May 25, 2025 – Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat, Morocco. The diamond league season has been underway, and it was in Rabat where a fiery field of Shericka Jackson, Jacious Sears, Maia McCoy, and others lined up for the 100-meter race. While everyone had their eyes on the finish line, Shericka had it keener, for that could have been her first victory of 2025. And so it was. She clocked a 11.04 for the win while this 23-year-old track and field athlete finished second with a time of 11.11. While she must have looked for another win in her next race, there was also something else she wanted to do.

Freelance Track & field writer for World Athletics, Noel Francis reported on X that, “American sprinter Jacious Sears is looking forward to running a new PB when she competes in the women’s 100m @racersgrandprix. Her PB is 10.77 set in April 2024. The race should be a humdinger with the Clayton twins and company. @dpos_smith@hu_pow@rick_case.” On April 13, 2024 at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in Gainesville, Jacious Sears sprinted a blistering 10.77s in her first outdoor 100 m of the season, making it the second-fastest collegiate time ever, just 0.02s shy of Sha’Carri Richardson’s NCAA record, and marking a new world lead that year. Unfortunately, a Jamaican stood in her way of this wish. What happened?

While the whole of America rooted for the star to win, Jacious Sears just fell short of securing the number 1 position once again. The American track and field athlete donned the sprint suit to take the track once again in the Racers Grand Prix being held in Kingston, Jamaica. Another heartbreak followed her as she clocked a time of  11.04 seconds to finish at number 2. Tina Clayton dominated on her home soil with a time of 10.98 seconds, and Pemba Nelson settled for third with a time of  11.32.

Sears took to lane number 3, and it was initially she who had the lead in the race when the bullet crackled through the silence. But towards the end of the race, Tina Clayton had a sudden burst of speed. The commentator said, “It’s Tina Clayton on the outside,” his pitch getting higher, “oh she’s pulling up,” and before anybody got to know, she had pulled up, “it’s Tia who’ll come through in the end to beat Sears”. It was a close race, but the Jamaican just got the better of the American track and field athlete.

This loss again adds to the notion that the white Jacious Sears has been rocking in the hundred meters, the 100 and 200 meters are in her favor.  In 2025, at the USA Indoor Championships held in New York, she sprinted to a solid personal best of 7.11 seconds, finishing second against some of the nation’s top competitors. This is one of her great performances in the 60 meters, while as far as 100 and 200m is concerned..

Three digits against Jacious Sears

It all started when she lost her first 60-meter race in the USA indoor championships. She clocked a time of 7.02 seconds. She kicked off her 2025 outdoor season in early April at the Grand Slam Track meet in Kingston, Jamaica. There she ran 23.79 seconds in the 200 meters with a strong headwind, placing third, followed by an 11.25-second effort in the 100 meters, again finishing third.

A month later, Sears competed again at the Grand Slam Track meet in Miramar, Florida. On May 2, she clocked a fast 10.98 seconds in the 100 meters but finished fifth in a deep field, demonstrating just how competitive the sprint scene has become. The very next day, she ran the 200 meters in 22.89 seconds but placed seventh, still searching for the consistency and speed that marked her breakthrough performances the previous year. After this was the Rabat diamond league, where she finished third again.