At the USATF Lone Star Grand Prix, a top-tier World Athletics Continental Tour Gold competition hosted at Texas’ Cushing Stadium this past Saturday, Jamaica’s sprinting dominance once again took center stage. Two rising Jamaican sprint stars, Sabrina Dockery and Jodean Williams, delivered career-best performances that pushed both across the elusive 11-second threshold in the women’s 100-meter dash, cementing Jamaica’s status as a global powerhouse in short track sprinting.
This historic showing brings the total number of Jamaican women who have run sub-11-second 100m this year to 11, an unprecedented milestone that highlights the depth of talent emerging from the Caribbean nation’s elite sprint development programs.
Dockery, a former standout sprinter at Jamaica’s Lacovia High School who now trains out of Florida, pulled off a stunning upset against a deeply competitive international field to claim the 100m gold. The World Athletics Under-20 Championships relay gold medalist clocked a massive personal best of 10.92 seconds with a legal 1.6 m/s tailwind, knocking 0.13 seconds off her previous top mark of 11.05 seconds set earlier in 2024.
Behind Dockery, Jodean Williams — who earned a world gold medal as part of Jamaica’s women’s 4x100m relay squad at the 2024 World Relays in March — also secured her own place in history with a third-place finish. She clocked 10.97 seconds, the same time as runner-up Audrey Leduc of Canada, and improved on her prior personal best of 11.00 seconds. Two other Jamaican sprinters also competed in the final: Niesha Burgher crossed the line in seventh place with 11.27 seconds, while former World Athletics Under-20 sprint double champion Briana Williams finished eighth in 11.32 seconds.
The success of Jamaica’s sprint contingent was not limited to the women’s 100m. In the women’s 100m hurdles, Demisha Roswell claimed another win for the country, edging out fellow Jamaican rising star Ackera Nugent to finish first. In the field, Romaine Beckford took top honors in the men’s high jump, while Navasky Anderson closed out the successful meet for Jamaica with a win in the men’s 800-meter run.
Saturday’s results underscore the continued strength of Jamaican track and field, with a new generation of young talent emerging to carry on the country’s legendary sprinting legacy ahead of upcoming major global championships.