World 100-metre hurdles gold medallist Brigitte Foster-Hilton, former world 100m record-holder Asafa Powell and Nesta Carter are scheduled to open their 2010 season at today's 10th staging of the Queen's/Grace Jackson track meet.
The meet is set to start at 10:00 am at Stadium East track , before switching to the main stadium at 3:30 pm.
Chair-person of the organising commitee, Olive McNaughton, yesterday confirmed that a number of star athletes from the MVP track club, who were initially entered to compete have since withdrawn from the meet.
"Some of the MVP athletes are hurt and will not be participating," McNaughton told Sporting World.
"Asafa, Brigitte and Nesta are definitely on... (but) Melaine (Walker), Sherone (Simpson) and Shericka (Williams) may not be starting according to the updated registration," she added.
Foster-Hilton, who secured Jamaica's first-ever World Championship gold medal in the sprint hurdles last summer in Berlin, is down to run the 400m.
Powell, who placed third in the 100m in Berlin, will also contest the 400m, while Nesta Carter, who started Jamaica's world record sprint relay team at the Beijing Olympics, will contest the 100m.
Despite the fact that the meet is being staged at two venues for the first time in its 10-year history, McNaughton expects things to go well iirespective.
"We are very happy that we're putting on the meet in whatever format," she said.
"We really have a full house in-terms of number of schools and participation... we expect close to 2,000 athletes to compete," McNaughton added.
The other events down for competition are 200m, 800m, 1,500m, 4x400 relays on the track as well as the triple jump, high jump and long jump in the field.
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