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47-454: The objects of the association are to promote, develop and regulate amateur athletics in Jamaica. The JAAA aims to provide instruction and teaching of athletics to teachers, coaches, instructors and athletes. It organises competitions and events in Jamaica whilst laying down rules and regulations and providing rewards to winners. Athletics, particularly sprinting, is a national sport in Jamaica, and

94-543: A less than impressive 10.46. His only chance was left up to the final semi-final of the day but the exploits of talented schoolboy Yohan Blake (10.19) pushed Nesta Carter to run a blistering 10.17 thus making the third heat the fastest heat of the day. This meant that the World Championships silver medalist was out of the finals and as a result did not make the Jamaican team to Osaka. On 28 July Frater clocked 9.95 at

141-514: A much more consistent time relative to his Fully Automatic Timing 10.06s 100m world record and more in line with the usual +0.25s-0.3s hand time to FAT conversion. The women's world record stands at 40.82 seconds, set by the United States in 2012 at the London Olympics . The fastest anchor leg run by a woman was run by Christine Arron of France, timed unofficially at 9.67s. According to

188-479: A personal best 10.46 and again fifth when running the first leg of the 4 × 100 m relay in 40.07. Frater won the 100 m at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships in 10.07. Although wind aided +2.1 m/s the time is credited as a meet record, with the "(w-a)" notation for wind assistance. In the preliminaries of the 200 m Frater ran a personal best 20.63 (wind +0.6 m/s). He won

235-555: A silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the Pan American Junior Championships. He ran the second leg for Jamaica, who finished in 40.27 behind the United States team. Eight days later Frater won a gold medal at the World Youth Championships . He ran the second leg on the 4 × 100 m relay, the team's winning time 40.03 setting a new World Youth (under 18) record. Frater finished second in

282-651: A third false start Mark Lewis-Francis was also disqualified from the semi-final. Frater ran the first leg of the 4 × 100 m relay, earning a gold medal with Jamaica's winning time of 38.36. Frater withdrew from competing in the Jamaica International Invitational on 6 May, his coach citing financial issues and "disrespect" In June, Frater won the 100 m in 10.18 at the JAAA National Championships, succeeding Asafa Powell as Jamaica National Champion. He and his brother Lindel are

329-407: Is a Jamaican retired sprinter who specialised in the 100 metres event. He won a silver medal at the 2005 World Championships and a gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games for the event. He has also been successful as part of the Jamaican 4 × 100 metres relay team, setting the world record and Olympic record at the 2012 London Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics . He also won gold in

376-418: Is common, even at the highest level. Relay times are typically 2–3 seconds faster than the sum of best times of individual runners. The United States men and women historically dominated this event through the 20th century, winning Olympic gold medals and the most IAAF/World Athletics championships. Carl Lewis ran the anchor leg on U.S. relay teams that set six world records from 1983 to 1992, including

423-447: The 2011 World Championships . The fastest electronically timed anchor leg run is 8.65 seconds by Usain Bolt at the 2015 IAAF World Relays , while Bob Hayes was hand-timed as running 8.7 seconds on a cinder track in the 1964 Tokyo Games Final. The Tokyo Games also had electronic timing. High-speed modern video analysis shows his time to be a more realistic 8.95-9.0 seconds in the final,

470-631: The Commonwealth Games in Manchester Frater finished seventh in semi-final 1 of the 100 m event. He then ran the first leg of the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team that won a silver medal, the Jamaican team finishing with the same time as England , in 38.62 s. In February Frater ran 6.66 at the Conference USA Indoor Championships, bettering the previous meet record while finishing second in the 60 m. He also finished second in

517-696: The National Stadium , Kingston. On 22 March, he won the Class 3 100 metres in 11.10 and the Class 3 200 metres in 22.73. Frater won gold at the CARIFTA Games , winning the Under-17 100 m in 11.07. Frater won a bronze medal at the CARIFTA Games. Competing in the Under-17 100 m he recorded 10.85 into a −0.7 m/s headwind . He also won a silver medal in the 4 × 100 m relay event. On 9 July Frater won

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564-501: The Olympic 100 m final setting a personal best of 9.97 seconds. Frater won a gold medal in Beijing, running the second leg of the 4 × 100 m relay. The relay team of Carter, Frater, Bolt and Powell set a new world record of 37.10, with Frater recording a split time of 9.01 seconds for his leg. (USATF High Performance Registered Split Analysis). The gold medal was later rescinded by

611-732: The 100 m in 10.39 On 8 May he finished second in 10.15 at the Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix. He finished eighth at the Reebok Grand Prix held in New York City at Icahn Stadium on 30 May. At the Prefontaine Classic eight days later he finished sixth. Frater showed a spectacular return to form at the Jamaica National Trials, finishing third in the 100 m in 10.02 (−0.2 m/s wind), qualifying for

658-751: The 100 m with 10.50 at the Jamaica National Junior Championships on 30 June. Running for Boyd Anderson High School in Lauderdale Lakes , Florida , he won the Florida state championship in the 100 m, and was selected as the Gatorade Outstanding High School Track Athlete for the state. In October, Frater finished fifth in the 100 m at the IAAF World Junior Championships in

705-647: The 200 m at the event, finishing fourth in 20.96 Frater next competed at the Penn Relays on 25 April. He ran the second leg of the 4 × 100 m relay. Asafa Powell on the fourth leg pulled up and finished ninth in 41.24 A report in the Jamaica Observer on the morning of the event indicated that Powell had injured his ankle in training and was not expected to run. At the Guadeloupe International Invitational On 1 May, Frater placed third in

752-477: The 200 m at the same event, in 20.45 Again wind assisted (+3.0 m/s), the time is credited as a meet record, with the "(w-a)" notation for wind assistance. Frater collected his third win of the meet when TCU won the 4 × 100 m relay in 39.17, setting another meet record. On 1 June Frater finished fourth in the 100 m at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships, running 10.40 in a −2.7 headwind. In July at

799-520: The 200 m. Frater finished third in the 100 m at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships , earning all-American honors. In early August at the Pan American Games , Frater finished second in the 100 m in 10.21 He ran the first leg of the 4 × 100 m relay; the Jamaican team finished fourth recording 39.08. Frater was awarded the gold medal for the 100 m and

846-464: The 4 × 100 m relay team qualify second quickest for the final, running the third leg in the semi-final. In the final the baton exchange was not executed cleanly between Dwight Thomas and Frater, resulting in a DNF for the team. In May Frater won the 100 m at the Conference USA Outdoor Championships in 10.20. TCU won the 4 × 100 m relay, giving Frater his second win of the meet. On 12 June Frater finished second in 10.059 to Tyson Gay 10.051 at

893-628: The 4th Gran Premio Internacional de Atletismo Gobierno de Aragon held in Zaragoza, Spain. The wind for the race was an illegal 3.7 m/s. Frater finished third in the 100 m at the 2007 World Athletics Final , Stuttgart , in 10.11 On 28 June 2008, Frater finished third in the Jamaica National Championships (behind Usain Bolt 9.85, Asafa Powell 9.97) in 10.04, and qualified for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing . He finished sixth in

940-577: The 4×440 yards, the 4×100 m relay is therefore of European origin. The Scandinavians, in particular, have introduced this new specialty into their programmes, in the hope of being able to play a decisive role in it. Before World War I, this foundation period of the relay was gradually enhanced by various German or Swedish teams (such as AIK Stockholm ), until the semi-finals of the Stockholm Olympic Games (1912) where this event made its Olympic appearance: These two runs have not been recognized by

987-539: The Bureau of Records), along with management committee members; Heleen Francis, Dr Carl Bruce, Fedrick Dacres, Judith Ewart, Keith Wellington, Gregory Hamilton, Ewan Scott and Julette Parkes-Livermore. The history of athletics in Jamaica dates back at least to the year 1910, the starting date of the Interscholastic Championships (CHAMPS). JAAA was reconstituted as Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association in 1932 and

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1034-546: The IAAF as the first world records, despite their official nature. The first officially recognized world record for the fast relay is that of the German team, which on 8 July 1912, during the 3rd semifinal, runs in 42 seconds 3 tenths. The team consisted of Otto Röhr, Max Herrmann, Erwin Kern, and Richard Rau. In the final Great Britain, despite having finished second again, behind the favorites and

1081-490: The IAAF rules, world records in relays can only be set if all team members have the same nationality. If on the European continent the metric system is the one almost exclusively used (4 × 100 metres, or a lap of 400 m), where the imperial system is still used (UK, USA and Australia, mainly) this relay was rather ran over the distance of 4 × 110 yards, a total of 402.34 m, and that, until the late 1960s. The runway at Hayward Field

1128-594: The IOC on 25 January 2017, after a retest of Frater's teammate Nesta Carter found the presence of the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine. In a Jamaican sweep of the medal positions led by Asafa Powell and Nesta Carter, Frater again finished third in the 100 m at the World Athletics Final , Stuttgart, in 10.10 One week later Frater won the 100 m at the Shanghai Golden Grand Prix on 20 September,

1175-636: The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association plays a role in shaping development of the sport in the country. Following the election in December 2020, the members of the executive are: Garth Gayle, JP (president), Ian Forbes (1st vice president), Lincoln Eatmon (2nd vice president), Michael Frater (3rd vice president), Vilma Charlton (4th vice president), Marie Tavares (Honorary Secretary), Brian Smith (Assistant Secretary), Ludlow Watts (Honorary Treasurer), Leroy Cooke (Director of

1222-506: The NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the University of Texas . As a member of the TCU relay team he finished fourth in the 4 × 100 m event. Frater was knocked out in the first semi-final of the 100 m sprint at the 2004 Athens Olympics , finishing sixth in 10.29 into a −1.6 m/s headwind. He ran the anchor leg on the 4 × 100 m relay in the heats, but did not get

1269-712: The World Championships in Berlin. In a surprise upset at the National Championships, Frater was beaten into second place in the 100 m final. Following the National Championships Frater did not compete in the IAAF Diamond League events. A Gleaner newspaper report revealed that Frater had suffered a ruptured knee ligament in 2010. As part of the Jamaican 4 × 100 metres relay team, setting

1316-462: The baton until it has entered the zone, and the incoming runner cannot touch it after it has left the zone. The zone is usually marked in yellow, frequently using lines, triangles or chevrons. While the rule book specifies the exact positioning of the marks, the colours and style are only "recommended". While most legacy tracks will still have the older markings, the rule change still uses existing marks. Not all governing body jurisdictions have adopted

1363-548: The bronze for the 4 × 100 m relay a week later when American Mickey Grimes tested positive for the stimulant ephedrine , resulting in the disqualification of Grimes and the US relay team. Three weeks later at the World Championships in Paris , Frater was eliminated, running in the quarter finals of the 100 m heat immediately following Jon Drummond 's on-track protest for disqualification, finishing sixth posting 10.25. He helped

1410-504: The chance to run for a medal as the Jamaican team failed to qualify for the final, with a season best 38.71 fourth-place finish in their heat. On 16 July Frater won the Meeting de Madrid IAAF Grand Prix event, recording 10.22 into a −0.7 m/s headwind. In the 2005 World Championships , he won the silver medal in the 100 m with 10.05, finishing second to American Justin Gatlin , who

1457-405: The changeover box and stops after the baton is exchanged. Runners on the first and third legs typically run on the inside of the lane with the baton in their right hand, while runners on the second and fourth legs take the baton in their left. Polished handovers can compensate for lack of basic speed to some extent, and disqualification for dropping the baton or failing to transfer it within the box

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1504-621: The first official event of the IAAF 2009 Grand Prix series. Frater was honoured in a homecoming celebration in Jamaica and received an Order of Distinction (Officer Rank) in recognition of his achievements at the Olympics . Frater ran the second leg for his MVP 4 × 100 m relay team at the Milo Western Relays held at the GC Foster College on 14 February. The team recorded a new meet record and world leading time of 38.72 s for

1551-479: The first team to break 38 seconds. The current men's world record stands at 36.84, set by the Jamaican team at the final of the 2012 London Olympic Games on 11 August 2012. As the only team to break 37 seconds to date, Jamaica has been the dominant team in the sport, winning two consecutive Olympic Gold Medals and four consecutive World Championships. The Jamaican team also set the previous record of 37.04 seconds at

1598-461: The new world record holders, still won the gold medal, due to the loss of the German baton. Sweden is second in 42 s 6. The bronze medal is not awarded, because the Americans, still clumsy in passing the baton, were also downgraded. The German record in the semifinal (42"3) will remain the best result of the year. In 1913 it will be recognized by the newly formed IAAF as the first official world record of

1645-510: The only brothers to win the 100 m event at the national championships. Frater, 10.13, finished second to Darrel Brown , 10.02, of Trinidad at the Jamaica International Invitational on 5 May. In June at the National Championships on a day highlighted by Veronica Campbell-Brown 's emphatic victory in the female 100 m in a world-leading time of 10.89, Frater failed to qualify for the Osaka World Championships when he clocked

1692-507: The race. Frater was disqualified in the semi-finals of the 100 m sprint because of a false start at the Commonwealth Games in March. Patrick Johnson was charged with the first false start, which put the entire field under caution. Frater was removed from the field after the second false start, although he had a slower reaction, officially 0.146, to the gun than Jacey Harper in Lane 7. After

1739-562: The relay at the 2006 Commonwealth Games and took silver in the 2002 edition . Born on 6 October 1982, in Manchester, Jamaica , Michael Frater is the second of three sons of Lyndell Frater, member of Jamaican Parliament, and Monica Frater. He attended the Ulster Spring primary school with brothers Lindel and Ricardo. His elder brother Lindel , was a sprinter who represented Jamaica at the 2000 Olympic Games . Frater stated that his brother

1786-765: The relay event. On 7 March, Frater was inducted into the Boyd Anderson Ring of Honor. On 16 April Frater was nominated for the Laureus World Team of the Year award, as a member of the 2008 Jamaica Olympic Sprint Team. Two days later Frater ran a leg of the 4 × 100 m at the UTech Track and Field Classic at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica. The teams winning 38.46 clocking was a new meet record. Frater also ran

1833-428: The rule change. The transfer of the baton in this race is typically blind. The outgoing runner reaches a straight arm backwards when entering the changeover box or when the incoming runner makes a verbal signal. The outgoing runner does not look back, and it is the responsibility of the incoming runner to thrust the baton into the outstretched hand and not let go until the outgoing runner takes hold of it without crossing

1880-455: The rules were relaxed: a 10m run-up zone, before this zone, allowed him to better tackle the run-up. Key to tables :     Not ratified or later rescinded X = annulled due to doping violation Note: Note : * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals. Note : * Indicates athletes who ran in preliminary rounds and also received medals. Note * Indicates athletes who ran only in

1927-419: The same stagger as for the individual 400 m race. Each runner carries a relay baton. Before 2018, the baton had to be passed within a 20 m changeover box, preceded by a 10-metre acceleration zone. With a rule change effective November 1, 2017, that zone was modified to include the acceleration zone as part of the passing zone, making the entire zone 30 metres in length. The outgoing runner cannot touch

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1974-413: The specialty. After this first Olympic event, in addition to the 4×400 m relay, the 4×100 m relay established itself as a classic Olympic event and will always remain on the programme, first for men, then extended to women. The two relays undergo little transformation over time. However, since 1926, the baton bearer has to remain in the baton transmission area, which is 20 m long. It wasn't until 1963 that

2021-486: The world record and Olympic record on 11 August 2012, at the 2012 London Olympics. Frater ran the second leg, and his split was timed at 8.9 seconds, only surpassed that night by Usain Bolt's 8.8 seconds on the anchor leg. 4 x 100 metres relay The 4 × 100 metres relay or sprint relay is an athletics track event run in lanes over one lap of the track with four runners completing 100 metres each. The first runners must begin in

2068-689: Was a major influence on his decision to become a track athlete. Frater attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth , Texas . He is a member of the MVP (Maximising Velocity and Power) Track & Field Club based at the University of Technology, Jamaica (U-Tech), Kingston , and is coached by Stephen Francis. Representing Wolmer's Boys School , Frater set two records at the Inter-Secondary School Sports Association National Boys & Girls Athletic Championship held at

2115-501: Was affiliated to the IAAF in 1948. In February 2011, the name was changed to Jamaica Athletic Administrative Association, thereby retaining the acronym JAAA. JAAA is the national member federation for Jamaica in the following international organisations: Moreover, it is part of the following national organisations: JAAA maintains the Jamaican records in athletics . Michael Frater Michael Frater O.D (born 6 October 1982)

2162-531: Was shortened to 400 m only in 1987. Paradoxically, the first race recognized as certain, without however being an official world record, dates back to 1897, shortly after the creation, on 8 May, of the Česká amatérská atletická unie (ČAAU). On June 26 of that year, during Sparta's 5th match in Prague, the organizing team, AC Sparta Praha, defeated MAC Budapest, in 48 1/5 seconds. Unlike the "long" 4×400 m relay, whose origins are clearly American, because it derives from

2209-514: Was subsequently banned from competition in 2006 for four years after testing positive for testosterone or its precursor. The Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team, anchored by Frater, failed to gain a medal in the final, finishing fourth by .001 to the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team. Although he qualified for the 100 m at the 2005 World Athletics Final in Monaco, Frater did not start

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