by Chelsea Harley | September 10, 2019 | Athlete's Performances, Field, International, Track
After a thrilling conclusion to the 2019 IAAF Diamond League season in Brussels, Danielle Williams joined Shanieka Ricketts as wild card winners for Jamaica. Danielle Williams2Like the winners the week before, each of the 16 individual event winners at the Memorial...
by Chelsea Harley | August 30, 2019 | Athlete's Performances, Field, International, Track
Shanieka Thomas-Ricketts registered a massive upset in Zurich, Switzerland on Thursday as she won the Diamond League final in the triple jump with a 14.93m personal ShaniekaThomas-Ricketts upstaged Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas, the Pan Am Games record holder and world...
by Chelsea Harley | August 18, 2019 | Athlete's Performances, Field, International, Track
Omar McLeod, Yohan Blake, Akeem Bloomfield and Danielle Williams were winners at the Birmingham Diamond League meeting. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce was third in the 200m. Blake BirminghamDina Asher-Smith led the 200m with about 60m of the race remaining before 6ft 1in...
by Chelsea Harley | August 12, 2019 | Athlete's Performances, Field, International, Track
17 TRACK AND FIELD MEDALS AT PAN AMS. Jamaica’s track and field athletes continued their preparation for the IAAF World Championships as they picked up a total of 17 medals at the 2019 Pan American Games which concluded on Sunday in Lima, Peru. The haul consists...
by Chelsea Harley | August 9, 2019 | Athlete's Performances, Field, International, Track
Jamaican athletes had a good 3rd day at the Pan American Games in Peru. Pride of place went to Shericka Jackson who took gold in the women’s 400m final in 50.73. She was clear of Mexico’s Paola Moran (51.02) and Courtney Okolo (51.22) of the USA. Shericka Demish Gaye...
by Chelsea Harley | August 8, 2019 | Athlete's Performances, Field, International, Track
Double Olympic gold medalist Elaine Thompson won the 100m at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Thompson won with 11.18 seconds, ahead of Trinidad and Tobago’s Michelle-Lee Ahye (11.27) and Vitória Cristina Rosa (11.30), who were second and third-respectively. Her...
