World U20 leaders Douglas and Card head Jamaican team for Oregon

Shanoya Douglas on the 4x100m team in Lima (© World Athletics Oscar Munoz Badilla)

Rising sprinters Shanoya Douglas and Gary Card have been named on Jamaica’s team for the World Athletics U20 Championships Oregon 26 on 5-9 August.

Douglas is the world U20 leader in both the 100m and 200m, while Card tops the season list for the 100m. Both athletes have been listed for the double in Oregon, USA – Douglas named alongside Theianna-Lee Terrelonge for the 100m and Sashana Johnson for the 200m, and Card joined by Dontae Watson in the 100m and Nathaniel Martin in the 200m.

Douglas won two medals as a 16-year-old at the last edition of the World U20 Championships in Lima in 2024 – 4x100m gold and 200m bronze. Already this year she has secured a sprint double at the Jamaican U20 Championships and a 100m, 200m and 4x100m treble at the CARIFTA Games. She ran 10.98 to win the shorter sprint at the Boys and Girls Championships in Kingston in March and a national U20 record of 22.11 – putting her joint third on the world U20 all-time list – to win her CARIFTA 200m title in April.

Card also got gold at the last World U20 Championships as he formed part of the winning 4x100m team after finishing sixth in the 100m final. The 19-year-old decided to contest the senior race at the Jamaican Championships in June and secured 100m silver behind world champion Oblique Seville in a national U20 record of 9.93 – a performance that also moved him to joint third on the world U20 all-time list.

Michael-Andre Edwards is another athlete who has been entered for two events. The 18-year-old claimed triple jump gold and long jump silver at the CARIFTA Games and has been named for both events in Oregon. NACAC U23 champion Joseph Salmon has been entered for the discus as the current world U20 No.2.

CARIFTA Games champion Tiana Marshall has been confirmed for the 100m hurdles, while her fellow national U20 champion Robert Miller is named for the 400m hurdles.

WOMEN100m: Shanoya Douglas, Theianna-Lee Terrelonge200m: Shanoya Douglas, Sashana Johnson400m: Daniellia Dixon, Shameika McLean800m: Kevongaye Fowler100m hurdles: Akeelah Bell, Tiana Marshall400m hurdles: Maria Crossfield, Shevaughn ThomasDiscus: Able Mills4x100m: Samoya Brown, Shanoya Douglas, Natrece East, Renecia Edwards, Tiana Marshall, Theianna-Lee Terrelonge4x400m: Davine Dickenson, Daniellia Dixon, Kristen Herbert, Sashana Johnson, Shanika Lindsay, Shameika McLean

MEN100m: Gary Card, Dontae Watson200m: Gary Card, Nathaniel Martin400m: Jabari Matheson, Jason Pitter800m: Joel Morgan110m hurdles: Taj-Oneil Gordon, Marquies Page400m hurdles: Robert Miller, Jahvanie TyrellHigh jump: David BrownLong jump: Michael-Andre EdwardsTriple jump: Michael-Andre Edwards, Rekelme HunterShot put: Nkosana Johnson, Kamari KennedyDiscus: Kamari Kennedy, Joseph Salmon4x100m: Gary Card, Nathaniel Martin, Sanjay Seymore, Justin Stewart, Nyrone Wade, Dontae Watson4x400m: Jabari Matheson, Jabulani McLeod, Jason Pitter, Jordan Rehedul, Nishawn Walker, Joshua Wint

MIXED4x100m: Kyle Bodden, Natrece East, Renecia Edwards, Sashana Johnson, Detarje Morgan, Sanjay Seymore4x400m: Jaeden Campbell, Daniellia Dixon, Shameika McLean, Jabulani McLeod, Nishawn Walker