Kerry-Ann Richards

Kerry-Ann Richards
Personal information
Born (1976-04-22) 22 April 1976
Kingston, Jamaica
Sport
SportTrack and field
Medal record
Representing  Jamaica
World Junior Championships
1994 Lisbon 4x100m relay
Pan American Games
1999 Winnipeg 4x100m relay
Central American and Caribbean Games
1993 Ponce 4x100m relay

Kerry-Ann Richards (born 22 April 1976) is a Jamaican track and field athlete.[1] She represented her country in sprinting on several junior and senior teams. She won gold medals as part of the Jamaican 4×100 metres relay teams at the 1999 Pan American Games. Richards ran track collegiately at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign where she was six-times Big Ten Conference champion, Big Ten Freshman of the Year and three times NCAA Division I All-American. Richards earned her master's degree at Illinois in 2000, was named to the National Dean's List as well as being an multiple times NCAA Academic All-American.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Athlete Profile Kerry-Ann Richards". IAAF. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Q&A with Kerry Ann Richards". Fighting Illini. 24 April 2000.