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    Middle-distance focus coming for Jamaican high schools

    Two unnamed high schools are to be transformed over time into middle-distance powerhouses.
    The athletes will be introduced to a Kenyan-inspired programme that is to be implemented by the founders of Talawahtrack.com, a website dedicated to tracking and documenting the performances of Jamaica's [COLOR=blue !important][COLOR=blue !important]track [COLOR=blue !important]and [/COLOR][COLOR=blue !important]field[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR] athletes.

    http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2...s/sports9.html
    Hey .. look at the bright side .... at least you're not a Liverpool fan! - Lazie 2/24/10 Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015
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    Them say Munro giving scholarships to couple Kenyan, so maybe it is linked.

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    • #3
      They too deserve a solid all round education!



      Badmind is a dangerous ting!


      BLACK LIVES MATTER

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      • #4
        Bwoy unuh a tired fi lose to STETHS inna everything. Gwaan do yuh recruiting yah big head.
        Hey .. look at the bright side .... at least you're not a Liverpool fan! - Lazie 2/24/10 Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015

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        • #5
          Our own TDowl & others...Middle-Distance Focus Coming For...

          Middle-Distance Focus Coming For Jamaican High Schools
          Published: Thursday | April 3, 2014
          Leighton Levy, Gleaner Writer

          Two unnamed high schools are to be transformed over time into middle-distance powerhouses.

          The athletes will be introduced to a Kenyan-inspired programme that is to be implemented by the founders of Talawahtrack.com, a website dedicated to tracking and documenting the performances of Jamaica's track and field athletes.

          Athletes from the selected schools will be exposed to a middle-distance philosophy that has been imparted to some of the very best distance runners in history, including former 800m world recorder Wilson Kipketer and current holder David Rudisha.

          Simon Bowen, one of the founders of Talawahtrack.com, revealed their intentions at a media briefing at the Knutsford Court Hotel yesterday, saying the "national middle-distance training manual" he has developed is similar to the one used at the St Patrick's High School in Iten, Kenya, a school that has produced the aforementioned greats, among others.

          Bowen, who attended St Catherine High School and competed successfully at the collegiate level representing George Mason University in the 1990s, is partnering with Baldwin Samuels, who decades ago began recording the performances of Jamaican athletes after being inspired by Merlene Ottey's early success. Veteran journalist Laurie Foster and Gordon Tapper are the other principals.

          http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2...s/sports9.html

          See: Our Talawah link @ http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2...s/sports9.html

          - Talawah Jamaican Track & Field
          "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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          • #6
            Karl yuh nuh see seh me done post this already.
            Hey .. look at the bright side .... at least you're not a Liverpool fan! - Lazie 2/24/10 Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 05/18/2011.MU fans naah cough, but all a unuh a vomit?-Lazie 1/11/2015

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            • #7
              Congrats, TDowl and friends!

              CONGRATULATIONS! May the efforts bring a great many successes!
              Last edited by Karl; April 4, 2014, 09:13 AM.
              "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Jangle View Post
                Karl yuh nuh see seh me done post this already.
                Nope! ...but I shall now search for it and link the posts!
                "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

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                • #9
                  Big up to TDowl and Mr.Gordon Tapper. Respect.
                  • Don't let negative things break you, instead let it be your strength, your reason for growth. Life is for living and I won't spend my life feeling cheated and downtrodden.

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                  • #10
                    Thanks Sass, Mr Freddy McGregor was there to give us big boost, for which we are great full, he had the place rocking with at least 6 hits.

                    We have to correct an oversight, so the site is temporally down.

                    The launch was a success, again, many thanks to all who view Talawah, now Talawah Track.

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