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Kerry Ann Richards
Kerry-Ann Richards (born 22 April 1976) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She represented her country in sprint (running), sprinting on several junior and senior teams. She won gold medals as part of the Jamaican 4×100 metres relay teams at the Athletics at the 1999 Pan American Games, Pan American Games in 1999. 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. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Richards, Kerry-Ann 1976 births Living people Illinois Fighting Illini women's track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Jamaican female sprinters Pan Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola (the island containing the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic); the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands lies some to the north-west. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the Spanish brought large numbers of African slaves to Jamaica as labourers. The island remained a possession of Spain until 1655, when England (later Great Britain) conquered it, renaming it ''Jamaica''. Under British colonial rule Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on the African slaves and later their des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |