Women's 100mH Elite League: Alaysha Johnson enters chat with blistering 12.27s at Ed Murphy Classic

The women's 100m Hurdles event with each meet this season, continues to prove why it is the most competitive and highly anticipated event ahead of the World Championships in Tokyo.

At the Ed Murphy Classic in Memphis, Alaysha Johnson entered the chat as one of the fastest hurdlers this year after storming to a Season's Best (SB) of 12.32s (1.9) to win her 100mH heat.

She was just 0.01s off her Personal Best (PB) from last year, finishing ahead of Destiny Huven, who ran a PB of 12.55s, edging Christina Clemons in 12.57s.

Not resting on her feat, Johnson came back in a faster form in the final, powering to a blistering 12.27s (2.1m/s), ahead of Clemons in 12.39s, and Huven third in 12.45s.

Her winning time would have been a new PB and made her the fifth fastest woman in the world this year, but for the marginally excessive wind reading above the legal 2.0m/s mark.

Despite the wind disappointment, Johnson will take solace in the fact that she's back in the conversation of the best female hurdlers this season, with her time making her the fifth hurdler to go under the sub-12.30s under all conditions behind Masai Russell (12.17s), Tia Jones (12.19s), Grace Stark (12.21s), and Tobi Amusan (12.24s).

Also, she's now a top challenger to chase for a spot in the highly competitive US pool for the World Championships in Tokyo this September.

This shows the women's 100mH is arguably the most anticipated event ahead of Tokyo, with no clear pundits' favourite for the world title, having close to seven women, including the Jamaican trio of Megan Tapper, Ackera Nugent, and reigning world champion Danielle Williams, capable of challenging for the gold medal or even breaking Amusan's world record of 12.12s.

With the impeccable performances produced by these talented speedsters this year, track fans are being treated to arguably the greatest women's hurdling season in history.