Yohan Blake and Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce dominated the 100m preliminary round at the opening day of the 2022 Jamaican Athletics Championships on Thursday (23).
The former 100m World Champion Blake ran his best 100m time in two years to win heat #2 and set the fastest time with 9.93 seconds. Oblique Seville took the heat one with 9.98 seconds. Conroy Jones ran 10.00 for the win in heat 3, while Kadrian Goldson was the fastest in heat 4 with a time of 10.16.
The twelve-time global champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce dominated the women's prelims, clocking 10.70 seconds (W+1.1m/s) in heat 2. Elaine Thompson-Herah, the 5-time Olympic champion, cruised to victory in heat one at 11.06 seconds. In heat #3, Kemba Nelson and Shericka Jackson broke 11 seconds barrier to finish 1st and 2nd, respectively. Shashalee Forbes was the fastest in the heat 4 with 11.23 seconds.
Abby Steiner won her first US title women’s 200 metres final at the US Championships in Eugene setting a lifetime best of 21.77 at Hayward Field in Eugene.
Shericka Jackson completed the sprint double at the Jamaican championships as she charged to a 200m victory, setting the third fastest time in historry.
Jamaican Athletics Championships 2022 day 3: Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Yohan Blake set the fastest times in the 200m heats to qualify for Sunday's finals.
On Saturday day 3 of the USATF Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, there was one World record by Sydney McLaughlin and two World leads set.
Olympic Games silver medalist Fredy Kerly delivered a stunning 100m performance at the 2022 USA Track and Field Championships by setting a new WL to win the title.