Jamaica at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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Jamaica at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeJAM
CGAJamaica Olympic Association
Websitewww.joa.org.jm
in Gold Coast, Australia
Competitors106 in 15 sports
Flag bearer Alia Atkinson (opening)
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
7
Silver
9
Bronze
11
Total
27
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Jamaica competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018. It was Jamaica's 17th appearance at the Commonwealth Games. [1]

Swimmer Alia Atkinson was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.[2]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Ronald Levy Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles April 10
 Gold Kimberly Williams Athletics Women's triple jump April 10
 Gold Aisha Praught Athletics Women's 3000 metres steeplechase April 11
 Gold Janieve Russell Athletics Women's 400 metres hurdles April 12
 Gold Fedrick Dacres Athletics Men's discus throw April 13
 Gold Danniel Thomas-Dodd Athletics Women's shot put April 13
 Gold Christine Day
Anastasia Le-Roy
Stephenie McPherson
Janieve Russell
Athletics Women's 4 × 400 metres relay April 14
 Silver Alia Atkinson Swimming Women's 50 metre breaststroke April 6
 Silver Christania Williams Athletics Women's 100 metres April 9
 Silver Hansle Parchment Athletics Men's 110 metres hurdles April 10
 Silver Shanieka Ricketts Athletics Women's triple jump April 10
 Silver Anastasia Le-Roy Athletics Women's 400 metres April 11
 Silver Shericka Jackson Athletics Women's 200 metres April 12
 Silver Traves Smikle Athletics Men's discus throw April 13
 Silver Danielle Williams Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles April 13
 Silver Gayon Evans
Natasha Morrison
Elaine Thompson
Christania Williams
Athletics Women's 4 × 100 metres relay April 14
 Bronze Yohan Blake Athletics Men's 100 metres April 9
 Bronze Gayon Evans Athletics Women's 100 metres April 9
 Bronze Javon Francis Athletics Men's 400 metres April 10
 Bronze Stephenie McPherson Athletics Women's 400 metres April 11
 Bronze Jaheel Hyde Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles April 12
 Bronze Tevaughn Thomas Athletics Men's 100 metres (T47) April 13
 Bronze Natoya Goule Athletics Women's 800 metres April 13
 Bronze Yanique Thompson Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles April 13
 Bronze Oshane Bailey
Yohan Blake
Everton Clarke
Warren Weir
Nigel Ellis
Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay April 14
 Bronze Javon Francis
Demish Gaye
Jermaine Gayle
Jamari Rose
Peter Matthews
Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay April 14
 Bronze Jamaica national netball team
Netball Women's tournament April 15

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 30 21 51
Badminton 3 2 5
Basketball 0 10 10
Boxing 1 0 1
Cycling 1 0 1
Diving 1 0 1
Gymnastics 1 0 1
Lawn bowls 2 0 2
Netball 12 12
Rugby sevens 12 0 12
Shooting 2 0 2
Squash 2 0 2
Swimming 0 1 1
Table tennis 2 0 2
Triathlon 1 1 2
Wrestling 1 0 1
Total 59 47 106

Athletics

Jamaica participated with 51 athletes (30 men and 21 women).

Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Oshane Bailey 100 m 10.28 2 Q 10.32 4 Did not advance
Yohan Blake 10.15 1 Q 10.06 1 Q 10.19 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Nigel Ellis 10.32 2 Q 10.38 7 Did not advance
Jason Brown 100 m (T12) 11.49 4 Did not advance
Tevaughn Thomas 100 m (T47) 11.63 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Kenroy Anderson 200 m 20.89 2 Q DSQ Did not advance
Rasheed Dwyer 20.78 1 Q 20.82 5 Did not advance
Warren Weir 20.60 1 Q 20.62 4 q 20.71 7
Javon Francis 400 m 45.70 SB 2 Q 45.38 SB 2 Q 45.11 SB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Demish Gaye 45.70 3 Q 45.85 3 q 45.56 6
Rusheen McDonald 45.99 2 Q 45.77 2 Q Did not finish
Ronald Levy 110 m hurdles 13.35 2 Q 13.19 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Hansle Parchment 13.30 1 Q 13.22 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Dejour Russell 13.64 4 q 13.92 8
Andre Clarke 400 m hurdles 49.10 PB 2 Q 50.08 7
Ricardo Cunningham 50.68 4 Did not advance
Jaheel Hyde 49.14 1 Q 49.16 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Oshane Bailey
Yohan Blake
Everton Clarke
Warren Weir
Nigel Ellis*
4 × 100 m relay 38.44 2 Q 38.35 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Javon Francis
Demish Gaye
Jermaine Gayle
Jamari Rose
Peter Matthews*
4 × 400 m relay 3:03.97 1 Q 3:01.97 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

* Competed in heats only.

Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Rank Distance Rank
Damar Forbes Long jump 7.93 5 Q 7.88 8
Tajay Gayle 7.88 8 q 8.12 4
Shawn-D Thompson 7.69 13 Did not advance
Clive Pullen Triple jump 16.15 8 q 16.25 7
Ashinia Miller Shot put 19.35 6 Q 19.68 7
O'Dayne Richards 19.65 4 Q 20.80 4
Fedrick Dacres Discus throw 66.20 1 Q 68.20 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Traves Smikle 64.69 2 Q 63.98 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Canigia Raynor Hammer throw 64.36 13
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Gayon Evans 100 m 11.37 1 Q 11.37 2 Q 11.22 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Natasha Morrison 11.36 1 Q 11.27 2 Q 11.31 5
Christania Williams 11.28 1 Q 11.22 1 Q 11.21 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Shashalee Forbes 200 m 22.88 2 Q 22.93 2 Q DSQ
Shericka Jackson 22.87 1 Q 22.28 1 Q 22.18 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Elaine Thompson 23.09 1 Q 22.95 2 Q 22.30 4
Tovea Jenkins 400 m 52.58 2 Q DNS Did not advance
Anastasia Le-Roy 51.37 SB 2 Q 51.08 SB 1 Q 50.57 SB 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Stephanie McPherson 50.80 1 Q 51.21 1 Q 50.93 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Natoya Goule 800 m 2:00.74 2 Q 1:58.82 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Megan Simmonds 100 m hurdles 13.17 3 Q 13.18 7
Yanique Thompson 12.95 2 Q 12.97 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Danielle Williams 12.69 1 Q 12.78 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Janieve Russell 400 m hurdles 54.01 SB 1 Q 54.33 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Ristananna Tracey 55.66 4 q 57.50 8
Ronda Whyte 55.10 4 q 55.02 4
Aisha Praught 3000 m steeplechase 9:21.00 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Gayon Evans
Natasha Morrison
Elaine Thompson
Christania Williams
4 × 100 m relay 42.52 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Christine Day
Anastasia Le-Roy
Stephenie McPherson
Janieve Russell
4 × 400 m relay 3:24.00 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Shanieka Ricketts Triple jump 14.52 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Kimberly Williams 14.64 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Danniel Thomas-Dodd Shot put 16.89 7 Q 19.36 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Badminton

Jamaica participated with five athletes (three men and two women)

Singles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Dennis Coke Men's singles Bye  Munga (KEN)
W 2 - 0
 Ho-shue (CAN)
L 0 - 2
Did not advance
Samuel Ricketts Bye  Yang (CAN)
L 0 - 2
Did not advance
Alana Bailey Women's singles  Allet (MRI)
L 0 - 2
Did not advance
Katherine Wynter  le Tissier (GUE)
W 2 - 0
 Nakiyemba (UGA)
W 2 - 0
 Li (CAN)
L 0 - 2
Did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Dennis Coke
Anthony McNee
Men's doubles  Lindeman (CAN)
 Yang (CAN)
L 0 - 2
Did not advance
Alana Bailey
Katherine Wynter
Women's doubles  Dean (FIJ)
 Whiteside (FIJ)
L 1 - 2
Did not advance
Katherine Wynter
Samuel Ricketts
Mixed doubles  Adeoye (FAI)
 Morris (FAI)
W 2 - 0
 Serasinghe (AUS)
 Mapasa (AUS)
L 0 - 2
Did not advance
Alana Bailey
Anthony McNee
 Malcouzane (SEY)
 Ah-Wan (SEY)
W 2 - 0
 O Leydon-Davis (NZL)
 S Leydon-Davis (NZL)
L 1 - 2
Did not advance
Mixed team
Roster
Pool B

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Basketball

Jamaica qualified a women's basketball team of 12 athletes. The team was invited by FIBA and the CGF.[3]

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Jamaica roster in the women's basketball tournament of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[4]

Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
G 4 Tarita Gordon 29 – (1989-03-20)20 March 1989 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
G/F 5 Ashalee Gordon 20 – (1997-06-05)5 June 1997 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Jamaica
G 7 Loreta Gordon 24 – (1994-01-11)11 January 1994 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) Unique Ballers Jamaica
G 8 Sasha Dixon 30 – (1987-06-10)10 June 1987 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Homestead Cougars Jamaica
F/C 9 Althea Byfield 35 – (1982-11-28)28 November 1982 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Homestead Cougars Jamaica
F 10 Shenneika Smith 28 – (1989-12-09)9 December 1989 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Southern Lady Generals United States
F 11 Angelee Latouche 33 – (1985-02-16)16 February 1985 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Walgrovians Jamaica
G/F 12 Simone Jackson 33 – (1984-04-12)12 April 1984 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Braves Smilers Jamaica
F 13 Cadene Cowan 25 – (1993-03-17)17 March 1993
F 15 Jennifer George 27 – (1991-02-22)22 February 1991 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Montaneras de Morovis Puerto Rico
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club - describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age - describes age
    on 5 April 2018
Pool B

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Qualifying finals

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Boxing

Jamaica participated with a team of 1 athlete (1 man)

Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Ian Darby −81 kg  Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali (SAM)
L 0-5
Did not advance

Cycling

Jamaica participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Oshane Williams Men's road race DNF

Track

Points race
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Oshane Williams Men's point race DNF Did not advance
Scratch race
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Oshane Williams Men's scratch race DNF Did not advance

Diving

Jamaica participated with a team of 1 athlete (1 man).

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Yona Knight-Wisdom 1 m springboard 368.15 2 Q 388.65 4
3 m springboard 365.85 10 Q 377.30 9

Gymnastics

Artistic

Jamaica participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Men
Individual Qualification
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Reiss Beckford Qualification 13.450 11.300 13.350 14.000 13.650 12.375 78.125 12 Q
Individual Finals
Athlete Event Apparatus Total Rank
F PH R V PB HB
Reiss Beckford All-around 11.400 12.775 13.450 13.450 12.600 11.000 74.675 16

Lawn bowls

Jamaica will compete in Lawn bowls.[5]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Andrew Newell Singles  McIlroy (NZL)
L 0 - 21
 Kimani (KEN)
L 2 - 21
 Paxton (ENG)
W 21 - 16
 Xalxo (IND)
W 21 - 18
 Kumar (FIJ)
L 3 - 21
5 Did not advance
Mervyn Edwards
Andrew Newell
Pairs  South Africa
L 6–28
 Wales
L 4–33
 Northern Ireland
L 6–28
 Isle of Man
L 10–21
5 Did not advance

Netball

Jamaica qualified a netball team by virtue of being ranked in the top 11 (excluding the host nation, Australia) of the INF World Rankings on July 1, 2017.[6][7][8]

Roster
Pool A

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

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Rugby sevens

Men's tournament

Jamaica qualified a men's rugby sevens team of 12 athletes, by winning the 2017 RAN Sevens. This will mark the country's Commonwealth Games debut in the sport.[9]

Roster
Pool B

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Shooting

Jamaica participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Open
Athlete Event Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Overall Rank
Denis Nelson Queen's prize individual 99-6v 26 143-10v 24 129-7v 29 371-23v 29
David Rickman 95-2v 30 144-8v 23 136-9v 28 375-19v 27
Denis Nelson
David Rickman
Queen's prize pairs 280-12v 13 250-6v 13 530-18v 13

Squash

Jamaica participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Individual
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Christopher Binnie Men's singles  Jason Doyle (SVG)
W 3 - 0
 Saurav Ghosal (IND)
W 3 - 2
 Joel Makin (WAL)
L 0 - 3
Did not advance
Lewis Walters  Peter Creed (WAL)
W 3 - 1
 Daniel Zammit-Lewis (MLT)
W 3 - 0
 Cameron Pilley (AUS)
L 0 - 3
Did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Christopher Binnie
Lewis Walters
Men's doubles  Alexander /
Palmer (AUS)
L 0 - 2
 Frazer /
Kelly (CAY)
W 2 - 0
2 Q  Malhotra /
Tandon (IND)
L 0 - 2
Did not advance

Swimming

Jamaica participated with 1 athlete (1 woman).

Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Alia Atkinson 50 m breaststroke 30.98 5 Q 30.53 1 Q 30.76 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
100 m breaststroke 1:09.83 15 Q 1:09.83 14 Did not advance
50 m butterfly 26.91 6 Q 26.84 7 Q 27.35 8

Table tennis

Jamaica participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Singles
Athletes Event Group Stage Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Simon Tomlinson Men's singles  Hodge (SKN)
W 4 - 0
 Jayasingha Mudiyanselage (SRI)
L 3 - 4
2 Did not advance
Kane Watson  Daniel (SVG)
W 4 - 0
 Muhamad Rizal (MAS)
L 2 - 4
2 Did not advance
Doubles
Athletes Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Simon Tomlinson
Kane Watson
Men's doubles Bye  Aruna /
Toriola (NGR)
L 0 - 3
Did not advance

Triathlon

Jamaica participated with 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman).

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (750 m) Trans 1 Bike (20 km) Trans 2 Run (5 km) Total Rank
Phillip McCatty Men's 13:56 0:45 33:43 0:31 20:24 1:09:19 32
Llori Sharpe Women's 11:45 0:51 36:39 0:37 22:06 1:11:58 22

Wrestling

Jamaica participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Men
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Kevin Wallen -86 kg  Mackey (BAH)
W 3 - 1
 Moore (CAN)
L 0 - 4
Did not advance 7

See also

References

  1. ^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ Richards, Dwayne (3 April 2018). "Dacres, Fowler-Reid relishing leadership roles in 'CommGames' team". The Jamaica Observer. Kingston, Jamaica. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  3. ^ Morgan, Liam (28 July 2017). "Gold Coast 2018 reveal list of competing nations in basketball events". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Jamaica". Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Lawn Bowls Draw" (PDF). gc2018.com. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  6. ^ Pavitt, Michael (25 July 2017). "Uganda to make Commonwealth Games netball debut at Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  7. ^ Dakin, Rebecca (24 July 2017). "Competing nations announced for GC2018 Netball Competition". www.mygc.com.au/. myGC. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
  8. ^ "International Netball Federation: 2018 Commonwealth Games". Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  9. ^ Pavitt, Michael (27 November 2017). "Jamaica complete Gold Coast 2018 rugby sevens line-up after winning final qualifier". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 27 November 2017.