Lyston wins Hengelo 100m in 10.99

 Brianna Lyston clocked her second sub-11 seconds 100 metres run of the year yesterday at the FBK Games in Hengelo, Netherlands, a World Continental Tour Gold meet.

Lyston, running into a negative wind of 0.6 metre per second, stopped the clock at 10.99 seconds for the victory. Her winning time makes her the seventh-fastest Jamaican woman in the event this season and one of 12 Jamaicans to have gone under the 11-second barrier.

Minki Bisschops of the Netherlands finished second in 11.08, while Ana Saevedo was third in 11.26.

"I am very satisfied with this time and, honestly, also a bit surprised. We almost missed the race, so we had to rush from the warm-up area to get here on time. That messes with your mentality. We didn't hear that we were being called for the race, so we didn't know we had to go already. These are mental things that we try to practise in training," said Lyston.

Two other Jamaicans, discus thrower Roje Stona and shot putter Danniel Thomas-Dodd, were also in action at the meet.  Thomas-Dodd had a heave of 18.05 metres in the women's shot put for a fourth-place finish as Jessica Schilder of the Netherlands continued her impressive form this season by winning with a distance of 20.03m.

Stona, the Paris Olympic Games gold medallist, could only manage 65.22m in the discus. Henrik Janssen of Germany won with 68.21m, ahead of Claudio Romero of Chile in second with 67.61m and Lawrence Okoye of Great Britain,  third with 67.61m.

Outstanding 400m hurdler Femke Bol of the Netherlands, the Tokyo World champion who switched to the 800m this season, picked up a win in the event after clocking 1:57.41, getting the better of Abbey Caldwell of Australia, who was second in 1:58.22, and Clara Liberman of France, third in 1:58.69.

There was a one-two  finish for South Africa in the men's 100m. Winner Akani Simbine and Bradley Nkoana both clocked 10.08 seconds in the close finish. Ronnie Baker of the United States was third in 10.11.

Sprint hurdler Nadine Visser, a finalist at the Tokyo World Championships, scored a good win in the women's 100m hurdles after clocking 12.52 seconds. Americans Alia Armstrong (12.60) and Rayniah Jones (12.62) finished second and third, respectively.