Clayton twins one-two in sub-11 100m

FRESH off their impressive runs at the recent World Athletics Relays, where they helped Jamaica to a world-record run in the 4x100 metres mixed relay, the Clayton twins, Tia  and Tina , were in top form on Saturday night inside the National Stadium as both went under 11 seconds to finish one-two in the women's 100m at the JAAA First Puma meet.
   Competing in the sixth and final heat, it was Tia, the 2025 World Championships 100m silver medallist, who was out of the blocks the fastest and separated herself early to pull away from the field and win in 10.91 seconds.  Tina finished strongly to grab second place in 10.98, while Jonielle Smith made it an MVP podium sweep by taking third in 11.06.

   The times were season's bests for the twins as  eight Jamaican women have now gone  sub-11 seconds in the event this season. Tia became the second-fastest Jamaican woman  over the distance in 2026 and the third-fastest in the world behind  Shanese Walker with 10.80 and ahead of Elaine Thompson-Herah, who has 10.92. Adaejah Hodge of the British Virgin Islands is the world leader with her 10.77 clocking done in Gainesville, Florida, on April 18, where she defeated Walker.

Gary Card of the University of Technology was also an impressive winner on Saturday. The collegiate champion at the recent Penn Relays in Philadelphia defeated a strong field in his 100m heat, clocking 10.20. Rohan Watson of MVP  was second in 10.29, while Uptimum Track Club's Bryan Levell, the country's fastest and the joint second- fastest man in the world this season with 9.90, was third in 10.34.  

Javari Thomas of G.C. Foster College, who won his heat in 10.23, was the second- fastest on the night in the event.

Sada Williams of MVP and Delano Kennedy of Uptimum Track Club were easy winners in the women's and men's 400m, respectively.

Williams, the two-time World Championships bronze medallist in the event, was in cruise control while winning the one-lap event in 53.01 seconds. Shameika McLean of Foga Road, representing Eagles Track Club, finished second in 54.01, with Hannah Charles of the University of Technology third in 54.85.

Kennedy clocked 46.01 seconds to win his heat in the men's 400m and record the fastest time in the event, easily getting the better of Javon Francis, competing unattached. Francis was second in 46.83. Javier Brown, also competing unattached, won his heat in 46.43 to be second best overall in the event.

World Championships  representatives Malik James-King and Ackelia Smith were also winners at the meet.

James-King, competing for Titans Track Club, easily captured his pet event, the 400m hurdles, in 49.46, as teammates Demar Murray with 50.33 and Zachary Chamberlain with 50.58 finished second and third, respectively.

Smith, who now trains in Jamaica with Ricketts Performance Track Club, captured the women's long jump with a distance of 6.43m.