The Fast Track: What a Gwaan?

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Greetings Jahmers,

What a Gwaan?

Welcome to our second edition of JamPlus:Month in Review where we be look at news items for interesting stories from Jamaica and the Caribbean.

This month we are looking into highlights of the ISSA/Grace Athletic Championship:

If you are Jamaican, a fan of track and field or a US College Scout, you would know that the fastest runners past, present and future come out of Jamaica's High School Boys and Girls Championships. The event is held every year at the National Stadium in Kingston Jamaica. This year it was held from March 28 to April 1.
Hydel took home the girls title and Kingston College won the boys for the 34th time. One highlight of the event was high schooler Bouwahjgie Nkrumie's personal best and championship record of 9.99 seconds in the men's 100m event. The first sub 10 time in the event's history. You may recall that the current world record now stands at 9.58 seconds . untitled.gif
Another highlight was Alana Reid's 10.92 seconds record for the girls 100m.

The future looks bright for Jamaican track and field.

Fun Fact: Did you know that Jamaica's national football⚽ team is called the Reggae Boys?

Trivia Challenge: How old was Usain Bolt ⚡ when he set the 9.58 seconds 100m record?

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One highlight of the event was high schooler Bouwahjgie Nkrumie's personal best and championship record of 9.99 seconds in the men's 100m event. The first sub 10 time in the event's history. You may recall that the current world record now stands at 9.58 seconds .

That's impressive, so who knows where this young one will go and eventually break other records.

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Can you believe it? I was blown away by the time.
The future looks bright indeed.

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Got to keep an eye out for this one. Just hope he doesn't get discouraged along the way, just like with Simone Biles who was breaking every record in gymnastics and dealt with mental health problems. Now doing better I think.
Not that it's a shame, because anyone can have those, but wouldn't wish it on anyone.

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Trivia Challenge: How old was Usain Bolt ⚡ when he set the 9.58 seconds 100m record?

While I could look it up. I’m gonna guess 28 maybe?

I hope to see some new super athletes out of Jamaica and it looking that way.

On a different note, were you on the track & field team in high school?

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That's a good guess but I suppose you have already checked to see how far off you are.

I was not a member of the track and field team in High school. How about you? Did you play any sports in High school? !ALIVE

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