A number of local Jamaican meets have now been recognized by World Athletics and have been listed in the competitions section of the track and field governing body’s website, the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) announced in a press release on Monday.

The approved local competitions now listed on the World Athletics site in the Competitions section are as follows: OndiRun / JC SprintFest 200, Jamaica College Invitational, JAAA/Puma Fuller Anderson Meet, Central Hurdles Relays & Field Events, Camperdown Classics, SW Isaac Henry Invitational, Fervet Distance Carnival, Gibson McCook Relays, JAAA CARIFTA Trials, WICQ Meet, Eastern Championships Regional Meet, Corporate Area Development Meet, GC Foster Classics, Inter-Collegiate Track and Field Championships, Velocity Fest #16, ISSA/Grace Boys & Girls Athletics Championships, Grand Slam Track, Velocity Fest #17, Racers Grand Prix, JAAA All Comers Meets 1-5, JAAA National Junior and Senior Championships.

Athletes competing at these meets will now be able to earn points on World Athletics’ Global Ranking System which was launched in February, 2019 in a bid to find an objective way of identifying the top athletes in each event discipline as well as to compare athletes across the many disciplines.

With this system, athletes will score points based on a combination of their results, place as well as the level of competition in which those results were achieved.

In December 2022, World Athletics Council voted to approve a rule change in which the governing body would only recognize results of competitions that are achieved in those listed / published in their database referred to as the World Athletics Global Calendar.

This became effective Jan 1, 2023 and Member Federations are required to apply for their local events to be listed in this global calendar in order for the performances achieved by athletes allow them to earn ranking points.