KINGSTON, Jamaica – World Champion Oblique Seville ran a world leading 9.82 seconds (0.6m/s) to win his first national 100m title at the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) national championships at the National Stadium on Friday.

After running 9.95 seconds in the semi-finals, Seville dominated the final to finish ahead of 19-year-old Gary Card, who was second in a national under-20 record 9.93 seconds (0.6m/s). Ackeem Blake was third with a season’s best 9.94 seconds.

Seville replaced US collegiate champion Kayinsola Ajayi as the world leader, the young Nigerian having ran 9.84 seconds at the recent NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Championships.