by Hubert Lawrence | October 11, 2022 | Awards, Coaches Association, President
Jamaica’s track and field coaches are the best in the world. That’s the assertion of none other than Garth Gayle, president of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA). Speaking last week at the Jamaica Track and Field Coaches Association...
by Webtech | February 25, 2022 | Awards, Carifta Games
Brief for Magazine Cover Design Competition Entries Open – Monday, February 28, Entries Close: Monday, March 14 at 3pm, Email: kingstoncarifta2022@gmail.com Design a cover for the 49th staging of the Carifta Games For the last 50 years, junior track and field...
by Hubert Lawrence | January 12, 2022 | Athlete's Performances, Awards, Olympic Games, World Championships
Despite the obstacles posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Jamaica’s track and field athletes made the nation proud in 2021. At the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Jamaica won 9 medals, 4 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze. Weeks later, our team to the World Under 20...
by Hubert Lawrence | December 22, 2021 | Awards, Olympic Games
Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson-Herah has been selected as the Female Athlete of the Year for 2021 by no less than the respected US publication TRACK AND FIELD NEWS. This award follows 2 similar honours bestowed on the 29-year-old sprinter recently. Last month, World...
by Hubert Lawrence | December 15, 2021 | Awards, Olympic Games, World Championships, World U20
Last month, retired Jamaican sprinter Peta-Gaye Dowdie was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame at Louisiana State University (LSU) where she studied and competed from 1997 to 2000. The soft-spoken Dowdie said advice from an uncle spurred her on to a fine career...
by Hubert Lawrence | December 2, 2021 | Awards, Olympic Games, World Athletics
Elaine Thompson-Herah is the Female World Athlete of the Year. Thompson-Herah, who repeated her 2016 Olympic sprint double this year in Tokyo, was presented with her award at an online World Athletics ceremony. After finishing third in both the 100m and 200m at...
