Similar to 2024, Kishane Thompson’s first race of the season has already sent track and field fans into a frenzy.
The reigning Olympic 100m silver medallist opened his 2025 season in the F final of the men’s 60m at the Central Hurdles, Relays & Field Events Meet at the GC Foster College in St. Catherine on Saturday.
Lined up in lane four, Thompson got his now customary bullet start and proceeded to power away from the field, crossing the finish line in a time of 6.48, smashing his previous personal best of 6.67.
What makes this performance even more impressive is that he did it into a -2.1m/s headwind.
Thompson’s MVP Track Club teammates Nishion Ebanks and 2023 National 100m champion Rohan Watson were second and third in 6.54 and 6.61, respectively. Both those times are also personal bests.
Thompson’s time puts him fifth on the all-time list for Jamaica in the event trailing Ackeem Blake (6.42), Asafa Powell (6.44), Yohan Blake (6.45) and Lerone Clarke (6.47).
In the women’s equivalent, Olympic 100m finalist Tia Clayton ran a personal best 7.14 to take top spot ahead of Natasha Morrison (7.18) and Jonielle Smith (7.23). Both Morrison and Smith also ran personal bests.
Clayton's previous best was 7.18 done at the National Stadium last January.