March 29 was fairly a day for 19-year-old sprinter Bouwahjie Nkrumie of Kingston, Jamaica. Nkrumie stormed to a U20 nationwide file time of 9.99 seconds (+0.3 m/s) on the Jamaica Excessive Faculty Boys and Ladies Athletics Championships, turning into solely the third runner on the earth to interrupt the 10-second barrier earlier than turning 20.
🇯🇲 HE’S DONE IT! The primary Jamaican Junior athlete to run sub 10 with
9️⃣.9️⃣9️⃣ 🔥🔥🔥
He’s now the third Junior in historical past to run sub 10 legally 🌎
Did he look throughout mid race???
Congratulations to the Nationwide Junior Report holder Bouwahjgie Nkrumie 👏 pic.twitter.com/I3h6MZZX9o
— RoriDunk (@FitzDunk) March 30, 2023
Nkrumie, 19, nicknamed “Dr. Velocity,” turned the youngest Jamaican sprinter to interrupt the barrier, which is an unbelievable feat contemplating the small Caribbean nation’s wealthy sprinting historical past (together with Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell and Yohan Blake). The way forward for the 100m seems to be shiny as Nkrumie joins American Trayvon Bromell and U20 world file holder, Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo, within the U20 sub-10 membership.
Final yr, Tebogo beat Nkrumie within the 100m ultimate on the U20 World Athletics Championships in Cali, Colombia. Nkrumie ran his earlier better of 10.02 seconds within the ultimate, however was second to Tebogo, who gained in a U20 world file of 9.91 seconds.
Nkrumie’s time of 9.99 was additionally a 2023 world lead for 100m, but it surely solely lasted just a few hours till Akani Simbine of South Africa ran a time of 9.98 seconds (+1.0 m/s) within the males’s 100m heats on the South African Championships.
Massive day for Jamaican U20 athletes within the 100m 👏
Bouwahjgie Nkrumie turns into the primary Jamaican U20 athlete to dip beneath 10 seconds.
Alana Reid clocks the seventh quickest time within the U20 class 👀 pic.twitter.com/GsCMrL1TVl
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) March 30, 2023
The brand new Jamaican file holder is in his ultimate yr of highschool at Kingston School, an all-male sports activities and academic-focused secondary faculty in Kingston. We’ll possible see Nkrumie tackle the world’s greatest later this yr on the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August.
