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Holland High School’s athletic programme receives financial boost from Glastonbury
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March 30, 2026
TRELAWNY, Jamaica — Meat supplier Glastonbury provided an undisclosed sum towards boosting the athletics programme at the Holland High School in Trela...
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#Champs2026: Champs suspended due to poor weather
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KINGSTON, Jamaica—Officials have suspended competition on Saturday’s final day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athletic Championships due to p...
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#Champs2026: Immaculate’s Robinson seeks back-to-back long jump medals
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#Champs2026: Immaculate’s Robinson seeks back-to-back long jump medals
March 26, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Immaculate Conception High’s Jaeda Robinson will be hoping to win the girls Class 1 long jump in her first year in the age group a...
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#Champs2026: STETHS’ Richards takes gold in girls Class 4 long jump
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#Champs2026: STETHS’ Richards takes gold in girls Class 4 long jump
March 26, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — St Elizabeth Technical’s Anastacia Richards won the girls Class 4 long jump of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Ch...
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#Champs2026: Three 100m champions on course for girls’ sprint doubles
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March 26, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Holland High’s Shanoya Douglas is one of three 100m champions still on course for their respective sprint double after the first r...
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#Champs2026: Shanoya Douglas is Jamaica’s fourth-fastest junior of all time
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#Champs2026: Shanoya Douglas is Jamaica’s fourth-fastest junior of all time
March 25, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Holland High School’s Shanoya Douglas became the fourth-fastest ever Jamaican junior, after running a big personal best and world-...
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#Champs2026: Stage set for epic Boys Class 1, 100m final
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#Champs2026: Stage set for epic Boys Class 1, 100m final
March 25, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica - The stage is set for what could be an epic Boys Class 1 100m final on Wednesday’s second day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Gir...
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#Champs2026: Holland’s Douglas leads qualifiers for Class 1 100m final
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#Champs2026: Holland’s Douglas leads qualifiers for Class 1 100m final
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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Holland High’s Shanoya Douglas leads all qualifiers for the final of the Girls Class 1 100m after running an easy looking 11.17 se...
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#Champs2026: Clarendon College’s Jamelia Young retains Girls Class 2 shot put
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#Champs2026: Clarendon College’s Jamelia Young retains Girls Class 2 shot put
March 25, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Clarendon College’s Jamelia Young retained her Girls’ Class 2 shot put title with a mark of 14.71m on Wednesday’s second day of the ...
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#Champs2026: 2025 medallists return to girls Open 400m hurdles final
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March 24, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — All three finalists from last year’s girls Open 400m hurdles event have qualified for Friday’s final after the preliminaries on Tu...
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#Champs2026: Class 1 boys 100m promises fireworks on Wednesday
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#Champs2026: Class 1 boys 100m promises fireworks on Wednesday
March 24, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Wednesday’s semi-finals and final in the Class 1 boys 100m promises explosive sprinting after an impressive display in Tuesday’s p...
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#Champs2026: Clarendon College’s Young seeks to defend girls Class 2 shot put title
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#Champs2026: Clarendon College’s Young seeks to defend girls Class 2 shot put title
March 24, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Clarendon College’s Jamelia Young will try to defend her girls Class 2 shot put title despite only throwing 12.75m in Tuesday’s pr...
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#Champs2026: Holland High’s Douglas impresses in girls Class 1 100m heats
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#Champs2026: Holland High’s Douglas impresses in girls Class 1 100m heats
March 24, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Holland High’s Shanoya Douglas was impressive in qualifying for Wednesday’s semi-finals of the Class 1 girls 100m at the ISSA/Grac...
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#Champs2026: Vere Tech’s Freemantle into girls Class 1 discus final
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March 24, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Vere Technical’s Ramona Freemantle booked her spot in a second final on the first day of the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Athl...
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#Champs2026: Calabar’s Edwards leaps into Class 2 long jump final with single jump
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#Champs2026: Calabar’s Edwards leaps into Class 2 long jump final with single jump
March 24, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Calabar High’s Talshawn Edwards, Cornwall College’s Zhi-Hew Whitter and Kingston College’s Odane Noble all needed only one jump to...
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#Champs2026: Holmwood lead girls Class 2 and 3 400m qualifying
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#Champs2026: Holmwood lead girls Class 2 and 3 400m qualifying
March 24, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Annastacia Hall and Malya McLennon of Holmwood Technical led the qualifiers into the semi-finals of the girls Class 2 and 3 400m a...
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#Champs2026: Edwin Allen’s Fowler on course to defend Class 2 1500m
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#Champs2026: Edwin Allen’s Fowler on course to defend Class 2 1500m
March 24, 2026
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Defending champion Kevongaye Fowler of Edwin Allen High is on course to defend her Girls Class 2 1500m title after an easy qualifi...
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