Levy Welcomes Mix of Youth & Experience in Olympic Track Squad

Sports analyst, Leighton Levy, says there’s a good mixed of youth and experiences athletes in the team released by the Jamaica Administrative Athletics Association, JAAA, to represent the country at the Paris Olympics, from July 26 to August 11.

The JAAA named a strong 63-member squad plus 13 reserves.

Levy says senior athletes such as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Shericka Jackson and Hansle Parchment will have a leadership role to play on the team.

Leighton Levy.

Fourteen officials led by manager Ludlow Watts will accompany the team, along with seven coaches. The team is due to have a training camp in Stuttgart, Germany ahead of the games.