WORLD JUNIOR 200m record holder Usain Bolt and Olympic Games bronze medallist Tayna Lawrence will head Jamaica's squad to the 20th Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Track and Field Championships in Nassau, Bahamas this month.
Bolt heads the men's team which includes Brandon Simpson, national 400m champion Lansford Spence and Chris Pinnock, while Lawrence, who won bronze at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, leads a women's squad which includes Beverly McDonald, a World Championships silver medallist, and hurdlers Michelle Freeman and Debbie-Ann Parris-Thymes.
The Jamaican squad:
Male: Lerone Clarke, Kurt Watson, Usain Bolt, Dewayne Barrett, Lansford Spence, Brandon Simpson, Aldwyne Sappleton, Ricardo Cunningham, Christopher Pinnock, DeCosma Wright, Dean Griffiths, Leroy Colquhoun, Dorlan Scott, Kimani Kirton, Herbert McGregor, Alain Bailey, Wilbert Walker, Kenneth Sylvester, Maurice Smith, Claston Bernard, Llewelyn Bredwood, Kevin Stewart, Lansford Davis, Marvin Essor, Sanjay Ayre, Sekou Clarke.
Female: Beverly McDonald, Tayna Lawrence, Sheri-Ann Brooks, Peta-Gaye Dowdie, Shellene Williams, Moya Thompson, Aneita Denton, Kayon Thompson, Andrea Bliss, Michelle Freeman, Debbie-Ann Parris-Thymes, Shevon Stoddart, Kimberley Barrett, Elva Goulbourne, Pete-Gaye Beckford, Andrea Linton, Mardrea Hyman, Korene Hinds, Sheree Francis, Karen Beautle, Olivia McKoy, Kateema Riettle, Natalie Grant, Caltha Seymour, Daniele Browning, Jenice Daley, Nadia Davy, Sonita Sutherland, Allison Beckford, Anastasia Le-Roy.
Management: Judy Ewart (manager), Hamlin Pagan and Merlene Hamilton (assistant managers), Edward Hector (head coach), Lennox Graham, Dalton Evans, John Mair, Raymond Stewart and Glen Mills (coaches), Dr. Donovan Calder; Tenson Roy Thomas, physiotherapist and Joan Rattray, physiotherapist (medical team).
