Tuesday, November 11, 2008

WE'RE BACK LIKE BARACK BABY!!!

New Season | New Coach | New Faces
Here we are again at the beginning of yet another season. Many things have changed and many remain the same. One person that captures both the past and the present is our new coach for the '08-'09 season, Neil Harrison.

Coach Harrison first came to Munro in 1997 and immediately made a huge impact by producing a high calibre mile relay team that won at the Penn Relays that year. He would later guide Munro's mile relay team to two consecutive wins at Gibson and Champs in 1999 and 2000 (see video links below). Under the tenure of Coach Harrison and Head Coach Leroy Allison Munro also won the Western Athletics Championships for six consecutive years until 2003. During this time Coach Harrison earned national recognition as the best Western Regional Coach and was appointed as a National Coach to the Carifta Games from 2001 to 2003.

Coach Harrison is married to wife Karlene (Cindy) and is father to Kaneil and Nekaila.

We are happy to have him back at Munro College and look forward to renewed success at every level.

VIDEOS: HARRISON COACHES BACK TO BACK CHAMPS WINNERS
1999 Champs 4x400m Open Final
2000 Champs 4x400m Open Final

***Both videos can be seen directly along with many others by going to our new facebook page!***

Best Regards,
B.C. Hayden
Team Manager

Friday, August 22, 2008

JA DROPS MEGA BOMB - ROCKS DA BIRD'S NEST

THE MEN'S 4x100M FINAL
This record has been soft for a while now. With the onslaught of sub-10s and sub-9.9s we've seen over the last five years, someone should have cracked this a long time ago. Well, no better time or place than the final of the Greatest Olympics Ever!!! Enjoy...

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Bolt Smashes The Sport's Greatest Record!!!

...Bumbaught!!!


The Long Version + Michael Johnson's Post-Race Commentary


BOLT'S WJR AT CARIFTA 2003

Splits for the Men's 200m Final
Courtesy of Deacon and X-King

9.96 + 9.34 = 19.30 BOLT
10.23 + 9.59 = 19.82 MARTINA
10.44 + 9.51 = 19.95 SPEARMON
10.18 + 9.78 = 19.96 CRAWFORD
10.23 + 9.75 = 19.98 DIX
10.37 + 9.85 = 20.22 DZINGAI
10.45 + 9.95 = 20.40 MALCOLM
10.44 + 10.15 = 20.59 COLLINS

Bolt's 9.96 100m bend ties Tyson Gay's fastest from his 19.68 at WAF 2006 .

Bolt's 9.34 for 100-200m is the 4th fastest all-time behind:
1. MJ (10.12 + 9.20 = 19.32; 1996 Atlanta)
2. Xavier Carter (10.34 + 9.29 = 19.63; 2006 Lausanne)
3. Tommie Smith (10.52 + 9.31 = 19.83A; 1968 Mexico City)

MELAINE WALKER CRUSHES OLYMPIC RECORD FOR GOLD

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Sunday, August 17, 2008

IT'S A ONE!!! TWO!!! TWO!!! FOR JAMAICA



Shelly-Ann Fraser Wins Olympic Gold !!!
In what can only be described as the greatest day in Jamaica's Track and Field history we witnessed the most incredible quinella imaginable (a quinfecta really). Shelly-Ann "The Pocket Rocket" Fraser, grabbed and ran away with the women's 100m gold medal only to be followed by her teammates, Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart in a tie for second place.

Fraser clocked a world-leading 10.78 (0.0w) to take the crown as the World's Fastest Woman. This, just 24-hrs after her fellow country-man, Usain Bolt, did the same, by capturing the Men's title in a WR time of 9.69 (0.0w).

It's a great day for Track and Field and an even greater weekend for Jamaica. Jamaican sprinting has grown beyond the comfort-blanket of the "likkle but wi talawah" moniker. We are a Global Sprinting Powerhouse that is, as we speak, dominating the short sprints at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Jamaica is the 800lb Gorilla in the room and it's been a long time in the making.

Nuff Respect must go to all the men and women that came before those who shine today. The pioneers of '48 and '52, Merlene Ottey, Donald Quarrie, Lennox Miller, et al. Nuff Respect to ISSA, the JTA's Primary School, All-Age and Junior High Parish System; Prep School Champs and the JAAA. But we must also thank the IAAF and the World Anti-Doping Authority (WADA) for doing their best to ensure a level playing field for all.

Jamaica is on top and "Wi Big Bout Ya"!


Friday, August 15, 2008

BOLT WINS OLYMPIC GOLD IN NEW WR!!!

THE BIG 100m FINAL


THE SEMIS


MICHAEL JOHNSON'S REACTION TO THE RACE (PRICELESS)

Splits of Usain's WR Olympic Run
Courtesy of The Science of Sport
Times at 60m for the Entire Field
(when the body stops accelerating)

6.32 + 3.37 = 9.69 BOLT
6.40 + 3.49 = 9.89 THOMPSON
6.46 + 3.45 = 9.91 DIX
6.52 + 3.41 = 9.93 MARTINA
6.43 + 3.52 = 9.95 POWELL
6.48 + 3.49 = 9.97 FRATER
6.46 + 3.55 = 10.01 BURNS
6.55 + 3.48 = 10.03 PATTON
Courtesy of Pierre Jean from CF Forums