In only her first race since 2019, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn stormed to a 12.32s win in the women’s 100m hurdles to move to equal seventh on the world all-time list at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in Gainesville in Florida yesterday.
The NCAA champion’s time was 0.08 off her own Puerto Rican record, which was set in 2018.
British sisters Tiffany Porter and Cindy Sember both clocked 12.62, while Brittany Anderson finished fourth in 12.91.
Jasmine was not the only athlete to shine at the championships. In the men’s 110m hurdles, world 60m hurdles record-holder Grant Holloway clocked a world leading 13.07 ahead of Trey Cunningham, who was second in a PB of 13.28.
Holloway is in fine form as he had also clocked a wind-assisted 13.04 last week.
World 400m champion Steven Gardiner, running in his first 400m race since winning the world title in Doha two years ago, won the one lap race in a time of 44.71 pushing Britain’s Matthew Hudson-Smith to second spot in 45.53.
Fastest in the women’s events was Jessica Beard with a time of 51.00.
Olympic long jump gold medallist Tianna Bartoletta managed a silver in the women’s 100m dash when she clocked 11.16s. The century dash was won by Javianne Oliver who clocked s.
Jo’Vaughn Martin improved on his personal best from 10.40 to 9.94 to equal the world lead in the men’s 100m race, Justin Gatlin went quickest in the ‘Olympic Development’ races with 9.98 ahead of Andre De Grasse with 9.99, Kenny Bednarek with 10.03 and Noah Lyles with 10.08.
Just one week after clocking 10.72 for 100m, Sha’Carri Richardson continued her fine form to run 22.11 in her 200m season debut on the first day of Tom Jones Memorial Invitational.
It is the 21-year-old’s second quickest ever time for the distance behind her PB of 22.00 set in Florida last August. The world U20 record-holder win in the heat was almost half a second ahead of Lynna Irby with 22.57.
World and Olympic medallist Blessing Okagbare was third in 22.66.
The time clocked by Richardson – who moved to sixth on the world all-time list with her 100m run the week before – is the second fastest in the world at this early point of the season behind Shaunae Miller-Uibo’s 22.03 from earlier this month.
World 400m bronze medallist Fred Kerley went quickest in the men’s 200m heats, equalling his PB with 20.24 (0.9m/s) ahead of Jereem Richards with 20.30. Erriyon Knighton won another heat in 20.39 (0.5m/s).
At the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, California, world 400m hurdles silver medallist Sydney McLaughlin improved her 100m hurdles PB to 12.92.
The 21-year-old becomes the first woman to break 13.00 for the 100m hurdles, 23.00 for 200m and 53.00 for the 400m hurdles.
She was back in action just 40 minutes later and ran 51.16 in the 400m heats.
The 2016 world U20 champion Candace Hill was fastest in the 100m heats with 11.13, her fastest time since that world under-20 win.
With her 12.92 PB last night, @GoSydGo becomes the first woman in history to break 13.00 for the 100m hurdles, 23.00 for 200m and 53.00 for the 400m hurdles. pic.twitter.com/iG1gdfPHxW
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) April 17, 2021
Malaina Payton followed up her recent 6.81m PB with 6.74m to win the long jump.
At the Michael Johnson Invitational in Waco in Texas, Athing Mu improved her time outdoors to a world-leading 1:57.73 to better the North American U20 record time.
She had run a world U20 indoor 800m record of 1:58.40 in February.
Racing the distance outdoors for the first time since 2019, the 18-year-old improved on her previous best of 2:01.17 clocked that year in Des Moines. The North American under-20 record of 1:57.74 was set by Sahily Diago Mesa in 2014, while the previous US collegiate record had been Raevyn Rogers’ 1:59.10 set in 2017.
Aaliyah Miller finished second in 2:00.87.
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