Grand Slam Track, the professional track competition launched by four-time Olympic Champion Michael Johnson, on Thursday announced the first group of challengers signed to compete in its Kingston leg, which will be held April 4-6 at the National Stadium.

The six announced challengers, all standout Jamaican competitors, are Tokyo Olympics champion in the 110m hurldes Hansle Parchment; Budapest world champion in the 100m hurdles, Danielle Williams; 400m hurdles national champion Malik James-King; World Under-20 champion in the 100m, Alana Reid; Olympic 110m hurdles finalist, Orlando Bennett; and Olympic finalist in the 400m hurdles, Shiann Salmon.

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These Challengers join the roster of 48 racers already announced to compete, including Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Gabby Thomas, Melissa Jefferson, Masai Russell, Alexis Holmes, Quincy Hall, Fred Kerley, Kenny Bednarek, Cole Hocker, Yared Nuguse, Grant Fisher, Josh Kerr, Matthew Hudson-Smith, Oblique Seville, Ackera Nugent, Roshawn Clarke, Rushell Clayton, Nickisha Price, Nikki Hiltz, Cyrena Samba-Mayela, Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, Alison Dos Santos, Ronald Kwemoi, Muzala Samukonga, Sasha Zhoya, Marileidy Paulino, Jess Hull, Marco Arop, Devon Allen, and many more.

More challenger announcements will be made in due course as the Kingston slam approaches, organisers said.

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All four Grand Slam Track events will be streamed live in the US on Peacock, including exclusive coverage of Slam Fridays, with the CW Network providing broadcast coverage of Slam Saturdays and Sundays. International broadcast information will be announced soon.

For more information, and the full roster of racers, persons can visit grandslamtrack.com, and follow @GrandSlamTrack on all social media platforms.

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