Kingston College's Alain Bailey, helped by a following wind of 4.7 metres per second, won the Class One boys long jump on the opening day of the VMBS Boys and Girls' Championships at the National Stadium on March 16, 2005. Bailey's winning leap, 7.88m, was one centimetre better than the existing record but the following wind was well above the allowable limit of 2.0 mps. - Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer
Name: Alain Bailey
Date of birth: August 14, 1987
Place of birth: Kingston, Jamaica
Event: Long jump
Personal best: 8.21 metres
Season best: 8.21 metres
Best performances: Gold medal, long jump, Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Junior Championships in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Bronze medallist, long jump, Carifta Games in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe.
Bailey, during his junior days, was considered one of Jamaica's best long jumpers at that level. He has won several titles at Boys' Championships, CAC Championships and Carifta Games in both the high and long jumps.