Brianna Lyston
Brianna Lyston is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 60m, 100m and 200m. Lyston is the winner of the 2022 World U20 Championship in the 200m. Lyston is also the current (2024) NCAA Indoor 60m Champion, competing for LSU. Lyston is clearly one of Jamaica’s most talented sprinters of the future, and possibly the current.
World U20 200m champion, 2022
NCAA Indoor 60m champion, 2024
7.03
9 March 2024
10.91
11 May 2024 · legal wind
22.31
9 May 2024
4th
7.05 s · season’s best
Athlete Profile
Career: From Hydel High to International Competition
Brianna Lyston developed her sprinting career at Hydel High School in Jamaica before competing at junior international level and later representing Louisiana State University (LSU). Her progress from school championships to major international events included a World U20 title in 2022 and an NCAA indoor 60 m title in 2024.
Hydel High · Cali
Lyston emerged from Jamaica’s school sprinting system at Hydel High School. Her breakthrough on the international stage came in August 2022 at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia. She won the 200 m final in 22.65 seconds with a 0.0 m/s wind reading, ahead of Jayla Jamison of the United States (22.77) and fellow Jamaican Alana Reid (22.95).
That result was a junior world title in her own right, not a school or national-team honour attributed to another athlete. It also marked a key transition from domestic junior racing to higher-profile international competition. Her next step was collegiate athletics in the United States.
NCAA · SEC
Lyston developed her sprinting program as a freshman at LSU while contributing to the Tigers’ relays. Lyston ran the third leg as LSU won the SEC 4 × 100 m title in 42.92. Later, the Tigers took third at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 42.52 and Lyston earned first-team All-American honors.
LSU named Lyston the Louisiana Sports Writers Association Women’s Freshman of the Year. Though her breakthrough on the individual level came the following year, the experience gained at the highest level of US collegiate sprinting was beneficial in her quest to dominate the NCAA in 2024.
LSU · Indoor
Lyston competed for LSU in the 2025 indoor track and field. She took second place in the SEC indoor 60m. and made the NCAA indoor final, earning first-team All-American honors. She ran a season’s best of 7.13 in the 60m.
According to the LSU statistics, Lyston did not compete outdoors in 2025.
Lyston’s Career Statistics and Honors
Most of Lyston’s career personal bests were done while she was at LSU and are shown below, distinguishing wind legal marks from assisted marks.
| Event or achievement | Result | Year/context |
|---|---|---|
| 60 m indoor personal best | 7.03 s | 2024 NCAA indoor title |
| 100 m legal personal best | 10.91 s | 2024 SEC Championships |
| 200 m personal best | 22.31 s | 2024 SEC Championships |
| 100 m wind-assisted mark | 10.84 s (+2.2 m/s) | April 2024; not a legal PB |
| World U20 200 m | Gold, 22.65 s | Cali, 2022 |
| NCAA indoor 60 m | Gold, 7.03 s | Boston, 2024 |
| SEC indoor 60 m | Gold, 7.08 s | 2024 |
| SEC outdoor 100 m | Gold, 10.91 s | 2024 |
| NCAA outdoor 100 m | Silver, 10.89w | 2024 |
Brianna Lyston’s International Career with Jamaica
Lyston won the 2022 World U20 title running for Jamaica and has the 200m win in the 2022 World U20 Final in Cali as her top junior international result. She went on to the senior ranks and made the final of the 2023 World Indoor Championships in the 60m.
| Championship | Event | Result |
|---|---|---|
| World Athletics U20 Championships, 2022 | 200 m | Gold, 22.65 s |
| World Athletics Indoor Championships, 2026 | 60 m | Fourth, 7.05 s |
At the 2026 World Indoor Championships in Poland, she represented Jamaica in the heats, semi-finals and final. These individual results should be kept separate from her LSU collegiate relay honours, which were earned for a university team rather than Jamaica’s national squad.
Brianna Lyston: 2026 Season and Results
21 March · 60 m · 7.05
March 21, 2026, Brianna Lyston clocked 7.05 seconds to place fourth in the World Athletics Indoor Championships final in Kujawy-Pomorze, Poland. The time matched her season’s best. Italy’s Zaynab Dosso clocked 7.00 to win the race. Jacious Sears of Saint Kitts and Nevis was second in 7.03, with Alfred of Canada, who was timed in 7.03, taking third.
Heat 7.06 · Semi 7.05
Lyston qualified for the semi-finals with an automatic first-round qualification, clocking 7.06. In the semis, she again timed 7.05. The time placed her among the eight fastest women at the championships.