Three global sprint medallists feature on Jamaica’s team for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26, which will be held in Toruń from 20-22 March.
World and Olympic 100m silver medallist Kishane Thompson, 2024 world indoor 60m bronze medallist Ackeem Blake and world 200m bronze medallist Bryan Levell will all represent Jamaica in the 60m as the Caribbean nation aims to win its first world indoor title in the men’s short sprint.
Thompson, who led the 2024 and 2025 season lists for 100m with times of 9.77 and 9.75, had intended on making his World Indoors debut in Nanjing last year but withdrew as a precaution.
Blake, the 2024 Diamond League 100m champion, was the winner of the men’s 60m on this year’s World Indoor Tour, earning a wild card entry for the World Indoor Championships and thus allowing Jamaica to field three men in this discipline.
Levell has only contested two indoor competitions to date, but he recently clocked 6.47 for the distance outdoors, in a race won by Thompson (6.46) and where Blake placed third (6.48).
The Jamaican team also includes 2019 world long jump champion Tajay Gayle and 2024 world indoor bronze medallist Carey McLeod, as well as national record-holders Navasky Anderson (men’s 800m), Natoya Goule-Toppin (women’s 800m) and Lamara Distin (women’s high jump).
Jamaican team for Kujawy Pomorze:
WOMEN
60m: Brianna Lyston, Jonielle Smith
800m: Kelly Ann Beckford, Natoya Goule-Toppin
60m hurdles: Megan Simmonds-Tapper, Oneka Wilson
High jump: Lamara Distin
Long jump: Nia Robinson
Triple jump: Shantae Foreman
MEN
60m: Ackeem Blake, Bryan Levell, Kishane Thompson
400m: Delano Kennedy
800m: Navasky Anderson
60m hurdles: Jerome Campbell, Demario Prince
Long jump: Tajay Gayle, Carey McLeod
Triple jump: Jordan Scott
4x400m: Kimar Farquharson, Demar Francis, Reheem Hayles, Delano Kennedy, Tyrice Taylor