News & Updates
Aug 16, 2021
White to Uphold 400 Tradition at World Juniors
Two Champions, four silvers and six bronze medals. That record makes the girls' 400 metre hurdles the event in which Jamaica has been most successful at the World Under 20 […]
Aug 09, 2021
Team Jamaica – Jamaica’s World Athletics Under 20 Track & Field Teams & Officials
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO: ALL MEDIA HOUSES FROM: Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) DATE: Thursday, August 5, 2021 SUBJECT: Jamaica World Juniors Track & Field Teams & Officials The following is the list […]
Aug 09, 2021
JAAA President Impressed with Olympic Athletes’ Performance
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TO: ALL MEDIA HOUSES FROM: Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) DATE: Sunday, August 8, 2021 SUBJECT: Jamaica Track & Field Athletes – 2020 Olympics Tokyo, Japan For immediate release […]
Aug 07, 2021
Jamaica Bags 9 Medals @ Tokyo Olympics
Day 9 - Evening Nine medals for Jamaica! Jamaica finished the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with nine medals, all from athletics. Four gold, one silver and four bronze. The 4x400m women's […]
Aug 07, 2021
Happy Birthday, Arthur Wint
When Arthur Wint emerged into the world 100 years ago, on May 25, 1920, even his father, a Presbyterian preacher, might not have foreseen the greatness that lay ahead for […]
Aug 03, 2021
Elaine on the Double
Jamaica's Elaine Thompson-Herah made history on Tuesday, August 03 at the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan with an eye-popping 200 metres victory. The 29-year-old sprinter broke a 30-year-old national […]
Aug 03, 2021
Megan Taps the Medal Box
Photo Credit: https://www.teamja.org/archives/14855 Jamaica's distinguished record in the 100-metre hurdles reached an important level at the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Jamaica with a bronze medal for national champion Megan […]
Jul 29, 2021
First Day Fun Facts – The Women’s 100
The Olympic track and field programme begins today and on the schedule is the first round of an event in which most pundits expect a Jamaican bonanza. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the […]
Jul 20, 2021
Memorable Moments – Jamaica’s Men in the Olympic Games 100m
When Herb McKenley won the silver medal in the 100 metres in the 1952 Olympics, he wrote the first chapter in Jamaica's memorable history in sprinting. When Tyquendo Tracey, Yohan […]
Jul 06, 2021
Morgan’s National Indoor 800 Record Turns 25
In 1996, Alex Morgan was part of a George Mason University team chasing its NCAA title. Morgan's mission was to contribute with a big run in the 800 metres. He […]
Jul 06, 2021
Big Jamaican Contingent for NCAA Indoors
Twenty-Three (23) Jamaicans will converge in Fayetteville at the University of Arkansas to contest the NCAA Indoor Championships, which begins on Thursday, March 11, 2021. Led by triple jump favourite […]
Jun 28, 2021
National Champs Upgrades All-Time Performance List
Last week's National Senior Championships produced several revisions to the Jamaican all-time performance list, with Shericka Jackson, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Stephenie-ann McPherson, Jaheel Hyde and Damion Thomas the prime movers. Converted […]