News & Updates
Jun 28, 2018
Jamaica U18 Invitational
The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) wishes to advise the public that there will be a Jamaica Under18 Invitational Meet scheduled for the National Stadium, Kingston from Saturday, June 30 […]
Field | International | Track
Jun 26, 2018
2018 IAAF World Junior Championships Team Members
A team of thirty-eight (38) athletes and eleven (11) officials will represent Jamaica at the 2018 IAAF World Junior Championships, scheduled for Tampere, Finland from July 10 - 15, 2018. […]
Apr 27, 2018
IAAF Introduces New Eligibility Regulations For Female Classification
The IAAF this week issued new Eligibility Regulations [English] for Female Classification (Athlete with Differences of Sexual Development) for events from 400m to the mile, including 400m, hurdles races, 800m, […]
Apr 26, 2018
2018 Penn Relays Team Members
The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association announce the members of the team to the 2018 Penn Relays. The event will be held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from April 26 - 28. MALES […]
Events | Field | International | Track
Apr 11, 2018
Passing of Patrick “Bunny” Anderson
“A kind man with a good heart,” is how Olympic gold medallist Deon Hemmings-McCatty remembered the late Patrick Anderson, former president of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) and Jamaica […]
Mar 26, 2018
2018 Carifta Team Members
The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association has named a team of seventy-eight (78) athletes and thirteen (13) officials to represent the nation at the Carifta Games, to be held in Nassau, […]
Events | Field | International | Press Release | Track
Mar 07, 2018
IAAF Council Takes Steps to Further Strengthen Athletics
COUNCIL TAKES STEPS TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN ATHLETICS - IAAF COUNCIL MEETING, BIRMINGHAM, DAY 2 The second day of the 213th meeting of the IAAF Council took place today in Birmingham […]
Mar 07, 2018
XXI Commonwealth Team Members
The Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA) will be sending its largest ever contingent of individual and team sports to represent the nation at the Commonwealth Games next month. One hundred and […]
Events | Field | International | Track
Feb 20, 2018
Team Members for the 2018 World Indoor Championships
TO: MEDIA HOUSES – SPORTS DEPARTMENT DATE: February 20, 2017 Subject: JAMAICA’S TEAM – IAAF WORLD INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, Birmingham, UK: March 01 - 04 The IAAF World Indoor Championships in […]
Events | Field | International | Track
Dec 19, 2017
WADA 2018 Prohibited List:Major Changes
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced updates to the Prohibited List (the List), which will come into effect on January 01, 2018. The List is published annually in October […]
Dec 04, 2017
Immortal Bolt – Sprint Icon’s Statue Finally Unveiled
Sprint legend Usain St Leo Bolt has been immortalised in bronze with the unveiling of an eight-foot statue in his likeness at Jamaica's National Stadium yesterday, depicting his trademark 'To […]
Nov 27, 2017
Barshim And Thiam Named 2017 Athletes Of The Year
Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim and Nafissatou Thiam of Belgium have been named the male and female World Athletes of the Year at the IAAF Athletics Awards 2017, held at the […]