PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad & Tobago springer Leah Bertrand produced a sensational performance over the weekend at the 2025 Rod McCravy Memorial Track & Field meet to catapult into the top 10 in the world in the 60-metre dash.
Representing Simplex Athletics Club and Ohio State University at the Louisville, Kentucky, USA meet, Bertrand clocked 7.30 seconds in the preliminary rounds of the women’s 60 meters.
The 22-year-old’s time places her in the top 10 in the world for the year and makes her the third-fastest Caribbean athlete in the event so far this season.
Bertrand opted out of the semifinals the following day.
She also competed in the 200 meters at the meet, finishing fifth in the timed final in 24.09 seconds.
Bertrand won heat one of 15, comfortably ahead of Howard University duo Kailei Collins (24.72), Brooke Cochran (24.73), and Haley Zell of Western Kentucky (27.22).
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