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Born | Westmoreland, Jamaica | 5 November 1975|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Triple jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Trecia-Kaye Smith (born 5 November 1975 in Westmoreland, Jamaica) is a retired Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump.
Career
[edit]In college, she competed for the University of Pittsburgh from 1996–1999 and was a seven-time NCAA national champion (two outdoor and three indoor long jump titles and one outdoor and one indoor triple jump title), 15-time All-American, a 14-time Big East Conference champion, and a 15-time Eastern College Athletic Conference champion. Trecia was named to the NCAA Division 1 Silver Anniversary Indoor Team and a "NCAA Division 1 Most Outstanding Student-Athlete".[1][2]
Her personal best is 15.16 metres, and she almost equaled that result at the 2005 World Championships where she won the gold medal with 15.11 metres.
Smith won triple jump at the 2009 Jamaican Championship with 14.43 m, qualifying for her fifth World Championships in Athletics.[3] She retained her Commonwealth triple jump title at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and she was given the David Dixon Award for her performance. The decision was a surprise in many quarters as she had only one legal jump at the competition, a modest mark of 14.19 m which she herself acknowledged was "a terrible jump".
Smith was inducted into the USTFCCCA Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame in 2024.[4]
Achievements
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/w-track/spec-rel/050107aaa.html [dead link]
- ^ http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/w-track/spec-rel/031207aaa.html [dead link]
- ^ Foster, Anthony (2009-06-28). Bolt 9.86 and Fraser 10.88; Walker and Phillips excel over hurdles - JAM Champs, Day 2. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-28.
- ^ "Introducing the Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame Class of 2024". 22 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
External links
[edit]- Trecia Kaye Smith at World Athletics
- Trecia Smith at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Picture of Trecia Smith