Track Ledger

10 January 2014

Sprinter Cierra White in consideration for Pre-season Bowerman Trophy

College

LUBBOCK, Texas Ца The U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association has named Lady Raider sprinter Cierra White as one of 18 athletes in consideration for the 2014 Bowerman Trophy with the release of the 2014 Women's Preseason Watch List. The organization named 10 athletes to the official watch list with White among an additional eight athletes receiving votes. The junior and 2013 All-American in the 100-meter dash is one five Big 12 athletes among thos....

10 January 2014

Sprinter Cierra White in consideration for Pre-season Bowerman Trophy

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10 January 2014

A Motivated Akheem Gauntlett Seeks Redemption, Targets Personal Best in 2014

College

[caption id="attachment_13074" align="alignleft" width="242" caption="Akheem Gauntlett 2013. Photo by Walt Beazley"][/caption] УTraining is going good. My coach [Trevor Green] is great and he is working me hard. I have the mentality that what doesn't kill me makes me strongerФ said Akheem Gauntlett, the Jamaican quarter-miler . He continued Уso I have to prove not to anybody but only to myself to try and come back harder from all of the things that happen last year. This year I want to leave my mark.Ф Akheem was poise....

10 January 2014

A Motivated Akheem Gauntlett Seeks Redemption, Targets Personal Best in 2014

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17 January 2014

Yanick Hart Adjusting Well at the University of Florida

College

[caption id="attachment_13246" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Hart, Yanick Jan 2014 , Photo by Jim Burgess, UF Communications."][/caption] Twenty year old Yanick Hart is no stranger to the hurdles. Yanick, the WolmerТs Boys School graduate, has the potential to become one of the next best sprint-hurdlers from Jamaica. With a personal best time of 13.52 seconds in the 110m hurdles, and after a stellar high school career both on the track and in the classroom, the eloquent hurdler has taken his talent to Gainesville at the University of Florid....

02 February 2014

Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie Eyes IAAF World Relays

Professional

УThe fact that the IAAF World Relays will be held in my hometown is greatЕ people will be competing on my home track and I am very excited about that,Ф said the recently retired Bahamian sprinter Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie.а Debbie continued УI am planning on competing at the World Relays as I would like to compete at the stadium that was named in honor of my godfather, Thomas A. Robinson.Ф The inaugural IAAF World Relays is set for the Bahamas on May 24-25, 2014. аDebbie who appeared on the Sports Zone with the Professor Show last Tue....

02 February 2014

2014 Youngster Goldsmith Results (Feb 1, 2014)

High School

Below is the link to the Youngster Goldsmith Results, highlighted by Javon Francis 45.95 secondsаperformanceаin the 400m http://www.trackandfieldja.com/contentimg/2014YoungsterGoldsmithResults.pdf....

08 February 2014

2013 Camperdown Classics (Feb 8, 2013) Results & Live Streaming

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24 February 2014

Campbell-Brown Response to CAS Decision

Professional

[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] VCB Official Statement: The past several months of my life has brought me much pain and suffering, however, my faith, family, friends and fans have stood by me as a source of encouragement and a reminder that GodТs word is true in that He will never leave us nor forsake us. The final court available to us as athletes have spoken and humbly I say they have confirmed my innocence. I harbor too much self-resp....

12 March 2014

Blake, Bondarenko, Suhr, Pearson Highlight 2014 adidas Grand Prix

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[caption id="attachment_5363" align="alignleft" width="218" caption="Yohan Blake @ 2012 Adidas GP in NYC, Photo - SportingEventsFotos.com"][/caption] NEW YORK CITY (March 12, 2014) Yohan Blake, the double 2011 IAAF World Champion at 100 meters and in the 4x100-meter relay from Jamaica, returns to Icahn Stadium after missing much of the 2013 season with an injury. Blake, a winner here at 100 meters in 2012, later that year earned silver medals at both 100 meters and 200 meters in the London Olympics as well as gold in the 4x100m. At 24, B....