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Paul Reid 
April 29, 2014
DEVAUGHN Baker, who anchored the record-breaking Jamaica College 4x100m team, was recognised by the organisers of the 120th Penn Relays carnival as th...
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Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
April 29, 2014
WORLD renowned British IAAF Diamond League commentator Stuart Storey will grace the Jamaica International Invitational Meet (JIIM) at the National Sta...
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April 28, 2014
Calabar High's Jorel Belafonte celebrates after anchoring his team to victory in 4X800m at the Penn Relays at Franklyn Field, Philadelphia, recently.
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By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
April 28, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, USA — Christoffe Bryan of Wolmer's Boys celebrated his 18th birthday by winning his third straight high school boys' high jump title at ...
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BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 28, 2014
The University of Technology (UTech) men's sprinters created local history last weekend at the 120th Penn Relays Carnival in Philadelphia when they wo...
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BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
April 28, 2014
A new Penn Relays high school boys 4x100m Championships of Americas record by Jamaica College and two wins by Edwin Allen girls highlighted yet anothe...
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Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
April 27, 2014
Hurdler dreams of fast time at Commonwealth Games Amedal at this year's Common wealth Games in Scotland is what 100m sprint hurdler Andrea Bliss is fo...
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Sanjay Myers | Sports Writer 
April 27, 2014
SPECIAL Olympics Jamaica (SOJ) has been handed a US$10,000 boost towards the expansion of its Unified Sports programme. The grant is available through...
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April 27, 2014
A little boy waves the Jamaican flag at the 120th Penn Relays Carnival at Franklin Field in Philadelphia, USA, as Jamaica's women's defeated their Ame...
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April 27, 2014
HE said it with a chuckle but the Rev Dr Howard Gregory, Lord Bishop of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands, was mot earnest in his invitation to potential...
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Dr Rachel Irving 
April 26, 2014
The ARBITRAL AWARD: CAS 2014/A/3487 of Veronica Campbell Brown versus The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) and The International As...
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Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
April 26, 2014
Shericka Williams consumed with desire to defeat Americans at World Relays Having played second and third fiddle to the United States of America in th...
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Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
April 26, 2014
THE pioneering 1964 Kingston College (KC) team that paved the way for Jamaica's high schools' participation at the prestigious Penn Relays will be hon...
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By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
April 26, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, USA — The Jamaican female sprint relay team sent a strong message that they will be hard to beat at next month's inaugural IAAF World Re...
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Paul Reid 
April 26, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, USA — Wolmer's Boys' Jaheel Hyde continued to conquer new territory after he won the Penn Relays high school boy 400m hurdles at Frankli...
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PAUL A REID Observer writer 
April 26, 2014
JC run blazing 39.72 to win 4X100m at Penn Relays PHILADELPHIA, USA — A Penn Relays High School boys 4x100m record 39.72 seconds by Jamaica College hi...
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By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
April 25, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, USA — Jamaica senior teams will use the USA vs The World relays on today's final day of the 120th Penn Relays Carnival here at Franklin ...
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By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
April 25, 2014
PHILADELPHIA, USA — Jamaican high school boys' teams led by Calabar High, Kingston College and Jamaica College are well set to launch an assault on th...
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Howard Walker | Sports Writer 
April 25, 2014
THE 11th staging of the Jamaica International Invitational (JII) track and field meet will be glittering with a plethora of Olympic and World Champion...
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By Paul A Reid Observer writer 
April 25, 2014
At the double PHILADELPHIA, USA — Edwin Allen High sparkled on yesterday's second day of the 120th Penn Relays Carnival at Franklin Field here in Phil...
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April 24, 2014
Edwin Allen High's Monique Spencer (right) grips the hand of her teammate and safely places the baton in her palm during the running of the girls' 4X4...
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Sanjay Myers | Sports Writer 
April 24, 2014
THE Special Olympics 2014 Caribbean Business Meeting got underway at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel yesterday with various stakeholders calling for inclusi...
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Late RJRGleaner CEO did not seek applause
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