Posts Tagged ‘Features’
Tale of an MVP Superstar Sprinter and the New ‘It’ Girl
NEW YORK: The more things change, the more they remain the same. Take for example the miscommunication between Coach Stephen Francis and his star, or would-be former star pupil, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce. Coach Francis exemplifies the stereotypical “one-woman-man” syndrome, which is frowned upon in a Jamaican male-dominated society. The argument stands by itself and should not…
Read MoreDon’t Cast Doubt on Who’ve Worked Hard for Their Success
NEW YORK – There have been loud whispers from UK athletic officials regarding expunging the track and field universe of all its current world records so that any new mark might be true and common, free from the scourge of drugs. What UK athletics and its supporters are positing is beyond ridiculous. The suggestion is that…
Read MoreJamaica Needs an 800m Prodigy
It has been a long, dry, lean season. It has been decades long; but there is no end in sight. Jamaica is truly blessed, but certainly not with the gift of a promising 800m talent. If you are reading this, and you were born in 1977, it was a very good year. It was the…
Read MoreBliss Smashes LSU Shot Put Record
After opening the season by smashing Louisiana State University’s (LSU) indoor school record in the shot put at the LSU Invitational on 9 January, Lady Tiger senior Tori Bliss eclipsed her own mark and extended her NCAA lead in the event with a winning throw of 57ft-4¾in at the Rod McCravy Memorial Meet on Saturday…
Read MoreAn Olympic Crossroads for Jamaica?
NEW YORK – Jamaicans have excelled in everything globally, from the academia to business to entertainment to sports. Although it is next to impossible to comfortably select a discipline in which the country has been most singularly dominant, fans of track and field will point out that although the modern Games had their inaugural beginnings…
Read MorePenn Relays Blog
The United States and Jamaica renewed their heated rivalry on the track at the 2014 Penn Relays. See highlights from TrackLife International’s blog coverage: 2:57 p.m. — Men’s 4×400 USA vs. The World Results: 1. Bahamas (3:00.78) 2. United States (3:03.31) 3. Brazil (3:03.32) 4. Jamaica (3:04.99) 5. Nigeria (3:05.05) 2:53 p.m. — Men’s 4×400 USA…
Read MoreErnest Leads LSU Charge in Men’s Sprints
Always a force in college sprints over the years, the Louisiana State University (LSU) Tigers will be no different in 2014 as, once again, the men are poised to score points at the NCAA Championships in events ranging from the 100m, 200m and 400m to both the 4x100m and 4x400m relays. This season, junior Aaron…
Read MoreTeens Headline Mid-Distance Battle at Millrose Games
NEW YORK — The men’s sprints won’t be the only buzz at the Millrose Games on Feb. 15. The women’s 800-meter run will feature three of the fastest teenagers in the world battling for supremacy in this middle-distance event. Americans Ajee’ Wilson and Mary Cain will square off with Iceland’s Anita Hinriksdottir in a showdown…
Read MoreFrater, Americans for Millrose Clash
NEW YORK — Jamaica’s two-time Olympic and World Championship relay gold medalist Michael Frater returns to international competition, when he runs the 60-meter dash at the Millrose Games in New York on February 15. The 31-year-old Frater, who won global 4x100m gold in 2008, 2009, 2011 and 2012 and an individual silver in the 100m…
Read MoreGordon Wins, but Culson Takes Big Prize
Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) Moscow World 400m hurdles gold medalist Jehue Gordon topped off his 2013 season by striking gold at the Belgacom Van Damme Memorial IAAF Diamond League meet in Brussels, Belgium Friday, Sept. 6. In doing so, the national champion and record holder defeated Omar Cisneros of Cuba and Puerto Rico’s Javier Culson.…
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