Odyssey to Oregon

2022 ODYSSEY TO OREGON TEAM JAMAICA

MEN 100M/200M Yohan Blake 32 yrs. SB: 9.85, Kingston

PB: 9.69, Lausanne Ranking: 10/53 Yohan Blake is the second fastest man of all time in the 100 and 200 metres with a clocking of 9.69 seconds and 19.26 seconds respectively. At the 2011 Daegu World Athletics Championships, Blake became the youngest male athlete of all time to win a world championships 100 metres title at the age of 21 years. sporting love was cricket before he devoted himself to track and field. In June, he won his fifth 100 metres national title in his fastest time in almost a decade at 9.85 seconds. 100M Oblique Seville 21 yrs. SB: 9.86, Kingston At St. Jago High School in Spanish Town, Blake’s first PB: 9.86, Kingston Ranking: 20 A former Holmwood Technical and Calabar High School star, Oblique Seville has had a stellar season after clocking a massive personal best of 9.86 seconds. Seville was the fastest Jamaican male athlete over the event heading into the Jamaica Trials in June. At the 2019 CARIFTA GAMES in Georgetown, Cayman Islands, Seville won the 100 metres in a time of 10.24 seconds as well as the 4x100 metres relay. He is heading to his first world championships where he will run the 100 metres and the 4x100 metres relay.

Leading the rebirth of men’s sprinting in Jamaica are ( L-R): 2011 world 100m champion Yohan Blake and newcomers Ackeem Blake and Oblique Seville.

Ackeem Blake 20 yrs. SB: 9.93, Kingston PB: 9.93, Kingston Ranking: 29 Formerly of Merlene Ottey High School, rising star Ackeem Blake of Titans Track Club ran a lifetime best of 9.93 seconds to secure his spot at his first global track and field championship. Blake is a former Under‐18 national 100 metres champion and is the third fastest Jamaican man in the event this season. Jelani Walker (Alt) 2 4 yrs. SB: 10.00, Kingston PB: 10.00, Kingston Ranking: 69 Jelani Walker is a former St. George’s College and University of Kentucky athlete has been named as an alternate for the men’s 100 metres. Walker will also be a part of the 4x100 metres relay pool. 4x100M The 2014 Commonwealth Games 100 metres champion Kemar Bailey‐Cole and Conroy

Jones of Elite Performance will make up the men’s 4x100 metres relay pool with Jamaica hoping to return to its winning ways in the event. The 4x100 metres world record of 36.84 seconds was set by the Jamaican quartet of Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt at the 2012 London Olympics. 200M Akeem Bloomfield 24 yrs. SB: 20.22, Florida PB: 19.81, London Ranking: 101 Known for his prowess in the 400 metres in which he was a 2019 World Championships finalist Akeem Bloomfield has a notable 200 metre personal best of 19.81 seconds. He has the best time by a Jamaican in the 200 this year – 20.22 seconds. Bloomfield, who is formerly of Kingston College finished second at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships in which his 44.86 seconds ranks him at No. 6 on the all‐time list and is the Jamaican indoor record. Outdoors, he is the second