GRAND SLAM TRACK KINGSTON DAY 3 REACTION SHOW – SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN DOMINATES AGAIN, GRANT FISHER DELIVERS, TAYE & WILLIAMS MAKE HISTORY

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🗓️ 6 April 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The first-ever Grand Slam Track event in Kingston is in the books and twelve athletes are walking away $100,000 richer. That’s $1.2 million in prize money handed out across one weekend.

The weekend closed the way it began: with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone doing Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone things — cruising to a 50.32 in the 400, winning her race group, and reminding the world why she’s the face of this sport. First signee. Final champion. Signature Sydney.

Grant Fisher snuck into Slam Champion status with a gritty 3rd in the 3k after winning the 5k on Friday — edging Hagos Gebrhiwet by a single point. Sasha Zhoya won the men’s short hurdles group by winning the 100 flat — proving that versatility, not just velocity is the new currency for the big money.

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden doubled up in the sprints. Emmanuel Wanyonyi did just enough to hold off Marco Arop in the standings. Ejgayehu Taye ran 14:54 to sweep her distance group. And Alison dos Santos? Leaned like his life depended on it to close a 400m thriller by two hundredths.

Oh — and Jamaica got its moment too. Danielle Williams, world champ turned home crowd hero, claimed her slam title in the short hurdles with a win in the flat 100. First Jamaican Slam Champion. First Challenger to knock out the Racers. Crowd went bananas.

Every race meant something. Every move on the track changed the leaderboard. And from the pacing to the prize money, it actually felt like a sport you could follow.

Next stop? Miami, May 2–4. New city. New matchups. Same $100K at the finish line.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to Kingston, Jamaica, Chris Chavez here with Anderson Emerald, Aisha Pratt Lear, and Eric Jenkins,
0:22.5	as we recap all the amazingness that was day three of Grand Slam Track, Kingston,
0:29.9	eight new slam champions crowned. That's $800,000 worth of first place checks cut.
0:37.2	And from start to finish, it was of first place checks cut.
0:37.6	And from start to finish, it was once again another electric day here at the track.
0:42.6	This was wild.
0:44.6	This was like the cap off, the perfect send-off or the perfect start for Grant's Land
0:49.2	track.
0:50.2	I felt the energy.
0:51.2	I went into the crowd a little bit before things know, before things started and everyone loves it.
0:54.2	So this was good. This was good.
0:55.6	Aisha, what did you think of the last day?
0:58.1	Great success. Resounding success.
1:00.8	Everybody was in such a good mood. I think people felt the gratitude of having the first slam here.
1:05.7	It was perfect.
1:07.2	Eric? Same thing. Super fun. We were in the grandstands the whole time. The crowd was incredibly fun.
1:13.6	We're cheering for everybody. Some, some, like, you know, great way to cap it off with Sydney there at the end.
1:19.6	Like the crowd was going nuts, but just, yeah, great atmosphere.
1:22.6	Let's talk about the horns. You are a big fan.
1:25.6	I'm a big fan of the horns. It's like it's, uh, it there's
1:28.6	always energy. It's, it creates some, some noise, some fun. Uh, you don't see it in the States.
1:36.5	Um, we're about to change that. We should, we should bring it to Miami. Bring horns. Yeah,
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