Jamaica’s Kiara Grant ran a world leading, personal best and Clemson University record 7.09 seconds to win the women’s 60m final at the Red Raider Open at Texas Tech University on Friday.

Grant, the former Alpha Academy runner who transferred to Clemson from Norfolk State last year, tied Juliet Cuthbert for ninth-best all time by a Jamaican woman over the distance.

After leading the qualifying round with a time of 7.21 seconds, Grant lowered the Clemson record 7.19 seconds set in 2013 by Dezerea Bryant. Grant’s previous personal best was 7.11 seconds set in Arkansas last year,

Demsha Roswell of Texas Tech was second in the 60m hurdles in a personal best 7.98 seconds, beating the 7.99 seconds lifetime best she had set at the same venue last week. Masai Russell of the University of Kentucky won in 7.75 seconds, fastest in the world so far.

Wayne Lawrence Jr, formerly of Iowa, placed fifth in the men’s 600 yards in 1:10.96 while 400m hurdles specialist Garriel White of Louisiana State University was ninth in the women’s 200m in 24.49 seconds.

Another 400m hurdles specialist, Lashanna Graham of Clemson University, was eighth in the women’s 400m running 55.07 seconds while her teammate Kayan Green ran 2:14.88 for seventh in the women’s 800m.

At the Vanderbilt Invitational in Nashville, Tennessee, Daniel Cope of Clemson University was second in the men’s weight throw with a season’s best 21.76m.