Trecia-Kaye Smith
{{short description|Jamaican athletics competitor}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Jamaican English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Trecia-Kaye Smith
| sport = Running
| event = Triple jump
| club =
| collegeteam =
| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1975|11|05|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Westmoreland, Jamaica
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education = University of Pittsburgh
| height = {{height|m=1.85}}
| weight = {{convert|76|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| medaltemplates ={{MedalCountry | {{JAM}} }}
{{MedalSport | Women's Athletics}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2005 Helsinki|Triple jump}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold | 2006 Melbourne | Triple jump}}
{{MedalGold | 2010 Delhi | Triple jump}}
{{MedalBronze | 2002 Manchester| Triple jump}}
{{MedalCompetition|CAC Junior Championships (U20)}}
{{MedalGold |1994 Port of Spain | Long jump}}
{{MedalSilver |1994 Port of Spain | Heptathlon}}
{{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)}}
{{MedalGold |1994 Bridgetown | Long jump}}
{{MedalCompetition|CARIFTA Games
Youth (U17)}}
{{MedalBronze |1990 Kingston |Long jump}}
}}
Trecia-Kaye Smith (born 5 November 1975 in Westmoreland, Jamaica) is a retired Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump.
Career
In college, she competed for the University of Pittsburgh from 1996 to 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 an "NCAA Division 1 Most Outstanding Student-Athlete".http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/w-track/spec-rel/050107aaa.html {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}http://pittsburghpanthers.cstv.com/sports/w-track/spec-rel/031207aaa.html {{Dead link|date=March 2022}}
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.Foster, Anthony (2009-06-28). [http://www.iaaf.org/WCH09/news/kind=100/newsid=51359.html Bolt 9.86 and Fraser 10.88; Walker and Phillips excel over hurdles - JAM Champs, Day 2]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-06-28. 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.{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2024 |title=Introducing the Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame Class of 2024 |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/2024/03/featured/collegiate-track-field-cross-country-athlete-hall-of-fame-class-of-2024 |access-date=March 25, 2024}}
Achievements
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|class=wikitable style="text-align:center; font-size: 90%;}} | |
| colspan="6"|Representing {{JAM}} | |
|---|---|
| 1990
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |Long jump |5.25 m | |
| 1992
|4th |High jump |1.60 m | |
| rowspan = "6"|1994
|rowspan = "3"|CARIFTA Games (U-20) |rowspan = "3"|Bridgetown, Barbados |4th |400 m hurdles |72.27 | |
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|Long jump |6.06 m | |
| 4th
|Javelin |31.22 m | |
| rowspan = "2"|Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)
|rowspan = "2"|Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |bgcolor=gold|1st |Long jump |6.40 m | |
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
|Heptathlon |4899 pts | |
| World Junior Championships
|Lisbon, Portugal |11th |Long jump |6.12 m w (wind: +3.1 m/s) | |
| 1997
|Athens, Greece |31st (q) |Triple jump |13.34 m (-0.3 m/s) | |
| rowspan=3|2001
|rowspan=2|Central American and Caribbean Championships |rowspan=2|Guatemala City, Guatemala |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |Long jump |6.68 m A | |
| bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|Long jump |14.12 m A | |
| World Championships
|Edmonton, Canada | 8th |Triple jump |13.92 m (-1.3 m/s) | |
| rowspan=2|2002 | Manchester, United Kingdom
|bgcolor="CC9966"| 3rd |Triple jump |14.32 m PB |
| World Cup
|Madrid, Spain | 4th |Triple jump |13.82 m (0.4 m/s) | |
| rowspan=3|2004
|Budapest, Hungary | 4th |Triple jump |14.71 m NR | |
| Olympic Games
|Athens, Greece | 4th |Triple jump |15.02 m (0.5 m/s) | |
| World Athletics Final
|Monte Carlo, Monaco | 7th |Triple jump |14.53 m (-0.5 m/s) | |
| rowspan=2|2005
|Helsinki, Finland |bgcolor="gold"| 1st |Triple jump |15.11 m (0.8 m/s) WL | |
| World Athletics Final
|Monte Carlo, Monaco | 4th |Triple jump |14.69 m (0.4 m/s) | |
| rowspan=3|2006
|Moscow, Russia | 4th |Triple jump |14.84 m NR | |
| Commonwealth Games
|Melbourne, Australia |bgcolor="gold"| 1st |Triple jump | |
| World Cup
|Athens, Greece | 4th |Triple jump | |
| 2007
|Osaka, Japan |24th (q) |Triple jump |13.47 m (-0.3 m/s) | |
| 2008
|11th |Triple jump |14.12 m (0.5 m/s) | |
| 2009
|Berlin, Germany |5th |Triple jump |14.48 m (-0.2 m/s) | |
| 2010 | New Delhi, India
|bgcolor="gold"| 1st |Triple jump |14.19 m SB |
| 2012
|London, United Kingdom |7th |Triple jump |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{World Athletics||Trecia Kaye Smith}}
- {{SR/Olympics profile|sm/trecia-smith-1|Trecia Smith}}
- [http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20101009/sports/images/India5.jpg Picture of Trecia Smith]
{{Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year}}
{{Footer World Champions Triple Jump Women}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions Triple Jump Women}}
{{Footer WBYP Triple Women}}
{{Footer Collegiate Track Field Cross Country Athlete Hall of Fame}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Westmoreland Parish
Category:Jamaican female triple jumpers
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic athletes for Jamaica
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Pittsburgh Panthers women's track and field athletes
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica
Category:Commonwealth Games athletes for Jamaica
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica
Category:World Athletics Championships winners
Category:20th-century Jamaican women
Category:21st-century Jamaican sportswomen
Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Jamaican Athletics Championships winners
Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
Category:Jamaican female long jumpers
Category:NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics
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