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20 April 2012	VCB Quest to Defend Olympic Title Begins this Weekend 6 By [caption id="attachment_1595" align="alignleft" width="213" caption="Veronica-Campbell winning the 60m in Doha in 2010. Photo by the Associated Press (AP)"][/caption] The reigning Olympics women's 200m champion, Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown (VCB) will embark on her quest to retain her crown starting this weekend. VCB is schedule to compete in the 200m this Saturday at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational, hosted by the University of Florida. VCB who has a personal best 21.74 seconds in the 200m which she established at the 2008 Beijing Olympics is on a very hot streak lately. She i....
21 April 2012	Trinidad's Renny Quow Training Hard & Expecting Good Results 6 By [caption id="attachment_1626" align="alignleft" width="235" caption="Renny Quow 2009 Berlin Photo by the Associated Press (AP)"][/caption] “The shape I am in right now is the shape I was in getting ready for Daegu last year,” said 24 year old Renny Quow of his preparation for the outdoor season with the ultimate goal being London 2012. Quow continued, “it shows just how strong and how fast I am right now and it’s still early in the season.” Quow, the Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) product burst on the track scene as a 20 year old in 2008, making the 400m finals in Beijing and following up that performa....
25 April 2012	Ferguson-McKenzie Gears up for London 2012, Excited about Young Bahamian Talent 6 By “My speed is not there as yet, but I am not worried about that because the program that coach Bauman [Lance] has us on, you get stronger and faster as the season goes on,” said Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie. She continues, “so far, I am where I need to be. I have been working on my speed. Eventually, I need to put together the other pieces of the puzzle, then go out there to compete. As the season progresses, my time will drop.” Ferguson-McKenzie, a member of the Bahamian Golden Girls relay squad is aiming to compete in her 5th Olympic Games in London 2012. Due to m....
29 April 2012	USA Dominates Rest of the World at Penn Relays (6-0) 6 By The USA brought its A-teams to the 2012 Penn Relays at Franklin Field,Philadelphiayesterday, and ran away with all six relay titles. The USA performance signals its intention of being more than a factor on the track heading to the London Olympics. The USA captured the women’s Sprint Medley, the men’s Distance Medley, the men’s and women’s 4x1 and 4x4 relay titles. Allyson Felix- 2 Races, 2 Records [caption id="attachment_1725" align="alignright" width="197" caption="Allyson Felix, Penn Relay 2012, Post Race Press Conference, Photo by O'Neil A. Reid"]
30 April 2012	Jamaica did not Show up for the Penn Relays 6 By [caption id="attachment_1763" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Jamaica Prime Minister Portia Simpson-Miller looks on at Penn Relay 2012"][/caption] Perhaps it is because this is an Olympic year, where all the athletes are placing a premium on training, preparing and working out the kinks in their quest for London 2012 glory. Could it be because the Jamaican athletes are not in peak form as yet? Could it because the Jamaican International Invitational is scheduled for next week (May 5th) in Kingston, Jamaica? Whatever the reason, the Jamaica’s el....