star-studded talent but according to founder and head coach Glen Mills, the hope is it will also attract more high-level sponsors to support the endeavour. Mills was speaking at yesterday’s press...

Published:Tuesday | April 4, 2023 | 12:10 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

World 200m champion, Shericka Jackson, world 200m champion, Noah Lyles as well as World 100m hurdles champion and world record holder, Tobi Amusan, are some of the athletes confirmed for the Racers Grand Prix scheduled for June 3 at the National...

Published:Tuesday | April 4, 2023 | 12:48 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Principal Dr Walton Small says that Hydel’s High maiden ISSA/GraceKennedy Girls’ Athletics title is the start of them making more history in the future. Celebrations were infectious yesterday as the young school basked in the glory of their win at...

Published:Monday | April 3, 2023 | 12:30 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Hydel High’s head coach Corey Bennett has described his team’s history-making success at the 2023 ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships as the crowning achievement in a decade-long journey to the top. Hydel ended the eight-year...

Published:Monday | April 3, 2023 | 12:23 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Class Three 800 metres champion Jayden Brown and Class Two 800m winner Yoshane Bowen are delighted they have been able to put Maggotty High on the map at this year’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships. Maggotty finished in...

Published:Saturday | April 1, 2023 | 12:59 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Hydel’s High Oneika McAnnuff’s successful 400 metres hurdles title defence was not only a satisfying farewell but a birthday gift to their record-holding alumnus Shian Salmon and critical points in their quest for a maiden title. McAnnuff took the...

Published:Saturday | April 1, 2023 | 12:11 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

At last, Holmwood Technical’s Cedricka Williams got the moment she was waiting for, completing a road to redemption to not only claim the Class One discus title, but also broke and kept the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships...

Published:Friday | March 31, 2023 | 1:22 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

It was a fierce battle, as expected, in the Class One 400 metres between Hydel High’s Oneika McAnnuff and Holmwood Technical’s Rickiann Russell, but it was the latter who had the final say and got the title she wanted on day three of the ISSA/...

Published:Friday | March 31, 2023 | 1:06 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

After an injury-plagued year, Herbert Morrison High’s DeAndre Daley just wanted to get through the season healthy, with an improved personal best in the Class One 100 metres. He got all that and more as he was a part of history. Daley was second...

Published:Thursday | March 30, 2023 | 9:01 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

In a season where he has returned to his best, Jamaica College's Malique Smith Band is hoping that form could result in a memorable performance in the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships Class I boys’ 400 metres inside the...

Published:Thursday | March 30, 2023 | 6:27 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

Holmwood Technical's Rickiann Russell will have the opportunity to complete her final season as a Class I 400-metre champion tonight and feels she can give the 17-year-old Class I record a real go as well. Russell breezed through yesterday's semi-...

Published:Thursday | March 30, 2023 | 12:47 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKED for Hydel High's Alana Reid in the Class I Girls’ 100 metres and she needed no invitation to seize the moment at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletic Championships, smashing a two-decade-old record in the process. Reid...

Published:Wednesday | March 29, 2023 | 1:49 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

IF THE preliminary rounds of the Class I girls’ discus were any indication, the stage is set for a battle royal in the final that could spark the early fireworks at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships. Yesterday’s opening...

Published:Wednesday | March 29, 2023 | 1:44 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

WHEN HYDEL High’s Zico Bennett steps on the track today for the start of the boys’ decathlon at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, it will be the climax of an injury-riddled journey which has tested him physically and...

Published:Tuesday | March 28, 2023 | 12:38 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

With fierce battles expected and close races for both the boys and girls’ titles, defending champions Kingston College (KC) and Edwin Allen High begin their quest to retain their crowns as the 113th ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys And Girls’ Athletics...

Published:Monday | March 27, 2023 | 5:07 PMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

World Under 20 100m silver medalist Bouwahjgie Nkrumie, defending Carfita Games 100m champion DeAndre Daley, World under 100m silver medalist Serena Cole, World under 20 200m bronze medalist Alana Reid are among the notable names on Jamaica's...

Published:Monday | March 27, 2023 | 12:38 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

St Jago High sprint hurdler Demario Prince will be the first to tell you that he is not related to Gregory Prince, last year’s Class One 400 metres-champion who signed off his high-school career in style. But like Gregory last year, Demario hopes...

Published:Saturday | March 25, 2023 | 12:29 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

For 24 hours Edwin Allen High thought that they had secured another Central Championships girls’ crown. But a recount saw them lose their grip on a title that they have held for years. Hydel High were declared the new champions. But from that...

Published:Saturday | March 25, 2023 | 12:20 AMDaniel Wheeler/Staff Reporter

What seemed to be a landmark move to Paris Saint Germain (PSG) for national defender Allyson Swaby has instead turned into an unfortunate circumstance which could see her unable to take the field for her new club for the rest of the season....

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