Jamaican team to Olympics to be named on Tuesday

Jamaica's  team  for  the  2012  London  Olympic Games  will  be  dominated  by  medallist  from  the  Beijing  Olympics  in 2008.

The team to be headed by double sprint world record holder Usain Bolt who suffered defeats in both the men’s 100 and 200 metre events at the Jamaican National  Championships on the weekend is being  finalised  by  the  Neville ‘Teddy’ McCook  chaired  selection  panel  which  also  includes  JAAA  General Secretary Garth Gayle, Charlie Fuller and Glen Mills.

The squad which will be ratified by the JAAA on Tuesday will be handed to the Jamaica Olympic Association.

In the meantime,  Bolt  is among 25 automatic qualifiers on the men’s team along with world champion  Yohan  Blake, who won the Jamaican sprint double ahead of Bolt, while women’s sprint double  champion Shelly-Ann  Fraser-Pryce  heads  the  24  automatic  female  qualifiers.

The  list  of  automatic  qualifiers  also  include  Travis  Smikle  and   Jason  Morgan  in the  men’s  discuss,  Dorian  Scott  and  O'dayne  Richards  in the  men’s  shott put, Damar  Forbes  in  the  men’s  long  jump, Hansle  Parchment, Andrew Riley  and  Richard  Phillips  in  the  110m  hurdles, Josef  Robertson,  Roxroy  Cato and  Leford Green in the men’s 400m hurdles, Blake  Bolt  and  Warren Weir for the men’s  200m and Blake, Bolt and Asafa Powell  for  the men’s 100m.

Nesta  Carter, Kemar  Bailey Cole and Michael Frater completes the line-up for the men’s 4 by 100m relay team.

Dane Hyatt, Rusheen  McDonald  and  national  record  holder  Jermaine Gonzales  are the  automatic  selections  for  the  men’s  400m and will be joined by Ricker Hylton, Edino  Steele  and Errol Nolan for the 4x400 metres relay team.

On  the  women’s  side, Fraser-Pryce, Veronica  Campbell-Brown  and  Kerron Stewart are the  automatic  qualifiers  for  the  100m,  with  Sherone  Simpson, Schillonie  Calvert and  Samantha  Henry-Robinson  completing  the  sprint  relay  team.

Fraser-Pryce, Simpson and Campbell-Brown are the top three for the 200m event.

For  the  400m it will be Novelene  Williams-Mills, Rosemarie Whyte  and Christine Day  with Shericka  Williams, Dominique Blake and  Shereefa Lloyd to join them for the 4x4 team.

Kenia Sinclair is the only automatic qualifier for the women’s  800m and in the 100m hurdles,  Bridgette Foster-Hylton,  Latoya  Greaves  and  Shermaine  Williams  are  the  automatic  qualifiers.

Melaine  Walker, Kaliese Spencer and Nickesia  Wilson are down for the women’s 400m hurdles,  Kimberley Williams and Trecia Smith in the triple jump. Allison Randall with the ‘B’ standard for the discuss and Korine Hinds and Mardrea Hyman also with the ‘B’ standard for the 3000m steeplechase.