Melissa Jefferson-Wooden reaches another career milestone, joins Fraser-Pryce and Thompson-Herah in rare women's GOAT list

Funmilayo Fameso 03:39 - 18 August 2025

World leader Melissa Jefferson-Wooden comfortably won her 100m heats at Tokyo 2025

Olympic bronze medallist Melissa Jefferson-Wooden reached another milestone in her sprint career by joining Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson-Herah on an all-time list.

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden's exceptional 2025 season performances have been rewarded by joining an elite club of women's 100m GOAT list that includes Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Elaine Thompson-Herah.

Following a jaw-dropping performance at the Silesia Diamond League that saw her clock a blistering 10.66s to win the women's 100m event, the newly crowned American champion can now arguably count herself as one of the greatest of all time to run the sport.

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden 🇺🇸 storms to a Meet Record of 10.66s (0.1) to win the women's 100m in Silesia!

2. Tia Clayton 🇯🇲 10.82 (PB)
3. Marie Josée Ta Lou-Smith 🇨🇮 10.87
4. Tina Clayton 🇯🇲 10.91
5. Jacious Sears 🇺🇸 11.00
6. Sha'carri Richardson 🇺🇸 11.05 pic.twitter.com/bR7zE57UNg
— Track & Field Gazette (@TrackGazette) August 16, 2025

Jefferson-Wooden's winning time confirmed her 2025 season fast times and national title-winning personal best of 10.65s were no fluke, and she has consistently put her name as the favourite for the sprint world titles in Tokyo next month.

Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won the women's 100m at the Silesia Diamond League

By already running two 10.6 seconds this season, she has joined Fraser-Pryce and Thompson-Herah in an elite club of 100m women who have run sub-10.70 multiple times in their careers.