Jamaica’s female athletes are sending strong signals to their competitors in the 100 metres despite not having a major global championship this year, with nine of them already going under the 11-second barrier while seven are ranked among the world’s top 10.

Leading the Jamaican charge is World Championships 4x100m silver medallist Tia Clayton. Tia, who has a personal best of 10.82 seconds, set last year, sped to a season-best 10.91 last Saturday on her way to winning the event at the JAAA/PUMA Meet.

Her winning time is the second-fastest by a Jamaican woman so far this season and moved her to number three on the World Top List, behind leader Adaejah Hodge of the British Virgin Islands, who clocked 10.77 on April 18 in Gainesville, Florida.