Triple Olympic gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (right) speeds to an easy victory in the women’s 60m open at the Queen’s/Grace Jackson Track and Field Meet

TRIPLE Olympic gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce opened her season in style, easily winning the women's 60m open in 7.11 seconds at the Queen's/Grace Jackson Track and Field Meet at the National Stadium yesterday.

Triple Olympic gold medallist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (right)
 speeds to an easy victory in the women’s 60m
open at the Queen’s/Grace Jackson Track
 and Field Meet at the National Stadium yesterday.
Fraser-Pryce won in 7.11 seconds ahead
of her MVP teammate Carrie Russell
 (not in picture). At left is Magan Simmonds,
 of UTech. (PHOTO: BRYAN CUMMINGS).

Nesta Carter, the 100m World Championships bronze medallist also made a winning start blowing away the field in 6.52 seconds to highlight the 60th anniversary of the Queen's High School at this the 16th staging of the meet.

Both Fraser-Pryce and Carter are using these races in preparation for the IAAF World Indoor Championships set for Poland in March.

Fraser-Pryce, with her usual bullet start, was never in danger and actually cruised home ahead of the powerful Carrie Russell, her MVP teammate, and Elain Thompson of UTech. Carter did likewise and won comfortably ahead of his MVP teammate Winston Barnes. more