He was not in the best of health but world 100m champion Yohan Blake confirmed his amazing early season form, barely missing out on the world leading time, after helping himself to a 9.84 win at the inaugural Cayman Invitational meet at the Truman Bodden Sports Complex in Grand Cayman last night.

Blake, who ran 9.90 in his opening 100m race a few weeks ago, got a fairly good start this time around before separating himself from the rest of the field after 60m to stop the clock just outside Usain Bolt's 9.82 world leading run, set last Saturday at the JN Jamaica Invitational.

"I have to give God thanks, tonight was a good night, I didn't feel well because I was stuffy and had a headache, but I think it's going well for me," said Blake. "I have been working tirelessly and (Usain) Bolt has been motivating me a lot in training and I respect him a lot for that."

Michael Frater was second in 10.05, while Kemar Bailey-Cole was seventh in 10.29.

sluggish start

Carmelita Jeter won the women's equivalent in 11.04 after recovering from a sluggish start.

Warren Weir again lowered his personal best, this time to 20.13 en route to winning the 200m.

Novelene Williams-Mills also continued her hot start to the season, picking up from where she left off last weekend at the JN Jamaica Invitational where she won the 400m ahead of Sanya Richards-Ross in 49.99, to dominate the field with a time of 50.35.

Williams led from start to finish and was trailed to the line by her training partner Jenna Martin (Canada), 51.69, and Keshia Baker (USA), 51.73. Dominique Blake was seventh in 52.85.

"I am really happy, last year I wasn't running this time at this stage so I am pretty happy," said Williams-Mills after her event. "I have approached this season thinking that maybe this will be my last Olympics, so I have been approaching it more aggressively. I need to make the Olympic team but also get out there on the podium and not just the podium, but I want to get the gold."

comeback season

Former national champion Ricardo Chambers continued his comeback season with a third-place finish in the 400m with a time of 45.87 behind the Bahamas pair of Chris Brown, 45.14 and Ramon Miller, 45.48. Six of the starters were Jamaicans with Oral Thompson, 46.24; Jermaine Gayle, 46.53; Allodin Fothergill, 46.55; Peter Matthews, 46.91 and Dwight Mullings, 47.04 taking the other places.

Things got off to a rough start for the Jamaicans in the 400m hurdles as national junior record holder Ristananna Tracey and Shevon Stoddart struggled and were both left at the back of the field by eventual winner Ajoke Adumosu (Nigeria), who took the event in 55.09.

Tracey, who has a personal best of 54.58 finished sixth in 57.83 while Stoddart, who had a decent opening 200m, faded and had to settle for fourth spot in 57.01. The United States' Tiffany Williams, 55.16 and Queen Harrison, 56.84, finished second and third, respectively.