Eight more Grand Slam Track champions confirmed in Kingston

Eight more Grand Slam Track champions were crowned on the third and final day of action at the inaugural Grand Slam Track event in Kingston on Sunday.

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US duo Dylan Beard and Tia Jones, who came into Grand Slam Track as late additions, each put in positions to collect the US$100,000 top prize in the 'short hurdles' categories. Both only needed to secure top-two finishes in the 100m final after winning the sprint hurdle in the day's earlier. However, they found sprinting without hurdles to be another obstacle.

Jones, who finished sixth, watched helplessly as Danielle Williams sped to victory in 11.54 seconds (-3.4m/s) to the delight of her home crowd, who waited three days to see a Jamaican Grand Slam champion. “I’m happy I could pull it out for them (the home crowd),” said Williams. “I just channelled my mind to beat everybody because I have a lot of speed and I ran with my fun.”