Jackson sets fastest time of year in 100m | The Express Tribune
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KINGSTON: Shericka Jackson threw down the gauntlet with a personal best and world-leading 10.65 seconds, the fifth-fastest ever, as she retained her women's 100m title at the Jamaican championships on Friday. Jackson, who won the silver medal at last year's World Championships in Oregon, is tied with American Marion Jones for fifth on the all-time list and eclipsed the previous fastest time of the year, the 10.71 set American Sha'Carrie Richardson at the US championships on Thursday. With Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who did not compete in Kingston, holding a wild card as defending world champion, Jamaica will have four runners in the event at the World Championships in Budapest in August. Jackson won in a legal wind of 1.0m/sec while Shashalee Forbes ran a new personal best 10.96 for second place and Natasha Morrison was third in 10.98. Two time Olympic sprint double champion Elaine Thompson-Herah was fifth in 11.06 seconds. Relative unknown Rohan Watson