- The Kingston Grand Slam Track will start on Friday, April 4 and end on Sunday, April 6, 2025.
- Some of the Kenyan runners who will take part in the Kingston Grand Slam Track are Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Mary Moraa.
- The Grand Slam Track was established by ex-American runner Michael Johnson.
All eyes will be fixed at Jamaica’s National Stadium when the inaugural Grand Slam Track kicks off in Kingston later today.
The Grand Slam Track organizers have assembled strong athletes such as Canada’s Marco Arop, Great Britain’s Grant Fisher and United States’ sprinter Gabby Thomas, who will battle it out for glory in different categories.
There is also plenty of Kenyan interest in the event that is planned to end on Sunday, April 6, 2025.
Besides 800m world champion Mary Moraa, 2024 Paris Olympic Games Silver Medalist Ronald Kwemoi and American based Susan Ejore, Emmanuel Wanyonyi is also set to light up the Kingston Grand Slam Track.
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Wanyonyi, who triumphed in the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, will compete in the short distance category (800m and 1500m) with the likes of his arch-rival Arop and Fisher.
Similar to Wanyonyi, Moraa and Ejore will feature in the 800m and 1500m against a difficult field that is made up of the likes of Jamaica’s Natoya Goule-Toppin, and Ethiopia’s Diribe Welteji.
On the other hand, Jebet and Ekalale will target the top prize in the (3000m and 5000m) while lone ranger Kwemoi is set to compete in the men’s long distance category.
When is the Kingston Grand Slam Track?
The Kingdom Grand Slam Track will be staged in Jamaica between Friday, April 4 and Sunday, April 6, 2025.
What time does the Kingston Grand Slam Track start?
The 2025 Kingston Grand Slam Tack will kick off at 23:42 BST, which is 00.42 am when converted into Kenyan time.
How and where to watch the 2025 Grand Slam Track?
Athletics fans in East Africa can watch the Kingston Grand Slam Track on SuperSport TV.
Athletes who will take part in the 2025 Kingston Grand Slam Track
Spectators are set to witness hotly contested battles in each category at the Kingston Grand Slam Track.
From world record holders to Olympic Games champion, the entries for the event that is a brainchild of former 100m world champion Michael Johnson is crazy. Below are the entries in each of the six categories.
Men’s Short Sprints (100m and 200m)
Ackeem Blake, Kenny Bednarek, Zharnel Hughes, Fred Kerley, Oblique Seville, Terrence Jones, Joseph Fahnbulleh, Courtney Lindsey.
Women’s Short Sprints (100m and 200m)
Alana Reid, Brittany Brown, Daryll Neita, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Jacious Sears, Tamara Clark, Kemba Nelson, Jodean Williams.
Men’s Long Sprints (200m and 400m)
Jereem Richards, Muzala Samukonga, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Chris Bailey, Busang Collen Kebinatshipi, Zandrion Barnes, Vernon Norwood, Deandre Watkin.
Women’s Long Sprints (200m and 400m)
Dina Asher-Smith, Gabby Thomas, Nickisha Pryce, Stacey Ann Williams, Alexis Holmes, Salwa Eid Naser, Marileidy Paulino, Talitha Diggs.
Men’s Short Hurdles (110m H and 100m flat)
Cordell Tinch, Sasha Zhoya, Daniel Roberts, Orlando Bennett, Eric Edwards Jr., Dylan Beard, Freddie Crittenden, Omar McLeod.
Women’s Short Hurdles (100m H and 100m flat)
Masai Russell, Ackera Nugent, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Danielle Williams, Cyréna Samba-Mayela, Nia Ali, Amber Hughes, Denisha Cartwright.
Men’s Long Hurdles
Roshawn Clarke, Clément Ducos, Alison Dos Santos, CJ Allen, Caleb Dean, Assinie Wilson, Malik James-King, Chris Robinson.
Women’s Long Hurdles (400m H and 400m flat)
Rushell Clayton, Dalilah Muhammad, Jasmine Jones, Shiann Salmon, Cathelijn Peeters, Andrenette Knight, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Cassandra Tate.
Men’s Short Distance (400m H and 400m flat)
Cole Hocker, Josh Kerr, Neil Gourley, Yared Nuguse, Marco Arop, Bryce Hoppel, Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Mohamed Attaoui.
Women’s Short Distance (800m and 1500m)
Mary Moraa, Jess Hull, Nikki Hiltz, Diribe Welteji, Sage Hurta-Klecker, Heather MacLean, Susan Ejore, Natoya Goule-Toppin.
Men’s Long Distance (800m and 1500m)
Grant Fisher, Hagos Gebrhiwet, Cooper Teare, Ronald Kwemoi, Thierry Ndikumwenayo, Dylan Jacobs, Charles Philibert-Thiboutot, Telahun Haile Bekele.
Women’s Long Distance (3000m and 5000m)
Nozomi Tanaka, Agnes Ngetich Jebet, Tsige Gebreselama, Elise Cranny, Hellen Ekalale, Ejgayehu Taye, Whittni Morgan, Melissa Courtney-Bryant.
2025 Kingston Grand Slam schedule and times
All times in East African Time (EAT)
Friday, 4 April, 2025
01:42 – Women’s 200m (Long Sprints)
01:54 – Men’s 400m (Long Sprints)
02:04 – Women’s 3000m (Long Distance)
02:22 – Women’s 800m (Short Distance)
02:34 – Men’s 400m Hurdles (Long Hurdles)
02:46 – Women’s 400m Hurdles (Long Hurdles)
02:56 – Men’s 5000m (Long Distance)
03:21 – Men’s 100m (Short Sprints)
Saturday 5 April, 2025
01:42 – Men’s 110m Hurdles (Short Hurdles)
01:56 – Men’s 200m (Long Sprints)
02:10 – Women’s 1500m (Short Distance)
02:25 – Women’s 100m Hurdles (Short Hurdles)
02:38 – Women’s 100m (Short Sprints)
02:52 – Men’s 1500m (Short Distance)
03:07 – Men’s 200m (Short Sprints)
03:21 – Women’s 400m (Long Sprints)
Sunday 6 April, 2025
22:42 – Women’s 100m Hurdles (Short Hurdles)
22:54 – Men’s 400m (Long Hurdles)
23:04 – Women’s 5000m (Long Distance)
23:29 – Men’s 100m (Short Hurdles)
23:39 – Men’s 800m (Short Distance)
23:49 – Men’s 3000m (Long Distance)
24:08 – Women’s 200m (Short Sprints)
24:21 – Women’s 400m Hurdles (Long Hurdles)
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