Veronica and Maurice JAAA Sports man/woman of 2007

Olympic and World Championships gold medallist Veronica Campbell-Brown and World Championship silver medal winner, decathlete Maurice Smith are the 2007 Jamaica Amateur Athletics Association (JAAA) Male and Female Athletes of the Year.

The presentation ceremony, in its second year, was held at the Hilton Kingston hotel in St. Andrew yesterday. It also recognised partners and sponsors who have continued to contribute to the development of track and field in Jamaica, including Supreme Ventures Limited, Jamaica Drug for the Elderly and sporting goods manufacturers, Puma.

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National senior track and field team head coach, Glen Mills, was awarded Coach of the Year, while world 100m record holder Asafa Powell received the International Association of Athletics Federation medal for bettering his own 100m world record, lowering it from 9.77 to an incredible 9.74 seconds.

Recognition

The awards were created to recognise athletes who have done well for themselves and the JAAA, and have represented Jamaica to the rest of the world at the highest level. It is intended to encourage athletes to excel and compete at the international level, in anticipation of representing Jamaica at the Olympic Games.

“Jamaica have excelled at the highest level in track and field and even more now in the non-track and field events,” noted JAAA president Howard Aris. “Expectations are normally very high of our athletes and these athletes have done us proud.”

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