The JAAA / Supreme Ventures National Track and Field Championships held last weekend at the National Stadium proved to be very successful and entertaining.

Veronica Campbell

The meet, which will be used as a means of selecting a team to represent Jamaica at this year's World Championship in Helsinki, Finland, for the seniors, and both the PanAm Junior Championship in Canada, and the World Youth Championship in Morocco for the juniors, had some great results and is proof of how well Jamaicans can perform.

In the 100m for both male and female, the defending champions retained their titles. World record holder Asafa Powell ran an easy 10.04 to retain his title with Michael Frater coming a close second in 10.04, and Dwight Thomas third in 10.08.

The women's 100m was a good race which saw Veronica Campbell clipping Sherone Simpson at the line to steal victory. Both athletes were credited with the same time of 10.97 with Aleen Bailey placing third in 11.14 seconds. Defending champion Danny McFarlane had to settle for second as he was upstaged by 30 year-old Kemel Thompson who won in a season's best of 48.18 seconds.

Fresh from victory in the 100m, Veronica Campbell came back on the final day to retain her 200m title in a time of 22.54 seconds. Sherian Brooks was second and Aleen Bailey third.

Sherone Simpson

As expected in the men's 200m, Usain Bolt registered a convincing win in a time of 20.28 ahead of Omar Brown and Christopher Williams.
The 400m women saw Sherieka Williams defeating the top names to win in a good 50.99 seconds.

The men's 400m saw four athletes running sub-45 seconds. First place went to Lansford Spence in 44.80 seconds, second to Brandon Simpson in 44.84 seconds, third to Michael Blackwood in 44.90 seconds, and fourth to Sanjay Ayre in 44.97 seconds.

The sprint hurdles saw Maurice Wignall retaining his title in a fair 13.54 seconds with Chris Pinnock in second and Decosma Wright in third.

The meet ended with an excellent run in the 100m hurdles for women with Delloreen Ennis-London nosing out Bridgette Foster on the line, both being credited with 12.60 seconds, and Vonette Dixon (12.67) edging out Lacena Golding-Clarke (12.68) for third place.

Other wins came from James Beckford in the men's long jump, Elva Goulbourne in the women's long jump, Kenia Sinclair in the women's 800m, Aldwyn Sappleton in the men's 800m, Schillone Calvert in the U-20 100m and 200m, and Cawayne Jarvis in the U-18 100m and 200m.

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