André Lowe, Senior Staff Reporter

Maurice Wilson

GLASGOW, Scotland:

Head coach Maurice Wilson and team manager Garth Gayle were both left satisfied with Jamaica's track and field performance at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

The track and field athletes were responsible for 19 of Jamaica's 22 medals won at the games, with their 10 gold medals, 3 silver and 6 bronze medals landing them just behind Kenya (23 medals, 10 gold, 10 silver, 3 bronze) in the medal table for athletics.

Wilson, was particularly proud of the achievements in non-traditional areas in the field, with Kimberly Williams and O'Dayne Richards winning gold medals in the triple jump and shot put, with Jason Morgan taking a bronze medal in the discus.

Jamaica also for the first time qualified two women in the discus final and had representation in pole vault and the hammer throw.

"I'm extremely proud of the team, athletes and management," said Wilson.

"I think the team performed incredibly. When you look at the spread of medals, I have never seen such great diversity in all my years travelling with national teams and it speaks to the talent that we have in the country in all the different events."

The coach is, however, hoping that the necessary steps will be taken to build on the signs leading into the upcoming Olympic Games.

"I am just hoping that sponsors will come and support the association in their quest to broaden the amount of events that we have been doing well or can do well in but overall I think the performances have been excellent," Wilson added.

Gayle, who is also the general secretary of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association also expressed satisfaction.

"We started out from Jamaica with an anticipation of doing well and I would say that we have done so. There were some challenges along the way but as true Jamaicans we overcame them. The athletes did their best, there were times when the weather played its part suffice to say the team has risen, there were some very good performances," said Gayle.