14 year old Sachin Dennis of STETHS clocks 10.72 after easing up at the finish line in Class 2 Boys 100M Western Champs over the weekend. Event 2 Boys 14-15 100 Meter Dash class 2 MEET RECORD: 10.40 R 2007 DEXTER LEE Finals 1 786 Dennis, Sachin 14 Steths 10.72 0.1 2 329 Crooks, Jaydeon 15 Irwin 10.88 0.1 3 866 Bent, Andre 14 William Knib 10.91 0.1 4 746 Whyte, Jevaughn 15 Rusea’s 10.96 0.1 5 800 Jones, Conroy 14 Steths 11.10 0.1 6 712 Clarke, Davian 15 Rusea’s 11.24 0.1 7 126 Shippy, Brenton 14 Cornwall 11.24 0.1 8 208 Barnaby, Danvil 15 Green Island 11.29 0.1
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Kingston, Jamaica – February 12, 2016 – Telecommunications firm FLOW has confirmed a multi-year endorsement deal with double Olympic Champion, Elaine Thompson. The 24-year- old sprinter, who shot to world-renowned status during the 2016 Rio Olympic Games is currently the holder of sprint-double gold medals (100m & 200m). Carlo Redwood, FLOW’s Vice President of Marketing & Products, hailed Thompson as Jamaica’s newest ‘golden girl’ and confirmed that she will be proudly representing FLOW as a brand ambassador for the next four years. “We are pleased to announce that Elaine has been welcomed on board Team FLOW as our new queen of speed! We are indeed very excited about the future as she becomes integrated throughout several aspects of our customer interactions and we will also be partnering with her on some key initiatives that she has outlined, including giving back to the community,” Redwood shared. FLOW says that it expects the new partnership to resonate well with its customers both in Jamaica and across the region. Happy Sunday from Elaine! 😊 Double Olympic Champion and new Brand Ambassador Elaine Thompson (@fastelaine) wishes you our fans a good one. #FlowWithElaine A video posted by FLOW Jamaica (@flowjamaica) on Feb […]
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Camperdown Classic “The Showcase of Sprinters” is on at the National Stadium. Tickets are available at the gate on the day. Live from Jamaica’s National Stadium.
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The Bolt All-Stars claimed a narrow victory over Australia as the new team-based Coles Nitro Athletics Melbourne series got underway on Saturday (February 4). The series, which organisers hope will “revolutionise global track and field” saw Usain Bolt’s team take on squads from England, Australia, China, Japan and New Zealand, with athletes battling it out in the points-based competition which features power, endurance, technique and teamwork event categories. The first leg of the three-meet series came to a close with Bolt taking to the track to help a mixed 4x100m relay team secure success and also claim the overall win for the first night of action. Asafa Powell ran the first leg before handing the baton over to Jamaican sprint star Bolt. Then it was US sprinter Jenna Prandini’s turn to run the bend before USA’s Jeneba Tarmoh anchored the team to victory. Their winning time was 40.64 ahead of Japan and Australia. England’s quartet of Hannah Williams, Gabriel Odujobi, Confidence Lawson and Margaret Adeoye ran 42.68 for fifth. Source: Athletics Weekly Click to read more.
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Jamaica’s Usain Bolt has lost one of his nine Olympic gold medals and his perfect triple treble of Games’ sprint victories after team mate Nesta Carter was found guilty of doping at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Carter was found in re-tests of his sample to have taken the banned stimulant methylhexaneamine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday, meaning Jamaica’s 4×100 metres relay team must give back their gold medals. Bolt is considered the greatest sprinter of all time, having won an unprecedented treble of consecutive golds in the 100m, 200m and 4×100 relay in three straight Olympics. He is also credited with being a key factor in maintaining a global interest in athletics at a time when the sport has been ravaged by doping scandals and a drop in popularity. Source: Reuters Click to read more.
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Team Jamaica takes on the world in Rio for a second time in just under a month. This time the country’s standard-bearers in the paralympics will showcase the captivating and attention grabbing Black, Green and Gold in events at the 15th Summer Paralympic Games in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil from September 7-18. The team of three competitors comprising Alphanso Cunningham, Shane Hudson and Dana-Gaye Weller will no doubt be motivated by the amazing performances of the Jamaican contingent to the Games of the 31st Olympiad. They will want to leave several marks of their own despite the small numbers. The prospect of having the melodic Jamaican National Anthem played is added motivation. They would have heard it played on six occasions in Rio mainly through the incredible exploits of incomparable Usain Bolt and the newly crowned sprint queen Elaine Thompson. Jamaica’s Paralympics poster-boy Alphanso Cunningham makes his 4thconsecutive Olympic team. The much-decorated Cunningham who is called the ‘Ambassador’ is a two time Gold medalist having won the F53 Discus in Athens in 2004 and the F52/53 Javelin eight years later at the London Games. He will compete in the F53 Javelin and Shot Put events in Rio. […]
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Photo by Aurelien Meunier Alia Atkinson has tied the World Record in the 100 short course meters breaststroke on day 1 of the 2016 FINA World Cup’s opening stop in Chartres, France. Atkinson swam a 1:02.36 on Friday morning in the 25 meter pool, matching the swims done by both herself at the Doha World Cup stop in 2014; and Ruta Meilutyte‘s swim from the 2013 World Cup stop in 2013. Unfortunately for Atkinson, the $10,000 prize available for World Records isn’t handed out if the record is tied – which she’s now fallen victim to twice in her career. Read more SwimSwam
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VIDEO: Elaine Thompson Herah CLOCKS 10.65 (MR) in Women’s 100M, ZURICH
