Anthony Foster, Freelance Writer

Usain Bolt races to victory at yesterday's Lucozade Sport/G.C. Foster Classic in the men's 100m dash. Bolt's time was a world-leading 10.03 seconds. - Ian Allen/Staff Photographer

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 200m silver medallist Usain Bolt was in superb form at yesterday's Lucozade Sport/G.C. Foster Classics, racing to a world leading and complex record in the men's 100m dash.

Bolt's early season form took him to a blistering 10.03 seconds, which worked out better than Asafa Powell's hand-timed 9.9 seconds in 2003. The 21-year-old sprinter, who won the World Junior and World Youth 200m titles in 2002 and 2003, remained focussed after two false starts to stroll to a comfortable win ahead of G.C. Foster College's Gavin Terrelonge (10.49).

Bolt, the joint seventh-fastest Jamaican with Michael Frater over the distance, only behind world record holder Asafa Powell (9.74), Raymond Stewart (9.96), Percival Spencer (9.98), Dwight Thomas (10.00), Michael Green (10.02) and Clement Campbell (10.02), beat Powell's previous world-leading time this year of 10.04 done in Australia last month.

Bolt, the national 200m record holder at 19.75 seconds, was pleased with his early-season performance and predicts better things to come.

"I think that was pretty good, because I equalled my personal best," he said, while pointing to last year's run in Réthimno, Greece.

He also promised: "I will be looking to better that time this season."

Impressive

In the women's event, World Youth bronze medallist Schillonie Calvert was also impressive. She raced to victory in 11.27 seconds, beating her former Holmwood teammates and two-time World Junior 200m silver medallist Anneisha McLaughlin (11.43) and Nyoka Cole (11.58), both of UTech/MVP.

With most of the top high-school athletes resting ahead of Wednesday's start of Boys and Girls Champs, no truly outstanding performances were recorded at that level.

Holmwood's Loriann Clarke (12.41), Ormella Livingston (12.27) and Chrisann Gordon (12.10) were 100m winners in Classes One, Two and Four respectively, while Wolmer's Shaneil Fairclough took Class Three in 12.36.

In the boys' 100m dash, Camperdown's Taffawee Johnson (10.80), Kemar Bailey Cole of Old Harbour (11.00) and André Robinson of St Jago (11.64) won Classes One, Two and Three respectively.

In the field events, Raymond Brown of UTech (17.08m) took the shot put for clubs, while G.C. Foster College's Tanesha Blair (44.67m) won the javelin Open for women and Kerry-Ann Dawes of Churches Teachers' College (4.65m) claimed the women's long jump.

Keisha Wallace of Wolmer's (4.81m) took the girls' Class One long jump, Kadia Hunt of St Jago (35.43m) won the girls' Class Two discus and Kavel Brown of Buff Bay High (32.62m) won the girls' Class Three discus.