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Disappointing numbers for World University Games

by admin· July 04, 2013· in Jamaica, Jamaica Invitational, Jamaica Trials, News, Sourced, Track and Field· 0 comments tags: 2013 World University Games, Asafa Powell, Athletics, Ato Boldon, Bob Marley, Brazil, Brussels, Brussels: Bolt comes back to Memorial, Calabar Penn Relays, Caribbean Football Union, Carifta, Carifta 2013, Carifta U-17, Carifta U-20, CFU, Concacaf, Cuba, Diamond League, Diamond League Brussels, discus, Edwin Allen, ExxonMobil Bislett Games, FIFA, Football, Friendly, Golden Spike, Golf, Guatemala, Guyana International Friendly Jamaica, Holmwood, Jamaca at Penn Relays, Jamaica, Jamaica College, Jamaica International Invitational, Jamaica sports, Jamaica vs Mexico LIVE, Jamaica vs tottenham, jason "dadz" morgan, Jason Morgan discus, Kazan, Kingston College, Mannings Penn Relays, National Senior Team, National Senior Team Male, Penn Relays, Penns, Red Stripe, Red Stripe Premier League, Reggae Boyz RSPL Senior Team, Ryan Bailey, Samsung Diamond League, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Simon Preston, Soccer Training, t-shirt, Tags: "dadz", Tags: Ardene High, Tottenham, tshirts, Tyson Gay, U-17, U17, U17 MNT, U20, USA, USA vs Jamaica, USA vs The World, Usain Bolt, UTech Penn Relays, VCB positive for doping, Watch Iaaf Diamond League Shanghai Live, Watch Jamaica vs Mexico LIVE, WCQ, World Cup
[hr] Having not been able to field the number of student-athletes desired to the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia, nor persons in other sporting disciplines besides track and field, the Jamaica Intercollegiate Sports Association is taking solace in the number of competitors that will feature in field events and the jumps. The team to the July 6-17 Games departed the island in two batches yesterday, with three of the eight members down to compete in the triple jump, shot put and discus. “This year is very significant because half of the team is field events persons,” Intercol executive and manager of the travelling team, Rashid Hall, “The opportunity is there for them to really showcase that Jamaica is not just track, but also about field.” Jamaica’s delegation was originally set to comprise 22 members, but was reduced to 10 due to financial constraints. The team was further lessened to eight after 110m hurdler Deuce Carter of the University of the West Indies (UWI) suffered an injury ahead of last month’s national trials, and 400m hurdler Danielle Dowie of the University of Texas, Austin, deciding at the last minute to go to the CAC Games to be held in […]
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