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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-04-09 04:35 PM
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Want to see how Jamaica produces the Usain Bolts of the planet
Edited on Sat Apr-04-09 04:36 PM by malaise
Watch live streaming via JumpTV from now until the end of Champs - the 4 X 4.
This is the 100th annual staging of Boys and Girls Champs in Jamaica.

We've never seen so much foreign press ever. Tickets were sold out days ago.

http://www.cvmtv.com/

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Catherine Vincent Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-04-09 05:24 PM
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1. Usain Bolts?
I'm watching now. Thanks.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-04-09 05:29 PM
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2. More than one of him
:D Champs is the nuts and bolts of Jamaica's track and field.
I'm always amazed at the Champs crowds. We used to go back in the day.
Ato Bolton is on radio - every year he is amazed at the size of the crowds and the following by alumni from the schools.
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-04-09 05:38 PM
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3. Years ago, they used to say that a person could run like Don Quarrie
Does anyone even remember him anymore? There used to be a statue of him at the university....
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-04-09 05:51 PM
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4. He's here coaching kids
Edited on Sat Apr-04-09 05:53 PM by malaise
Saw him at the Stadium earlier. You'll see him again before the meet is over since most of the analysts are Olympians. That's Juliet Cuthbert on air now.

I think the term run like Quarrie really came from a reggae song. The line is
'Quarrie was a boy to I man last night, dey couldn't follow me'

Lovely boys medley - big upset - rural school Holmwood wins.
The boys winners should come from Calabar or KC. The girls - Vere or Holmwood. No runaway winner this year. A nice finish is expected.

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