Team Jamaica’s relentless 2016 CARIFTA ‘Gold Rush’ continued unabated on Day 2 of the regional age group track and field championships in St. George’s, Grenada. The medal register continued to click as Jamaica’s athletes dominated with stellar performances across most events decided on the second day. At the end of Day 2, Jamaica had amassed 55 medals consisting of 26 Gold, 18 Silver and 11 Bronze. Jamaica had to wait a while to complete the coveted sweep in an event and when it finally materialized, no surprise, it came in the sprint relays. The U18 Girls were first to strike with the quartet of Mischae Harriott, Daszay Freeman, Shaneil English and Kimone Shaw won in 45.87 ahead of Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago. GOLD for Team Jamaica in U-18 Girls 4x100M FINAL in 45.87. #Carifta2016 #TeamJamaica #Jaminate Posted by Team Jamaica on Sunday, March 27, 2016 The high-powered foursome of Michael Stephens, Christopher Taylor, Jhevaughn Matherson and Dejour Russell were in a race with the clock breaking the record with a blistering 40.44. Bahamas was second, a city block behind in 41.42 with home team Grenada taking a surprise Bronze with 41.89. The U20 Girls and […]
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Team Jamaica left 31st Carifta Swimming Championships in Martinique with 25 medals overall: 8 gold, 9 silver and 8 bronze. Photos by Michael Lyn
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Regional powerhouse Jamaica unleashed much of it’s heavy artillery on Day One of the 45th CARIFTA Games in St. Georges, Grenada. The Jamaican youngsters showed little or no ill effects of the recent ‘Champs’campaign, turning in one dominant performance after the other. At the end of the opening day, Jamaica had amassed some 26 medals including 11 Gold, 10 Silver and 5 Bronze. In 2015 Jamaica failed to win either Boys 100m title and it was clear from the heats that there would be no repeat of that anomaly. In the U18 division, Jhevaughn Matherson and Dejour Russell went in as favourites for the top two positions and duly obliged albeit in contrasting styles. The smooth Matherson was not the best away but recovered to blast away the field in 10.42 seconds. Russell got perhaps the worst start of his season and looked well out of contention for a medal before powering through in the last 20m to secure the Silver in 10.60. BOOM! Another quinella for Team Jamaica in U-18 Boys 100M FINAL! Jhevaughn Matherson GOLD in 10.42 and Dejour Russell SILVER in 10.60. #Carifta2016 #TeamJamaica #Jaminate Posted by Team Jamaica on Saturday, March 26, 2016 […]
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A few weeks ago, Hamilton College senior Arthur Williams received an unexpected phone call from the White House. His entrepreneurship research in Cuba was of interest to the President’s speech writing team, who consulted with Williams prior to President Barack Obama’s visit to the country this week. Williams, an international student from Jamaica, also presented that research at SUNY Binghamton, and he attended Nasdaq’s Cuba Opportunity Summit. Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Omobolaji Olarinmoye is Williams’ advisor for the project and Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Reynaldo Ortiz-Minaya, an expert on Cuba, is his mentor. Posted by Sean Martinelli WUTR on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 The Hispanic studies major and public policy and Africana studies double minor was enjoying his first week of spring break in New York City after the Nasdaq summit when he got a message that the White House was trying to reach him. Williams confessed that he first thought the call was “a bad prank,” but when he called back he learned the request was legitimate. The caller wanted to talk about Williams’ Emerson grant research on Cuban entrepreneurship. “It was kind of unbelievable actually,” Arthur told me when reflecting […]
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Jamaica’s Omar McLeod produced a clinical display to win the 60m Hurdles at the IAAF World Indoor Championships at the Oregon Convention Centre in Portland, Oregon. McLeod, the 21 year old former Kingston College and Manchester High School standout won his first Gold medal for Jamaica at a senior global championships with an impressive joint world leading time of 7.41 seconds (PB). Pascal Martinot-Lagarde of France (7.46) pipped his teammate Dimitri Bascou (7.48) for the Silver medal. The three-time US NCAA Division One Indoor Champion was one of the favourites going into the final after winning his semi-final heat in 7.52 despite a stumble shortly after the start. McLeod had previously made the finals of the 110m Hurdles in his first time as a senior representative at the 2015 IAAF World Championships in Beijing China. It was a mixed final day for Jamaica at the 16th edition of the world’s premier indoor championships. The Jamaican women’s mile relay team whichwas fancied to replicate or even better its 2014 Silver medal performance experienced ill fortune on the opening leg. Patricia Hall, a member of the Silver medal winning team from the last championships was travelling comfortably in third when […]
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The record-breaking class of 2016 came, saw and conquered leaving their marks on what was another magnificent staging of the ISSA/Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls Track and Field Championships, widely recognized as the premier meet of its kind in the world. There were 12 records over the five days of intense, exciting, nail-biting, grueling and show-stopping competition. The boys were responsible for eight of the twelve records to fall with the girls accounting for the other four. One record was equaled and another broken twice in one event. There was at least one record on each of the five days and one super athlete left ‘Champs’ 2016 with an amazing three records. The honor roll of the 106th edition makes impressive reading. Calabar High’s phenom Christopher Taylor was first to enroll in the hallowed halls of the 2016 Class of Record Breakers. The 16 year old Taylor was widely expected to break the record on the opening day in the heats as he did the Class Three record in 2014 and duly obliged, running 46.33 to shatter Devaughn Baker’s 2013 mark of 46.64. The 2015 IAAF World Youth Champion over 400m returned on Day 2 to […]
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