RJRGLEANER SPORTSMAN & SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

THE RJRGLEANER National Sportsman & Sportswoman of the Year Awards ceremony will be held on Friday, January 20 at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel.

Eight women have been nominated for the Sportswoman of the Year title and three men for Sportsman of the Year. The female nominees are Lamara Distin, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Britany Anderson, Shericka Jackson, Shanieka Ricketts, Elaine Thompson Herah, Janieve Russell and Jhaniele Fowler. Male nominees: Rasheed Broadbell, Jaheel Hyde and Rovman Powell.

Ahead of Friday’s ceremony we are publishing short features on each nominee. Features on Distin, Fraser-Pryce and Broadbell appeared in Monday’s publication.

On Wednesday, there were features on Britany Anderson, Jhaniele Fowler, and Rovman Powell.

Yesterday, we took a look at Janieve Russell, Shanieka Ricketts, and Elaine Thompson Herah.

Jaheel Hyde

National 400m hurdles champion Jaheel Hyde took a step forward in 2022, making his first World Championship final as well as adding another major medal to his cabinet.

The 25-year-old Hyde retained his title at the National Senior Championships in June, and at the World Championships in July, advanced to his first World Championship final where he finished sixth in a personal-best effort of 48.03 seconds.

Hyde took that form into the Commonwealth Games in August where he earned silver, clocking 49.78. It is his second medal at the Commonwealth Games, after winning his first in 2018 in Australia. His personal best performance at the World Championships was the ninth fastest time in the World in 2022.

Shericka Jackson

In her second season contesting the sprint double, Shericka Jackson not only added another major medal to her cabinet in the 100m but found redemption in the 200m in stunning fashion in an unforgettable performance for her first major global individual title.

Jackson won the sprint double at the National Senior Championships in June, stopping the clock in the 100 metres in 10.77 seconds and a nippy 21.55 in the 200m, at the time the fastest time in the world.

At the World Championships the following month, Jackson claimed her first World Championships 100m silver medal in 10.73, but she would save her best for the half-lap event.

After failing to advance from the heats of the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, Jackson left no doubt in the 200m final, winning her first individual world title in a championship record time of 21.45. The clocking made her the second-fastest woman of all time at the distance. She would add another medal, a silver in the women’s 4x100m relay, and would go on to claim the sprint double at the NACAC Championships in August and a maiden Diamond League title in the 200m in the final in Zurich. She would also set a personal best in the 100m, clocking 10.71 in Monaco in August. She would finish ranked number one in the world at the 200m and second in the 100m. Additionally, she was nominated for World Athletics Women Athlete of the Year.