Category : COMPETITION


27 January 2012	Jamaica’s Jura Levy Adjusting Well at Oklahoma Baptist University 5 By By O’Neil A. Reid “My goal this year is to make the Jamaican Olympic team” said Jura Levy, the former Vere Technical graduate. The 21 year old Levy is currently enrolled at Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU) and is now coached by Ford Mastin. Jura spent the past two years at South Plains College under the guidance of Blaine Wiley. The 2011 season brought lots of success for Levy who re-wrote the record books at South Plains during her tenure, claiming records in all indoor and outdoor sprint events from the 55m (6.80 seconds) indoors to the 100m (11.07 seconds) and the 200m (22.76 seconds) outdoors. Levy is the reigning National Association of Intercollegiate....
01 February 2012	Verone Chambers Has Sights on Making Jamaican Olympic Team 5 By by O'Neil A. Reid Jamaica’s Verone Chambers, the 23 year old senior at Oklahoma Baptist University (OBU), is looking forward to having a great season. The Ford Mastin coached Chambers has been dominant in the women’s 400m in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) where she is the defending champion in the one-lap event. Verone is perhaps the most decorated track athlete in OBU history, capping 13 national championships and 19 NAIA All-American mentions. Verone, the Edwin Allen High School (Jamaica) graduate, specializes in the 400m. She has has a personal best 52.72 seconds in that event which she established in June 2011. Excited and Driven ....
17 February 2012	O’Neal Wanliss Making an Impact at North Carolina 5 By By O'Neil A. Reid “I am not as aggressive with my start as I should be, so I am working on that,” said O’Neal Wanliss, the 19-year-old freshman on the University of North Carolina track and field team. Wanliss, the 2011 Georgia state high [caption id="attachment_1042" align="alignright" width="199" caption="O'Neal running the curve in the 600m at the Fielddick Taylor Invitational (Jan 12). Photo courtesy of UNC Athletics"][/caption] school 400m (47.77) and 800m (1.49.62) champion is adjusting well to life at North Carolina. O’Neal, New York-born and of Jamaican parentage, moved to Atlanta at a young age and has established himself as one of the best high school 400m/....
27 February 2012	Bermuda’s Aaron Evans is Back on Track. 5 By [caption id="attachment_1073" align="alignright" width="199" caption="Aaron Evans ahead of the field in May 2010. Photo by Jake McDonald - I Light Media"][/caption] By O'Neil A. Reid Bermuda’s Aaron Evans captured the men’s 800m title in a season best 1.48.22 seconds at the SEC Conference Championship held in Lexington, Kentucky this past weekend [February 24-26]. Evans who had a 2012 season best 1.47.88 seconds in the 2-lap events told the University of Georgia website “Finally, after three years I won after being so cl....
05 March 2012	Barbados’s Kierre Beckles in Midst of Record Breaking Season 5 By By O'Neil A. Reid “That was kinda a shocker because the school indoor track is not the best, and for me to run that time [7.55 seconds], it is great,” said Kierre Beckles, in response to breaking the school record in the 55m hurdles at the Gamecock Invitational on February 18. Kierre, a senior at the University of South Carolina (Gamecocks) who hails from Barbados, has broken the school records in both the 55m (7.55 seconds) and 60m (8.11 seconds) in the past few weeks. Last weekend (Febr....