Roswell named to CAC team alongside Jura Levy
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Newly crowned national 100m hurdles champion Demisha Roswell has been named to Jamaica’s team for the 2026 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games, scheduled for Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from July 24 to August 8.
Roswell earned selection after capturing her first senior national title at the recent JAAA National Championships, where she clocked a personal best 12.40 seconds in the 100m hurdles. The performance is joint fifth-fastest by a Jamaican woman.
Her inclusion comes just days after she was left off Jamaica’s Commonwealth Games team because she had not been included on the mandatory long list submitted to organisers in March. The JAAA later acknowledged the oversight and issued a public apology.
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Also named to the CAC Games team is 35-year-old sprinter Jura Levy, who last represented a Jamaican national team in 2018.
Men’s team:
Javari Thomas, Bouwaghie Nkrumie, Tyquendo Tracey, Kadrian Goldson, Javier Brown, Kimar Farquharson, Kirk Dawkins, Sharvis Simmonds, Shaquane Gordon, Romario Stewart, Malik James-King, Nikoali Williams, Lushane Wilson, Apalos Edwards, Raquil Broderick, Chad Wright, Kadrian Goldson, Adrian Kerr, Demar Francis, and Travis Williams.
Women’s team:
Krystal Sloley, Natasha Morrison, Niesha Burgher, Kelly-Ann Carr, Joanne Reid, Janela Spencer, Demisha Roswell, Rohanna Sudlow, Jura Levy, Janielle Joseph, Tonyann Beckford, and Oneka Brissett.
Team management: Manager Michael Fuertado; Assistant Manager, Dennis May; Assistant Manager, Nackesia Edwards; Head Coach, Horace Vassell; coaches Jermaine Hamilton, Bertland Cameron and Gregory Little; Mario Haughton, administration; Dr Rashawn Samuels; and Richard Stephens, massage therapist.
— Paul A Reid