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Published:Monday | February 9, 2026 | 12:07 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Top high school athletes stepped up a notch at last Saturday’s 27th staging of the Youngster Goldsmith Classics inside the National Stadium, sending out strong messages ahead of next month’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships...

Published:Monday | February 9, 2026 | 12:06 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

LED by Class Three athlete Oshea Cummings, who had double success, Hydel High’s girls dominated the middle- and long-distance events at Saturday’s Fervet Distance Carnival at the Ashenheim Stadium, Jamaica College (JC). Cummings, a Trnidadian,...

Published:Saturday | February 7, 2026 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

St George’s College and Wolmer’s Boys’ School drew first blood in their first games of the Urban ISSA schoolboy basketball finals at Campion yesterday, recording wins over their opponents to take 1-0 leads in the best-of-three series. In under-16...

Published:Saturday | February 7, 2026 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

The build-up for next month’s ISSA Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) will continue today as three Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) development track and field meets take centre stage – two in the Corporate Area and...

Published:Friday | February 6, 2026 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THE BEST of three finals in the ISSA Urban Basketball schoolboys’ under-16 and under-19 competitions tip off today at Campion. At 2 p.m. Jamaica College (JC) will oppose Wolmer’s Boys in under-16 action before defending champions Campion College...

Published:Thursday | February 5, 2026 | 12:19 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

One of the most sought-after development meets on the JAAA calendar is the Youngster Goldsmith Classics, and it will be no different when the 27th staging of the meet gets under way inside the National Stadium on Saturday — the first meet to be...

Published:Wednesday | February 4, 2026 | 12:17 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

St George’s College are through to the finals of the Urban ISSA Under-19 schoolboy basketball competition after turning back Jamaica College 59–51 yesterday at Jamaica College (JC) to win the semi-final series 2–1. St George’s, who surprised JC on...

Published:Tuesday | February 3, 2026 | 12:14 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

LAST Saturday’s staging of the STETHS-Olliviere-Smith Invitational meet, held at St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), was well supported by high school teams from the western part of the island, with several athletes making their first...

Published:Monday | February 2, 2026 | 12:16 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

WORLD Athletics Championships 4x400 metres silver medallist Dejanea Oakley continued her terrific winter season form at the weekend. Competing at the Arkansas Razorback Invitational for the University of Georgia, she stormed to a world indoor-...

Published:Saturday | January 31, 2026 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

The build-up for this year’s ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) continues today with the staging of two JAAA-sanctioned track and field meets. The Ted Dwyer Classics will be held at Stadium East in Kingston, while in...

Published:Saturday | January 31, 2026 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

JAMAICA College (JC), on Thursday, became the first team to advance to the finals of the ISSA Urban Under-16 Schoolboys Basketball competition. The Duane Cunningham-coached team, playing at home, got past Campion College 60-51 in their second...

Published:Friday | January 30, 2026 | 12:07 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

DANIELLE WILLIAMS, the world leader in the women’s 60 metres hurdles, will be one of eight Jamaicans in action at the 118th staging of the Millrose Indoor Games in New York on Sunday. Williams, who sits atop the event following her world-leading 7...

Published:Thursday | January 29, 2026 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

When the 41st staging of the STETHS-Olliviere-Smith Invitational meet gets under way this Saturday at St Elizabeth Technical High School, western teams who have been struggling since Hurricane Melissa will once again be the main beneficiaries. Meet...

Published:Thursday | January 29, 2026 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Defending champions Campion College and St George’s College drew first blood in the semi-final round of the ISSA Urban Under-19 schoolboy basketball competition on Tuesday, both recording important victories over their opponents. In the best-of-...

Published:Wednesday | January 28, 2026 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

In October of 2025 when Hurricane Melissa struck, the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls’ Athletics Championships (Champs) was the furthest thing from the minds of track and field coaches from parishes in western Jamaica. One month, two months passed...

Published:Monday | January 26, 2026 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

EXCELSIOR High’s intermediate hurdlers Jaeden Campbell and Kishawn Hoffman stole the spotlight at Saturday’s staging of the Central Hurdles, Field Events and Relay meet at G.C. Foster College. Campbell captured the Class Two 400m hurdles in 53....

Published:Monday | January 26, 2026 | 12:11 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

TWO-time World 100 metres hurdles champion Danielle Williams continued her unbeaten indoor run in the women’s 60m hurdles at last Saturday’s New Balance Indoor Grand Prix track meet in Boston, Massachusetts. Williams clocked a world-leading 7.87...

Published:Saturday | January 24, 2026 | 12:07 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

CLARENDON College’s throwing standout, Marla Kay Lampart, was the star performer at the recent JAAA/Charlie Fuller Field Events meet held at Manchester High School. The defending Class One discus champion and national Under-20 shot put record...

Published:Saturday | January 24, 2026 | 12:07 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

THE 2026 JAAA track and field season continues today with the staging of the McKenley/Wint Classic at Calabar High School and the Central Hurdles, Field Events and Relays meet at GC Foster College. Both meets are set to start at 8:30 a.m. Support...

Published:Tuesday | January 20, 2026 | 12:09 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Ryan Peralto, a member of the Gibson McCook Relays Organising Committee, is very upbeat about this year’s staging of the event, despite a truncated programme. Peralto is the man in charge of registration for the 49th staging of Jamaica’s premier...

Published:Friday | January 16, 2026 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Defending ISSA Urban Schoolboy Under-19 Basketball champions Campion College maintained their unbeaten run in the competition on Tuesday after getting by Calabar 78-53 in quarterfinal action. A dominant third quarter for the defending champions, in...

Published:Friday | January 16, 2026 | 12:12 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Following last Saturday’s opening track and field meet of the year, the Pure Water/R. Danny Williams Development meet at the Ashenheim Stadium, things will shift into high gear tomorrow with the staging of four more. In what will be a busy day of...

Published:Thursday | January 15, 2026 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Tia Clayton and Jonielle Smith of MVP Track Club, who were members of Jamaica’s silver medal-winning women’s 4x100-metre relay team at last year’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, will feature in the women’s 60 metres at this Saturday’s PUMA...

Published:Monday | January 12, 2026 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

World Championships 4x400-metre silver medallist Dejanea Oakley was in fine form in the opening race of her indoor season at the Clemson Indoor Invitational on Saturday. Competing for the University of Georgia, Oakley sped to a personal-best 35.94...

Published:Monday | January 12, 2026 | 12:10 AMRaymond Graham/Gleaner Writer

Led by a brilliant 11.34-second performance from Alexxe Henry in the Class 1 Girls’ 100 metres at Saturday’s 32nd staging of the Pure Water/R Danny Williams Development Meet at the Ashenheim Stadium, Edwin Allen’s girls swept the shortest sprint in...

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