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Feature on Diane Guthrie’s National Heptathlon Record

by Chelsea Harley | June 22, 2020 | Athlete's Performances

In 1911, the Right Excellent Norman Manley set a Boys Championships 100 yard record that lasted for 41 years. The Jamaican and NCAA heptathlon record, set in 1995 by Diane Guthrie, is seemingly headed in that direction too. Guthrie’s big score of 6,527 points...

Kemoy Campbell Unscripted

by Chelsea Harley | February 2, 2020 | Athlete's Performances

World Athletics proudly brings you the premiere episode of our new athlete interview series Unscripted, featuring former Jamaican distance runner Kemoy Campbell. KemoyCampbell

Briana Williams is Track & Field News High School Girls Athlete of the Year

by Chelsea Harley | November 25, 2019 | Athlete's Performances, Track

By Leighton Levy October 24, 2019 SportsMax Track & Field News, widely recognized as the bible of the sport, has named Jamaica’s Briana Williams as the 2019 High School Girls Athlete of the Year. The 17-year-old Williams won 14 of 19 votes for the top spot over...

Eliud Kipchoge and Dalilah Muhammad named World Athletes of the Year

by Chelsea Harley | November 24, 2019 | Athlete's Performances

Posted by Athletics Weekly | Nov 23, 2019 Marathon star and world 400m hurdles record-holder receive top prizes at the World Athletics Awards in Monaco Eliud Kipchoge and Dalilah Muhammad have won world athlete of the year honours at the World Athletics Awards in...

Campbell Brown ‘humbled’ by statue unveiled in her honour

by Chelsea Harley | October 25, 2019 | Athlete's Performances, Track

LOOP SPORTS Sprinting great, Veronica Campbell Brown, on Sunday became the latest Jamaican track and field star to have a statue unveiled in her honour at Independence Park at Jamaica’s National Stadium in Kingston. The life-sized statue which was sculpted by the...

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce rakes in two top awards

by Chelsea Harley | October 16, 2019 | Athlete's Performances, Track

Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has been named by BBC as one of its top 100 Women in the World for 2019. Shelly nominated Fraser-Pryce, who became the only woman to win the 100 metres on four occasions at the IAAF World Athletics Championships, was named...