The Reebok Grand Prix, one of the stellar events on the annual athletics calendar, will once again feature two of hottest races of the season.  Track fans are set to gather at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island, New York, on May 31st, to see Jamaica's Veronica Campbell-Brown take on Lauryn Williams of the U.S.

As at the Penn Relays, it will definitely be a U.S. versus Jamaica showdown as the rivalries between the small island and the huge United States continues to grow as Jamaican athletes excel around the world. 

Campbell-Brown returns to New York as the 100-meter World Champion, thanks to her gold medal at that distance in Osaka last summer. Add her title as the reigning Olympic gold medalist at 200 meters and the Jamaican sprint queen is perhaps the most-lethal female sprinter in the world as the 2008 season gets under way.

Last year, Campbell-Brown ran four of the five fastest times in the world for 100 meters, including her victory at last year's meet in 10.93 seconds.

Williams brought home silver from Osaka, after a virtual tie with Campbell-Brown at 100 meters. The popular American is the 2005 100-meter World Champion and 2004 Olympic silver medalist, and is a two-time 4x100m World Champion as well. Her rematch with Campbell-Brown at 100 meters in New York will be closely watched as a preview of the Olympic final later this summer.

Also on the cards is another mouth watering clash between Usain Bolt, the second fastest man ever, and American sprint star Tyson Gay, the reigning 100m World Champion. They will match strides in the men's 100m.

Organisers have announced that Bolt, the 200 meters junior world record holder, who clocked 9.76 seconds at last weekend's Jamaica International Invitational, will face Gay for the first time over the short sprint.