Track Ledger

01 April 2012

Auburn’s Kai Selvon Has Sights Set on London

“My wish is to make the Olympic team for Trinidad and I am ready to do so,” declared Kai Selvon, the talented sprinter for the Auburn University Tigers. Kai’s (pronounced Kie) goals are very realistic as she has just completed a successful indoor campaign in which she captured the Southeastern Conference (SEC) women’s 60m indoor title and was placed 7th in the NCAA 60m finals in 7.29 seconds. [caption id="attachment_1230" align="alignright" width="282" caption="Kai at the 2012 NCAA Indoor Championship photo by Todd Van Ernst, Auburn Athletics"]

01 April 2012

Auburn’s Kai Selvon Has Sights Set on London

01 April 2012

Auburn’s Kai Selvon Has Sights Set on London

COMPETITION

14 April 2012

Yohan Blake Makes Much Anticipated 2012 Debut Today

FEATURES

Perhaps no other male sprinter had a more successful 2011 season thanJamaica’s Yohan Blake. The 23-year-old former St Jago high school standout became the youngest 100m world champion en route to establishing personal bests in the 100m (9.82) and 200m (19.26). He was an integral part of the Jamaican world record setting 4x1 relay team (37.04). With Usain Bolt having a down 2011 season, Blake seized the opportunity to propel himself into the stratosphere of sprinting and ended his 2011 season on a climatic note, running a scintillating 19.26 seconds in the 200m, the second fast time ever in that distance. During the offseason, Blake did television appearances, signed a few endorsement deals and launched his YB Afraid Foundation. New Season, New beginning Today, Yohan goes back to work by competing in the 100m at the UTech Classics in Kingston, Jamaica and could become the first sub-10 100m performer of the season. Blake will later join Racer Track Club team....

14 April 2012

The Bahamas re-captures Carifta Games clout

Carifta

http://www.thenassauguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28766:the-bahamas-re-captures-carifta-games-clout&catid=41:sports&Itemid=50....

14 April 2012

World leading Yohan Blake 9.90 (100m) & Racers Track Club 4x1 relay (37.82)

FEATURES

World 200m champion Usain Bolt anchored his Racers 4x1 relay team to victory in a world-leading time of 37.82 seconds over the MVP track club at the UTECH Track Classic in Kingston, Jamaica tonight. The victorious Racers team of Mario Forsythe, Yohan Blake, Kimmari Roach and Bolt won on a very wet track. Blake ran a superb 2nd leg on the backstretch to break the race wide-open. Bolt got the baton ahead of Asafa Powell and extended the lead to stop the clock in 37.82. Racer Track Club world-leading 37.82 4x1 relay at UTECH Track Classic 4-14-12 Yohan Blake won the men’s 100m in a world-leading 9.90 seconds over Jacques Harvey (10.10) and Sheldon Mitchell (10.18) More to come ……....

16 April 2012

Bahamas Anthonique Strachan is for Real

Carifta

Excellent feature on this talented Bahamian... http://www.thenassauguardian.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28940:anthonique-strachan-is-for-real&catid=41:sports&Itemid=50....

18 April 2012

Why the Olympics still matter

Olympics

http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/track/story/olympics-countdown-to-london-pay-attention....

18 April 2012

Why the Olympics still matter

CALENDAR

http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/track/story/olympics-countdown-to-london-pay-attention....

20 April 2012

VCB Quest to Defend Olympic Title Begins this Weekend

FEATURES

[caption id="attachment_1595" align="alignleft" width="213" caption="Veronica-Campbell winning the 60m in Doha in 2010. Photo by the Associated Press (AP)"][/caption] The reigning Olympics women's 200m champion, Jamaica’s Veronica Campbell-Brown (VCB) will embark on her quest to retain her crown starting this weekend. VCB is schedule to compete in the 200m this Saturday at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational, hosted by the University of Florida. VCB who has a personal best 21.74 seconds in the 200m which she established at the 2008 Beijing Olympics is on a very hot streak lately. She i....