The Nationwide Stadium in Kingston roared to life on Saturday night time because the Racers Grand Prix delivered a stunning showcase of velocity, energy, and resilience.
Olympic medalists, world champions, and budding skills collided on the observe and discipline, sending a powerful message forward of Nationwide Trials and the worldwide stage.
Thompson blazes 9.88 in commanding 100m win
Olympic silver medalist Kishane Thompson reaffirmed his title ambitions with a blistering 9.88 seconds (0.0 m/s) to assert the boys’s 100m—his quickest time this season.
Thompson surged forward early, held his kind by means of the midpoint, and powered to a convincing victory. Indirect Seville, the 2023 winner, confirmed late-race power to clock 9.97 seconds, a season’s greatest, for second, whereas South Africa’s Reward Leotlela completed third in 10.04 seconds.
Within the B last, Sandrey Davison clocked 10.07 seconds (0.8 m/s), a season’s greatest, to win forward of Kadrian Goldson (10.10) and Deandre Daley (10.19).
Tina Clayton breaks 11-second barrier once more
Double World U-20 champion Tina Clayton stormed again into elite kind, operating 10.98 seconds (1.8 m/s)—her first sub-11 time since 2022—and tying for sixth-fastest globally this yr.
She edged out American Jacious Sears (11.04), whereas 2024 World U-20 champion Alana Reid positioned third in 11.16 seconds, each posting season’s bests.
Tina’s twin sister, Tia Clayton, an Olympic finalist, appeared set to surge to the entrance late within the race earlier than pulling and ending fifth in 11.24 seconds.
Within the B race, Jonielle Smith impressed with a season’s greatest 11.10 seconds (1.7 m/s). Kasheika Cameron (11.33) and schoolgirl Sabrina Dockery (11.34) rounded out the rostrum in a tightly contested race.
Broadbell breaks meet report in hurdles showdown
Olympic bronze medalist Rasheed Broadbell delivered one of many night time’s most riveting performances, clocking 13.06 seconds within the 110m hurdles—breaking the meet report and tying for the third-fastest on the planet this yr.
American Trey Cunningham pushed him all the way in which, ending second in 13.08 seconds, whereas compatriot Eric Edwards ran a season’s greatest 13.40 seconds for third.
American Alia Armstrong continued her robust season by matching the meet report of 12.54 seconds (1.1 m/s) within the girls’s 100m hurdles, equaling the mark set by former world report holder Kendra Harrison.
Bahamas’ Devynne Charlton additionally impressed with a season’s greatest 12.65 seconds for second, whereas fellow American Alexandra Webster took third in 12.95 seconds. Jamaica’s Kerrica Hill, a two-time World U-20 champion, completed fourth in a season-best 13.08 seconds.
Bryan Levell rockets to wind-aided 19.79 in males’s 200m
Jamaican nationwide champion Bryan Levell made a press release within the males’s 200m, clocking 19.79 seconds (2.5 m/s, wind-aided) in a dominant efficiency. In simply his second outing on the distance this season, Levell confirmed scary velocity and management, successful by a daylight.
Christopher Taylor, returning to motion after suspension, completed second in 20.39 seconds, with South Africa’s Naeem Jack third in 20.46 seconds.
Shericka Jackson finds her rhythm within the 200m
Two-time world champion Shericka Jackson regarded more and more sharp forward of nationals, successful the ladies’s 200m in 22.53 seconds (1.0 m/s). It marked her season’s greatest, bettering on her earlier 22.79 seconds in China.
Canadian Audrey Leduc adopted with a national-leading 22.80 seconds, whereas American Caisja Chandler secured third in 22.92 seconds.
Christopher Bailey continues Kingston reign in 400m
American Christopher Bailey captured his second win on Jamaican soil this season, powering to 44.74 seconds within the males’s 400m. Bailey, who gained the occasion at April’s Grand Slam meet, led from the ultimate bend and by no means regarded again.
Jamaican 20-year-old Delano Kennedy set a brand new private better of 45.22 seconds for second, shaving off time from his 2022 mark. Within the B last, Jeremy Bembridge took the win in 46.08 seconds, forward of Wendell Miller (46.55) and Rishane Symister (47.51).
Roshawn Clarke returns in fashion in 400m hurdles
After a setback in Miami final month, Roshawn Clarke, a World Championship finalist, made a successful return within the males’s 400m hurdles, clocking 48.65 seconds.
He held off a late surge from Assinie Wilson (48.77), whereas defending nationwide champion Malik James-King claimed third in 48.87, making it a Jamaican sweep of the rostrum.
Tia-Adana Belle capitalizes on final-hurdle mishap
Barbadian veteran Tia-Adana Belle took benefit of a dramatic stumble by Jamaica’s Sanique Walker on the last barrier to win the ladies’s 400m hurdles in 55.74 seconds.
Walker, who had led many of the means, nonetheless managed a private better of 55.78 seconds, whereas American Bianca Stubler claimed third in 56.52.
Cuba’s Velazco triumphs in triple soar
Within the discipline, Davisleydi Velazco of Cuba claimed victory within the girls’s triple soar with a leap of 14.26m (-1.9 m/s), delivered on her second try after an preliminary foul.
Jamaican star Ackelia Smith, an Olympic and World finalist, completed second with 13.83m, whereas Natricia Hooper of Guyana secured third at 13.32m.
American Mylana Hearn positioned fourth (13.17m), forward of Jade-Ann Dawkins, a rising schoolgirl from St. Jago Excessive, who jumped 13.04m
