Aaron Brown runs 100m in 9.97 seconds at windy Miramar Invitational

Aaron Brown ran to a sub 10-second result in the final of the men's 100-metres at the Miramar Invitational event in Florida on Saturday.

The Toronto sprinter crossed the line in a wind-aided 9.97 seconds, good for a third-place result behind Jamaicans Oblique Seville (9.91) and Ackeem Blake (9.93)

The race was run in 2.2 +m/s wind.

Fellow Canadian Jerome Blake was fifth in the final, with a tine of 10.05.

Aiyanna Stiverne, of Laval, Que., finished sixth in the women's 400 final with a time of 54.01. The event was won by American Shamier Little in 50.73.

Richardson victorious

In the women's 100 final, American Sha'Carri Richardson sprinted to an impressive finish in wind-aided time of 10.57 (+4.1 m/s wind).

Richardson had earlier qualified for the final in a 10.75  that was +4.5 m/s wind.