10 July 2016

Jaheel Hyde Leads Jamaica’s U20 World Team

By O'Neil A Reid

The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) recently announced its 51-member team to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championship schedule for Bydgoszcz, Poland from July 19-24, 2016. Former world junior champion, Jaheel Hyde headlines the team. Hyde, a graduate of Wolmer’s Boys school in Kingston, will lead a team of 40 athletes and 11 officials. This is good news for Hyde who by virtue of his 2nd place finish in the 400m hurdles at the Jamaican Trials a week ago (July 1, 2016), in a personal best time of 48.81 seconds has also qualified for the Rio Olympics. The Rio Olympics is set for August 5-22, 2016. Hyde, a very versatile hurdler, has already captured global titles in both the 110m and 400m hurdles events. Ellis, Bloomfield and Taylor The 40-member team consists of 22 male and 18 female athletes who are the top Jamaican junior athletes. On the boy’s side, in addition to Hyde; Akeem Bloomfield, Ch....

01 July 2016

Day 1 Jamaican Trials Recap – Bolt and Fraser-Pryce advance

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By O'Neil A Reid

The first day of the 2016 Jamaican Senior Championship saw reigning Olympic sprint champions, Usain Bolt and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, advancing to the next round of the men’s and women’s 100m. In addition to the false start infraction committed by Julian Forte, Bolt was visible annoyed with the delayed at the start of the race. Bolt overcame a slow start to win Heat 4, stopping the clock in 10.15 seconds (+0.3mps) ahead of Everton Clarke (10.16) and Michael Frater ((10.31). Fraser-Pryce ran a smooth and composed race to win heat 3 in 11.38 seconds (-1.3mps) ahead of Remona Burchell (11.59) and Natasha Morrison (11.61). Minzie and Ashmeade move on Twenty-year- old Jevaughn Minzie captured heat 1 of the men’s 100m in 10.15 seconds (-1.1mps) ahead of Senoj-Jay Givans (10.16) and Asafa Powell (10.17). This was Minzie’s first victory over Powell, the former world record holder. Powell ran an incredibly relaxed ....

30 June 2016

And they are off ….. The 2016 Jamaican Trial Starts today

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By O'Neil A. Reid

The four-day 2016 Supreme Ventures/ National Senior Championships (“Jamaican Trials”) starts today (June 30) with several key preliminary events. Day 1 will feature the men’s and women’s 100m races, the 400m hurdles races as well as the men’s javelin and triple jump. Day 1 will feature Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the reigning Olympic champion as she begins her quest to defend her 100m title. Fraser-Pryce is seeking her third consecutive 100m Olympic title in Rio and her preparation starts with the Jamaican Trials. It should be noted that Fraser-Pryce by virtue of being the defended champion, having won the title at the London 2012 Olympics, is automatically qualified for Rio. A group of talent sprinters, including Elaine "ET" Thompson, Veronica Campbell-Brown (VCB), Remona Burchell, Simone Facey, Kerron Stewart and Carrie Russell will be vying to join Fraser-Pryce in Rio. 400m Hurdles ....

28 June 2016

Ahye, Thompson and Sorrillo Star at Trinidad Championship

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By O'Neil A. Reid

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02 June 2016

Jamaican Athlete Tested Positive in 2008 - the Jamaica Gleaner Reports

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By Andre Lowe, Special Projects Editor (Jamaica Gleamer) - Sport

JAMAICA , June 1, 2016 An experienced Jamaican runner is among 31 athletes, spanning six sports and 12 countries, whose retested A sample from the 2008 Beijing Olympics has shown the presence of a banned substance. ‎The Jamaican cannot be named at this point given the pending outcome of the B sample test. However, there is growing anxiety among local track and field authorities as the results of B sample tests are expected to be made public by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) within days. While the nation’s biggest global superstars in the sport are not being implicated at this point, the development is still set to have serious consequences for Jamaica's track and field programme, with at least one medal from the Beijing Olympics now at risk of being stripped. Meanwhile, i....

26 March 2016

2016 Carifta Games Grenada Streaming, Live Results

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19 March 2016

2016 World Indoor Championship Live Coverage, Results

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19 March 2016

2016 Jamaica Boys and Girls Champs (Live, Results, News)

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05 January 2016

Who will replace Bolt as the top Jamaican Sprinter?

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By O'Neil A Reid

There have been rumblings about the retirement of world record-holder Usain Bolt. Except for his false start in the 100m finals at the 2011 Daegu World Championship, Bolt, the 6’5” Jamaican, has captured every global sprint titles (100m and 200m) since the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Bolt currently holds the world record in both the 100m (9.58) and 200m (19.19) and has set the bar so high that he has already cemented his legacy as the best sprinter ever. Bolt, who is approaching the age of 30, has discussed possibly retiring after the 2017 London World Championship. The question now becomes: Who will replace Bolt as Jamaica’s top sprinter when he retires? The likely candidates are Yohan “The Beast” Blake, Warren Weir, Kemar Bailey Cole, Asafa Powell and as well as Julian Forte and Rasheed Dwyer. Yohan “The Beast” Blake A few years ago, prior to his injury, Yohan was heralded as the he....

01 January 2016

TrackLedger.com 2015 Top Performances

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By O'Neil A Reid

Below are several top performance for 2015: Usain Bolt 100m in Beijing: Overall, Usain Bolt appeared to have had a sub-par 2015 on the track based on his standard. With personal best times of 9.58 (100m) and 19.19 (200m) under his spikes, both world records, 2015 saw an injury-plagued and apparently out-of-shape Bolt running less than impressive season best times of 9.79 (100m) and 19.55 (200m). However, it was the manner and the stage on which the 6’5” Jamaican established his 2015 season’s best that will be remembered. Going up against his main rival, American Justin Gatlin at the 2015 World Championship in Beijing, Bolt proved his mettle by narrowly defeating Gatlin in the 100m, in 9.79 seconds to Gatlin’s 9.80 seconds. Bolt would later return to win the 200m in a world-leading time of 19.55 seconds ahead of Gatlin’s 19.74 seconds. Bolt’s Beijing performance was unexpected, as Gatlin, w....