GLEN Mills, founder of Racers Track Club and architect of Racers Grand Prix, says no stone will be left unturned as his organisation will be pulling out all the stops to ensure this year’s sixth staging of the international meet will exceed all expectations.

The Racers Grand Prix, a marquee event on Jamaica’s track and field calendar, will be held at the National Stadium on Saturday.

Mills told the Jamaica Observer that the organising committee has been working tirelessly to ensure that all systems are in place and that the stadium facility will be ready in time so that there will be no glitches before the start of the event.

“The preparations for the meet have been very good and the committee members have been working assiduously to get everything in place — and as we speak there is a group meeting at the National Stadium right now checking on everything,” said Mills. “We are hoping to have everything in place by the start of the meet. Ninety-eight per cent of the athletes have been confirmed with their travel information and their attendance.”

Mills, the former coach of Jamaican sprint icon Usain Bolt as well as Yohan Blake and Warren Weir, highlighted that some of the world’s biggest track and field stars are set to compete at this year’s meet, including the flamboyant American Noah Lyles, the reigning World Championships double sprint champion.

The 26-year-old Lyles is set to compete in the men’s 100m during which he will face Jamaica’s rising star Oblique Seville and British sprinter Zharnel Hughes, both coached by Mills at Racers Track Club.

Mills noted that Lyles has promised to deliver a very special performance at the event and urged everyone to come out and support the meet.

“He [Lyles] has promised to give us a superb performance so we are looking forward to it. Everybody is gearing up for the Racers Grand Prix because it is one of the stellar events on their calendars, and they will be ready,” Mills said.

“I am urging everyone to come and enjoy a wonderful evening of athletics because we have had some outstanding performances in the past and I am expecting the same this year,” Mills stated.

Mills also shared that Tajay Gayle, the 2019 World long jump champion, has been confirmed to compete at the meet. Gayle, who has a personal best and national record mark of 8.69m, has produced a season’s best effort of 8.15m so far. He is set to face his compatriot Carey McLeod who finished fourth in the event at last year’s World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.

The 26-year-old McLeod, who won a bronze medal at this year’s World Indoor Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, has a season’s best effort of 8.21m and a lifetime-best performance of 8.40m. Mills pointed out that there are very good competitors in the long jump field, and he expects great performances from all the competitors in the event on Saturday.

“Tajay Gayle, the former World long jump champion, has been added to the long jump list and it should be a good competition between him and Carey McLeod,” he said. “They had a ding-dong battle in Budapest at the World Championships last year, and they should have another sterling competition along with the other competitors. Several of them have jumped over eight metres so it is going to be very exciting.”

The meet, comprising 13 events, is scheduled to begin at 7:00 pm.