Bryan Levell and Elaine Thompson-Herah turned on the thrills while Adrian Kerr showed that he is an elite sprinter, taking down a number of World champions in the 200m at Velocity Fest 19 on Sunday at the National Stadium.

Levell, who announced himself with a bronze at the 2025 Word Championship in the 200m, won the Men’s 100m in 9.90 (+1.3 m/s) ahead of Kadrian Goldson in 9.99.

The Uptimum Track Club sprinter is the second-fastest in the world this year behind Busang Kebinatshipi of Botswana with 9.89. Sprintec’s Goldson comes in on the world list at number seven with his 9.99.

Earlier on Sunday, double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah dropped a 10.92 (+0.8 m/s) in the heat of the women’s 100m and entered the final with the fastest time. But she later withdrew from the final won by Lavanya Williams of Dynamic Speed in a personal best 10.96 (+0.7 m/s).

Jonielle Smith of MVP closed fast for second in 10.99, which equalled her personal best, with Jodean Williams of Sprintec getting third in 11.09.

Thompson-Herah sits third in the world behind British Virgin Islands’ Adaejah Hodge (10.77) and fellow Jamaican Shanese Walker (10.80).

In fact, Jamaica has six of the top 10 times in the women’s 100m as Lavanya Williams comes in at number four with 10.96, Shanoya Douglas at five with 10.98, Jonielle Smith with 10.99 at seven and Jodean Williams with 11.02 at number 10.

The men’s 200m highlighted the 2025 100m World champion Oblique Seville of Racers and his clubmate, the 2023 400m World champion Antonio Watson, along with 60m Indoor bronze medallist Ackeem Blake of Dynamic Speed, but it was Adrian Kerr who stole the show, winning in 20.28 (+0.4 m/s).

Seville, looking a bit heavy, was second in 20.43 with Blake holding on for third in 20.58. Watson was fourth in 20.82. Kerr’s time puts him 18th best in the world.

Shaniqua Bascombe of Trinidad and Tobago, representing Uptimum, won the Women’s 200m in a personal best 22.68, upstaging the promising Jamaican trio of Alana Reid (22.89), Tina Clayton (23.02) and Tia Clayton (23.04). Sprint hurdler Ackera Nugent was fifth in 23.91. Reid, Tina and Tia Clayton all achieved their personal bests.

Deandre Watkins of Elite took the Men’s 400m in 45.50 ahead of Jeremy Bembridge of Racers in 45.63 while MVP’s Shericka Jackson was beaten in the women’s 400m, finishing second in 52.55. Her clubmate Sada Williams of Barbados won in 51.38. Shiann Salmon of Sprintec was third with 52.77.

Canniga Powell of UTech won the Women’s long jump with 5.68m and Shawn-D Thopson of Sprintec captured the men’s equivalent in 7.78m.

Tio-Josh Mowatt of Explosive Movement won the men’s shot put with 15.29m as Altonique James of Utech took the women’s shot put with 13.00m.

MVP’s Samanatha Hall broke the women’s discus meet record, throwing 64.00m. She already threw 66.39m at Throw Town in the USA, which puts her seventh in the world.

High school star Dejour Russell of Swept continues his comeback, winning the men’s 110 hurdles in 13.53 (+0.8) as Alexi James of Racers took the women’s 100m hurdles in 12.94.