(Reuters)

Jamaican Omar McLeod,won the Track Meet 110 metres hurdles Irvine, California today with a time of 13.11, defeating a high-class field that included 2012 London Games gold medalist Aries Merritt.

“Feeling good to be back out there –- thank God for health,” said McLeod, 27, who earned a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics and won the event at the 2017 World Championships as well.

“I have mad respect for everyone out there.”

In the meantime, world leader Trayvon Bromell put up another blistering sub-10-second performance to win 100 metres, an auspicious sign as he prepares for next month’s US Olympic trials.

The 25-year-old Bromell outclassed the competition with a time of 9.92 to win by three-tenths of a second, just short of his season best of 9.88.

“This week has been a real hard week for me for training,” Bromell said in a televised interview. “I can’t let off, I can’t stop thinking about what (God) wants me to do.”

FINE-TUNING AHEAD OF OLYMPICS

The race marked his latest chapter in a remarkable comeback since he was carried off the track at the 2016 Rio Games with an Achilles injury and missed two years of racing rebuilding his body.

The Olympians were on hand to fine-tune their form, with opportunities to compete dwindling ahead of the July 23 start of the COVID-delayed Tokyo Games.

Olympic gold medalist Matt Centrowitz won the 1,500 metres by more than a second with a time of 3:35.26.