Raymond Graham, Freelance Writer

Simone Facey ... clocked personal best 11.11 for 100m. - AP

Jamaican athletes hit top form at the Texas Relays in the United States over the weekend.

Nickeisha Wilson, Shevon Stoddart, Kimberly Williams and Simone Facey, however, had to share the spotlight with the Trinidad and Tobago pair of Richard Thompson and Kelly Ann Baptiste who posted world leading times.

Wilson, competing for Louisiana State University (LSU) scored her second win in two weeks. Competing in the 100m hurdles, the former Alpha student improved on last week's time of 13.19 seconds to post a winning time of 12.85. Former Queen's School athlete, Latoya Greaves, competing for Oklahoma Baptist University, was second in a career-best of 13.19.

Stoddart, a member of Jamaica's squad to last year's World Championships in Japan, became Jamaica fastest this season in the women's 400m hurdles as she won the event in 56.40, just bettering Melaine Walker's 56.63, set in February in Australia.

Williams became the third Jamaican at the meet to strike an individual gold as the former Vere Technical athlete, now donning the colours of Florida State University, took the triple jump event with a winning leap of 13.65m.

Facey, a member of Jamaica's 4x100m silver medal winning team in Osaka last summer, and competing for Texas A&M University, clocked a personal best 11.11 to finish third in the 100m. She was also a member of the Texas A&M quartet which won the college 4x100m in 42.97.

Won the women's event

Competing for LSU, Baptiste and Thompson captured the 100m titles in world leading and personal best times. Baptiste, who was injured for most of the season last year, won the women's event in 11.06. Thompson took the men's 100m in 10.00, beating Usain Bolt's top mark of 10.03.

Former St Jago High athlete Andrea Bliss, running in a minus 2.4 metres per second (mps) wind, captured the Invitational 100m hurdles event in 13.27, just ahead of World Indoor 60m hurdles finalist Lacena Golding who was second in 13.37.

Former Holmwood Technical athlete Petagaye Beckford who now competes for Arkansas University was second in the long jump with 6.14m, while there were third place finishes for former Wolmer's and St Hugh's athletes Julian Reid and Phelecia Reynolds. Competing for Texas A&M University, Reid was third in the long jump with 7.64m while Reynolds threw 50.55m to take the bronze for Texas Technical University in the discus.

Another highlight of the meet was an impressive world leading 42.25 by the United States female quartet of Muna Lee, Carmeleta Jeter, Torrie Edwards and Sanya Richards in the sprint relay.

At the Florida Relays, there was a second-place finish for World Indoor 4x400m silver medallist, Adrian Findly. He took silver in the 400m hurdles in 49.42. Dwight Thomas (20.82), also finished second in the 200m while Steve Mullings (10.19) and Bobbette Stewart (2:08.39) ended third in the men's 100m and the women's 800m, respectively.

At the Duke Invitational Meet in North Carolina, Dwight Mullings won the Men's 400m in 47.30 while his teammate Natasha Ruddock of Essex County College who qualified for the final of the 100m hurdles with the fastest time of 13.75 did not get a chance to compete as heavy thunderstorms forced the cancellation of the final.