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Published:Monday | February 17, 2025 | 9:38 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Director Ray Harvey says they are all set for today’s 46th staging of the Western Relays at G.C. Foster College. The meet is set to start at 10 a.m. One of the most popular events on the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association calendar, the...

Published:Monday | February 17, 2025 | 9:37 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

There will be a feast of sprinting at today’s 20th staging of the Camperdown Classics, as more than 1,300 athletes are expected to compete in the 100 metres inside the National Stadium. “We are excited about today’s staging, especially the entries...

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 5:20 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Hurdlers stole the show at last weekend’s Youngster Goldsmith Classics at the National Stadium. Among the girls, St Jago High’s Shanice Williams led the way after producing a meet record and personal best of 10.52 seconds to win the Class...

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 5:02 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

A RECORD 1,740 athletes have been registered for tomorrow’s Youngster Goldsmith Track and Field Classic at the National Stadium, and meet organiser Raffic Shaw expects some competitive action both on the track and in the field. “The meet has been...

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 5:02 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

G.C. Foster College of Physical Education and Sport are the 2024 Greg Garel Intercollegiate KO football champions. They clipped College of Agriculture, Science and Education (CASE) 2-1 in the final on Wednesday at the UWI/JFF Captain Burrell...

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 4:41 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

CALABAR HIGH School secured three victories at the inaugural New York State International Invitational Indoor Track and Field Meet, held last weekend at the Ocean Breeze Track and Field Facility in Staten Island. The meet, the brainchild of...

Published:Monday | February 3, 2025 | 4:36 PMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

FORMER inter-secondary girls’ champions St Jago High displayed their best form this season with several good performances at last Saturday’s 23rd staging of the Queen’s/Grace Jackson Invitational meet at the National Stadium. St Jago dominated...

Published:Friday | January 24, 2025 | 12:06 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

National women’s 200 metres champion and record holder Shericka Jackson has entered the 60 metres at the 2025 Queen’s- Grace Jackson Invitational meet and could be in action on the track tomorrow for the first time since mid-2024. The world 200m...

Published:Monday | January 20, 2025 | 12:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

LESS THAN 24 hours after two field event athletes, discus thrower Roje Stona and triple jumper Shanieka Ricketts, were crowned 2024 RJRGLEANER Sports Foundation Sportsman and Sportsman of the Year, Clarendon College’s thrower Marla-Kay Lampart...

Published:Saturday | January 18, 2025 | 12:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Defending inter-secondary girls’ champions, Edwin Allen High, will be hoping to continue their early season form when they return to GC Foster College to compete at today’s Central Hurdles Relays and Field Events meet. Athletes will be involved...

Published:Friday | January 17, 2025 | 12:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

The spotlight will be on the Class One boys at today’s Sprint Fest 100 metres at G C Foster College in Spanish Town. The first event is set to begin at 2 p.m. Excelsior High’s duo of Malike Wright and Riquelme Reid will be the top sprinters on...

Published:Monday | January 13, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Defending inter-secondary champions Edwin Allen High and former champions Holmwood Technical dominated the action among the girls with some splendid performances at last Saturday’s JAAA- Puma Fuller-Anderson meet at G.C. Foster College. Edwin...

Published:Saturday | January 11, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

The 2025 local track and field season continues today with three big meets. In Kingston, the Douglas Forrest Invitational meet will take place inside the National Stadium. GC Foster College in Spanish Town will host the JAAA/PUMA Charlie Fuller...

Published:Wednesday | January 8, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THERE WERE several outstanding performances on the track over the past weekend as high school teams began their journey to the ISSA Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, set to take place in two months. Undoubtedly, the performances that caught...

Published:Monday | January 6, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Hydel High’s girls produced two days of outstanding performances in field events at the Purewater/R. Danny Williams/JC Throws Fest at the Ashenheim Stadium at the weekend. The meet, which started on Friday, saw Natassia Burrell picking up a double...

Published:Saturday | January 4, 2025 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Muschett High School’s Shanoya Douglas, the bronze medallist in the 200 metres at last year’s World Under-20 Championships, was the star performer at yesterday’s Sprint Fest at Ashenheim Stadium, Jamaica College. Competing in the Class Two half-lap...

Published:Saturday | January 4, 2025 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Inter-secondary girls’ track and field champions Edwin Allen High head a number of high school teams down to compete at today’s 31st staging of the Purewater/R. Danny Williams/JC Development Meet, to be held at the Ashenheim Stadium starting at 8:...

Published:Friday | January 3, 2025 | 9:53 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

World Under-20 200 metres bronze medallist Shanoya Douglas of Muschett High will open her 2025 track season in the half-lap event at today’s Sprint Fest meet at Ashenheim Stadium, Jamaica College. The meet is set to start at 2:30 p.m. Douglas,...

Published:Thursday | January 2, 2025 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Former national footballer and coach Wayne Palmer will be honoured at this year’s staging of the Purewater/JC/Danny Williams Development Meet. The event is set to take place on Saturday at the Ashenheim Stadium, Jamaica College (JC). Palmer has...

Published:Saturday | December 28, 2024 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

FOGA ROAD High’s Shaneika McLean was one of the standout performers at the recent Foga Road High Over Distance meet held on the school grounds. Now, she is eager to maintain that momentum heading into the 2025 track and field season. A second-year...

Published:Friday | December 27, 2024 | 12:08 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Edwin Allen High School’s team captain, Monique Stewart, is determined to have an outstanding year on the track in 2025. Stewart is confident that she can lead her team to another title at next year’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics...

Published:Tuesday | December 17, 2024 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

African athletes have done very well in recent years at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships, with Kingston College dominating middle- and long-distance events for several years with runners born in Kenya. Last year Kenyans...

Published:Saturday | December 14, 2024 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Erica Ewbanks, the Inter-Secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) chairperson for schoolgirl netball and principal of Garvey Maceo High School, has expressed great satisfaction with the successful conclusion of this season’s netball competition...

Published:Thursday | December 12, 2024 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

FIRST-TIME FINALISTS Wolmer’s Girls’ School and defending champions Holmwood Technical delivered commanding performances in yesterday’s ISSA Schoolgirl All-Island Netball finals at the Manchester High School. In the junior final, the Tracy-Ann...

Published:Wednesday | December 11, 2024 | 12:06 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

HISTORY COULD BE in the making today at Manchester High School’s netball courts with Holmwood Technical seeking to win both the junior and senior ISSA All-Island netball titles. Action will get underway at 1:00 p.m., as the Tracy-Ann Griffiths-...

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