KINGSTON, Jamaica — A third place finish for Shanieka Ricketts in the women’s triple jump was the best finish for a Jamaican at Saturday’s Prefontaine Classic, the fourth stop in the Diamond League at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

Despite registering just two legal marks, Ricketts produced a season’s best 14.55m (-0.4m/s) with Kimberly Williams finishing in seventh place with a best of 13.74m (-0.1m/s).

The clash between two-time Olympic Games sprint double champion Elaine Thompson-Herah and World Champion Sha’Carri Richardson failed to materialise as the American won easily in a season’s best 10.83 seconds (1.5m/s) with the Jamaican trailing in at the back of the race in 11.30 seconds.

Roshawn Clarke led the men’s 400m hurdles after nine barriers but hit the 10th and was thrown off balance, allowing Costa Rica’s Gerald Drummond to win in a season’s best 48.56 seconds. Rasmus Magi of Estonia was second with a season’s best 48.85 seconds with CJ Allen of the USA third in 48.99 seconds. Clarke ran fourth in 49.07 seconds, just ahead of compatriot Malik James-King’s 49.51 seconds with Jaheel Hyde seventh in 49.83 seconds. Ackeem Blake was also fourth in the men’s 100m, running 10.12 seconds (1.2m/s) with Sandrey Davison lowering his personal best to 10.13 seconds for fifth as Christian Coleman won in a season’s best 9.95 seconds, holding off Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala who ran 9.98 seconds, also his best this season.

Olympic champion Hansle Parchment was fourth in the 110m hurdles after a poor start, running 13.28 seconds (-0.1m/s) while

Danielle Williams was sixth in the 100m hurdles, running 12.65 seconds (-0.9m/s).

Rajindra Campbell was seventh in the men’s shot put with 20.68m and Natoya Goule-Toppin was ninth in the women’s 800m with 1:59.92 seconds.

-Paul A Reid