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HYDEL SMASHES RECORD AT PENN!

  Hydel produced an outstanding all-round effort to break the Championship of America 4×400-metre relay record at the Penn Relays at the Franklin Field stadium today. The Corey Bennett-coached team of Alliah Baker, Onieka McAnuff, Kerrica Hill and Brianna Lsyton clocked an impressive three minutes 32.77 seconds, erasing their 2017 mark of 3:33.99. Edwin Allen […]

Edwin Allen smash 4×100 record, claim 4×800 title

  Edwin Allen dismissed their rivals to win the Penn Relays Championship of America 4×100-metre relays in a new meet record at the Franklin Field stadium today. The team of Serena Cole, Tina Clayton, Brandy Hall and Tia Clayton, running in that order, clocked 43.18 seconds to erase their 2019 time of 43.62. Hydel was […]

HIBBERT WINS LONG JUMP AT PENN!

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania Despite competing with an injured ankle, Kingston College’s (KC) Jaydon Hibbert still managed to outclass his rivals to win the Championship of America triple jump event at the 2022 Penn Relays at the Franklin Field Stadium today. Hibbert, who has been having an outstanding season, had a best of 15.94 metres to win […]

Dejone Raymond wins High Jump at the Penn Relays!

  St Elizabeth Technical’s Dejone Raymond leapt to a new personal best mark to mine gold in the Championship of America high jump event at the Penn Relays inside the Franklin Field Stadium today. Raymond, who finished second in the event at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys’ and Girls’ Athletics Championships, cleared the bar at 2.05 metres […]

World Indoor Championships | Williams clocks personal best 7.06

Source: Jamaica Gleaner…..   OLYMPIANS Briana Williams and Shericka Jackson advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s 60 metres after preliminary round action at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on Friday. Williams clocked a personal best 7.06 seconds to win the sixth and final heat in the second fastest time. Competing in […]

Edwin Allen, St Jago display usual Central Champs dominance

Source: Jamaica Gleaner…… ANOTHER YEAR and things remained the same as Edwin Allen High School’s girls and St Jago High School’s boys tightened their stranglehold on the titles at the Central Athletics Championships at the GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sports yesterday. With five of the top female teams that will be in […]

Veronica Campbell-Brown, who led Jamaica’s golden sprint revival, retires

Source: Olympic Talk/NBC News  Veronica Campbell-Brown, who won back-to-back Olympic 200m titles to lead Jamaica’s ascent to the top of global sprinting, announced her retirement on the eve of her nation’s Olympic Trials. “As I take off my spikes never to put them on again, this girl from Clarks Town walks away happy and contented […]