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Donald Quarrie top 18th MultiCare Champs

Wednesday, May 22, 2013


Defending champions Donald Quarrie High successfully defended its title, emerging overall champions of the MultiCare Track & Field Championships for the second year running, at the 18th annual staging of the meet at the G C Foster College a week ago. The East Kingston School amassed 174 points and edged out Greater Po ...more





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Fraser-Pryce, Felix 150m showdown off

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

KINGSTON, Jamaica - The 150 metre showdown between American Allyson Felix and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is off for Saturday. Two-time Olympic 100m champion Fraser-Pryce will no longer run at the BT Great City Games in Manchester, England due to injury ...more

Shelly-Ann launches Pocket Rocket Foundation

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

THE Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce Pocket Rocket Foundation was officially launched last week at a ceremony at the Terra Nova All Suite Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica. The foundation, founded and chaired by Olympic and World Champion athletics superstar Shelly ...more

16-y-o emerges Champion for at WATA/Nuttall 5K

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Many participants in the WATA/Nuttall Memorial Hospital Pre-Mother's Day 5K Road Race entered with hopes of coming first, while others were just there to support the cause. But the young runners gave an impressive performance at the event, sweeping t ...more

UWI Games 2013 set for May 21-30

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Kingston, Jamaica: Ten sports, 10 days, one winner! Jamaica's UWI Mona Campus is all set for the upcoming hosting of the biennial inter-campus championships, the UWI Games 2013. Approximately 400 student athletes, from across the four major campuse ...more

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Showdown: Felix v Fraser-Pryce over 150m

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Two-time Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce will square off against the Olympic 200m champion, American Allyson Felix, in a compromise distance of 150m at the Great City Games in Manchester, England Saturday. The ...more

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Dwight Thomas second in World Challenge 110m hurdles

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaican sprint hurdler Dwight Thomas Tuesday placed second in his event at the IAAF World Challenge in Beijing, China. Two other local athletes competed at the meet. Thomas clocked 13.44 seconds to finish behind American D ...more

Political parties alone can't do it — Phillips

Monday, May 20, 2013

FINANCE Minister Peter Phillips said yesterday that it would take much more than the involvement of the country's political parties to lift Jamaica out of its current state. "Ultimately the search for an effective nation is going to have to engage t ...more

J'can juniors look set for Pan-Am Champs

Sunday, May 19, 2013

MONTEGO BAY, St James — Jamaican junior track and field athletes will be facing an extended 2013 season as the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) are moving ahead with plans to take part in the Pan-American Junior Championships ...more

Jamaicans sweep sprints at Diamond League meet

Sunday, May 19, 2013

SHANGHAI, China (AP) — Jamaica dominated the sprint races at the Diamond League meet in Shanghai yesterday, with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce winning the women's 100 metres and Warren Weir capturing gold in the men's 200 metres. Fraser-Pryce, a two ...more

PHOTO: Look at him go!

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Andrew Shaw of Ardenne Prep clears the bar in a record leap of 1.55 metres in the boys Class One high jump at the Ovaltime/Cadbury Finals meet at the National Stadium yesterday. (PHOTO: BRYAN CUMMINGS) Look at him go! --> more




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