KINGSTON, Jamaica — Nayoka Clunis broke her Jamaican national record in the women’s hammer throw after she threw 72.03m to win the Women’s Invitational hammer throw event at the Virginia Challenge in Charlottesville on Friday.

Clunis, who had three throws over 70.00m, broke her previous best

71.83m set in May 2024 in Arizona and is in the top 20 in the world early in the outdoor season.

Also on Friday, Britannia Johnson of the University of Purdue set a new personal best 56.49m for fifth place in the women’s hammer throw at the Tom Jones Memorial at the University of Florida.

Johnson surpassed her previous best of 55.64m while her twin sister Britannie threw 52.39m.

Brandon Pottinger of Clemson University won the men’s high jump with 2.12m.

Carleta Bernard of the University of Texas ran a wind-aided 22.68 seconds (2.9m/s) in the women’s 200m invite, her teammate Abigail Wolfe ran 23.38 seconds (0.7m/s) in the women’s 200m

Fabrienne Foster of the University of North Texas, set a personal best 54.82m as she placed second in the event at the Bill Schmidt Invite.

Foster broke her previous best 51.84m set the previous weekend at a meet at Texas A&M University and went over that mark three times on Friday.

Alliyah McNeil won the women’s high jump with 1.81m and was second in the long jump with 5.86m (-0.0m/s).

Trezeguet Taylor won the women’s 200m with a wind aided 23.82 seconds (3.3m/s) and Tahj Hamm was fourth in the men’s 200m in 21.19 seconds (2.8m/s).

Shakiel Dacres of East Carolina won the men’s discus throw at the Aggie Invite at North Carolina A&T with 52.39m.

Obrian Bowen of Umpqua Community College won the men’s triple jump at the Raider Invitational at Southern Oregon with a season’s best 14.02m.

 — Paul A Reid

Nakoya Clunis of Jamaica reacts after competing in the hammer throw at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, on Sunday, September 14, 2025. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)