More than two dozen Jamaicans, led by World Championships gold medallist Shericka Jackson, are scheduled to compete at today’s Miramar Invitational, a World Athletics Continental Tour silver event at Ansin Sports Complex in Florida.

Jackson, the World Championships 200m gold medal winner, will contest the women’s 400m, while the Jamaicans will also compete in the men’s and women’s 100m, the sprint hurdles, long jump, and shot put, among other events.

Jackson, who has won medals in the 400m at the Olympics and World Championships before switching to the short sprints two years ago, has a season’s best 50.92 seconds, third best in the world so far and fastest in the field.

World Indoor Championships medallist Stephenie Ann McPherson, hurdles specialist Janieve Russell, and World Championships relay medallist Cherokee Young will also race over the quarter-mile against Americans Kaylin Whitney and Shamier Little.

Rusheen McDonald is the lone Jamaican in the men’s 400m and he will take on American Michael Cherry, Trinidad and Tobago’s Machel Cedeno, and Matthew Hudson-Smith of Great Britain.

Jamaica will be well represented in the 100m races that will be run as semi-finals and finals with five women and six men down to take part in what should be exciting contests.

Olympic Games and World Championships relay medallist Briana Williams, who moved her training base to Jamaica this season, will open her 100m campaign at a venue she will be very familiar with as she had been based at the Ansin Complex prior to her move.

Jonielle Smith, Natasha Morrison, Shockoria Wallace, and Kasheika Cameron will also be seeking to make an early mark, while American Sha’Carri Richardson, who set her personal best 10.72 seconds at this event in 2021, and World Championships relay gold medallist Twanisha Terry are expected to lead the Americans.

Earlier this week Glen Mills, who coaches World Championships finalist Oblique Seville, said he expected his charge to produce a fast time this weekend.

Seville has run 10.13 seconds already this season and will be joined by Ackeem Blake, Michael Campbell, Raheem Chambers, Oshane Bailey, and Andrew Hudson.

Natalliah Whyte will be the lone Jamaican in the women’s 200m in which she will take on Jamaica-based Sada Williams of Barbados and Anthonique Strachan of The Bahamas as well as American Abby Steiner.

World Under-20 medallists Damion Thomas and Orlando Bennett will line up in the 110m hurdles against American Daniel Roberts, Eddie Lovett of the US Virgin Islands, and Barbadian Shane Brathwaite.

Amoi Brown opens her season over the 100m hurdles as well and faces a quality field that includes Americans Anna Cockrell, Tonea Marshall, and Gabrielle Cunningham.

Former Jamaican junior representative Marvin Williams will contest the men’s 400m hurdles against two-time Commonwealth Games champion Kyron McMaster of the British Virgin Islands and American Amere Lattin.

Tajay Gayle, the 2019 World Champion, will contest the men’s long jump in which he should get competition from Laquan Nairne of The Bahamas, while Chanice Porter is down to compete in the women’s event in which Nigeria’s Ruth Usoro and Barbadian Akela Jones will also take part.

National record holder Danniel Thomas-Dodd and World Championship representative Lloydricia Cameron are down for the women’s shot put, while Rajay Hamilton will contest the men’s 800m.