Nigeria’s Tobi Amusan recorded her fastest 100m time of the season, finishing in 11.18 seconds (+1.8 m/s) at the Racers Grand Prix—a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meeting—held in Kingston, Jamaica, early Sunday.
Amusan finished fourth in the highly competitive women’s 100m final, watched by 15,000 spectators. All top four athletes posted season-best times, 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 had a reaction time of 0.198 seconds and crossed the finish line behind three Jamaican athletes and one American. Her performance marked a clear improvement from previous races this season.
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The 11.18-second time shaved a tenth of a second off her prior season-best of 11.28 seconds, set in March at the Velocity Fest. This race was only her second 100m flat event of the season and her third in the last 14 months, as she gradually transitions from her specialty in the 100m hurdles.
The race was won by Jamaica’s Tina Clayton, who clocked 10.98 seconds from lane three with a reaction time of 0.179 seconds.
“I was looking for a good performance,” Clayton said. “The last time I was this nervous, I ran 10.9, so I knew the performance would be good.”
Jacious Sears of the United States finished second in 11.04 seconds from lane four, also meeting the World Championship qualifying standard. Sears had the fastest reaction time in the field at 0.158 seconds.
Clayton said her goal for the rest of the season is to remain consistent.
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