(Photo courtesy of Yardie Sports)
World champion Omar McLeod and double Olympic gold medallists Elaine Thompson headline Jamaica’s 31 member team named by the JAAA’S for the IAAF World Indoor Championships next month in Birmingham England.
McLeod is among `14 men named to the squad which includes Everton Clarke, Kamari roach, Javon Francis, Steven Gayle, Kemoy Campbell, Ronald Levy, Demar Forbes, Clive Pullen, O’dayne Richards, Andre Clarke, Jermaine Gayle, peter Matthews and Rusheen McDonald.
The women’s aggregation of 17 for the march 1 to 4 event has Thompson, Remona Burchell, Gayon Evans, Dominique Blake, Tovea Jenkins, Natoya Goule, Aisha Praught, Rushell Burton, Jeanine Williams, Shanieka Rickets, Kimberly Williams, Daniel Thomas- Dodd, Tiffany James, Anastasia Leroy, Stephenie Ann McPherson and Janieve Russell.
Maurice Wilson is the Technical Leader of the team with the coaches including. Fitz Coleman, Danny Haughton, Michael Vassell and Paul Francis,
Michael Frater and Deon Hemmings-Mccatty male up the management team.