The Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) has sent three relay teams to the Barbados Grand Prix on Saturday as the men’s 4×100 and the Mixed 4×400 relay teams try to make the qualifying times for the World Championships set for Tokyo, Japan, in September.

But once again the elite athletes have not made themselves available to represent their country and now the hopes of the nation reside with the less accomplished runners.

Jamaica’s poor display at the World Relays in which they dropped the baton twice, has left the men’s team in a perilous position.

Jamaica has until August 25 to get qualified. Fourteen of the 16 teams have already qualified from the World Relays and Jamaica will be hoping to secure one of the two remaining spots available.

With the National Championships completed last Sunday, Jamaica’s 4×100 team will be without the top five finishers in Kishane Thompson (MVP), Oblique Seville (Racers), Ackeem Blake (Titans), Ryiam Forde (Empire Athletics) and Rohan Watson (MVP).

Thompson (9.75), Seville (9.83) and Blake (9.88) are first, second and sixth in the current world ranking.

Instead, Jamaica will be represented by the sixth and seventh-placed finishers in Kadrian Goldson and Bouwahgie Nkrumie. The quartet is completed by Odaine McPherson, who just missed the final finishing ninth overall with 10.07 and Adrian Kerr, who did 10.79 and failed to reach the men’s first round, but was third in the men’s 200m with 20.49.

Jamaica currently ranks 18^th with 38.45 and will need to better the times of the Netherlands (37.87) and Nigeria (38.20).

Jamaica will face Bermuda, Barbados and Grenada as they try to get the times to put them ahead of The Netherlands or Nigeria.

With the women’s 4×100 team already qualified, Jamaica has selected a second-string team for Bridgeport in Jodean Williams, Krystal Sloley, Jonielle Smith and Serena Cole. The women will be challenged by Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago.

The 4x400m Mixed Relay is comprised of Roneisha McGregor, Shanakaye Anderson, Jeremy Bembridge, Bovel McPherson. They will face The Bahamas and Barbados.

The team is managed by Brian Smith with MVP’s Paul Francis as head coach. He will be assisted by Lamar Richards while Jowayne Johnson is the massage therapist.