Gatorade Jamaica has officially announced an exciting one-year brand ambassadorship with 19-year-old rising football star Jaileah McPherson. The standout captain of the Jamaica Reggae Girlz Under-20 team joins the Gatorade family as the face of the brand's localized “No Shortcuts, Wi Sweat Hard” campaign. This announcement comes as McPherson continues to elevate her football career, having recently transferred to the University of Miami, one of the premier programs in NCAA Division I football.

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s national record holder and national champion Ralford Mullings retained his NCAA men’s discus throw title after he threw 65.81m in a competitive event on Friday’s third day of the Outdoors Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. It was first and second for Jamaicans as Racquil Broderick of the University of Southern California was second with a personal best 64.15m. A third Jamaican, Christopher Young of the University of Alabama, was fifth with a lifetime best 62.30m, and Shamar Reid of Florida State was sixth, also with 62.30m.