On an evening when three personal best times were registered, it was rising sprint sensation Elaine Thompson of University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech) who stole the spotlight at the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) All-Comers Development meet two at the National Stadium on Saturday.

Thompson, the current world leader in the 100 metre with a time of 10.92 seconds, continued her rich vein of form when she clocked a fast 22.37 seconds to win the women’s 200-metre event.

The 22-year-old, who was competing in her first 200-metre event for the season, came off the curve ahead of teammate Shericka Jackson and sprinted away from the field in the home straight in a positive wind speed of 0.4 metres per second.

Jackson was second in 23.03 seconds, while Natasha Morrison of MVP track club finished third in 23.37 seconds.

The men’s event was won by American Terrel Cotton in a new personal best time of 20.22 seconds. Cotton, who has been based at Racers track club for the past two years, came with a storming run in the closing stages to get by Olympic bronze medallist and teammate Warren Weir (20.55secs).

Rusheen McDonald of MVP was third in 20.57 seconds, while Kim Collins of St Kitts and Nevis representing Team Nike finished seventh with a time of 20.82 seconds.

Meanwhile, Calabar’s young prodigy Christopher Taylor also registered a personal best time on his way to victory in the boy’s junior event. The 15-year-old clocked a blistering 20.78 seconds in a positive wind speed of 1.8 metres per second to win ahead of Nathon Allen (20.96sec) of St Jago and Michael O’Hara (20.97sec) of Akan track club.

Sashalee Forbes of Holmwood Technical stopped the clock at 23.94 seconds to win the girl’s event ahead of St Jago’s Shaneil English (24.19sec) and Ashley Williams (24.26sec) also of Holmwood Technical.

Janieve Russell of University of Technology had earlier given the meet a fine start when she won the women’s 400-metre hurdles in 56.52 seconds. She won ahead of Ronda Whyte (57.07sec) of GC Foster College, and Junelle Bromfield (58.07sec) of St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS).

Ansert Whyte of Racers took the men’s event in 50.23 seconds, followed by Andre Clarke (50.48sec) of GC Foster College and Spintec’s Romel Lewis (51.14sec).

The boy’s junior event was won by Norman Pickersgil of Akan track club in 53.92 seconds, with Duran Crooks (54.43sec) of Munro College and Zavier Lawrence (55.08sec) also of Akan taking the runners-up spots. Jauavney James of STETHS finished on top in the youth equivalent in 53.07 seconds ahead of Timor Barrett (53.99sec) of St Jago and Leonardo Ledgister (54.00secs) also of STETHS.

In the women’s 800-metre run, Samantha James (2:08.91) of UTech ran a well-timed race to get the better of the fast finishing Bobby-Gaye Wilkins-Gooden (2:09.62) and Chrissani May (2:11.03) of Holmwood Technical. Jowayne Hibbert, running unattached, won the men’s event in 1:49.87 minutes, followed by Chad Miller (1:51.70) of Kingston College and Rory Rhoden (1:52.45) of GC Foster College.