Jamaican outdoor season

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Shelly Ann Fraser will make her return to athletics at the Grace Jackson/Queens athletics meet, which will be held at the UWI today....

"Olympic 100m silver medallist Sherone Simpson is also down for action in the women's 400m. Former world record holder Asafa Powell will open in the men's 400m Invitational at 2:40 pm, with his teammates and fellow Olympic sprint relay gold medallist Michael Frater. Markino Buckley and Daniel Bailey of the UWI-based Racer's Track Club will also be running in that event. World and Olympic 400-metre hurdles winner Melaine Walker, silver medallist Shericka Williams, and last year's Diamond League winner Kaliese Spencer are all down for action in the women's 800m event. World Championships bronze medallist Shereefa Lloyd, who has been with the Racer's Track since late last year, as well as Davita Prendergast are also expected to compete today."

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SAF failed to take to the track for the 400, as originally planned....

'"I would go and run but I didn't want to go out and jog, I wanted to put out my best effort so I just decided to pull out of the race," she said. World championships finalist Anneisha McLaughlin clocked 53.78 seconds for victory in the event ahead of Olympic 100m silver medallist and MVP teammate Sherone Simpson in a time of 54.33 seconds. Simpson said she felt sore but was pleased to have finished the race without any mishap."I'm satisfied. The workload coming into this race was a lot and I'm just happy I finished the race healthy and just looking forward to the rest of the season," she told the Sunday Observer. Schillonie Calvert of Racer's Track Club posted 55.73 seconds for third. The men's equivalent went to Kenroy Anderson of Racer's Track Club in 47.73 seconds ahead of his training partners Josef Robertson, 48.02, and Rolando Palacio, 48.21. Leading 400m hurdler and last year's Diamond League winner Kaliese Spencer clocked two minutes 08.77 for victory in the women's 800m Open ahead of Stephanie McPherson of UTech in 2:11.73 and Christine Day of UTech, 2:11.94.'


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"NATIONAL representatives Oshane Bailey and Shereefa Lloyd were among nine record breakers at the Camperdown Classic at the Usain Bolt Track at the University of the West Indies yesterday. Bailey of Akan Track Club clocked 10.47 seconds to win the Open men's 100m, smashing the old mark of 10.61 set by former world champion Kim Collins in 2005. Bailey won ahead of Kemar Bailey Cole of Racers in 10.56 and Anthony Drysdale, 10.95. World championship bronze medallist Lloyd clocked 53.17 seconds to win the women's 400m Open, erasing the 55.01 set by Jenice Daley in 2008. Lloyd finished ahead of Davita Prendergast in 54.56 and Schillonie Calvert, 54.91."


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A MVP sprint relay team anchored by Asafa Powell clocked a fast time in the 4x100 at the Milo Relays in Montego Bay on Saturday....

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"Former 100 metre world record holder Asafa Powell anchored the MVP club team to a record 38.53 seconds win at Saturday's Milo Western Relays meet at Catherine Hall in Montego Bay, St. James. The team also included Ainsley Waugh and Olympic medalist, Nesta Carter and Michael Frater."

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"A number of the nation's leading athletes, including Olympic and world champion Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce and sprinter Yohan Blake, are down to compete at Saturday's eighth staging of the UWI Invitational Track meet at the UWI/Usain Bolt track starting at 8am....Blake and fellow racers team mates Marvin Anderson and Markino Buckley are also down to compete."

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"YOHAN Blake was in fine form in the men's 200metres Olympic Development race, while organisers found themselves with a meet running three hours behind schedule at yesterday's ninth staging of the UWI Track and Field Invitational at the UWI Usain Bolt Track. Blake headed a top-three finish for Racers Track Club, bounding to an easy 20.39 seconds victory, finishing 10 metres ahead of his closest rival. Kenroy Anderson posted 20.66 for second place and Edino Steele 20.71 for third. World Championship relay medallist Shereefa Lloyd won the women's 200m Olympic Development race in 23.83 seconds ahead of MVP's Christine Day, 24.07, and Nadia Cunningham of Racers, 24.31."

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"Racers Track Club, St Elizabeth Technical and Holmwood Technical captured the championship 4x100 metres at yesterday's Gibson Relays at the National Stadium. Led by a brilliant anchor leg by Yohan Blake, Racers made it four in a row in the men's Clubs and Institutions sprint relay. They repelled the challenge of the University of Technology (UTech) to win in 38.43 seconds with UTech second in 39.06 and Sprint Tech third in 39.23. The other members of Racers' winning team were Daniel Bailey, Remaldo Rose and Kenroy Anderson. MVP were disqualified for false starting."

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Men's 100
1) Winston Barnes 10.17 (UTech)
2) Kenry Anderson 10.18 (Racers)
3) Oshane Bailey 10.20

"The other record on the track came in the men's 110 metres hurdles as former Morant Bay High hurdler, Hansel Parchment, competing for the University of West Indies (UWI), clocked 14.00 seconds to erase Markino Buckley's mark of 14.25 seconds, which was created in 2006. Parchment's UWI teammate, Deuce Carter, the former Calabar High hurdler, was second in 14.11 seconds, also under the old record."

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Jamaica's very popular Boys and Girls' Champs started yesterday, with tickets sold out!

After a handful of finals in the girls' events, St Jago are the early leaders:

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"St Jago are the early leaders with 19 points, followed by Vere Technical on 15. St Hugh's are tied for third, having also amassed nine points, while the other teams to have registered points are Holmwood Technical (seven), Camperdown (six), Manchester (five) and four for St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS)."

And among the boys, Kingston College are the early leaders....

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"KC is ahead with 13 points after Keneil Grant 7.49 metres and Jerome Wilson 7.45 metres finished second and third respectively in the Long Jump behind Wolmer’s Boys Ramone Bailey 7.54 metres. Wolmer’s Boys School is second with 9 points, Munro College third on 8 points, Herbert Morrison High fourth with 4 and Holmwood Technical High in fifth place with 2 points."

Race results can be found here....

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A live stream of races can be watched here....

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Here's a list of the winners down the years....

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Just missing last year's winners, Wolmers (boys) and Holmwood (girls).

"After three finals, Kingston College are motoring away on 33 points, with Jamaica College in second place on 19. Munro are third on 17 points while defending champions Wolmer's are in fifth place on 14 points."

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"St Jago, however, were knocked off the lead by defending champions Holmwood Technical, who have 38.50 points after six finals over two days of competition. The top five is completed by Edwin Allen High (36), St Jago (34), Vere Technical (27) and Manchester High 18."

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