Richardson storms to season's best in 100m win
Sha'Carri Richardson sprinted to a season's-best time of 10.77 seconds to win the women's 100m at the USATF Outdoor National Championships, bringing fans to their feet at Icahn Stadium on Randalls Island.
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It is the Nike Women's 100 Meter Final, racing for a national title.
Now, the last four years, this title has been owned by the training partners and the two who clashed at the Prefontaine Classic.
There's Sha'Carri Richardson and her training partner, and now rival, Melissa Jefferson Wooden.
So Melissa won in t- 2022, Sha'Carri '23 and '24, and Melissa in 2025.
I am a lot more interested to see how fast Sha'Carri is going to run, 'cause I'm not sure that anybody in this field is going to be able to seriously challenge her.
Personal best dates back to 2023.
She's been knocking on the door with 10.77 this year, but her personal best, 10.65, is the time that she ran to win the world championships from the outside lane in Budapest.
That just happens to be the meet record as well.
And who holds that?
Her training partner and rival Melissa Jefferson Wooden.
So there's a whole lot of numerology going on here, and a national title on the line.
But what can the likes of Kayla White and Anaiviah Battle do?
Tamari Davis?
Of course, the spotlight's on Sha'Carri, and she looks devastatingly fast and confident at the moment five finisher at USA's each of the last four years.
Representing Adidas, Tamari Davis.
Time to meet the field.
In lane nine, Alicia Mouzon.
Personal best, 11.12.
She competed collegiately at East Carolina University.
And in lane- Got as far as the heats at the Olympic trials two years ago.
Alongside her, the 22-year-old Kayla Jackson.
10.93 this year at NCAA regionals.
Out of the Nike- Coming off of her senior season at Georgia, which means she trained with Adejah Hodge, the world leader in this event, at age 20, from the British Virgin Islands.
In lane seven, from Gainesville, Florida, Tamari Davis.
She's made US teams before.
She made the 2023 team that went to the world championships.
Just off of the team, though, in 2024, in the 100, at the Olympic trials.
Wow.
Personal best 10.83.
On her inside, from Michigan, this is Anaiviah Battle.
Better at 200.
She made the Olympic team that went to Tokyo, got as far as the Olympic semifinals.
Personal best 10.98, but 10.99 in her semifinal.
Maybe she gives Sha'Carri a scare if she gets another personal best here.
Spotlight shining brightly on Sha'Carri Richardson in lane five.
When they did 10.78 to win her semifinal, that was the fastest time in the semifinal.
She also had the fastest time in the first round.
Looking like her old self, the world champion of 2023, the Olympic silver medalist, Sha'Carri Richardson will start in lane five.
In four, on her inside, Kayla White.
Training partner of Sha'Carri Richardson, 10.84 for second last year at the US championships.
She's also run 10.89 for a personal best last year.
How about Utah's Jazlyn Gardnder in lane three?
Personal best 10, 11.01 up in the altitude of Provo, Utah.
She competed collegiately at BYU.
Just two to go.
Nala Harris is in lane two.
Just coming off of her senior season at UT Rio Grande Valley.
11.04 in her semifinal for a personal best.
And then on the inside, another Georgia Bulldog, here's Jasani Carter.
She's also part of that amazing University of Georgia squad led by Carol Smith-Gilbert.
In lane one- Personal best 10.88 this year at the NCAA East Regional, but she's gonna have to run very close to that to be a factor here.
So I think the wind is gonna determine how close Sha'Carri gets to a personal best here.
If she gets one of those 2.0-ish winds- Yeah.
Yeah yeah, we could be looking at something really, really fast here.
Remember, the world lead is 10.63 by the NCAA second placer, Adejah Hodge.
She ran that in the semifinal.
New York, let's enjoy this.
The Nike Women's 100 Meter national title.
Set.
Racing to be number one in the country.
Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready for this?
It's been a very determined Sha'Carri Richardson.
She's gotta get past Kayla White.
She's got that done already.
Here goes Sha'Carri, third national title, 10.77.
Sha'Carri's a winner again.
American record, equaling the season best, the second-fastest time in the world, 10.77, Sha'Carri Richardson.
So this is Sha'Carri's third US 100 meter title.
The only woman to do that since 2000, Carmelita Jeter- And this- The world champion in the 100 meters back in 2011.
But Sha'Carri confirms the fact that she is back.
World champion- She missed the podium last year at Worlds.
This looks like the Sha'Carri that we've seen in '23 and '24.
Here is our new champion, and the second-fastest woman in the world this year.
That is Sha'Carri Richardson.
So that equals the fastest time run by an American this year.
This is, that just happens to be her training partner, the reigning world 100 and 200 champ, Melissa Jefferson Wooden.
So we thought it would be fast.
If she had gotten a better start, maybe like Kayla White did to her left, maybe she dips into the 10.6s, but man, when Sha'Carri is running like this, she is just a joy to watch 'cause it really doesn't matter what she looks like in the first third.
You remember, this is how Noah Lyles won the Olympic title.
Dead last until he wasn't at the end, by thousandths.
But Sha'Carri It's gonna be a lot of fun to watch her, especially when she hooks up with Julian Alfred of St. Lucia- Oh, yeah and her training partner, Melissa Jefferson Wooden, and they will all be at the Ultimate Championship in Budapest in early September, and we will have that for you.
That should be an amazing competition.
And just think, LA '28 is less than two years away.
Sha'Carri's only 26, getting stronger and faster, and in her prime, heading towards a home Olympics.
Let's hear from her now as we say congrats to Kayla White and Tamari Davis.
Sha'Carri's with Lewis.
And after all that sprinting, she just had to sit down, and I said, "Why not?
I'll come and squat with you."
Thank you.
Sha'Carri, what does it mean to get this national title tonight here in New York City?
It just feels phenomenal to be back in a better place, just healthy mentally, physically, emotionally, and it shows that hard work pays off.
Everything me and Coach, has been working on is starting to show consistently.
Yeah, consistently.
Now you talk about being back, but we see you back in a different way now with that start, and with the confidence, and with this energy you're showing right here.
How did you get this back?
Just really just remembering who I am, and just, like, knowing that consistency, and just being determined to just be better, to be more, like, every single day.
I think that's something that has challenged me to also de- demonstrate just more.
All righty.
We're looking forward to what happens the next two years.
LA '28's not far away.
Yeah.
But for the moment, it's not that far away, but for the moment, congratulations.
Thank you so much, y'all.
I enjoyed New York, and y'all come back for Athlos.
All right, Lee.
You still need help up.
Oh, you help me up, Sha'Carri?
Exuding confidence, displaying speed.
It's Sha'Carri's time right now.
Third national 100 meter title.
