100M Men’s
1. Asafa Powell JAM 9.82s
2. Darvis Patton USA 9.98s
3. Nesta Carter JAM 10.02s

100M Women’s
1. Kerron Stewart JAM 10.94s
2. Sherone Simpson JAM 10.95s
3. Torri Edwards USA 11.02s

100M Women’s Hurdles
1. Bridgette Foster Hylton JAM 12.49s
2. Sally McLellan AUS 12.53s
3. Joanna Hayes USA 12.67s

Triple Jump Men’s
1. Randy Lewis GRE 17.42m

In what is being described in Cayman as a momentous occasion in their history, Cayman will go on to represent NAWIRA (North America West Indies Rugby Association) at the IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy next year after an emphatic 22-3 win over the Mexican squad. The teams had been competing in the recently concluded Caribbean Under 19 Championship final on Saturday and it was the first time that either team had reached the final. Cayman had to get through Guyana, Mexico and defending champions Jamaica .

Even though Mexico had the better start with Christian Hennings kicking a penalty in the first minute, Cayman responded with vigour through their forwards Daniel McGrath and Gulliame Hammersley. The pair helped to make it 7-3 at the half. After that Cayman did not look back. They dominated much of the match with fly half Joel Clarke pinning Mexico in their own 22. Scrum half Michael Wilson scored his side’s second try to make it 17-3. Taron Forbes sealed the deal to secure Cayman’s place in an IRB international 15 a side tournament for the first time.

It seems there is no stopping him this year as Usain Bolt stamped his authority on the 200M at the recent Athens Grand Prix when he won the event in a world leading 19.67s. Running with a 0.5m/s tail wind, Bolt finished a half a second ahead of his nearest rival, Antiguan Brendan Christian who was second in 20.36. Zimbabwe’s Brian Dzingai was third in 20.45s.

“I am very satisfied with my performance,” Bolt said after his win.

“The crowd helped me a lot. I feel sure I will be very strong at the Olympic Games,” added the 21-year-old.

200m - Usain Bolt - 19.67s

Just when everyone thought he was back and raring to go, Asafa Powell is yet again sporting another injury prior to the Olympics. Powell pulled out of his heat at the IAAF Golden League meet after experiencing a groin cramp coming out of the blocks. He managed to limp across the line in 10.19s to finish fifth in the heat but passed on sprinting in the final. His team mates Nesta Carter and Michael Frater, however, are featured in the final.

Jamaica’s Dexter Lee continued the trend of excellence in the Jamaican track and field program when he mined a gold in the 100M at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships. Lee is only the third Jamaican male to do so, Michael McDonald and Usain Bolt being the others. Lee won in 10.40s with South African Wilhelm van der Vyver second and world leader Terrell Wilks of the United States rounding out the top three.

“The conditions were not in our favour, but I just went out there and did my best said Lee. Lee recovered from a bad first round heat from which he advanced as one of the fastest losers to reach the final. I just went out there, stayed relaxed and executed well because I knew I could win commented Lee.

Ricardo “Bibi” Gardner is back with the Bolton Wanderers for another three years. This according to official reports from the club’s website at www.bwfc.premiumtv.co.uk
. The full back/midfielder who had accepted the extension in principle earlier this summer, finally put pen to paper and inked the extension. Described by former manager Sam Allardyce as his best signing, Gardner has captained the Bolton team on numerous occasions and despite niggling knee and rib injuries, is still thought of as one of the Wanderers key players. Gardner has been playing with the team since 1998.

Jamaica and Bahamas male and female national volleyball teams completed an intense two days of training at the UWI court in Jamaica on June 21-22 . The Jamaican contingent wrapped up the series 3-1 in favour of the male team with the female running out 4-0 winners.

Jamaican male and female teams both won the four match training sessions 3-1. The training session is part preparation for the upcoming Caribbean Volleyball Championships to be held in Barabdos during the week of July 13-21.

In game 1 the Jamaica male team were 3-1 winners. All sets being close encounters with the first set a close 25-23 in Jamaica’s favour despite losing the second set 18-25. In game 2, the Bahamians won 3-2 with only the final set being won by more than 6 points.

On day 2, the Jamaicans romped to 3-0 and 3-1 victories. the second game being a clsoe encounter.

The Jamaican female team also performed well. On day 1, Jamaica won both games taking the first in 3-1 and the second 3-0. On day 2, it was more of the same though the games were more intense. The first game was won 3-2 and the second 3-1.

It will be an interesting Championship based on teh performances by both teams. Though the Jamaicans were not always fully focussed, with improvements great things are expected.

After the shocker of a 100M that saw her exclusion from that event. Veronica Campbell-Brown made good on efforts to get in on the 200M card. Leaving nothing to chance, Campbell-Brown ran the race of her life to personal best and to win in 21.94s. She was chased down the track by Kerron Stewart who also ran a personal best at 21.99s and Sherone Simpson who ran 22.11s, all well below Olympic A standard.

“I am very proud because my training is going excellent, I always wanted to run under 22 seconds and I just executed very well from start to finish.”, Campbell-Brown was quoted as saying

We had gotten the warning before by her coach but many didn’t expect the performance that Kerron Stewart put in and what it meant for Jamaican track and field. Running a personal best of 10.80s to top a field of top flight Jamaican sprinters. Even world famous Veronica Campbell-Brown missed making the cut as she could only muster a fourth place finish in 10.90s which before this was a world leading time. Rounding out the qualifying positions were Shelly-Ann Fraser 10.85s and Sherone Simpson 10.87s.

The showdown that many were expecting between the two fastest men did not materialize. Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell did exactly what they said they were going to do, qualify but not race each other. The pair were obviously a cut above the rest of the field, jogging comfortably to a 1-2 finish with Bolt winning in 9.85s. It was clear from looking on though that both Asafa and Bolt had turned off the jets when they had asserted their dominance. Michael Frater was third in 10.04s.