Widely regarded as the bible of track and field the magazine track & field news, has named Jamaica’s Briana Williams as the 2019 high school girls athlete of the year.

The 17-year-old Williams won 14 of 19 votes for the top spot over valor high school’s Anna hall and Chloe Cunliffe of west Seattle, who were second and third, respectively.

However, according to the magazine, Williams lost more than one ballot because of the doping issue that overshadowed her year and the fact that she did not compete for her high school, northeast high in Oakland Park, Florida, last season.

Williams missed representing Jamaica at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar in September when she tested positive for the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide after\ finishing third in the 100metres finals at the Jamaican national championships in June.

Notwithstanding the disappointing end to the season enjoyed a successful season. she won the Austin Sealy award for the second year running at the 2019 Carifta games in the Cayman islands in April after securing her second golden treble when she won she (100, 200, 4x100meters relay) in as many years at the championships.

She also won the NACAC under 18 100metres title in Mexico in July and the Pan Am Under 20 title in Costa Rica later that month. She also won the 100m at the greater southwest classic in New Mexico in early June in what was then a personal best 11.02 seconds.