Jamaica’s Bryan Levell turned in the performance of the day at the Racers Grand Prix, stopping the clock at an eye-popping, jaw-dropping, wind-aided 19.79 (2.5 mps) at the National Stadium on Saturday.

The 21-year-old Levell, who has a personal best of 19.97, looked awesome as he dismantled the 200m field that included Christopher Taylor, who was some distance back in 20.39 and 17-year-old Naeem Jack of South Africa in 20.46.

Now under the tutelage of Shanikie Osbourne, who coached Elaine Thompson in 2023, Levell’s time would have been a world lead if the wind had been legal.

The current world lead is 19.83 by American McCallum T’Mars and 19.84 by Kenny Bendarek.

Taylor, running just his second race in two years, also looked good in 20.39, and he too looked ready for better things this season.

Meanwhile, Jamaica’s Olympic 100m silver medallist Kishane Thompson threw down the gauntlet with an impressive 9.88 ahead of Oblique Seville in 9.97.

Thompson has been proving that he is the man to lift Jamaica’s male sprinting back to the glory days, which went out the door with the retirement of Usain Bolt.

Tina Clayton captured the women’s 100m in 10.98 (1.8) ahead of Jacious Sears of the USA with 11.04 and Alana Reid in 11.16. Tina’s twin sister Tia was right up there for a podium finish before easing up, looking in discomfort, grimacing and finished fifth in 11.24.

American sprint hurdler Alia Armstrong equalled the women’s 100 hurdles record, clocking 12.54, while Jamaica’s Rasheed Broadbell also won the men’s 110 hurdles in record fashion, clocking 13.06 (0.7) ahead of American Tey Cunningham with 13.08.

World champion Shericka Jackson easily won the 200m in 22.53 (1.0) ahead of Audrey Leduc of Canada with 22.80.

Jamaica’s Olympic long jump silver medallist Wayne Pinnock won the long jump with 7.97m ahead of Emanuel Archibald of Guyana with 7.83m. American Jeremiah Davis was third with a 7.80m jump.