Usain Bolt eases down as he easily wins the 200m.

The Jamaica International Invitational Meet proved to be quite a thriller, with great performances from many of the athletes, especially those who are locally based.

The high school races, even though they did not include international athletes, proved to be of great quality and fit perfectly into the international track meet. Four high school relays were run at the meet.

Veronica Campbell did the fastest 200m time for 2005.

In the girls 4x100m, Holmwood Technical took top honours with Manchester High and St Andrew High finishing second and third respectively. Calabar set a new record of 40.90 seconds in the 4x100m for boys, with Wolmer's Boys also breaking the record and finishing second, with Kingston College third.

In the 4x400m, Holmwood again took top honours for the girls, with Edwin Allen and The Queen's School behind in second and third. St Jago finished first in the boys 4x400m, with Ardenne and Kingston College finishing second and third respectively.

Sherone Simpson (086) winner of the 100m

Although the high school races were good, the highlights of the meet came in the individual sprint events. The most impressive performance came from none other than the world's number one sprinter Asafa Powell, who ran a new national record of 9.84 seconds in the 100m to decimate the field. His compatriots, Dwight "Bigga" Thomas and Michael Frater finished second and third, thus completing the medal haul for the Jamaicans. On the women's side, Jamaica secured a quinella, with Sherone Simpson running an excellent race to win in 11.03 and Aleen Bailey running 11.07, just enough to edge out Olympic silver medallist Lauryn Williams, who ran 11.08 seconds.

The much-anticipated 100m hurdles for women saw World Champion Perdita Felicien finishing just ahead of Lacena Golding-Clarke and Delloreen Ennis- London, both of Jamaica. Brigette Foster hit a hurdle and did not finish. In the men's 110m hurdles, hometown runner Maurice Wignall finished a disappointing third.

Asafa Powell winner of the mens 100m

The 2005 Jamaica Invitational was also marked by the return of young sprinter Usain Bolt. Bolt, who is the World Junior record holder of 19.93 seconds for the 200m ran 20.15 to send a loud signal to all 200m runners worldwide that he is back on song.

Other winners for the night were Jamaica's Olympic silver medallist Danny McFarlane, who won the 400m hurdles, Lashaun Merritt of USA, who won the 400m for men, Jamaican born Sanya Richards of USA who won the women's 400m in a sub-50 clocking, Kenia Sinclair of Jamaica who won the women's 800m, and James Beckford of Jamaica who won the men's long jump.

Danny McFarlane in his inimitable style wins the 400m hurdles.

Jamaica's sweetheart, Olympic gold medallist Veronica Campbell, brought down the curtain on the meet in fine style, winning the 200m by a good 10m.

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