PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvannia: WHEN THE 129th staging of the Penn Relays begins today, a record 24 competitors – led by three champions from the recent Carifta Games in Trinidad and Tobago – will take part in field events. Action this morning begins...
AFTER AN extremely close finish last year, Hydel High School, and Bullis High School will renew their battle for supremacy in the Girls’ High School Championships of of America 4x400 metres at the Penn Relays this weekend. Last time out, at...
EIGHT YEARS ago, a Calabar High School 4x100-metre relay quartet – Tyreke Wilson, Christopher Taylor, Michael Stephens, and Dejour Russell – had the large Saturday afternoon crowd at Franklin Field in a frenzy at the Penn Relays, delivering a...
JAMAICA, LED by Shaquane Gordon’s record-breaking 13.19 seconds, dominated the sprint hurdles on the final day of the 52nd staging of the Carifta Games at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Trinidad and Tobago yesterday. The Jamaicans won three of the...
KINGSTON COLLEGE (KC) will be hoping to defend their Championships of America 4x400m relay title at the 129th Penn Relays and, in the process, make it four wins in a row — adding yet another piece of silverware to their storied sporting legacy in...
SHOT-PUTTER Marla-Kay Lampart led the way as Jamaica dominated the field events on yesterday’s second day of competition at the Carifta Games in Trinidad and Tobago. Lampart, who a few months ago broke the national junior record in the shot put,...
Denbigh High School has been making giant strides in Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) competitions over the past six months. Known for their prowess in schoolgirl netball, where the institution has captured titles at the under-14...
REGIONAL junior athletes will begin battling for glory today at this year’s 52nd staging of the three-day Carifta Games. The prestigious Caribbean meet is being hosted by Trinidad and Tobago at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. The competition, which...
G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport captured both the men’s and women’s titles at the Intercollegiate Track and Field Championships on Thursday. In the men’s division, it was an overwhelming victory for the hosts as they amassed 212...
Kingston College (KC) warmed up for this month’s Penn Relays in Philadelphia with victories in the 4x100 metres and 4x400m at yesterday’s Grand Slam Track (GST) at the National Stadium. In the 4x100m, KC’s anchor leg runner Kyle Bodden got the...
SIX YEARS ago at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser set the Khalifa International Stadium on fire with a stunning win in the women’s 400 metres final, clocking 48.14 seconds to capture the gold medal. The...
THE WORLD Under-20 list shook ever so slightly after the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) last week, with several athletes performing at levels that put them among the very best athletes in their age group globally...
Many pundits predicted a close finish between Kingston College (KC), Calabar High, and Jamaica College (JC) for the boys’ title on the eve of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, but in the end it turned out to be a one-...
There is a saying that lightning never strikes in one place twice, but the opposite was true for the defending and 10-time girls’ champions Edwin Allen High at last week’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships. Two years ago,...
HYDEL HIGH’S girls continued their impressive form on the penultimate day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships with Taiefa Gowe putting on a show in the girls’ 2000m steeplechase open with a record-breaking run. Former...
THE 2025 ISSA/Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships is set for a thrilling last two days, following last night’s 400 metres finals at the National Stadium. Kingston College (KC), after 15 of 42 finals, lead the boys’ standings...
KINGSTON COLLEGE’S Julius Itubo smashed one of two records to fall on the second day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) on at the National Stadium yesterday. The second record of the day came from the Class 3...
SABRINA DOCKERY of Lacovia High stole the spotlight on the opening day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, gracing the new track with a sensational 11.12-second run in the preliminary round of the girls’ Class One 100...
CERTAIN EVENTS always capture the fans’ attention at any championships and this week’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) at the National Stadium should be no different. This year’s competition is expected to be the...
HEAD COACH of Jamaica College’s (JC) track and field team, Dwayne Johnson, is extremely confident just ahead of the start of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletic Championships (Champs). He believes that his team will improve on last year...
Nigerian sprint hurdler Tobi Amusan, who now trains at Racers Track Club, will make her local season debut today at the Velocity Fest 16 track and field meet at Ashenheim Stadium, starting at 4 p.m. The 28-year-old Amusan, the 2022 gold medallist...
The girls’ sprint hurdles are expected to be very competitive across the various classes at next week’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships. However, the event that could attract the most attention is the Class Two 100 metres...
EDWIN ALLEN High School’s Tashana Godfrey has had an excellent season in the Girls’ Class 3 80-metre hurdles, proving to be a cut above her peers. Dominant performances at various development meets have solidified her position as the one to beat in...
IT HAS been a special season so far for the Convent of Mercy Academy’s (Alpha) belles at the various meets leading up to the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs). But their young team wants it to be even more special...
AFTER HIS impressive performance at the Carifta Trials at G. C. Foster College — where he clocked a personal best of 13.06 seconds, improving massively on his previous best of 13.42 to win Under-20 110m hurdles — Kingston College’s Daniel Clarke...
