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Keri Lees
Keri Lees (née Maddox; born 4 July 1972 in Stone, Staffordshire is a female retired English athlete. Athletics career She competed in the 100 metres hurdles and 400 metres hurdles. and represented her country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, as well as three World Championships (1993, 1999, 2001). She represented England in both the 100 metres hurdles and 400 metres hurdles events, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Competition record Personal bests Outdoor *100 metres hurdles – 12.95 (+1.1 m/s) (Seville 1999) *400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ... – 55.22 (Birmingham 2000) Indoor * 60 metres hurdles – 8.17 (Maebashi 1999) References 1972 births Living people People from Stone, Staffordshire Sportspeople ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stone, Staffordshire
Stone is a canal town and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, north of Stafford, south of Stoke-on-Trent and north of Rugeley. It was an urban district council and a rural district council before becoming part of the Borough of Stafford in 1974. Population Stone is a growing town, according to the national census. Stone recorded a population of 12,305 in 1991, 14,555 in 2001, and 16,385 in 2011. Etymology The place-name's meaning is exactly what is stated, a "stone, rock", from the Old English '' stān'' (stone). The local story is that the town was named after the pile of stones taken from the River Trent raised on the graves of the two princes, Ruffin and Wulfad, killed in AD 665 by their father, King Wulfhere of Mercia, because of their conversion to Christianity. However, this legend is unlikely to be true. Wulfhere was already a Christian when he became king, and the story on which it is probably based is set by Bede in another part of the country over ten yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
