Athletics

After being cancelled last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships will be held over five days, May 11-15, reliable sources told the Jamaica Observer yesterday.

Sprinter Whyte rounds into shape as Olympic Trials nears 7:50 pm
Jamaica's 2014 Youth Olympic 200m champion Natalliah Whyte is hoping to stay healthy as she tries to transition and make her first senior Olympic team this summer.

Beckford looking for something big this season 8:50 pm
Following a heady start to his 2021 season, Romaine Beckford is looking to soar even higher in his pet event.

Jamaican Junior College athletes score four wins at Masked Rider Open

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

JAMAICAN Junior College athletes were in fine form winning four events at Saturday's Texas Tech University's Masked Rider Open in Lubbock, Texas, as the outdoor track and field season picked up in intensity.

Grant, Distin, Phipps record wins on NCAA Division One circuit

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Former national junior female 100m record holder Kiara Grant along with Lamara Distin and Rhianna Phipps were among the winners on the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) Division One circuit over the weekend.

Flying high!

Monday, April 12, 2021

Jamaica's World champion Tajay Gayle recorded a world-leading 8.27m (1.5m/s) in the men's long jump and Commonwealth Games and Pan American Games shot put champion Danniel Thomas-Dodd were winners at Saturday's inaugural Miramar Invitational at the Ansin Sports Complex, Hollywood,...

Grant extremely happy with indoor season, plans outdoor assault

Sunday, April 11, 2021

Kiara Grant has expressed delight with her recent performances at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Indoor Track and Field Championships in Arkansas and has promised more of the same, outdoors.

Coaches blast Government for 'destructive' track and field delays

Sunday, April 11, 2021

With just over two weeks to go before the proposed start of the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA)/GraceKennedy Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships, the Jamaica Track and Field Coaches Association (JATAFCA) has called upon the Government to speak...

Tokyo tightens virus measures nearly 100 days before Olympics

Sunday, April 11, 2021

Tokyo, Japan (AFP) — Japan's Government approved tighter coronavirus measures for the capital and other areas on Friday, weeks after lifting a state of emergency and with just over 100 days until the postponed Tokyo Olympics.

Government to provide $45-m support boost to Jamaica's Olympic, Paralympic teams

Sunday, April 11, 2021

The Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport Olivia Grange has announced the resumption of the Athletes Assistance Programme, which will provide more than $45 million in direct financial support to Jamaican athletes who are preparing for the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic...

Thompson Herah, Gayle lead Jamaica's charge at Miramar Invitational

Saturday, April 10, 2021

A number of Jamaican athletes, led by Olympic Games double sprint champion Elaine Thompson Herah and World Champion long jumper Tajay Gayle, will take part in the Miramar Invitational at Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar, Florida, on Saturday as part of the World Athletics Continental...

Chanice Porter jumps new personal best 6.77m

Saturday, April 10, 2021

Jamaica's World Championships finalist Chanice Porter jumped a personal best 6.77m (1.2m/s) as she placed third in the women's long jump at the Spec Towns Invitational in Athens, Georgia, on Friday.

Fate of Champs hangs in the balance

Saturday, April 10, 2021

THE wait for the fate of the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) National Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships will be extended until at least the start of next week, after the executive held an emergency meeting with major stakeholders and sponsors on...

J'can trio recognised for outstanding track and field performances

Friday, April 9, 2021

Three Jamaicans — Jordan Scott of the University of Southern California, Demar Francis of South Dakota and Charokee Young of Texas A&M University — were recognised by their respective conferences for outstanding performances in NCAA track and field...

NERVOUS WAIT

Friday, April 9, 2021

Time is not on the side of the Inter-secondary Schools Sports Association (ISSA) Boys' and Girls' Athletics Championships as stakeholders are caught in a nervous wait hoping to avoid a second-straight cancellation of the high school event.

Moore joins top American Coach Lance Brauman's Pure Athletics Club

Thursday, April 8, 2021

Promising Jamaican sprinter Ashanti Moore left the island on Tuesday, where she will join up with the Lance Brauman Pure Athletics Club.

Jamaica set to compete at World Relays in Poland

Thursday, April 8, 2021

Plans are afoot to send a Jamaican team to the fifth staging of the World Athletics Relays in Poland next month, using athletes that are proven and in form as the criteria for selection.

JOA to 'pump' equipment into member bodies under SVL partnership

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

The recently sealed three-year $45-million partnership between the governing sport institution, the Jamaica Olympic Association (JOA), and corporate giant Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) is already being activated and a number of sport associations will benefit from the...