Asafa returns to the track







January 20, 2006 - World 100m record holder Asafa Powell will open
his 2006 season at next Saturday's (January 28th) Queen's/Grace
Jackson Track & Field meet at the National Stadium east complex.

In his build-up towards the March's Commonwealth Games in Melbourne,
Australia, Powell will run the 400m event.

Powell, who broke the 100m world record last June, will be joined at
the meet by the entire MVP Track Club, which includes teammates and
World Championships 100m silver medallist Michael Frater, Brigitte
Foster-Hylton, the World Championships 100m hurdles silver
medallist, and Sherone Simpson, who was a member of Jamaica's
Olympic 4x100m relay gold team.

Foster-Hylton, Simpson and Frater will also run the 400m. National
400m champion Shericka Williams will run the the 200m while Gregory
Little is down for the 800m.

World Junior 200m record holder Usain Bolt is also expected to face
the starter.

Meanwhile, most of the island's top schools – St. Jago, Vere,
Holmwood, KC, JC, Calabar, Wolmer's and Camperdown are down to
compete.

Natasha Ruddock and Latoya King of St. Jago, KC's Andre Wellington
and Cawayne Jervis, Sonita Sutherland and Schillonie Calvert of
Holmwood, Samantha Henry and Crystal Wilson of Queen's, Winston
Barnes of JC and Camperdown's Remaldo Rose are some of the top
juniors.

The sponsors for the meet are - 4E, Adidas, Alhambra Inn, Art
Printery, Glaxo SmithKline Caribbean Ltd (Lucozade), HD Hopwood &
Company Ltd, Info Channel Ltd, Rainbow Awings Custom Products Ltd,
Bank of Nova Scotia, Singer Jamaica Ltd, National Housing Trust,
Couples Resort, Perez Y Cia Jamaica, WISYNCO Group, General Accident
Insurance Company Jamaica Ltd, and the Queen's Past Students'
Association.