KINGSTON, Jamaica — Nayoka Clunis set a new Jamaican national record in the women’s hammer throw with a distance of 71.83m.

The mark gained her a sixth-place finish at the Tuscon Elite Classic at the University of Arizona on Saturday. She also improved on her lifetime best mark of 71.18m set last year.

The World Championships qualifier broke the 71.48m mark set in 2016 by Daina Levy when she competed in Budapest, Hungary last year.

Clunis had a solid series as she had thrown 71.13m in the second round and had three more throws over 70.00m.

Former Commonwealth Games champion Danniel Thomas-Dodd won the women’s shot put with 18.87m, beating the American pair of Adelaide Aquilla – 18.47m and Jessica Ramsey – 18.34m,  while Lloydricia Cameron was fifth with 17.46m.

National champion Rajindra Campbell threw a season’s best 21.69m, tied fourth best outdoors for second place behind American Payton Otterdahl’s 22.41m.

Campbell’s mark beat the previous best of 21.56m he threw at Drake Relays a week earlier as another Jamaican Moses Parkinson was 12th with 17.33m.

Fedrick Dacres was third in the men’s discus throw with a best of 64.07m while Adrienne Adams was ninth in the women’s discus throw with 54.69m.

Kimberly Williams was tied for third in the women’s high jump with a best of 1.82m

-Paul A Reid