In our journey on this spinning planet, can there be any good to come from a state of inertia? As a nation regarded as the sprint capital of the world, we would greatly appreciate the simplistic philosophy of growth/death, making us either predisposed by our actions or lack thereof to either getting better or getting […]
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Coached by Neil Harrison, Jamaica College (JC) dominated high school competition at the 2023 Gibson McCook Relays. JC won five relays while Corey Bennett’s Hydel High squad topped the girls’ section with three victories. To make things even sweeter, Hydel blasted a notable record off the books. Harrison’s team won just one of the 4×100
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It’s funny how history works. One isolated act can create ripples of cause and effect. Viewed from this perspective, the Gibson McCook Relays is a cornerstone of Jamaica’s success in the 4×100 and the 4×400 metres. The Relays were first staged in 1973 as a sporting tribute to legendary educator Bishop Percival Gibson, the founding
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AFTER A year’s absence due to the COVID pandemic, the most popular and longest-running relay carnival in the country will be back with a new format. The 45th renewal of the Gibson McCook Relays is set to take place on February 26, the final Saturday of the month as per usual. Unlike previous years, many
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The Chairman and Members of the Gibson McCook Relays Organizing Committee regret to advise loyal track and field fans that because of the unprecedented rise in cases of the COVID19 virus nationally, and Kingston in particular, we have reluctantly taken the decision to once again remove this prestigious 45-year-old track and field staple from the
A comprehensive performance by Kingston College yielded six wins on the track at the 2019 Gibson McCook Relays as the Purples unveiled a mighty Boys Championship challenge. Though not nearly as dominant, Edwin Allen Comprehensive High School took a trio of relay victories on the girls’ side with no other team able to win more
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400M Hurdles Women – Jamaica’s Secret Weapon by Bernie Panton Jamaica’s reputation as a track powerhouse was established by our quarter-milers at the first two post-war Olympic campaigns in 1948 and 1952. It was later reinforced by Bertland Cameron’s 400m triumph at the first World Athletics Championships in 1983. Since then, our performers over the
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Decades ago, the majority of track and field athletes who were selected to our national teams lived, trained and studied overseas – almost exclusively in the USA. They were the beneficiaries of track scholarships. The outstanding performances of the overseas based athletes made it into the foreign press and soon thereafter to the local press. Back
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AT every Gibson McCook Relays staging fans usually eagerly anticipate special moment from one or more teams and at this year’s staging it should be no different as Edwin Allen Girl’s 4×100 metres Class 11 relay team and the High School Boy’s Open 4×800 metres should have the fans on the edges of their seats as
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