by Hubert Lawrence | March 21, 2022 | Athlete's Performances, Indoor T&F, World Athletics
Led by the experienced duo of Stephenie Ann McPherson and Kimberly Williams, Jamaica battled its way to three medals at the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, March 16-18. With McPherson on anchor, Jamaica helped bring the curtain down with a gold medal...
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 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 21, 2021 | Olympic Games, Robust Ambition, World Championships
Akeem Bloomfield is on the comeback trail. With the debilitating effect of a hamstring injury behind him, the tall, long-striding 400m man is stepping into the 2022 season with confidence. In 2019, Bloomfield was riding high. He was the runner-up at the NCAA...
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...
