Jamaica Olympic Trials

[jamaica50]

Incredible run by Blake. I am predicting a win by him tomorrow night in 9.71.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQMuA-HX ... =g-all-lik

[running4life]

Are the ladies running prelims tonight?

[Jasontonice]

Anybody got the wind readings for both Bolt and Blake?

[knockout]

Thanks for posting vids and times guys...

is it just the camera angles or does the stadium look empty???

hard to know who is holding back what at this stage...

Blakes start looked good which I see as the weak link in his race.

if he gets out well tomorrow...its game on!!!

[jamaica50]

Mens 100m results

Heat 1 Preliminaries Wind: 0.2
1 Bolt, Usain Racers Track Club 10.06Q
2 Harvey, Jacques Mvp Track Club 10.15Q
3 Forsythe, Mario Racers Track Club 10.18Q
4 Roach, Kimmari Racers Track Club 10.22q
5 Dwyer, Rasheed G.C.Foster College 10.28q
6 Nichol, Ramone Unattached 10.44
7 Bascoe, Gerald Unattached 10.44
-- Waugh, Ainsley Swept Track Club FS


Heat 2 Preliminaries Wind: 0.8
1 Blake, Yohan Racers Track Club 10.00Q
2 Bailey-Cole, Kemar Racers Track Club 10.12Q
3 Bailey, Oshane Akan Track Club 10.26Q
4 Douglas, Omar Unattached 10.30
5 Shields, Ryan Unattached 10.34
6 Brady, Bernado Racers Track Club 10.40
7 Thompson, Kevin Unattached 10.58

Heat 3 Preliminaries Wind: 0.2
1 Carter, Nesta Mvp Track Club 10.19Q
2 Powell, Asafa Mvp Track Club 10.19Q
3 Watson, Nicholas Mvp Track Club 10.23Q
4 Nevers, Adolphus G.C.Foster College 10.36
5 Wellington, Andre Unattached 10.40
6 Livermore, Jason Akan Track Club 10.44
7 Robinson, Marlon Unattached 10.44
8 Scott, Rushane Unattached 10.51


Heat 4 Preliminaries Wind: 1.3
1 Frater, Micheal Mvp Track Club 10.09Q
2 Clarke, Lerone Unattached 10.15Q
3 Anderson, Kenroy Racers Track Club 10.24Q
4 Lee, Dexter Swept Track Club 10.24q
5 Barnes, Winston Unattached 10.28q
6 Fisher, Andrew Unattached 10.39
-- Jarrett, Ricardo Unattached FS
-- Grey, Ravel Unattached DNF

[jamaica50]

Thanks for posting vids and times guys...

is it just the camera angles or does the stadium look empty???

hard to know who is holding back what at this stage...

Blakes start looked good which I see as the weak link in his race.

if he gets out well tomorrow...its game on!!!

I believe only the covered grandstand area was open today. I read that the entire stadium(35,000 seats) are all sold out tomorrow for the mens 100 finals.

[jamaica50]

Mens 100m semifinal list for tomorrow. Friday.

I hope Yohan shows up Asafa in his semi. The first heat is way too stacked.




Event 2 Men 100 Meter Dash
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Name Age Team
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Heat 1 Semis
1 Barnes, Winston Unattached 10.28
2 Roach, Kimmari Racers Track Clu 10.22
3 Powell, Asafa MVP 10.19
4 Blake, Yohan Racers Track Clu 10.00
5 Harvey, Jacques MVP 10.15
6 Carter, Nesta MVP 10.19
7 Forsythe, Mario Racers Track Clu 10.18
8 Bailey, Oshane Akan Track Club 10.26


Heat 2 Semis
1 Lee, Dexter Swept Track Club 10.24
2 Watson, Nicholas MVP 10.23
3 Frater, Micheal MVP 10.09
4 Bailey-Cole, Kemar Racers Track Clu 10.12
5 Clarke, Lerone Unattached 10.15
6 Bolt, Usain Racers Track Clu 10.06
7 Dwyer, Rasheed G.C.Foster Colle 10.28
8 Anderson, Kenroy Racers Track Clu 10.24

Alternates
1 Douglas, Omar Unattached 10.30
2 Shields, Ryan Unattached 10.34

[jamaica50]

Instead of having preliminary heats or quarterfinals for the women, they will have 3 semi finals heats tomorrow and then the finals later on in the night.

Semi final list.



Event 1 Women 100 Meter Dash
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Name Age Team
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Heat 1 Prelims
1
2 Samuels, Sancia Unattached
3 Hawthorne, Trisha Ann Unattached
4 Fraser-Pryce, Shelly-Ann Unattached
5 Brooks, Sheri-Ann Unattached
6 McLaughlin, Anneisha Unattached
7 Blake, Cassandra Unattached
8 Russell, Carrie University OF TE


Heat 2 Prelims
1 Facey, Simone Unattached
2 Richards, Trudy-Ann Unattached
3 Campbell-Brown, Veronica Unattached
4 King, Latoya Unattached
5 Henry-Robinson, Samantha Unattached
6 Simpson, Sherone MVP
7 Smith, Dorothy Unattached
8


Heat 3 Prelims
1
2 Anderson, Shawna Unattached
3 Bailey, Aleen Unattached
4 Stewart, Kerron Unattached
5 Calvert, Schillonie Unattached
6 Levy, Jura Unattached
7 Gilbert, Diandra Unattached

[DrGo]

Blake looked much more impressive than Bolt.

Are you insane? Bolt was jogging and went 10.06!

[DrGo]

I expect Jura Levy to unseat Sherone again. And Shelly should breeze to an easy win.

Shelly 10.85
VC 10.92
Stewart 11.01
Jura Levy 11.08

[jamal00005]

Mens 100m semifinal list for tomorrow. Friday.

I hope Yohan shows up Asafa in his semi. The first heat is way too stacked.




Event 2 Men 100 Meter Dash
===============================================================================
Name Age Team
===============================================================================
Heat 1 Semis
1 Barnes, Winston Unattached 10.28
2 Roach, Kimmari Racers Track Clu 10.22
3 Powell, Asafa MVP 10.19
4 Blake, Yohan Racers Track Clu 10.00
5 Harvey, Jacques MVP 10.15
6 Carter, Nesta MVP 10.19
7 Forsythe, Mario Racers Track Clu 10.18
8 Bailey, Oshane Akan Track Club 10.26


Heat 2 Semis
1 Lee, Dexter Swept Track Club 10.24
2 Watson, Nicholas MVP 10.23
3 Frater, Micheal MVP 10.09
4 Bailey-Cole, Kemar Racers Track Clu 10.12
5 Clarke, Lerone Unattached 10.15
6 Bolt, Usain Racers Track Clu 10.06
7 Dwyer, Rasheed G.C.Foster Colle 10.28
8 Anderson, Kenroy Racers Track Clu 10.24

Alternates
1 Douglas, Omar Unattached 10.30
2 Shields, Ryan Unattached 10.34

I mean semi final one is loaded with some good runners i expect Powell to win that one tho he seems it bit more relax this season and not letting the nerves get the better of him Im praying that he wins tommorow .

[DrGo]

I think Carter will take out Frater finally.

Bolt 9.70
Blake 9.84
Powell 9.87
Carter 9.96
Frater outside looking in...

[jamal00005]

I expect Jura Levy to unseat Sherone again. And Shelly should breeze to an easy win.

Shelly 10.85
VC 10.92
Stewart 11.01
Jura Levy 11.08

Really ?
for me it is
Fraser Pryce 10.80
Campbell Brown 10.82
Sherri ann Brooks 10.95
so i want kerron and sherone to suprise me

[Pelpa]

rant rant

Know what else I saw, the lighting in the north east corner of the stadium was not sufficiently lit to the desired level of illumination....how tacky.

[Pelpa]

Jacques Harvey and Kimmari Roach have killer starts that most people do not give them enough credit for...pity they are so short.

[meatball]

agreed, harvey and roach have come on while dexter lee has not lived up to his potential, from the video of his heat his start is definitely lacking.

[Jlin17]

where is that Dexter Lee kid i heard some people claiming would Edge Asafa this season for third spot ? smh the asafa hate has clouded the minds of a few haters. I look forward to a great race tommorow. it will be Powell Blake and Bolt i'm pretty sure of it. The order in which they finish is up to Bolts start.

[jamaica50]

Summary of today's opening day.


http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... 17dfe849e9

[jamal00005]

Sorry to take the limelight . just a little update on us trials Tianna Madison leads the 200 qualifiers into the semi with a 22.57 +0.8wind follwed by jeter 22.63 .

Madison seems to be taking this event seriously

[TrackTeacher_AP]

rant rant

Know what else I saw, the lighting in the north east corner of the stadium was not sufficiently lit to the desired level of illumination....how tacky.

how funny.. I am glad to see that a link for "live" results was produced, even though in the duration of the session there was no results posted. It gives me hope for the finals.

[Pelpa]

Sorry to take the limelight . just a little update on us trials Tianna Madison leads the 200 qualifiers into the semi with a 22.57 +0.8wind follwed by jeter 22.63 .

Madison seems to be taking this event seriously

couldn't you have posted this in grey font to match the background? plus there is a whole forum specific for that.

[jamal00005]

Sorry to take the limelight . just a little update on us trials Tianna Madison leads the 200 qualifiers into the semi with a 22.57 +0.8wind follwed by jeter 22.63 .

Madison seems to be taking this event seriously

couldn't you have posted this in grey font to match the background? plus there is a whole forum specific for that.

Just wanted to keep us Jamaicans up to date but i would know where to post next time

[Weights&Shoes]

Blake looked much more impressive than Bolt.

Are you insane? Bolt was jogging and went 10.06!

Did you watch Bolt's race?

[toyracer]

I'm disappointed that the three semi-final format has now crept into Jamaican athletics, but it is what it is. Would have been nice for the announcer at the track to have mentioned that there wouldn't be any W100m races tonight, but then again maybe the decision wasn't made known to him until the M100m was about to start. Par for the course if so. And of course, no wind reading was ever mentioned for any race, neither by the announcer or on the giant results screen. Is it really too much to ask for in this day and age?

If crowd reception was the determining factor Asafa and Michael would be the hands down winners. Both were very well received, long before they were announced. Bolt and Asafa toyed with their respective races. Blake looked good in his. Michael looked very good in his and definitely seems in sub-10 shape. I'm not sure of Carter, but he and Michael should be doing enough in the final to keep the top three honest in terms of legitimate effort. If all goes to form in the semi-finals it should be the highest quality national M100m final ever anywhere.

Someone mentioned the lighting, deservedly so. It almost seemed that the powers that be wanted to keep the electricity bill down. The towers were turned on later than usual and only about a third of each tower was utilized. It felt dark inside the grand stands. I noticed that the tv cameras had to widen their apertures to enhance the on field lighting.

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[toyracer]

I made sure to be at the Stadium a half hour before the scheduled start of the afternoon/evening session because I wanted to watch the javelin. Our men's javelin program is in desperate need of help. Quality coaching is obviously lacking. Short run up, stop, throw with arm only just doesn't cut it, as was painfully obvious by the 60m winning throw. I'm sure the raw talent is there but it just seems to not be getting proper direction. 19m short of the B standard is embarrassing, but at least there is a program. If it doesn't receive serious help soon it will never develop and that would be a shame. Surprisingly, the standings were announced at the end of each round, which was a pleasant change from the norm. Perhaps having nothing else happening made this easier but it was appreciated. Female announcer, so it wasn't the male announcer who had the microphone for the track events.

Looking forward to the W400m as some interesting names are through to the next round, with race times revealing not much right now.

Every time I watch a M400m race I shake my head, remembering our rich tradition and wondering if we will ever see its return. It is a sprint event begging for more persons to take it seriously, and I refuse to believe that we don't have the talent to have three or four men under 45 at the same time. A thought struck me this evening; just wondered why MVP doesn't have any good 400m men while their W400m and W400mh programs are so good. Random thought I know but it is a curiosity.

All in all a nice first day and a good start.

[j-a-m]

This is gonna be a really long thread. Any chance of starting separate ones for the most popular events?

[bushop]

Can someone post a link the schedule/ results?

[pela2]

Can someone post a link the schedule/ results?

http://www.jisajm.com/JAAA2012/index.htm

[ZELLGADISS]

I saw race of Bolt.
He had bad start but heeheh, at middle of race he was dominating easy the race and jogging last 30 meters¡¡¡
And he got 10.06 without wind only +0.2 and Blake had +0.8 wind.

Only if Bolt haS HORRIBLE start ,blake will have options for win....

[shivfan]

Can someone post a link the schedule/ results?

http://www.jisajm.com/JAAA2012/index.htm

Thanks for that....

Those under 10.2....

1) Blake 10.00
2) Bolt 10.06
3) Frater 10.09
4) Bailey-Cole 10.12
5) Harvey 10.15
6) Clarke 10.15
7) Forsythe 10.18
8) Carter 10.19
9) Powell 10.19

[jazzcyclist]

jazz, you're not seriously trying to compare what happened in 2008 to what can happen in 2012? 2012 doesn't have the talent discrepancy that 2008 had. Bolt and Powell will be forced to run, as will Blake, Carter, and Frater or whoever else makes that final.

I thought they would run in 2008, but I was wrong. Americans run hard to the finish line in the Olympic Trials regardless of how dominant they are.

Does it really matter how Bolt runs as long as he wins?

Only if he cares about the fans.

[jazzcyclist]

I still maintain that the Jamaican OT and the US OT may be more interesting to watch than the OG itself(prior to the Olympic final).

Only a person who only cares about the sprints would agree this statement. The U.S. Trials lags behind the Olympics because of the women's field events and the men's javelin, discus and hammer, but the Jamaican trials are weak in everything except the sprints, the long jump the women's middle distance and maybe the decathlon. Do the Jamaican Trials even have a women's pole vault or javelin throw?

Fortunately, 95% of the posters on this board only care about the sprints.

Err, I think you're confusing Track & Field News with Sprintzone.

[jazzcyclist]

It will be alot more exciting and competive versus the US trials.

So you think the Jamaican women's 200 will be more competitive than the American version. What about the men's 110 hurdles, the women's 100 hurdles or the men's 5000 from last night when Rupp and Lagat put on a show for the ages when Rupp brought back the spirit of Pre by breaking his 40-year-old Trials record in the house he built?

[yardman]

Blake looked much more impressive than Bolt.

Are you insane? Bolt was jogging and went 10.06!

+1

[18.99s]

Did any of you watch the JA trials yesterday at the jaaa.tv site, via a computer in the US? How was the video quality and smoothness?