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Published:Saturday | June 3, 2023 | 9:34 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

United States of America’s two-time World Championships gold medallist Christian Coleman crossed the tape first in 10.03 seconds in the men’s 100 metres at the Racers’ Grand Prix this evening at the National Stadium. Coleman was placed under...

Published:Saturday | June 3, 2023 | 9:25 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Samoa’s Alex Rose stopped Jamaica’s trio of Traves Smikle, Kai Chang and Fedrick Dacres to win the men’s discus with 65.86 metres at the Racers’ Grand Prix this evening at the National Stadium. The effort was done in Rose’s third attempt as...

Published:Saturday | June 3, 2023 | 9:09 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Jamaican sprinter Michael Campbell after a plethora of injuries, produced his fastest time since 2017 at the Racers’ Grand Prix this evening at the National Stadium. In conditions suitable for fast times, Campbell sped to a season’s best 10.08...

Published:Saturday | June 3, 2023 | 9:06 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Jamaica’s Remona Burchell took the women’s 100 metres ‘B’ final in a season’s best of 11.17 seconds at the Racers’ Grand Prix this evening at the National Stadium. First-year senior athlete and two-time World Under-20 Championships gold medallist...

Published:Saturday | June 3, 2023 | 8:38 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Two-time World Championship silver medallist Shanieka Ricketts secured the top spot in the women’s triple jump as she produced 14.32 metres in her third round to end well clear of her opponents in the five-woman final at the Racers’ Grand Prix at...

Published:Saturday | June 3, 2023 | 8:27 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Nigeria’s world record holder and World Championships winner, Tobi Amusan, clocked a season’s best time of 12.57 seconds to finish ahead of the field in the women’s 100 metres hurdles at the Racers’ Grand Prix at the National Stadium this evening...

Published:Saturday | June 3, 2023 | 8:14 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Men’s 400 metres world record holder Wayde Van Niekerk sped to a smooth 44.21 seconds clocking at the Racers’ Grand Prix this evening, good enough to win in a new meet record. Jamaica’s 21-year-old quarter-miler Zandrion Barnes, who finished...

Published:Saturday | June 3, 2023 | 8:04 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Former Petersfield High School standout Antonio Watson smashed his personal of 45.78 seconds in the men’s 400 metres ‘B’ final at the Racers’ Grand Prix this evening. Watson sped to a superb 44.75 seconds clocking inside the National Stadium...

Published:Saturday | June 3, 2023 | 7:52 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Unfazed that she is competing in her first season as a professional, Jamaica’s quarter-miler Charokee Young showed her class to stop a class field in the women’s 400 metres at the Racers’ Grand Prix this evening at the National Stadium. Young,...

Published:Saturday | June 3, 2023 | 7:36 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Jamaica’s fastest 400 metres women’s hurdler this season, Shiann Salmon, continued her fine form as she crossed the tape first at the Racers’ Grand Prix this evening at the National Stadium. Running from lane four, Salmon stopped the clock at 55....

Published:Friday | April 7, 2023 | 12:25 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

JAMAICA’s high school trio of Serena Cole, Habiba Harris and Carletta Bernard will not be in action at the 2023 staging of the Carifta Games which starts at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas on Saturday. The...

Published:Thursday | March 30, 2023 | 9:50 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Edwin Allen’s Delano Kennedy won the Class One boys’ 400 metres at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boy and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadium tonight. Kennedy found a new gear in the final 50 metres to cross the tape in 45.27 seconds,...

Published:Thursday | March 30, 2023 | 8:04 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Kingston College’s (KC) powerful Class One will lead all qualifiers to the final of the 4x100 metres relays after winning heat one of the preliminaries today at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadium...

Published:Thursday | March 30, 2023 | 4:45 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Excelsior’s Michael Graham has booked his spot in the final of the Class Three boys’ long jump after leading all qualifiers with a best leap of 6.29 metres on today’s third day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships at...

Published:Thursday | March 30, 2023 | 3:53 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Jamaica College’s (JC) 100 metres bronze medallist Jaiden Reid, leads the field in Class One 200 metres heats as he strolled to victory today at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadium. Reid was clocked...

Published:Wednesday | March 29, 2023 | 8:58 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Jamaica College’s (JC) Uroy Ryan secured the gold medal in the Class One boys’ long jump at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships at the National Stadium tonight. Ryan secured maximum points for the title-chasing JC with...

Published:Wednesday | March 29, 2023 | 7:44 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Kingston College’s (KC) ace sprinter Bouwahjgie Nkrumie erased Zharnel Hughes’ record of 10.13 in the semifinals of the Class One boys’ 100 metres, punching his ticket to tonight’s final after a blistering 10.08 seconds at the ISSA/GraceKennedy...

Published:Wednesday | March 29, 2023 | 5:10 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Defending ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships winners Kingston College (KC) responded to Jamaica College’s (JC) gold and silver performance in Class Two long jump final, with a similar feat in the Class Two 1500 metres today...

Published:Tuesday | February 28, 2023 | 11:45 AMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

BUOYED BY the return of their dynamic trio of Colorado Murray, Jahshaun Anglin and Timar Lewin who all missed the team’s last two games, Harbour View blanked Dunbeholden 2-0 at the Anthony Spaulding Sports Complex yesterday in a rematch of last...

Published:Sunday | October 30, 2022 | 7:56 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

Two first-half goals set the pace for five-time Jamaica Premier League (JPL) champions Tivoli Gardens as they easily dispatched newcomers Chapleton Maroons 3-0 at Stadium East today. Keno Simpson's 16th-minute strike opened the account for the...

Published:Sunday | October 30, 2022 | 5:45 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter -

The Alex Thomas-coached Molynes United, following a 2-1 defeat in their opening encounter against Waterhouse, got their first victory of this Jamaica Premier League (JPL) season yesterday, when they defeated Andrew Price’s Humble Lion 3-2 at...

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