by Chelsea Harley | September 3, 2020 | Athlete's Performances
By the best accounts, Jamaica has won 78 Olympic medals with all but one gained in track and field. Look a little closer and you find that on September 2, 1960, Jamaica’s George Kerr continued the work of the great Arthur Wint with a bronze medal, outside that...
by Chelsea Harley | August 29, 2020 | Athlete's Performances
The history of Jamaican track and field is filled with iconic moments. From the Helsinki Quartet’s world record relay victory in the 1952 Olympics onward, every generation has at least one such performance to cherish. For this generation, one of those iconic...
by Chelsea Harley | August 18, 2020 | Athlete's Performances
“I’m excited, in fact I’m very excited about 2015, I just want to reiterate that I have high standards for myself and if I achieve my goals, I think I will end the year in the top three.” Those are the words of shot putter O’Dayne Richards,...
by Chelsea Harley | August 13, 2020 | Athlete's Performances
On August 13, 1995, Jamaica broke through the barrier that divides 4×400 teams and began a new era. Michael McDonald, Davian Clarke, Dennis Blake and Danny McFarlane clocked a national record 2:58.29 in the heats at the World Championships in Goteborg, Sweden...
by Chelsea Harley | August 8, 2020 | Athlete's Performances
Like Deon Hemmings on the track, triple jumper Trecia-Kaye Smith holds a unique place in Jamaica’s athletics history. On August 7, 2005 at the World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, the Westmoreland born virtuoso became the first Jamaican woman to win a...
by Chelsea Harley | August 8, 2020 | Athlete's Performances
Nothing tests a man’s mettle like adversity. Jamaica’s Bert Cameron was tested severely at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and passed with flying black-green-and-gold colours. He went to LA in search of a gold medal that would crown him king of the event...
