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VMBS Intercol Track and Field Championships 2013 Press Conference

by admin· March 19, 2013· in Images, Jamaica, News, Rio 2014, Track and Field· 8753 comments tags: Athletics, iaaf, Jamaica sports, Sports, track and field, video
The VMBS Intercol Track and Field Championships which will be held on April 5-6 at the UWI/Usain Bolt Track will be launched on Tuesday March 19th, 2013 at 11:00am in the Principal’s Council Room (above the Admissions office) at the University of the West Indies. The launch will be an opportunity to inform the public of the exciting event details and new developments as well as to kick start the ‘Journey to Kazan” Campaign.   “The championship is the largest event held by Intercol on the sporting calendar; it brings together most of the schools within the association competing in the sport of Track and Field over a period of two days. This meet features over 25 national representatives including Olympians and a number of the nation’s top rising stars in the sport including Rasheed Dwyer, Jordan Forte, Traves Smickle, Jenevive Russell, Carrie Russell, Jason Young and Hansle Parchment. Athletes such as Asafa Powell, Sherone Simpson, Shericka Williams, Rosemarie Whyte and a host of other Jamaican stars have competed at this meet over the years during their transition from high school to professional sport.” says Rashid C. Hall, Marketing and Scholarship The UWI Sports Department      
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VIDEOS of 2012 meet in Rieti: Kaliese Spencer, Aleen Bailey and more

by admin· September 09, 2012· in JO Articles, News, Track and Field, Videos· 9771 comments tags: Jamaica, video
September 9, 2012 IAAF World Challenge track and field meet in Rieti ; women’s 400m dash official result: 1 Kaliese SPENCER JAM – 50.63 2. Christine Day JAM – 51.97 3. Patricia Hall JAM – 52.48 4. Alina LOHVYNENKO – 52.51 5. Maria Enrica SPACCA – 52.93 6. Nataliya PYHYDA – 53.20 7. Flavia BATTAGLIA – 55.75 September 9, 2012 IAAF World Challenge track and field meet in Rieti ; women’s 100m dash Official result: 1 Aleen Bailey JAM – 11.21 2. Ivet LALOVA – 11.24 3. Tezzhan NAIMOVA – 11.26 4. Mikele Barber – 11.29 5. Myriam SOUMARE – 11.35 6. Nataliya POHREBNYAK – 11.36 7. Gloria Hooper – 11.62 8. Veronica Borsi – 11.80 September 9, 2012 IAAF World Challenge track and field meet in Rieti ; Men’s 400m dash Official result: 1. Calvin Smith – 45.12 2. Rabah Yousif – 45.20 3. Rusheen McDonald JAM – 45.46 4. Nigel Levine – 45.48 5. Donald Sanford – 46.41 6. Isalbet Juarez – 46.67 7. Marco LORENZI – 47.00 8. Lorenzo VALENTINI – 47.34 September 9, 2012 IAAF World Challenge track and field meet in Rieti ; men 100m dash Official result: 1 Christophe LEMAITRE – 10.04 2. Kim […]
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Asafa Powell: Not here to compete with Bolt

by admin· August 22, 2011· in News, Track and Field· 1275 comments tags: blog, fullwidth, post, some, video
ROME (AP) — In Asafa Powell’s mind, he’s not competing against Usain Bolt. His target is simply winning any 100-meter race he enters. “I’m not here to compete against Bolt,” Powell said ahead of Thursday’s Golden Gala meet featuring the current and past world record-holders. “The finish line is my target, not Bolt or anyone else.” Bolt holds a 10-1 career edge over Powell in head-to-head meetings, with Powell’s only win in Stockholm in 2008. But with Bolt coming off a relatively slow performance of 10.04 seconds in Ostrava last week, Powell could seize an opportunity. It was the first time Bolt ran over 10 seconds in three years. “It’s simple,” Bolt said. “If you want to beat Bolt, if Bolt runs 9.79, you run 9.78. If he runs 10 flat, you run 9.9.” Since Powell set a world record of 9.74 in Rieti in 2007, Bolt has broken the mark three times, the last being 9.58 at the 2009 world championships in Berlin. Powell began this season with a 9.88 in a narrow loss to Justin Gatlin in Doha this month, then ran 10.02 in the rain in Shanghai. “At this meet, I don’t know what I’ll do,” Powell […]
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