The year 2019 could not have been a better year for Rushell

Clayton as she won a bronze medal in the 400m hurdles at the World Championship

and completed her degree, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Library and Information

Studies from the University of the West Indies (UWI).

Clayton stunned the world by claiming a bronze medal in a

personal best of 53.74 seconds in a race which will go down in history as the

fastest 400m ever as American Dalilah Muhammad won in a new World Record of

52.16.

The 27-year-old Clayton made a post on Facebook announcing her

academic achievement with her graduation picture.

“I’m glad I have a pic to show my child and maybe grandchild,”

she posted.

Then she thanked two persons who made it possible. Dalton Myers,

former director of sports at UWI and her coach Okeile Stewart.

“Thank you @daltonsmyers and @okeilestewart You two made this happen”, she

noted.

Clayton became Jamaica’s national 400m champion in July and also

won a bronze medal at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.