Jamaica Sports News: May 16th – 22nd, 2015
JAMAICA TAKES SECOND AND THIRD IN 200 METERS IN SHANGHAI—05/17/15 At the Shanghai Diamond League meet, Jamaican runners took the second, third and fourth place spots in the 200-meter competition. Julian Forte, 21, took second place with a time of 20:39 seconds, while Nickel Ashmeade took third with 20:44 seconds. WEST INDIES WOMEN BEAT SRI […]
Jamaica Sports News: May 9th – 15th, 2015
POWELL RUNS FASTEST TIME IN 100 METERS FOR 2015—05/09/15 Asafa Powell, Jamaican sprinter, ran the fastest 100-meter race in the world for 2015 at the Jamaica International Invitational. Powell clocked 9.84 seconds, beating Ryan Bailey of the United States and Nesta Carter, also of Jamaica. This was the best time over this distance for Powell […]
Usain Bolt to run at Memorial Van Damme meet in Brussels for the seventh time
Usain Bolt has announced that he will run at the season-ending Memorial Van Damme Diamond League meeting on September 11th, 2015. It will be Bolt’s seventh appearance at the Brussels Diamond League meeting, where he has won five times. Bolt, the world-record holder in the 100 and 200 meters, will decided after the World Championships […]
Jamaica Sports News: May 2nd – 8th, 2015
JAMAICAN WOMEN WIN BRONZE IN 4×200 AT WORLD RELAYS—05/02/15 The Jamaican women’s team took the bronze medal for the 4×200-meter competition at the World Relays Championships in the Bahamas. It was the first medal for Jamaica in 2015 at the Championships. The team included Shericka Williams, Sherone Simpson, Samantha Henry-Robinson, and Veronica Campbell-Brown. JAMAICA WINS […]
Usain Bolt Wins Big Even Though He Lost
The loss of Jamaica’s men’s 4×100 relay team to the U.S. in the 2015 IAAF Word Relays on Saturday sparked a global media frenzy over men’s track dominance while overlooking that Usain Bolt broke another track record in that race. The world’s fastest man now owns the record for the fastest 4×100 meter anchor leg in history. Usain Bolt ran […]
Jamaica Sports News: April 25th – May 1st, 2015
JAMAICA’S ATHLETES WIN BIG ON LAST DAY AT PENN RELAYS—04/25/15 Senior athletes from Jamaica, college students and high school boys from the island all had a big final day at the 121st staging of the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The seniors took two USA vs Rest of the World titles. The high school boys […]
Jamaica Sports News: April 18th – 24th, 2015
VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION LOOKING TO COMPETE IN RIO IN 2016—04/18/15 The president of the Jamaica Volleyball Association (JAVA), Rudolph Speid, is working to prepare a Jamaican beach volleyball team that will participate in the Olympic Games in Brazil in 2016. He plans to make a statement by hosting a women’s beach volleyball Olympic qualifying competition and […]
Jamaica Sports News: April 11th – 17th, 2015
OBAMA MEETS BOLT, STRIKES POSE—04/11/15 United States President Barack Obama met Jamaica’s Olympic spring champion Usain Bolt during his visit to the island. During the meeting, Obama struck the famous “lightning bolt” pose with the record-holding sprinter. Bolt posted a video of the meeting on Instagram, stating that it was an honor to meet the […]
Jamaica Sports News: April 4th – 10th, 2015
JAMAICA ENDS CARIFTA COMPETITION WITH SWEEP IN 4X400 METER RELAY—04/07/15 Jamaica’s athletes ended their stint at the 44th Carifta Games by winning gold medals in all of the 4×400-meter relays in the Basseterre, St. Kitts, Silver Jubilee Athletic Stadium. Jamaica ended the competition with 85 medals in total, including 41 gold, 25 silver, and 19 […]
Jamaica Sports News: March 28th – April 3rd, 2015
BLOOMFIELD RUNS 400 METERS IN RECORD TIME—03/28/15 Akeem Bloomfield of Kingston College has become the first Jamaican schoolboy to run 400 meters in less than 45 seconds. Bloomfield ran the distance in 44.93 seconds for a victory in the Class One race at the GraceKennedy ISSA Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championship in Kingston. His performance […]