Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, the self-described village kid from a South Carolina seaport, who had two (partial) college scholarship offers, who saved her dad’s life at age 17, is now the world 100m ...

Last Oct. 12, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden boarded a float, wearing her Olympic 100m bronze medal and 4x100m relay gold medal, for a parade down Front Street. So often growing up, she gathered there for ...

Jamaica’s Oblique Seville crowned himself world 100m champion after blazing to a personal-best 9.77 seconds in Tokyo, with American Melissa Jefferson-Wooden obliterating the world championship record ...

This time, Kishane Thompson held off Noah Lyles. Thompson beat Lyles — 9.87 seconds to 9.90 — on Saturday in their first race together since Lyles overtook Thompson for Olympic 100m gold by five ...