LIMA, Peru — There is optimism in the Jamaican camp going into today’s second day of the World Athletics Under-20 Championships at Estadio Atletico de la Videna in Lima, Peru, after the qualification of sprinters Deandre Daley, Gary Card and Alana Reid for their respective 100m final.

The youngsters highlighted two sessions of mixed results for the Jamaicans on a cold day that saw the conditions progressively worsen, a big difference from Monday’s sunny conditions.

Reid will be seeking to become the fourth-straight Jamaican to win the women’s 100m after Briana Williams in Tampere, Finland in 2018 and Tina Clayton in Nairobi, Kenya- 2021 and Cali, Colombia 2022.

Of note, no American has qualified for either final, the women for the first time since 2012.

Jamaica failed to open its medal tally after the mixed 4x400m relay team finished fourth and Shaiquan Dunn was ninth in the men’s shot put final.

Shanque Williams replaced Nastassia Fletcher on the second leg and joined Demarco Bennett, Marchino Rose and Alliah Baker as they ran 3:22.77 seconds, faster than the 3:24.77 seconds they ran in the morning’s heats.

Dunn had a best mark of 18.92m, missing a top eight place after he threw 19.53m in the qualifying.

Another 10 athletes will make their first entry at the championships today in the men’s and women’s 400m, which will have two rounds, the prelims and semi-finals; the men’s and women’s 400m hurdles and the women’s triple jump.

Jabari Matheson and Kemarrio Bygrave are down to contest the men’s 400m; Abrina Wright and Shanque Williams will be in the women’s 400m; Daniel Wright and Trevoy Smith will run in the men’s 400m hurdles; Kelly-Ann Carr and Deschanique Douglas are in the women’s 400m hurdles, while Jaeda Robinson and Jade-Ann Dawkins will contest the women’s triple jump.

Reid, the world leader and who had won silver in the 200m two years ago in Cali, Colombia, eased her way to a comfortable win, running 11.44 seconds (-0.3m/s) and said afterwards, “I needed to come out here and execute as much just to make it to the finals. I did just that and it is just for me to just go back now and rest and come back for tomorrow’s final.”

She told the Jamaica Observer she was pleased with her execution.

“I didn’t want to go too hard or too easy, so I think the performance that I did was fine.”

Reid was aware of the big footsteps she was following and told the Jamaica Observer, “It’s something I’m looking forward towards. It’s just for me to keep on trying my best and try to continue that legacy,” adding that the time she spent with the Jamaican team in Paris at the Olympic Games “made me less nervous coming out here, I’m not nervous, I just know that I have to give of my best to get my best. And that’s what I’m doing and I’m pleased with my performance so far.”

Daley also won his semi-final in 10.34 seconds (-0.9m/s) and said he accomplished all he set out to do.

“The conditions were extremely cold, I felt a little tightness before I came out and I was hoping that I would get an injury free race and I got that so I am happy,” Daley said.

With his personal coach Stephen Francis watching from the stands, Card finished third in 10.39 seconds (-0.6m/s) advancing on time, but said he was not worried. “It’s just the semis, no need to feel pressured, I know that I was making it to the final and it is just for me to put together a good execution and finish good in the final.

Meanwhile, Chavez Penn qualified for Thursday’s final of the men’s triple jump after taking the 12th and final spot in the preliminaries held on Tuesday after jumping 15.32m (1.0m/s).

Penn’s best mark came in the final round as he edged Columbia’s Santiago David Theran- 15.30m (-1.3m/s) for a spot in Thursday’s final.

Penn jumped 15.11m (-1.6m.s) in the opening round but fouled his second-round effort.

Both women’s discus throwers Shamoyea Morris and Najhada Seymoure failed to get past the first round.

Seymoure could only manage 47.24m, which she threw twice before fouling her final effort, for 12th in her group, while Morris had one legal mark 43,82m in her group.

Kitania Headley was eighth in her women’s 800m first -round race, running 2:14.81 seconds and did not make progress.

Meanwhile, Rohanna Sudlow failed to get past the first round of the women’s long jump, finishing 14th overall with a best of 5.94m (-1.5m/s), missing the final by two spots and two centimetres.