by Hubert Lawrence | June 13, 2022 | Athlete's Performances, NCAA
Lamara Distin and Wayne Pinnock completed indoor/outdoor jump doubles at last week’s NCAA Division 1 Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Distin gave Texas A&M University 10 points with an expected win in the high jump on Saturday. A day earlier, Pinnock capped...
by Hubert Lawrence | June 7, 2022 | Athlete's Performances, NCAA
2021 runners-up Lamara Distin and Rojé Stona lead the Jamaican charge at the NCAA Outdoor Championships which start on June 8, in the US city of Eugene, Oregon. Distin is favoured in the women’s high jump while Stona is in for a battle in the men’s discus....
by Hubert Lawrence | May 20, 2022 | NCAA, New Generation
Navasky Anderson wasn’t the only US-based Jamaican to stride into the spotlight last weekend. Demisha Roswell and Ackera Nugent pressed the accelerator in the 100m hurdles to produce performances that now place them in the all-time Jamaica top ten. Roswell, the...
by Hubert Lawrence | March 1, 2022 | Athlete's Performances, NCAA
Jamaica’s Tarees Rhoden put a feather in his cap with success over 800m for Clemson University at the Atlantic Coast Conference indoor championships in Blacksburg, Virginia last weekend. His Clemson teammate Daniel Cope and University of Virginia standout Owayne...
by Hubert Lawrence | January 31, 2022 | Athlete's Performances, NCAA, New Generation, US College Circuit
Danielle Williams and Britany Anderson put Jamaica’s hurdling prowess on display in separate indoor meets on the weekend. They both raced to personal best times and Williams, the 2015 World Champion in the 100m hurdles, moved into the number 2 slot on the yearly...
by Hubert Lawrence | January 25, 2022 | NCAA, US College Circuit, World U20
Ackera Nugent, Jamaica’s World Under 20 100 metre hurdles champion, sped to victory in the 60m hurdles on January 22 at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational in 7.90 seconds. That’s a personal best for Nugent and makes her the third fastest hurdler in the world...