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American sprinter Justin Gatlin won the 100 meters at the Golden Spike meet on Tuesday, clocking 9.86 seconds to improve his own world-leading time of the year.

Gatlin has been unbeatable this season and pulled away from the rest of the field from the start, easing to victory despite facing a head wind of 0.4 meters per second.

Gatlin had set the previous world-leading time of 9.87 at the Beijing World Challenge meet last month.

In a 1-2 finish for the United States, Mike Rodgers came second in 10.08 ahead of veteran Sprint Legend  Kim Collins of St. Kitts and Nevis, who was third in 10.12.

In other events, LaShawn Merritt took the 400 in 44.16 while U.S. sprinter Allyson Felix won the women’s 200 in 22.75.