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19-year-old Tia Clayton has expressed excitement after sealing her first Olympic ticket following her second-place finish at the Jamaican Olympic trials.
Upcoming Jamaican sprint queen Tia Clayton is over the moon after sealing the Olympic ticket in the women’s 100m at the Jamaican Olympic trials held at the national stadium in Kingston, Jamaica.
Clayton finished second in the final of the race, clocking 10.90 to cross the finish line behind Shericka Jackson. The 10-time world champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce completed the podium at the event.
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The 19-year-old started her campaign with a second-place finish in the preliminaries, clocking 11.02 to cross the finish line before silencing Jackson in the semifinal with a 10.86 win.
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Clayton expressed her excitement to have finished second in the race and qualify for her first ever Olympic Games at 19.
She appreciated her sister Tina Clayton, who could not make it to the final. However, Clayton was excited to have competed with her and watch her cheer her on in the final of the race.
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“I’m feeling very great, I’ve put in the work for this and I feel very great. I got injured at the start of the season and came out with a different mindset,” she said.
“My goal for the season was to be injury free but that did not work well…I just came out here and did my best. I trained very hard after the injury.
“She (sister) is a very big motivator to me and a mom…she is like a second mum to me when my mom is not around. Her being here for me is very heartwarming.”
Meanwhile, Clayton opened her 100m season at the Velocity Fest 14 with a win before finishing sixth at the Jamaica Athletics Invitational Meet. She then competed at the USATF Los Angeles Grand Prix where she finished sixth before throwing down the gauntlet at the Jamaican Championships.
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