Tobi Amusan of Nigeria finished the Racers Grand Prix, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meeting, in Kingston, Jamaica, early on Sunday morning with her fastest 100-meter time of the season, 11.18 seconds (1.8 metres per second).
Amusan placed fourth in the highly competitive women’s sprint final in front of 15,000 spectators that saw the top four athletes set season-best marks, with the top two also meeting the qualification standard for the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo.
Running in lane two and representing Racers Track Club, Amusan reacted to the gun in 0.198s and crossed the line behind three Jamaicans and an American, but showed marked improvement from her previous outings this year.
The 11.18s performance shaved a tenth of a second off her season’s best of 11.28s set at the Velocity Fest in March.
This was only her second 100m flat race of the season and third in the last 14 months, as she continues her gradual transition into sprinting from her specialist 100m hurdles event.
The race was won by Jamaica’s Tina Clayton, who clocked 10.98s from lane three with a reaction time of 0.179s.
“I was looking for a good performance,” Clayton said.
