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Twenty-one members of the Jamaican squad that competed at the recently concluded World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon will again represent the country August 19-21 for the NACAC Open Championships in the Bahamas.
Shericka Jackson, who won gold in the 200 meters at the World Athletics Championships, leads Jamaica’s 39-member team, which also features triple jump silver medalist Shanieka Ricketts from the Jamaican team that won 10 medals to finish in third place in Eugene last month.
Rasheed Broadbell, who won Commonwealth Games gold in the 110m hurdles in Birmingham, England after the world athletics championships, is also in the Team Jamaica contingent that will compete for prizes, medals and valuable ranking points of World Athletics at the NACAC meet. Athletes who win their event can be considered to have met the World Athletics qualifying standard for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Jackson, who recently ran a lifetime best of 10.71 at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco, which makes her the sixth fastest woman in history, will run the 100m alongside the Commonwealth Games finalist 200m, Natalliah Whyte.
List of women
100 m: Shericka Jackson, Natalliah Whyte, Natasha Morrison (Alt)200 m: Natalie Whyte, Natasha Morrison400 m: Stephenie Ann McPherson, Junelle Bromfield, Roniesha McGregor (Alt)800 m: Adelle Tracey100 meters hurdles: Crystal Morrison, Megan Tapper400 meters with obstacles: Shiann Salmon, Janieve Russell, Andrenette Knight (Alt)High jump: Kimberly WilliamsonLong jump: Chanice PorterTriple jump: Shanieka RickettsDiscuss: Samantha Hall4 x 100 m: Natasha Morrison, Megan Tapper, Natalliah Whyte, Ashley Williams, Roniesha McGregor, Crystal Morrison4 x 400 m: Junelle Bromfield, Roniesha McGregor, Ashley Williams, Shiann Salmon, Andrenette Knight
List of men
100 m: Ackeem Blake, Conroy Jones, Oshane Bailey (Alt)200 m: Andrew Hudson, Jazeel Murphy400 m: Nathon Allen, Christopher Taylor, Karayme Bartley (Alt)110 meters with hurdles: Rasheed Broadbell, Orlando Bennett400 meters with obstacles: Shawn RoweHigh jump: Lushane WilsonLong jump: Tajay Gayle, Shawn-D Thompsonshooting: O’Dayne RichardsSpear: Elvis GrahamDiscuss: Traves Smikle, Fredric Dacres4 x 100 m: Ackeem Blake, Andrew Hudson, Oshane Bailey, Kadrian Goldson, Conroy Jones, Jazeel Murphy4 x 400 m: Nathon Allen, Christopher Taylor, Karayme Bartley, Javon Francis, Demish Gaye, Shawn Rowe.
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