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...
by Hubert Lawrence | November 23, 2021 | Carifta Games, Olympic Games, World Championships
Last week’s confirmation that the Carifta Games will return to Jamaica in 2022 brings back memories of 2011 when the junior track and field event was last held here. Those Games upheld the tradition of putting the future of Caribbean athletics on show. In fact,...