The effects of the Boston Marathon bombings are rippling across track and field as the sport kicks off its spring season.

WSJ: Track Events Weigh Security After Boston Marathon Bombings

But to be honest, it has to do with the overall culture here in Jamaica, wherein track and field is a major sport, and athletes, for instance, are trained from an early age about how to sprint.

NPR: Jamaicans Revel In 100M Olympic Triumphs

Even the premiere Olympic sport, track and field, will appear here on television hours after the results are known.

NPR: Mr. Phelps' Mission: Saving U.S. At The Olympics

All athletes in a sport, like track and field, become suspect even though the majority, he believes, are clean.

NPR: Disgraced Marion Jones Sentenced to Six Months

As well as running the U2 Track and Field club, she also helps to organise and run competitions for British blind sport and travels all over the world to competitions.

BBC: Warwickshire honours: Sports stars among those awarded

According to the National Federation of State High School Associations, more than 1.1 million high-school boys played contact football in the 2011-2012 school year, which makes the game nearly twice as popular as the No. 2 prep sport, outdoor track and field.

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The sport is the sixth-most popular sport for boys by participants, behind football and track and field and ahead of tennis, swimming and golf.

WSJ: Wrestling Is Thrown to the Mat

Whitehead tried every sport he could including archery, swimming, cricket, gymnastics, canoeing, track and field and sledge hockey.

BBC: Paralympic runner Richard Whitehead aims for 200m gold