Tina Clayton and Tima Seikeseye Godbless impressed in World U20 Championships 100m heats

Defending champion Tina Clayton began the defense of her World U20 women’s 100m title in fine style, while Nigeria’s Tima Seikeseye Godbless, Dutch sprinter N’Ketia Seedo and USA’s Shawnti Jackson all impressed in the morning session here at the Pascual Guerrero Olympic Stadium in Cali, Colombia, on Tuesday, 2 August.

Clayton, the quickest among the entrants here in Cali, with a personal best of 10.96 seconds, eased into the semi-finals with a time of 11.38 secs to win heat one over Great Britain’s Joy Eze (11.47).

The Jamaican said in the build-up to the World Athletics U20 Championships that she is confident about retaining her world title, and she showed that she’s in very good form with her first round crusing performance. Read more: Tina Clayton confident about retaining World U20 women’s 100m title at Cali 22

Qualifying with the fastest time, though, was Nigeria’s Godbless, who blasted to a new national U20 record of 11.09 secs to win her heat ahead of Australia’s Taylah Cruttenden, who was a distant second with 11.58.

The 18-year-old Godbless entered the event with a PB of 11.25 secs, and she smashed that time with her blistering run to send the sternness of warnings to Clayton that it may not be as easy as she thought to retain the title she won in Nairobi in 2021.

Meanwhile, Seedo qualified with the second fastest performance of the first round with 11.16, a time which is a Dutch national U20 record, while American Jackson won her heat by matching her personal best time of 11.28.

Also advancing were Serena Cole of Jamaica who ran 11.39 to win heat two, South African Viwe Jingqi clocked 11.36 for first place in heat three, while USA’s Mia Brahe-Pedersen ran 11.45 to take the seventh and final heat.

The semi-finals of the women’s 100m at the World Athletics U20 Championships 2022 will take place on Wednesday, 3 August.

Photo by Oscar Munoz Badilla for World Athletics

100 METERS WOMEN WORLD U20 HEATS RESULTS

RESULT			WIND: -1.0
POS	COUNTRY	ATHLETE	MARK	DETAILS
1	JAM	Tina CLAYTON	11.38	Q
2	GBR	Joy EZE	11.47 SB	Q
3	CZE	Eva KUBÍČKOVÁ	11.55	Q
4	DOM	Lirangi ALONZO TEJADA	11.65 SB	q
5	GUA	Mariandree CHACÓN	11.81
6	PUR	Gladymar TORRES	11.87
7	ITA	Ludovica GALUPPI	11.89
8	GEQ	Alba MBO NCHAMA	13.32 PB

RESULT			WIND: -0.8
POS	COUNTRY	ATHLETE	MARK	DETAILS
1	JAM	Serena COLE	11.39	Q
2	CAN	Brynley MCDERMOTT	11.61 PB	Q
3	GER	Rosina SCHNEIDER	11.61	Q
4	IRL	Lucy May SLEEMAN	11.71	q
5	TTO	Shaniqua BASCOMBE	11.71
6	NOR	Maren Bakke AMUNDSEN	11.73
7	HUN	Anna Luca KOCSIS	11.82
8	ZAM	Blessings MIYAMBO	12.26 PB

RESULT			WIND: +0.5
POS	COUNTRY	ATHLETE	MARK	DETAILS
1	RSA	Viwe JINGQI	11.36	Q
2	NGR	Praise OFOKU	11.55	Q
3	BAR	Kishawna NILES	11.58	Q
4	BAH	Paige ARCHER	11.78
5	COL	Laura MARTÍNEZ IBARGUEN	11.79
6	POR	Leonor FERREIRA	11.81
7	NZL	Talia VAN ROOYEN	11.94
8	LBN	Mayssa MOUAWAD	12.09 PB

RESULT			WIND: +0.1
POS	COUNTRY	ATHLETE	MARK	DETAILS
1	NGR	Tima Seikeseye GODBLESS	11.09 NU20R	Q
2	AUS	Taylah CRUTTENDEN	11.58	Q
3	SWE	Elvira TANDERUD	11.69	Q
4	SUI	Soraya BECERRA	11.73
5	VIE	Du Y HOANG	11.95
6	BRA	Leticia RUZILLA	12.01
7	IND	Sudeshna SHIVANKAR	12.12
8	SMR	Alessandra GASPARELLI	12.27

RESULT			WIND: -0.9
POS	COUNTRY	ATHLETE	MARK	DETAILS
1	USA	Shawnti JACKSON	11.28 =PB	Q
2	GRE	Polyniki EMMANOUILIDOU	11.55	Q
3	CUB	Yarima L. GARCÍA	11.72	Q
4	ROU	Maria MIHALACHE	11.72 SB
5	SWE	Nora LINDAHL	11.77
6	SRB	Anastasija MIČA	12.05
7	BRN	Layla KAMAL	12.13
	FRA	Orane DOUMBE	DNS

RESULT			WIND: 0.0
POS	COUNTRY	ATHLETE	MARK	DETAILS
1	NED	N’Ketia SEEDO	11.16 NU20R	Q
2	GBR	Nia WEDDERBURN-GOODISON	11.36 PB	Q
3	CAN	Amy CANDRLIC	11.51 PB	Q
4	SUI	Emma VAN CAMP	11.64 PB	q
5	RSA	Kayla LA GRANGE	11.73 PB
6	LTU	Andrė OŽECHAUSKAITĖ	11.76 SB
7	GER	Sina KAMMERSCHMITT	11.79
8	BAH	Shatalya DORSETT	11.94

RESULT			WIND: -0.7
POS	COUNTRY	ATHLETE	MARK	DETAILS
1	USA	Mia BRAHE-PEDERSEN	11.45	Q
2	ESP	Elena GUIU	11.46 PB	Q
3	FIN	Anna PURSIAINEN	11.66	Q
4	BRA	Tainara MEES	11.71 PB
5	AUS	Hayley REYNOLDS	11.86
6	IND	Avantika NARALE	11.89
7	ITA	Agnese MUSICA	11.97
8	TTO	Kyah LA FORTUNE	11.99