KINGSTON, Jamaica – World Champion Oblique Seville ran a world leading 9.82 seconds (0.6m/s) to win his first national 100m title at the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) national championships at the National Stadium on Friday.

After running 9.95 seconds in the semi-finals, Seville dominated the final to finish ahead of 19-year-old Gary Card, who was second in a national under-20 record 9.93 seconds (0.6m/s). Ackeem Blake was third with a season’s best 9.94 seconds.

Seville replaced US collegiate champion Kayinsola Ajayi as the world leader, the young Nigerian having ran 9.84 seconds at the recent NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Championships.

Card’s time broke the previous national junior record 9.99 seconds set by Bouwahjgie Nkrumie in 2023 and is joint third best all-time with American Christian Miller.

Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo holds the world under-20 record 9.91 seconds set in 2022 with American Maurice Gleaton second with 9.92 seconds set in 2025.

-Paul A Reid