JAMAICAN athletes continued to do well overseas as Nesta Carter, Aneisha McLaughlin and Novlene Williams-Mills scored good wins on Wednesday at the Indice Principale Per Gara athletics meet in Italy.

After a low-keyed season last year due to injury, Carter a finalist at the World Indoor Championships in the 60 metres, continued to show good progress as he comfortably won the men's 100 metres in 10.08 seconds. United States' Ryan Bailey was second in 10.10 seconds and Wallace Spearmon, also from the United States, was third in 10.15 seconds.

other competitor

Jamaica's other competitor in the event, Kimmari Roach, was fifth in 10.27 seconds.

McLaughlin, a finalist in the women's 200 metres at the Berlin World Championships last year, was also in good form as she captured the women's 200 metres event in 23.01 seconds, beating the United States pair of Ebonie Floyd (23.24 seconds) and Shauna Cox (23.54 seconds).

playing second fiddle

After playing second fiddle to the top quarter-milers so far this season, national 400 metres champion Williams-Mills returned to winning ways in the event as she clocked 51.14 seconds, with Jamaica's Christine Day finishing third in 52.94 seconds.

In Leige, Belgium, on Monday, Jamaica's Mario Forsythe was victorious in the men's 100 metres as he raced to a personal best of 10.09 seconds to capture the event.

There were also second-place finishes for Korene Hinds and Kenia Sinclair. Hinds clocked 9: 35.15 in the women' s 3000-metre steeple chase while Sinclair did 2:00.35 in the women's 800 metres.