KINGSTON, Jamaica – World champions Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson were conferred with Jamaican national honors for their sporting achievements on National Heroes Day.
Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen (left), presents Olympian Shelly-Ann Fraser Pryce, with the Order of Jamaica (OJ) for outstanding performance in the field of athletics at the international level, during the National Honours and Awards presentation ceremony held at King’s House on Monday (October 17). (Photo by Adrian Walker, via JIS)Fraser-Pryce, 35, was conferred with the Order of Jamaica, Commander Class for Outstanding Performance in the field of athletics at the international level, at the National Honours and Awards on the lawns of King’s House in Kingston, on Monday.
Jackson, meantime, was conferred with the Order of Distinction, Commander Class for exceptional achievements in the sport of Track and Field Athletics at the national, World Championships and Olympic levels.
The decorated Fraser-Pryce recently stormed to a historic fifth 100m title at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
She is also the first woman in history to run below 10.7 seconds seven times during any one season.
Jackson, who has won bronze medals in the 400m at the World Championships and Olympics, also won her first global title in Oregon in July when she ran 21.45 seconds to win the 200 m. That finish, which was a national record, made her the second-fastest woman in history.
The two female sprint stars were among 221 Jamaicans who were recognized.
Others involved in sports also receiving national honors were: former president of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) Dr Warren Blake who was conferred with the Order of Distinction for contribution to Medicine and as a team doctor in national sports; sports agent Claude Bryan who received the Order of Distinction for contribution to track and field; and Michael Clarke, a veteran coach who was conferred with the Order of Distinction for contribution to sports in track and field.
