The 18-year-old Alana Reid smashed Veronica Campbell-Brown's two-decade-old Class One girls' 100 meters record on Wednesday at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Championships in Kingston, Jamaica.
Reid clocked 11.16 seconds to win her semifinal heat, just 0.03 seconds off the 11.13 mark set by Campbell-Brown back in 2001. The World U-20 200m bronze medalist also produced the fastest time among the finalists.
In the Class One Girls' 100m final, Reid executed her race brilliantly, breaking the Campbell-Brown's record with a blistering time of 10.92 seconds (w +1.0).
Alexis James from Petersfield High won the silver with 11.45, while Tonie-Ann Forbes from Edwin Allen High concluded the podium with 11.47.
RESULTS Girls 17-18 100 Meter Dash CLASS 1 FINAL
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Sponsor: ISSA
Meet Record: R 11.13 2001 VERONICA CAMPBELL-BROWN, VERE TECHNICAL
Comp# Name Year School Finals Wind Points
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Finals
1 #539 Alana Reid Hydel High 10.92R 1.0 9
2 #833 Alexis James Petersfield High 11.45 1.0 7
3 #239 Tonie-Ann Forbes Edwin Allen High 11.47 1.0 6
4 #930 Kamaria Knight St. Catherine High 11.51 1.0 5
5 #1253 Mickayla Gardener Wolmer's Gir 11.66 1.0 4
6 #1089 Shantae Pryce St. Mary High 11.83 1.0 3
7 #1085 Glacian Loutin St. Mary High 12.07 1.0 2
-- #232 Serena Cole Edwin Allen High DNS 1.0
Amercian sprinters Aleia Hobbs and Tamari Davis the first and second fastest 100m times in the World this year at the LSU Alumni Gold track and field meet.
World championships and Olympic games silver medalist Rai Benjamin from the United clocked a World-leading 47.74 seconds to win the 400m hurdles at the Mt. Sac Relay
Britton Wilson from the University of Arkansas set a new 400m world lead of 53.23 seconds in her first individual race of the year at Tom Jones Memorial.