The final day of the four-day meet lived up to expectations as the athletes seeking places to the London Olympics delivered to the appreciative audience that showed up expecting keen battles.
There was a buzz of anticipation from early in the day as the meet started under a brilliant blue sky dotted with puffy clouds.
Blake, who had run 9.75 seconds Friday to win the 100m, held off Bolt for the second time in the weekend to win in 19.80 seconds as Bolt chugged home in 19.83 while Warren Weir completed a Racers TC sweep taking third place in 20.03 seconds.
Afterwards Blake said he was not surprised as he had "worked hard" but said he had no idea if coach Glen Mills would enter him for the double in London.
Fraser-Pryce was not sure if she would double either after she ran her second personal best of the weekend, 22.10 seconds as her MVP teammate Sherone Simpson powered home to second place (22.37), her best time in years as two-time Olympic champion Veronica Campbell Brown was third in 22.42 seconds.
Fraser-Pryce came off the curve with Campbell Brown but found another gear to separate her from the field for an easy win.
Meanwhile, Dane Hyatt will be making his first trip ever to London after winning the men's 400m, running 44.83 seconds to beat 19-year-old former Garvey Maceo student Rushane McDonald, who ran an 45.10 seconds, his third personal best this weekend, while National Record holder Jermaine Gonzales, who is battling injuries, got the other place running 45.18 seconds, his season's best.
Novlene Williams-Mills justified her favourites tag by taking the women's event in 50.60 seconds with her usual late kick to take her clear of champion Rosemarie Whyte who took second place in 50.78 seconds, while Berlin World Championships representative Christine Day took third in 51.00 seconds after running her personal best 50.85 seconds in the previous round on Saturday.
Berlin World Championships gold medallist, the ever green Brigitte Foster Hylton won the 100m hurdles in 12.68 seconds, comfortably ahead of Latoya Greaves (12.77 seconds), while 2008 World Junior Championships silver medallist Shermaine Williams snatched the third spot with a new personal best 12.78 seconds.
Dorian Scott is on his way to his second Olympic Games after getting the A qualifying standard in the shot put by winning with 20.72m, surpassing the 20.50m in only his third competition of
the season.
Scott, who took up a coaching job this year at the University of San Diego, told the Jamaica Observer he was injury-free and looking forward to the Olympics.
O'Dayne Richards, who has the B standard, was second in 19.92m, while Raymond Brown was third in 19.41m.
Kimberly Williams, who had achieved the A qualifying standard in May, equalled her personal best of 14.52m to win the triple jump; Trecia Kaye Smith was second in 13.94m and Shanieka Tomas third in 13.64m Saniel Atkinson-Grier, who celebrates her 21st birthday today, won the high jump on her first time competing in Jamaica, clearing 1.89m as National Record holder Sheree Francis-Ruff slipped on her first attempt at 1.92m and was taken off the track on a stretcher after twisting her left ankle.
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World Championship gold medallist Brigitte Foster-Hylton (right) is over the hurdles ahead of the field to win the Women’s 100 metres hurdles final at the JAAA/Supreme Ventures National Senior Championships at the National Stadium last night. Also pictured are Shermaine Williams (left) and Latoya Greaves.
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, the ‘Pocket Rocket’ (right), wins the women’s 200m final at the JAAA/Supreme Ventures Limited at the National Stadium last night to take the sprint. Sherone Simpson (left) finishes second ahead of Olympic champion Veronica Campbell Brown (2nd left). Also pictured is Anniesha McLaughlin
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