Shericka Jackson runs fastest 100m in three years to win national title
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Shericka Jackson ran a well-timed season’s best 10.81 seconds (-0.3m/s) to win the women’s 100m title at the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association national championships at the National Stadium on Friday.
Jackson made up for a sluggish start to catch the fast-starting defending champion Tina Clayton and beat her on the finish line to win her fourth national 100m title and first since 2024.
Clayton ran a season’s best 10.85 seconds for second while Jonelle Smith lowered her personal best to 10.94 seconds for third.
Jackson’s winning time was the third-fastest of the year, only behind the 10.63 seconds by Adaejah Hodge of the British Virgin Islands and the 10.80 seconds by Jamaican Shenese Walker.
She was the 12th Jamaican woman to run the 100m under 11.00 seconds this year.
-Paul A Reid
