The women’s discus throw, often overshadowed by the outstanding Jamaican men, could force fans at the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association Olympic Trials in late June to pay attention.

There is a strong possibility that the Jamaican team to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil could have at least two female discus throwers.

Tara-Sue Barnett has already secured the automatic qualifying mark of 61.00m after she threw a personal best 61.28m at the Steve Scott Invitational in Irvine, California last month. But two others are breathing down her neck and could punch their tickets to Rio by the June 30 to July 3 National Trials.

Recently, National Record holder Kellion Knibb of Florida State University won her third ACC women’s outdoor title with a season’s best 60.62m a day after former Hydel High athlete Shadae Lawrence, now at Kansas State, threw a personal best 58.84m to win the Big 12 title.

Knibb, the former St Jago athlete, has been on a roll this year, winning five of six events she has been in. She broke a 20-year-old record at the Penn Relays in April after coming back from last year’s injury-ravaged season.

The National Record holder with 61.34m set in 2014, added to her ACC titles won in 2013 and 2014 and the 61.00m standard appears well within her grasp.

Lawrence was winning her first Big 12 title, surpassing the 56.54m she had set on April 30th in Fort Worth, Texas.