Reigning Olympic Video games silver medalist within the 100 meters, the distinctive Shericka Jackson, is gearing as much as begin her 2024 season with an thrilling look on the JAAA/Puma Fuller/Anderson Growth Meet, set to happen at G C Foster Faculty in Spanish City on Saturday.
Jackson is poised to shine as she headlines the sphere for the ladies’s 60 meters occasion. Becoming a member of her on this stellar line-up are her fellow MVP Monitor Membership teammates, Tina Clayton, a two-time World Below-20 champion within the 100 meters, and her twin sister Tia.
The roster of formidable athletes additionally options Serena Cole, Jonielle Smith, Natasha Morrison, and Shockoria Wallace. Notably, the meet will witness the participation of Sada Williams, the 2022 and 2023 World 400 meters bronze medalist from Barbados, together with Bahamian sprinter Anthonique Strachan, including to the occasion’s status.
Some of the versatile and achieved sprinters within the historical past of the game
Jackson’s outstanding 2023 season solidified her standing as one of the crucial versatile and achieved sprinters within the historical past of the game. She achieved the illustrious Diamond League dash double, turning into solely the third girl in historical past to perform this feat. Her extraordinary efficiency included setting a meet document of 21.57 seconds (0.3m/s) within the 200 meters on the Prefontaine Basic through the Diamond League ultimate at Hayward Subject in Eugene, Oregon, on September 17.
This achievement got here a day after she clocked a powerful 10.70 seconds (0.8m/s) to safe victory within the 100 meters. The unique membership of athletes who’ve achieved this outstanding Diamond League dash double consists of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce in 2013 and American Carmelita Jeter in 2011.
Jackson’s unbelievable checklist of accomplishments extends to efficiently defending her 200 meters world title and clinching a silver medal within the 100 meters on the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Her efficiency in defending her 200 meters world title got here tantalizingly shut, simply 0.07 seconds shy of Florence Griffith-Joyner’s world document of 21.34 seconds set in 1988.
Second-fastest time in historical past
Jackson’s time of 21.41 seconds in Budapest marked the second-fastest time in historical past. She remained undefeated within the half-lap dash all year long and even improved her private greatest within the 100 meters to a world-leading 10.65.
Within the males’s competitors, Kishane Thompson, famend for his spectacular 9.85 efficiency within the earlier season, might be one other star attraction on the occasion. He might be joined by MVP teammate Rohan Watson, a finalist within the 100 meters on the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. The sector additionally boasts outstanding names like Tajay Gayle, Rusheen McDonald, Shawn-D Thompson, Odaine McPherson, Michael Campbell, and Ramone Branswell.
Because the 2024 observe and area season kicks off, all eyes are on Shericka Jackson and the spectacular line-up of athletes, promising an exhilarating begin to the 12 months in athletics.
