KINGSTON, JA­MAICA – Kis­hane Thomp­son and Tina Clay­ton sped to vic­to­ries in the men and women’s 100 me­tres re­spec­tive­ly at the JAAA/Puma Na­tion­al Se­nior Cham­pi­onships here on Fri­day.

Thomp­son, the de­fend­ing men’s cham­pi­on, stormed to vic­to­ry in a blis­ter­ing per­son­al best time of 9.75 sec­onds, bet­ter­ing his 9.77 sec­onds which he set at last year’s cham­pi­onships.

Oblique Seville, who bat­tled with a tight ham­string dur­ing his warmup, came sec­ond in 9.83 sec­onds, with Ac­k­eem Blake tak­ing bronze in 9.88 sec­onds, mir­ror­ing the top three fin­ish­es at the 2024 Na­tion­al Cham­pi­onships.

Ryiem Forde fin­ished fourth in 9.98 sec­onds.

Mean­while, Clay­ton cap­tured her first na­tion­al ti­tle in a high­ly com­pet­i­tive field that in­clud­ed Sher­i­ca Jack­son and Shelly-Ann Fras­er Pryce.

The 21-year-old pro­duced a per­son­al best time of 10.81 sec­onds to claim gold, with Jack­son sec­ond in 10.88 sec­onds and Fras­er-Pryce (10.91) cop­ping third place.

Tina’s twin sis­ter Tia, who ran a blaz­ing 10.86 sec­onds in the semi­fi­nals and was one of the pre-race favourites, did not fin­ish af­ter pulling up in the fi­nal.

CMC