Jamaican Athletics Championships day 3:Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Yohan Blake set the fastest times in the 200m heats to qualify for Sunday's finals.
Fraser-Pryce, the 4-time Olympic champion and 9-time world championships gold medallist, easily clocked the fastest qualifying time in the women's 200m heats with 22.54. Double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah clocked 22.68, and Olympic bronze medallist Shericka Jackson ran 22.85 for the 2nd and 3rd time fastest times. Jackson at the women's 100m final on Friday, blasted to victory with 10.77 seconds.
Yohan Blake, the 2011 World champion in the 100m, led the men's 200m qualifying round with 20.20. Andrew Hudson clocked 20.23, and Rasheed Dwyer ran 20.35 to set the 2nd 3rd fastest times going into Sunday's 200m final. Blake won the Jamaican 100m title on Friday, clocking his fastest time in almost a decade of 9.85 seconds.
Elsewhere, Wayne Pinnock leapt to a new personal best of 8.14 meters to claim his first Jamaican national title in the men’s long jump. World indoor championship silver medal winner Danniel Thomas-Dodd took the women’s shot put with 18.79m. The 2019 World Championships silver medalist Shanieka Ricketts won the women's triple jump with 14.27 meters.
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.
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.
USATF Championships day one report: Olympic 100m silver medallist Fred Kerley clocked an easy 9.83 World lead with a tailwind of +1.5 m/s at the 100m heats.
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