Jamaica's Team to the World Relays

[Historian]

My source: The Daily Gleaner, May 15, 2014
(http://jamaica-gleaner.com/latest/article.php?id=52890 )

Jamaica's IAAF World Relays Team

Women’s Team
Sheri-Ann Brooks
Schillonie Calvert
Simoya Campbell
Christine Day
Simone Facey
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Chris-Ann Gordon
Natoya Goule
Samantha Henry-Robinson
Shericka Jackson
Anastasia LeRoy
Yanique Malcolm
Loraine McKenzie
Anneshia McLaughlin
Stephenie-Ann McPherson
Natasha Morrison
Chante Roberts
Kaliese Spencer
Kerron Stewart
Elaine Thompson
Novlene Williams-Mills

Men’s Team
Nickel Ashmeade
Oshane Bailey
Kemar Bailey-Cole
Yohan Blake
Jermaine Brown
Nesta Carter
Rasheed Dwyer
Andrew Fisher
Chumaine Fitten
Julian Forte
Michael Frater
Dane Hyatt
Omar Johnson
Jason Livermore
Rusheen McDonald
Edino Steele
Warren Weir

[Hortical]

No participation in the men's 4x800 & 4x1500, and women's 4x1500.
This shows much work is needed in the middle distance events, and yuh mean we couldn't find any college athletes worthy of sending to Bahamas?

[Time]

My source: The Daily Gleaner, May 15, 2014
(http://jamaica-gleaner.com/latest/article.php?id=52890 )

Jamaica's IAAF World Relays Team

Women’s Team
Sheri-Ann Brooks
Schillonie Calvert
Simoya Campbell
Christine Day
Simone Facey
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
Chris-Ann Gordon
Natoya Goule
Samantha Henry-Robinson
Shericka Jackson
Anastasia LeRoy
Yanique Malcolm
Loraine McKenzie
Anneshia McLaughlin
Stephenie-Ann McPherson
Natasha Morrison
Chante Roberts
Kaliese Spencer
Kerron Stewart
Elaine Thompson
Novlene Williams-Mills

Men’s Team
Nickel Ashmeade
Oshane Bailey
Kemar Bailey-Cole
Yohan Blake
Jermaine Brown
Nesta Carter
Rasheed Dwyer
Andrew Fisher
Chumaine Fitten
Julian Forte
Michael Frater
Dane Hyatt
Omar Johnson
Jason Livermore
Rusheen McDonald
Edino Steele
Warren Weir

No rich lazy bolt, too much daggering hurt him?

[Historian]

You Are Right

No participation in the men's 4x800 & 4x1500, and women's 4x1500.
This shows much work is needed in the middle distance events, and yuh mean we couldn't find any college athletes worthy of sending to Bahamas?

I agree with you, Hortical. We are on top of the world in the sprints and, to some extent, the hurdles, but there definitely is much work that needs to be done in our middle distance events and our field events. This is why in my posts I never refer to Jamaica as a “track and field power,” but rather, as a “sprint power.”

The NCAA outdoors will be June 11-14, and so I’m not sure if much of our college athletes would have been available for the IAAF World Relays (May 24-25).

As far as the 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter relays are concerned, we have assembled the best that we have at this time (minus, of course, the aging VCB, Sherone Simpson and Asafa Powell), and if the baton gets around, I expect some impressive performances from both the women and men. There are notable absences from the USA 55-member squad – Justin Gatlin, Carmelita Jeter, Allyson Felix – and this should make the going a bit easier for Jamaica’s sprint relay teams.

While our women’s 4x400-meter relay should do well, I certainly don’t expect much from our men’s 4x400-meter team. I never do! Last year we owed a debt of gratitude to Javon Francis who, single-handedly, took our lackluster men’s team from nowhere to a second place finish. We need a team with guts and drive!

[Historian]

The Bahamas Positioning Itself

The Bahamas is positioning itself nicely for the title of Sports Capital of the region.

This is apparently a deliberate strategy on their part, and their Sports Ministry will be inviting NFL football teams and European soccer teams to utilize their stadium in Nassau. Last year (or was it early this year?) LeBron James and his basketball teammates in the Miami Heat spent several days in the Bahamas practicing for their big games.