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 […]
Jamaica Sports News: March 21st – March 27th, 2015
WILLIAMS WINS KINGSTON-TO-MANDEVILLE BIKE RACE—03/23/15 Oshane Williams was the chief winner in the 60-mile-long road race sponsored by the Jamaica Cycling Federation. The race runs from Kingston to Mandeville, and Williams won with a time of two hours and 45 minutes in Category One. FRASER-PRYCE TELLS CHAMPS ATHLETES TO “HAVE FUN”—03/24/15 Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce encouraged the […]
Meet Keron Haynes, Next Generation Jamaican Bobsled Dreamer – Help Him Realize The Dream
Meet Daniele Browning, Next Generation Jamaican Bobsled Dreamer – Help Her Realize The Dream
Daniele Browning started representing Jamaica in track and field at the age of 16. She has won medals at both the junior and senior levels including a silver medal from the 2005 world track and field championship and a gold medal from the 2006 commonwealth games. She earned an Associate Degree in Liberal Arts form […]
The Jamaican Bobsled team
Buy our Jamaicans.com Bobsled T-shirt Now!!! In 1988 the first Jamaican Bobsleigh team made history in the Calgary Olympics Winter Games. They warmed the hearts of many worldwide in their first attempt at Olympic glory and was even immortalized in the popular Walt Disney movie “Cool Runnings”. Since then the team has been a mainstay […]
Presentation to the Jamaican Olympic team
In September we asked many of you to sign our online guest book to show your appreciation and congratulate the Jamaican Olympic team. We compiled all the well wishes into a printable book. It was presented to the the Jamaican Olympic team on our behalf by Liz Burns of Jamaica United Relief Association (JURA). Download a copy of the […]