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Caribbean IAAF World Junior Championship Medal Haul

pwalker — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:16:48 +0000

100M Men’s
1st Dexter Lee JAM 10.40

100M Women
3rd Sheniqua Ferguson BAH 11.52

200M Men’s
2nd Nickel Ashmeade JAM 20.84

200M Women’s
1st Sheniqua Ferguson BAH 23.24
2nd Meritzer Williams SKN 23.40
3rd Janelle Redhead GRN 23.52

400M Men’s
2nd Kirani James GRN 45.70

400M Women’s
3rd Susana A. Clement CUB 52.36

100M Women’s Hurdles
2nd Shermaine Williams JAM 13.48
3rd Belkis Milanés CUB 13.49

110M Men’s Hurdles
3rd Keiron Stewart JAM 13.51

400M Men’s Hurdles
3rd Amaurys R. Valle CUB 49.56

400M Women’s Hurdles
2nd Janeil Bellille TRI 56.84

High Jump Women’s
3rd Lesyani Mayor CUB 1.86

Triple Jump Men
2nd Osviel Hernández CUB 16.90

Triple Jump Women
1st Dailenys Alcántara CUB 14.25
2nd Josleidy Ribalta CUB 13.85

4×100M Men’s
2nd Jamaica Junior
(Oshane Bailey; Dexter Lee; Nickel Ashmeade; Yohan Blake) JAM 39.25

4×100M Women’s
2nd Jamaica Junior
(Shawna Anderson; Kaycea Jones; Gayon Evans; Jura Levy) JAM 43.98

Yorke to come out of retirement for T&T

pwalker — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:42:46 +0000

T&T star striker and former Sunderland midfielder Dwight Yorke has re-entered the football fray in an attempt to help the Trinidad and Tobago team qualify for the 2010 World Cup. The midfielder has been added to the T&T squad for the upcoming qualifier with Cuba next month. The 36 year old Yorke met recently with T&T Football Federation and FIFA vice president Jack Warner to offer his services who was only too happy to oblige.

Cayman are the Caribbean U19 Champions

pwalker — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:36:47 +0000

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.

Bolt strikes gold in National Record

pwalker — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:37:38 +0000

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

Asafa pulls out of meet with groin injury

pwalker — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:08:13 +0000

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.

Dexter Lee strikes gold at World Juniors

pwalker — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:07:10 +0000

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.

Bibi is back with Bolton

pwalker — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:55:11 +0000

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.

DR women go down to US

pwalker — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:35:29 +0000

The Women’s Volleyball team from the Dominican Republic went down 3-0 to the US in the FIVB World Grand Prix Pool E action at Wroclaw in Poland. The team was swept 25-13, 25-21,25-20 on June 28, 2008. Team USA is now 4-1 overall in the World Grand Prix with four consecutive victories.

“We actually prepared for a difficult, five set match”, said US Coach Jenny Lang Ping “Dominican Republic is a good team. They got the qualification and they won the 2008 Pan American Cup. They play very well.”

From the US team, Kim Glass won the most valuable player awarded after scoring 14 points off 8 kills.

Bahamian Olympic Trial Synopsis

pwalker — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:44:33 +0000

It was a very eventful meet as there were thrills, spills and upsets at the Scotiabank sponsored Olympic Trials in Nassau, Bahamas. Not the least of the hotly anticipated events was the showdown in the men’s 400M where Chris Brown, 2007 World Champion faced off with Andretti Bain the 2008 NCAA 400M champion. Brown got the better of Bain with a run of 45.43s while Bain came in at 45.53s. Michael Mathieu was third in 45.72.

Also on form was Derrick Atkins who won his 100M sprint in 9.97s. Leaving much of the field behind him, Atkins asserted his dominance on the local competition and showed that he was very much in contention for a medal in Beijing for the event. Shamar Sands would not be outdone after breaking the Bahamian record for the 110M hurdles with a run of 13.44s. Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie will also be on the Beijing team after placing first in the 200M and second in the 100M. Ferguson-McKenzie clocked 11.22s behind Chandra Sturrup’s 11.14s. Ferguson-McKenzie was pushed hard to the tape by the up and coming Sheniqua Ferguson, they clocked a season’s best 22.82s and 22.85s respectively.

Jamaica & Bahamas do the tango in volleyball preparations

RushBaby — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:59:09 +0000

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.