Jamaican Kerron Stewart and Chris Brown, of The Bahamas, registered English-speaking Caribbean wins at The IAAF Rome Golden League meet on Friday.

Stewart produced a fabulous world-leading 10.75 seconds, the second-fastest time ever by a Caribbean athlete, to win the women's 100 metres, and Brown won the men's 400 in 44.81 seconds.

American Tyson Gay won the men's 100 in 9.77 seconds ahead of the Jamaican pair of Asafa Powell and Yohan Blake.

Stewart, a silver-medallist at the Beijing Olympics last year, sped to her quickest time ever while becoming the fourth-fastest woman all-time over 100 metres.

Only Merlene Ottey (10.74) has gone faster as a Caribbean woman and the only others ahead of her on the all-time list are Americans Florence Griffith-Joyner (10.49) and Marion Jones (10.65) and the French runner Christine Arron (10.73).

Stewart's time also toppled her Jamaican teammate and reigning Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser as the world-leader.

Fraser got second in 10.91 and Bahamian Chandra Sturrup was third in a season's best 10.99, as Caribbean runners swept the top three spots.

9.77 seconds win

The final was proliferated with Caribbean runners as Trinidad and Tobago's (T&T) Kelly-Ann Baptiste was fifth in 11.06, followed by Bahamian Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie (11.11) sixth, with Jamaicans Sheri-Ann Brooks (11.18) and Aleen Bailey (11.22) eighth and ninth, respectively.

Gay, the reigning world champion, eclipsed Usain Bolt as the world leader with a superb win in 9.77 seconds, dismissing the Jamaicans.

Powell ran a personal season's best 9.88 for second, and young rising 19-year-old Yohan Blake clocked a career-best 9.96 seconds for third, as other Caribbean runners placed fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth, respectively - Antiguan Daniel Bailey with a personal best 9.97, Jamaican Steve Mullings (10.01), T&T's Richard Thompson (10.05) and Jamaican Michael Frater (10.09).

Brown clocked a season's best 44.81 seconds to win the men's 400 in which T&T's Renny Quow was third in 45.02

Jamaica-born American Sanya Richards won the women's 400 in 49.46 ahead of Jamaican Shericka Williams (50.31), and there were podium finishes for Jamaicans in both hurdle events.

American Dawn Harper (12.85) took the 100 hurdles over Delloreen Ennis-London, who clocked a season's best 12.67 and Brigitte Foster-Hylton (12.68), and Olympic champion Melaine Walker was third in the 400 hurdles in a season's best 54.58, as Poland's Anna Jesien (54.31) won ahead of American Sheena Tosta (54.57).