One Good Year Deserves Another
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...
2022 Could be Bloomfield’s Come Back Year
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...
Uncle’s Advice Led Dowdie to LSU’s Hall of Fame
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...