The 24-year-old Puerto Rican, the 2018 NCAA National 100m hurdles champion, was one of three Caribbean athletes to achieve victory in their respective events at the meet held at the Ansin Sports Complex in Miramar.
Chantel Malone and Asa Guevara were also winners in the long jump and 400m, respectively.
Camacho-Quinn ran 22.60 to win the half-lap sprint in what she said was her fastest opener ever in March. She opened with a 22.45 in July last year.
She won by some distance as second place went to Lina Nielsen in 23.13 while Darryl Nieta was third in 23.28.
“I shocked myself today. Tuesdays and Thursdays I’m hurdling only so today truly shocked me with this opener,” she said on Instagram afterwards. “Now it’s back to work.”
Meanwhile, British Virgin Islands Malone’s 7.08m was just enough to win the long jump competition over Daria Klashina, who uncorked 7.05m.
Akela Jones of Barbados was third with her best effort of the day, 6.58m.
Malone’s mark was the second-best jump in the world this year behind Tara Davis’ world-leading mark and personal best 7.14m set at the Texas Relays that concluded on Saturday.
However, Klashina’s mark was a wind-legal jump as it was aided by a trailing wind of 2.7m/s.
In the men’s 400m, Guevara of Trinidad and Tobago fought to hold off Bahrain’s Musa Isah to win in 47.13. Isah was timed in 47.16.
Ashton Schwartzman was not too far behind in 47.24.
The Bahamian won ahead of Trinidad and Tobago’s Asa Guevara, who finished in 32.78s and Barbadian Jonathan Jones (33.02s).
Though some ways off his 31.52s personal best in the event, Gardiner, has signalled that he is much stronger and better on return from last year’s injury, and is no doubt looking forward to repeating his 400m at this summer’s Olympic Games.
Last month, the 28-year-old clocked a world-leading 31.78s to win the men’s 300m at the Carolina Invitational indoor meet at the University of South Carolina. That time was the second fastest ever indoors, trialing his own 31.56s done at the same venue in 2022.
Gardiner, who is also the 2019 World Championships 400m gold medallist, was on his way to another undefeated season last year, but pulled up with an injury in the semifinals at the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
While heartbroken by the injury at the time, Gardiner promised not to give up and his recent performances reaffirms his determination to defend his 400m title in Paris with a clean bill of health.
The Bahamian looked in splendid form in just his second race of the season, having set a national record of 32.06 over the distance three weeks ago. The new time obliterated the previous best of 31.87 set by the USA’s Noah Lyles in 2017.
Jamaica’s Nathon Allen finished behind Gardiner in 32.54. The result was a personal best for Allen who left the Jamaica-based MVP track club late last year to join Gardiner at Empire Athletics in Florida.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Asa Guevara won heat two in 33.49, ahead of another Bahamian Kinard Rolle who was second in 34.49. Another Jamaica, Ronald Sayles, was second in heat 3 with a time of 34.31. The event was won by Chance Arinze (33.42).
Puerto Rican Olympic champion Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won the women’s event, in the process clocking 36.52 and breaking her own national record set two weeks ago.
In other events, Guyana’s Aliyah Abraham also recorded a new personal best in the women’s 400m after clocking 52.05 to win the event ahead of Diamond League champion Quanera Hayes who was second in 52.31.
McLeod easily won the race ahead of Americans Nicholas Anderson (13.52) and Zaza Wellington (13.69).
Andre Ewers, who represented Jamaica in the 200m at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, won the Men’s 100m in 10.30 ahead of Spencer Schmidt (10.33) and Damarcus Simpson (10.36).
Trinidad’s Asa Guevara narrowly missed out on a win in the 200m running 20.70 to finish behind Great Britain's 400m specialist Matthew Hudson-Smith (20.68). Jamaica’s Nathon Allen was third in 20.88.
Lloydrecia Cameron threw 17.78m for second place in the Women’s Shot Put behind Oklahoma’s Payden Montana (17.88m). Miami’s Hannah Hall was third with (17.01m).
Under the programme, cyclist Nicholas Paul and sprinter Jereem Richards will be the primary beneficiaries as both men are responsible for the three gold medals the country won in Birmingham.
Paul won gold in the keirin, silver in the match sprint and bronze in the 1000m time trials and is set to receive TT$437,500 while Richards, who won the 200m title in a Games record 19.80 and anchored the country’s 4x400m relay to the gold medal is set to receive TT$375,000.
According to the Trinidad Guardian, athletes competing in relay team events will earn $125,000 each for a gold medal, $62,500 for silver and for bronze, $31,250. Individual gold medals get a whopping TT$250,000.
That means Dwight St Hillaire, Asa Guevara and Machel Cedenio will each get $125,000 and the members of the 4x100 metres team - Jerod Elcock, Eric Harrison Jnr, Kion Benjamin and Kyle Greaux - will each get $62,500 for their silver medal run.
