by Chelsea Harley | August 7, 2019 | Athlete's Performances, Field, International
Fedrick Dacres threw 67.68m to win gold at the Pan American Games on Tuesday. Another Jamaican, Traves Smikle, took silver with 65.02m ahead of the USA’s Reginald Jagers III, with 64.48m. Dacres Smikle“This was a good one for me because I was feeling a bit of pain in...
by Chelsea Harley | July 21, 2019 | Athlete's Performances, Field, International, Track
Danielle Williams showed that the controversial events at the National championships have not affected her negatively by posting a new National record 12.32 in the sprint hurdles at the London Diamond League. She ran 12.41 in the heat earlier. This win sees her...
by Chelsea Harley | July 12, 2019 | Athlete's Performances, Field, International, Track
There was no Jamaican winner at the Monaco Diamond League but the Jamaican participants exhibited relatively good form, bearing in mind that the IAAF World Championships are ten weeks away. Monaco DL Intermediate hurdlers Janeive Russell (54.70) and Rushell Clayton...
by Chelsea Harley | June 19, 2019 | Events, Field, Track
2019 World Championships September 27 – October 06, 2019: Doha, Qatar TO: ALL MEDIA HOUSES The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) is in the process of finalizing arrangements for its training camp prior to the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar....
by Chelsea Harley | June 18, 2019 | Athlete's Performances, Field, International, Track
As Jamaica prepares to select their world championship team, the exhilarating days of the nation’s male sprinters, led by Usain Bolt, dominating the world are gone, two of the Caribbean island’s top coaches say. Men Women While the country’s female sprinters continue...
by Chelsea Harley | June 17, 2019 | Athlete's Performances, Field, International
Jamaica’s Fedrick Dacres ended the night with an IAAF Diamond League record, a National record and world leader in the men’s discus after successfully appealing against the disqualification of his third-round throw at the Meeting International Mohammed VI...
