School: Holmwood Technical High School Events: 400m, 800m Personal Best: 400m - 50.87, 800m - 2.04.87

Season best: 50.91 seconds Best performances: Bronze medallist, 4x400m relay at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China; gold at North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Under-23 Championships in Toluca, Mexico 2007; silver at the Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Junior Championships in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago, 2006; gold medal winner in the Under-20 Carifta Games 800m in Les Abymes, Guadeloupe 2006.

IAAF Link: http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=JAM/athcode=208653/index.html

Gleaner Articles

· Bobby-Gaye Wilkins to lead Holmwood's charge: http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20080307/sports/sports6.html

· Wilkins wins Jamaica's second gold: http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20080721/sports/sports3.html

· Wilkins brought the house down with a great run http://www.jamaica-star.com/thestar/20080318/sports/sports7.html

2008

· Bobby-Gaye anchored Holmwood Tech of to victory in the Championship of America girls

· Toluca Mexico North American Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Under-23 Championships Bobby-Gaye Wilkins won Jamaica's second gold medal

2006: National Junior Championships: 1st in the 400m event

2005

· St. Jago's Natasha Ruddock (right) holds off a fast charging Anastasia LeRoy (left) of Holmwood to win the high school girls Championship of Americas 4x100m event at the Penn Relays yesterday. At center is Kimberly Smith of Edwin Allen, which placed third.

· Holmwood won the 4x800m for the first time in three years, running a modest 8:59.03 seconds to beat Boys and Girls High of New York with the team of Celia White - 2:13.2, Vanessa Boyd - 2:16.7, Bobby-Gaye Wilkins who replaced Cadien Beckford - 2:11.7 and Cassandra Powell - 2:17.3.

 

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