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 | May 17, 2022 | New Generation, US College Circuit
For the first time since 1996, a Jamaican has broken 1 minute and 46 seconds in the men’s 800m. The barrier breaker is Navasky Anderson who clocked 1.45.89 to win the two-lap event at the South Eastern Conference championships in Oxford, Mississippi on May 14. A...
by Hubert Lawrence | April 2, 2022 | Athlete's Performances, New Generation
World Championship 100m silver medallist Michael Frater believes that Oblique Seville and Ackeem Blake will feature prominently at the National Senior Championships in June. Frater, who coaches Blake at the Titans International Track Club, expects both young men to...
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 17, 2022 | Athlete's Performances, NCAA, New Generation, World Championships, World U20
Jamaicans Kemba Nelson and Ackera Nugent, both 2021 NCAA Indoor champions, made good starts to their 2022 campaigns on the weekend. Nelson zipped to the fastest time over 60m by a US-based college athlete while Nugent set a personal best over the same distance....
by Hubert Lawrence | January 14, 2022 | Athlete's Performances, NCAA, New Generation
With 3 NCAA champions and 9 individual winners at the National Junior College (NJCAA) championships, Jamaica had a fine 2021 season on the US college. Indications are that some of that success will continue in 2022. Leading the charge will be sprinter Kemba Nelson and...
