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Track and field athletes dominate Sportsman and Sportswoman nominees | Sports

TWELVE OF the 13 nominees in the 2024 RJRGLEANER Communications Group National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards have come from the sport of track and field, with the other coming from cycling.

The five nominees for the Sportswoman of the Year are Rushell Clayton, Ackera Nugent, Nikisha Pryce, Shanieka Ricketts, and Llori Sharpe.

Vying for Sportsman of the Year title will be Carey Mcleod, Wayne Pinnock, Roje Stona, Kishane Thompson, Ackeem Blake, Rusheen McDonald, Rajindra Campbell, and Rasheed Broadbell.

The six nominees vying for the People’s Choice Performance of the Year award will be Rasheed Broadbell’s sprint hurdles bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, Ackera Nugent’s world-leading 100-metre hurdles Diamond League time of 12.24, Khadija Shaw’s goal for Manchester City against Liverpool in the Women’s Super League, Roje Stona’s historic Olympic Gold medal in the Men’s Discus final in an Olympic record of 70 metres, Kishane Thompson’s silver-medal performance at the Paris Olympics, and Chavany Willis’ goal for Arnett Gardens against Portmore United in the Jamaica Premier League.

The announcement of the nominees took place at the launch of the RJRGLEANER National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards at TVJ’s Studio A Broadcasting House on Lyndhurst Road yesterday.

The awards ceremony will be held on January 17, 2025, at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel.

Mike Fennell, chairman of the selection panel, explained that the performances of the athletes nominated were outstanding in this calendar year. He added that while it was a tough call to leave out some noteworthy athletes, the board would review the criteria for selection for future nominations.

“We have to maintain our standards, and we must recognise those who perform at the highest level. We should never water down that recognition as we have such a long list of athletes who performed so well. I will be open to that as nothing should stand still forever, and we will look at it. However, I’m not prepared to water down the quality of what we do. We must maintain standards,” he said.

Gary Allen, chairman of the RJRGLEANER Sports Foundation, shared that the 13 nominees produced significant performances that earned them the right for the nomination.

“I think this year presented some challenges for the selection committee. While we had an Olympic year, World Indoor Championships, we had other performances in other sports that were worthy. Thirteen athletes who had significant impact of excellence on the global stage is something that we have to be thankful for,” he said.

Allen also said the dominance of track and field athletes occurred because athletics was an area that stood out in the eyes of the selection committee this year.

“I think that we have to celebrate the excellence in track and field. We should look if they’re gaps and address them, but I don’t think we should automatically go to, how can we bring others in and lower the criteria levels to include average performances rather than keeping it at excellent,” he said.

orane.buchanan@gleanerjm.com

TWELVE OF the 13 nominees in the 2024 RJRGLEANER Communications Group National Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards have come from the sport of track and field, with the other coming from cycling.

orane.buchanan@gleanerjm.com

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December 5, 2024
College football playoff predictions: Big Ten, SEC dominate the field

Welcome to the 2024 college football season, where this past weekend proved that anything is possible.

Texas – fresh off a bye and owning one ranked win, which happened to be against a Michigan team that now sits at No. 24 in the most recent AP Top 25 Poll – moved up to No. 1 in the AP Poll because the college football axion has officially been activated: Anybody can get their *** kicked, any time, any day.

Arkansas can turn the Vols into a red solo cup of Volunteers. Texas A&M can catch a Mizzou Tiger by his toe and when he hollers, put him in the figure four. Bama can get banged, slumped and dumped by the Commodores.

Call them Vander-BUILT—a Brick House.

Call them the home team as they stand over Alabama and ask, is this your king?

“Thou wast born of woman. But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn, Brandished by man that’s of a woman born.”

That’s Shakespeare in his play “Macbeth.”

Vanderbilt might suffer Macbeth’s ultimate fate. But herald me will sing a song of dreams won on that Oct. 5 date.

Alabama is ranked seventh in the AP Top 25 Poll, and that’s ridiculous. This team lost to Cornelius. Not Sark. Not Kirby. Not Dan. Nobody loses to Cornelius.

Alabama’s loss to Vanderbilt makes Georgia’s loss to Bama look even worse. Keep this in mind: Vanderbilt has lost to Mizzou and Georgia State. Mizzou lost to Texas A&M. Texas A&M lost to Notre Dame. Notre Dame lost to Northern Illinois.

Also keep this in mind: Vanderbilt had never beaten a No. 1, or even a No. 5 team, until this past weekend. With that, Tennessee vs. Alabama on Oct. 19th has turned into a CFP play-in game. The same can be said for Alabama’s matchups against Mizzou, LSU and Oklahoma.

Super Conference bias remains strong

There were nine SEC teams in last week’s AP Top 25 Poll. Five were among the top 10. There were seven Big Ten teams in last week’s AP Top 25, with four in the top 10. That’s a total of 16 teams across just two conferences in last week’s AP Top 25.

Even after a week of unrivaled gladiatorial college football combat, nine teams from the SEC and six teams from the Big Ten make up the top-25 teams in the country.

The Big 12 and ACC might struggle to get a second team into the 12-team field when the selection committee suits sit down to rank teams.

The CFP is wide open

Given Texas is the last undefeated team in the SEC, and there are still nine SEC teams among the top 25 in the sport, a 10-2 SEC team will likely make the playoff.

With Texas A&M’s win against Missouri, Notre Dame is back in the CFP hunt because that win over the Aggies looks even better now, and A&M enters the CFP race, too.

With that, let’s get to my second set of CFP projections for the 2024 college football season:

1. Ohio State
Conference: Big Ten
Record: 5-0

2. Texas
Conference: SEC
Record: 5-0

3. Miami (Fla.)
Conference: ACC
Record: 6-0

4. Iowa State
Conference: Big 12
Record: 5-0

5. Oregon
Conference: Big Ten
Record: 5-0

6. Georgia
Conference: SEC
Record: 4-1

7. Penn State
Conference: Big Ten
Record: 5-0

8. Clemson
Conference: ACC
Record: 4-1

9. BYU
Conference: Big 12
Record: 5-0

10. Tennessee
Conference: SEC
Record: 4-1

11. Oklahoma
Conference: SEC
Record: 4-1

12. Boise State
Conference: Mountain West
Record: 4-1

Now that we have the projected seeding set, let’s take a look at what the first-round matchups would look like:

1. Ohio State: Bye (would then play the winner of 8. Clemson vs. 9. BYU)
2. Texas: Bye (would then play the winner of 7. Penn State vs. 10. Tennessee)
3. Miami: Bye (would then play the winner of 6. Georgia vs. 11. Oklahoma)
4. Iowa State: Bye (would then play the winner of 5. Oregon vs. 12. Boise State)

5. Oregon (Big Ten championship runner-up) vs. 12. Boise State (highest-ranked Group of 5 champion)

A rematch of a thrilling Week 2 matchup? Yes please. Boise State running back Ashton Jeanty barreled through the Ducks’ defense like a spiny blue shell in a wildly-competitive race in Mario Kart. He went blue bombing through Oregon for 192 rushing yards, despite the Broncos coming up just short on the scoreboard, the final result being a 37-34 loss to the Ducks. Jeanty is a blueberry stick of dynamite we can’t wait to see disorient, detonate and explode.

Boise State’s Ashton Jeanty leads all FBS running backs with 1,031 rushing yards through the first six weeks of the season. (Photo by Loren Orr/Getty Images)

6. Georgia (SEC championship runner-up) vs. 11. Oklahoma (one of the top-12 teams)

A rematch of the 2018 Rose Bowl with a twist — the better defense is Oklahoma. Gone are the high-octane offenses of the Lincoln Riley era. In is Brent Venables and his dictating defense. With Georgia looking less like a supervillain and more like a level-two henchman, OU might find an offense good enough to challenge the Dawgs.

Oklahoma’s defense is holding opponents to 16 points per game through the first six weeks of the season. (Photo by Michael Chang/Getty Images)

7. Penn State (one of the top-12 teams) vs. 10. Tennessee (one of the top-12 teams)

Two programs that were always the most likely to benefit from an extended playoff happen to be going up against one another in this scenario, which is a joy. Add in the fact that this matchup would essentially be making a bold statement about which conference is superior through the middle — SEC vs. Big Ten — and this game becomes one about league pride, as well as a trip to the quarterfinal round.

Penn State has the No. 3-ranked rushing offense in the Big Ten through six weeks, averaging 217.8 yards per game. (Photo by Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

8. BYU (Big 12 championship runner-up) vs. 9. Clemson (ACC championship runner-up)

Historically, this is a game Clemson wins. But given the torrid start to the season by the Cougars, the Tigers might have their hands full. However, since its loss to Georgia to open the year, Clemson has looked more like the program Dabo Swinney has guided to two national titles over the last decade.

Clemson QB Cade Klubnik helped guide the Tigers to a 4-1 record and the No. 10 ranking in the latest AP Top 25 Poll. (Photo by Chris Leduc/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

RJ Young is a national college football writer and analyst for FOX Sports and the host of the podcast “The Number One College Football Show.” Follow him at @RJ_Young and subscribe to “The RJ Young Show” on YouTube.

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October 9, 2024
Female jockeys win every event at Moree Cup as women dominate racing apprenticeships

Apprentice jockey Mollie Fitzgerald grew up around race tracks, and used to think horse racing was a man’s world.

But she is the first to admit that is no longer the case in what used to be known as “the sport of kings”.

“When I was younger and I’d come to races with Dad, there wasn’t as many female jockeys,” she said.

“I definitely can see a shift, over the years there’s a lot more female apprentices coming through, there’s definitely a lot more women in racing now.”

Her perception is backed up by statistics from Racing NSW, which show that in September 2024, 50 of the state’s 73 apprentice jockeys were women.

In the 2023/24 season there were also 25 female riders who won 10 or more races.

Moree Race Club joins the history books with all female winners at its recent cup day. (Supplied: Moree Race Club)

Executive officer of the Team Thoroughbred NSW Training Academy, Stuart Rich, said it was not just on the track where young women were making their mark.

“We’ve got an intake of around about 75 per cent women coming into the industry, whether it be stable hands, track riders or our apprentice jockeys,” he said.

“It’s not surprising at all because there’s just so many great female jockeys out there at the moment plying their trade.”

For Fitzgerald, being a jockey is a dream come true.

“You can ride as many as 10 different horses in one day and I love getting to know different horses and creating a relationship with them,” she said.

“I also think it’s amazing that I can call it a job.”

Making racing history

Fitzgerald was one of eight history-making jockeys at the Moree Cup Race Day in September, where for the first time all eight races were won by women.

The Moree Race Club took to social media to celebrate, posting “history was made today”.

Fitzgerald said the energy and excitement built throughout the day.

“We had a little bit of an ongoing joke all day, as the races kept going through we kept saying, ‘Oh the girls are winning all the races’, and we just kept hinting it’d be cool if we could ride the card,” she said.

“On a normal day of racing, it’s scattered between the girls and the boys.

“But I think it will hopefully happen more often [that] the girls are riding the card, which is pretty cool.”

All eight races of the Moree Cup were won by women for the first time. (Supplied: Moree Race Club)

Fitzgerald said she was excited for the future of racing, and hoped more young women would come through the ranks.

“We only have to look at the apprentices coming through, there’s a lot more girls than boys, ” she said.

“I think it’s great, it’s becoming a lot more equal.

“It has really been a male-dominated sport, so we have our past female jockeys to thank for the hard work they’ve done in paving the way for us.”

Trainer Gai Waterhouse AM and Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michelle Payne have been leaders for women in racing. (AAP: Luis Ascui)

On a national stage Melbourne Cup winning jockey Michelle Payne is considered a trailblazer for female jockeys, while Victorian jockey Jamie Kah is currently one of Australia’s top riders.

Scone-based race horse trainer Brett Cavanough has one female apprentice jockey on his team and two female assistant trainers.

He said there would not be an industry without women, and the perception that female jockeys were not strong enough was changing.

“They’re as strong as anyone and a lot of the girls get stronger with experience and age,” Mr Cavanough said.

“Those girls ride as good as the boys … if we took all the women out of racing at the moment that are working, we wouldn’t have racing.”

Brett Cavanough says he values women on his racing team. (Facebook: Scone Race Club)

Careers on offer

Mr Rich said there were many career pathways offered by the thoroughbred racing industry that attracted women.

“We’ve got everything from licensing, to handicapping to stewards, the training department, to marketing and finance,” he said.

“We hosted a career day at Newcastle, there were 20 kids and 19 of them where female.”

Mollie Fitzgerald says it is special to stand alongside all female winners. (Supplied: Moree Race Club)

For Mollie Fitzgerald, that historic race weekend in Moree will be one she will not forget.

“It’s pretty amazing, it’ll be something in years to come that I will be able to look back and reflect on,” she said.

“It might inspire more girls to get into racing as well, it was really special to be a part of.”

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October 2, 2024