SPRINTERS Tayna Lawrence and Kerron Stewart were named in the Olympic athletics squad yesterday at the Jamaica Olympic Association's (JOA) official announcement of the delegation to the Games of the XXIII Olympiad in Athens, Greece.

Head of the delegation will be JOA second vice president Don Anderson. Jamaica will compete in four disciplines - athletics, swimming, shooting and badminton.

Lawrence, the women's 100 metres bronze medallist in Sydney four years ago, was excused from the June 25-27 National Senior Championships because of injury. She has been named an alternate for the 100m and will only compete if one of the top three from the national trials drops out. Lawrence proved her fitness for the Games on Tuesday by clocking 11.32 seconds for fourth place in the 100m at a Super Grand Prix meet in Stockholm, Sweden.

Stewart will bolster the women's sprint relay squad. She was sixth in the 100m at the National Senior Championships and will run the short sprint at this weekend's inaugural NACAC Under-23 Championships in Sherbrooke, Canada.

JOA president Mike Fennell said teenage sprint sensation Usain Bolt, though named in the men's squad, was still awaiting confirmation as far as his fitness was concerned.

Bolt who is down to run the 200m, jetted home from Germany on Tuesday night where he had been seeing a specialist for a slight hamstring tear. He met the Jamaica Amateur Athletic Association's (JAAA) doctors on Wednesday and according to reports was given the all clear. The JAAA's technical committee is expected to view him in training today and over the weekend. Bolt is expected to fly to Europe on Monday for an engagement later in the week.

Also included in the track and field squad is the male athlete who tested positive for a banned substance during the National Senior Championships. His case is still pending and Fennell said the matter must be resolved by next week.

The total contingent is now 77 -52 athletes and 25 officials. Local-based track and field athletes and officials will leave for Germany on Monday for a seven-day camp in Nuremburg.

The Jamaica Olympic team has attracted several sponsors including Digicel, Tru-Juice, Lasco and Puma who are providing clothing and payment for the pre-Olympic camp. The National Commercial Bank (NCB) is also coming on board and Fennell said a major announcement would be made soon.

The full delegation named by the JOA yesterday is:

ATHLETICS (women): Veronica Campbell (100m, 200m, 4x100m), Sherone Simpson (100m, 4x100m), Aleen Bailey (100m, 200, 4x100m), Beverly McDonald (200m, 4x100m), Tayna Lawrence (alternate for 100m), Peta-Gaye Dowdie (4x100m), Kerron Stewart (4x100m), Nadia Davy (400m, 4x400m), Novlene Williams (400m, 4x400m), Ronetta Smith (400m, 4x400m), Allison Beckford (4x400m), Sandie Richards (4x400m), Michelle Burgher (4x400m), Michelle Ballentine (800m), Delloreen Ennis-London (100mH), Brigitte Foster (100mH), Lacena Golding Clarke (100mH), Debbie-Ann Parris (400mH), Patrina Allen (400mH), Shevon Stoddart (400mH), Elva Goulbourne (long jump), Trecia Smith (triple jump), Kimberli Barrett (shot put).

ATHLETICS (men): Asafa Powell (100m, 4x100m, alternate for 200m), Steve Mullings (100m, 200m, 4x100m), Dwight Thomas (100m, 4x100m), Michael Frater (4x100m), Christopher Williams (200m), Usain Bolt (200m), Brandon Simpson (400m 4x400m), Michael Blackwood (400m, 4x400m), Davian Clarke (400m, 4x400m), Jermaine Gonzales (4x400m, alternate for 400m), Maurice Wignall (110mH), Christopher Pinnock (110mH), Richard Phillips (110mH), Danny McFarlane (400mH), Dean Griffiths (400mH, Kemel Thompson (400mH), James Beckford (long jump), Claston Bernard (decathlon), Maurice Smith (decathlon), Patrick Jarrett (4x100m) Winston Smith (4x100m), Richard James (4x400m), Michael Campbell (4x400m).

MANAGEMENT: Lincoln Eatmon, Ian Forbes.

COACHES: Dennis Johnson, Glen Mills, Fitz Coleman, Stephen Francis, Maurice Wilson, Maurice Westney, Raymond Graham.

BADMINTON: Nigella Sauders (women's singles), Kingsley Ford (manager/coach)

SHOOTING: Dawn Kobayashi (10m air rifle), Keith Hammond (manager/coach)

SWIMMING: Janelle Atkinson (200m, 400m, 800m freestyle), Angella Chuck (100m freestyle), Alia Atkinson (50m freestyle, 100m breaststroke), Jevon Atkinson (50m freestyle). John Eyre (Manager), Jacqueline Walter (coach).

MEDICAL: Medical: Doctors Herb Elliott, Praimanand Singh, Warren Blake and Glenton Smith. Physiotherapists: Michael Douglas, Nicholas Ford, Angella McIntosh and Elizabeth Robinson.