Saint Lucia’s Julien Alfred and Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson headline a number of Caribbean stars set to ignite Eugene, Oregon’s Hayward Field track at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic set for July 5.
Alfred, the reigning Olympic champion, will be in an absolutely loaded field in the women’s 100m including American reigning World champion Sha'Carri Richardson.
Newly crowned Jamaican National champion Tina Clayton, as well as her twin sister Tia, will also be in the line-up.
The field is completed by Great Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith, the USA’s Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Twanisha Terry, Nigeria's Favour Ofili and the Ivory Coast’s Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith.
Thompson, who recently claimed his second Jamaican title with a personal best and world leading 9.75, headlines the field in the men’s equivalent that also includes countryman Ackeem Blake, who also ran a personal best 9.88 to finish third at the National Championships.
2019 World champion Christian Coleman, Trayvon Bromell, Jeremiah Azu, Brandon Hicklin, Zharnel Hughes, Lachlan Kennedy and Bayanda Walaza complete the line-up.
The men’s 200m will see Jamaica’s two-time National champion Bryan Levell and Trinidad & Tobago’s Jereem Richards trying to knock off the likes of reigning Olympic champion Letsile Tebogo and current world leader and two-time Olympic silver medallist Kenny Bednarek.
Grenadian World and Olympic champion Kirani James will line up in the men’s one lap event while runner-up at the Jamaican championships, Dejanea Oakley, will compete in the women’s equivalent.
Jamaica’s Assinie Wilson and Malik James-King, who took second and third at the National Championships, will compete in the men’s 400m hurdles while the women’s sprint hurdles will include Jamaica’s two-time World champion Danielle Williams and World Indoor 60m hurdles bronze medallist Ackera Nugent.
In the field, Jamaican Olympic champion Roje Stona and newly crowned National champion Ralford Mullings will both compete in the men’s discus while Olympic bronze medalist Rajindra Campbell will do battle in the shot put.
On the women’s side, three-time National champion Ackelia Smith will participate in the long jump.