Usain Bolt involved in car accident in Kingston in early June; suffered minor injuries
Andrew Riley won the unprecedented men’s 100m and 110m hurdles titles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, then went on to sign a lucrative deal with PUMA in June
Yohan Blake won the sprint double titles (100, 200m) at Jamaican Olympic Trials in June/July
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce established women’s 100m national record of 10.70 seconds at the Jamaican Olympic Trials
Jamaica swept men’s 200m (Bolt, Blake, and Weir) in London
Usain Bolt successful defended his Olympic titles in the 100m (9.63); 200m (19.32) and 4x1 relay (36.84)
Hansle Parchment ran a national record time of 13.12 seconds in the men's 110m hurdles to secure the bronze medal at the London Olympics
Jamaica team of Usain Bolt, Michael Frater, Nesta Carter and Yohan Blake ran a world record time of 36.84 seconds in the men’s 4x1 relays, erasing the old mark of 37.04 seconds that was established at the 2011 Daegu World Championship
Dr. Warren Blake retained JAAA presidency after spirited election in November 2012
Trinidad and Tobago
In May 2012, Semoy Hackett ran 22.55 seconds in the women's 200m to set a national record, bettering Kelly-Ann Baptiste mark of 22.60 seconds that was established in 2009
Keshorn Walcott took javelin gold in London with a national record throw of 84.58m after winning the IAAF World Junior javelin title in Barcelona in July with a then personal best throw of 78.64m
Lalonde Gordon secured 2 bronze medals for Trinidad at the London Olympics
T&T men’s 4x4 relay team established a national record time of 2:59.40 in London
Kelly-Ann Baptiste ran season best 10.86 seconds in the 100m, just outside her national record time of 10.84 seconds
Keston Bledman ran 9.89 seconds in the 100m, the fastest time by a T&T athlete in 2012
The men’s 4x100 relay team (Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender and Richard Thompson) took the bronze medal at the London Olympics in 38.12 seconds
Bahamas
Bahamas named Auburn University assistant coach Henry Rolle as relay coordinator in March 2012
Michael Mathieu set Bahamas men’s 200m national record 20.16 seconds erasing the old mark of 20.21 seconds
Anthonique Strachan took the sprint double titles in the 100m (11.20) & 200m (22.53) at the IAAF World Junior Championship in Barcelona in July
Bahamas men’s 4x4 relay team took gold in London in national record time 2:56.72
Bahamas selected to host the 2013 CARIFTA Games, and the first IAAF World Relay Championships in May 2014
Grenada
Kirani James won the 400m Olympic title in 43.94 seconds, the fasted time ever by a Caribbean athlete
Grenada to renamed its National Stadium after Kirani James
Sports Ambassador Kirani James return to Grenada after his gold-winning performance in London was broadcast live over the internet
Kirani James won the inaugural Caribbean Spirit of Sports Award in Trinidad
St Kitts & Nevis
Kim Collin sent home from the Olympic Games in London for violating team rules
St Kitts sprinter Tameka Williams ‘Madam Speedy’ was sent home from the Olympic Games for admitted use of a "banned substance" The SKNOC defended its action as a precautionary move
Positive Drug Test
Ricardo Cunningham, the Jamaican 800m national champion tested positive at the Jamaican Olympic Trials for pseudoephedrine (PSE), which is found in most cold medicines
Jamaica's 400m runner Dominique Blake tested positive for the stimulant methylhexaneamine
Semoy Hackett (T&T)/ LSU tested positive for methylhexaneamine at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championship
Rest in Peace
Thomas A. Robinson (1938 – 2012), Bahamas legendary sprinter and sports personality
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