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Sprint Medley Relay
The sprint medley relay (SMR) is a track and field event in which teams of four athletes compete over sprinting distances as part of a relay race. Unlike most track relays, each member of the team runs a different distance. The sprint medley is rather uncommon, run most frequently at non-championship track meets which are focused on relays. Since these are not championship events, specific criteria for the event are not in common rulebooks. This leads to localized variations. Sprint medley usually consists of two shorter sprints, followed by two single longer events. Usual conduct for safety is to run the shorter events first, in lanes to allow faster moving sprinters to exchange without interference. And faster moving athletes will have a more consistent tempo to prepare a handoff than with longer sprinters who are more prone to decelerate inconsistently as they finish their leg. By running two shorter sprints, mathematically the events can be conducted over an even number of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Track And Field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events. Track and field is categorized under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running and racewalking. The foot racing events, which include sprints, middle- and long-distance events, racewalking, and hurdling, are won by the athlete who completes it in the least time. The jumping and throwing events are won by those who achieve the greatest distance or height. Regular jumping events include long jump, triple jump, high jump, and pole vault, while the most common throwing events are shot put, javelin, discus, and hammer. There are also "combined events" or "multi events", such as the pentathlon consisting of five events, heptathlon consisting of seven events, and decathlon consisting of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhonda Blanford
Rhonda is a given name derived from Rhondda, which is a Welsh name. Notable people with the name include: * Rhonda Adams (born 1971), American model and actress *Rhonda Bates (born 1949), American actress *Rhonda Belle Martin (1907–1957), American serial killer * Rhonda Britten (born 1960), the founder of the Fearless Living Institute, speaker and bestselling author *Rhonda Burchmore (born 1960), Australian entertainer *Rhonda Byrne (born 1951), Australian television writer and producer *Rhonda Cator (born 1966), retired badminton player from Australia * Rhonda Cornum, Ph.D., M.D., captured during the Gulf War and molested by her Iraqi captors * Rhonda Corvese, Toronto-based international independent curator *Rhonda Faehn (born 1971), American college gymnastics coach and former college and elite gymnast *Rhonda Fleming (1923–2020), American film and television actress *Rhonda Galbally (born 1948), Australian, currently the Chair of the Royal Women's Hospital Melbourne *Rhond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharrieffa Barksdale
Sharrieffa Barksdale (born February 16, 1961) is an American hurdler. She was born in Harriman, Tennessee. She competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where she reached the semi-finals in women's 400 m hurdles. Barksdale owns one on one training academy. Barksdale was an American record holder in 400 m hurdles. Sharrieffa Barksdale is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho. She also represented her country at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics and was a silver medalist at the 1983 Pan American Games. She was the national champion at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships that same year. She was an All-American athlete at the University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state .... References External links * * Barksdale supports Lady ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state, it is the flagship campus of the University of Tennessee system, with ten undergraduate colleges and eleven graduate colleges. It hosts more than 30,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 foreign countries. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". UT's ties to nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory, established under UT President Andrew Holt and continued under the UT–Battelle partnership, allow for considerable research opportunities for faculty and students. Also affiliated with the university are the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy, the University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, and the University of Tennessee Arboretum, which occupies of nearby Oak R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verone Chambers
Verone Chambers (born December 16, 1988) is a Jamaican sprinter. She ran for Oklahoma Baptist University, graduating in 2012 after winning 18 NAIA championship titles, a record high for OBU women. Chambers was part of Jamaica's silver-medal-winning 4x400 m relay team at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships, although she only ran in the heats. At the 2015 Pan American Games, she again ran in the 4x400 m relay for Jamaica, and won a silver medal along with Anastasia Le-Roy, Chrisann Gordon, and Bobby-Gaye Wilkins. She ran in the 4x400 m relay at the 2017 IAAF World Relays, winning third place. Chambers is from in Clarendon, 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 His .... References Living people 1988 births Jamaican female sprinters Pan American Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anastasia Le-Roy
Anastasia Le-Roy (born 11 September 1987) is a Jamaican track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ... athlete, who specializes in the 400 metres. Le-Roy, in recent times has positioned herself as a key member of Jamaica's 4 x 400 metres women team and helped them in setting a games' record of 3 minutes 23.82 seconds (3:23.82) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Personal bests *All information taken from IAAF profile. Competition record 1: Competed only in the heat. 2: Disqualified in the final References External links * Living people 1987 births Sportspeople from Manchester Parish Jamaican female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Morrison
Natasha Morrison (born 17 November 1992) is a Jamaican sprinter. She represented her country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing finishing seventh in the individual 100 metres and winning gold in the 4 × 100 metres relay. International competitions Personal bests Outdoor *100 metres – 10.87 (+1.3 m/s, Florida 2021) *200 metres – 23.08 (+1.6 m/s, Sundsvall 2013) Indoor *60 metres 60 metres, or 60-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a championship event for indoor championships, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor venues it is a rare distance, at least for senior ath ... – 7.15 (Houston 2016) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Morrison, Natasha 1992 births Living people Jamaican female sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica People from Saint Catherine Parish World Athletics Championships medalists Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audra Segree , an Arizona-based American musical band
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Audra may refer to: * Audra (given name) * Audra, West Virginia, an unincorporated community on the Middle Fork River in Barbour County, West Virginia, United States * Audra State Park, a West Virginian state park located on of land in southwestern Barbour County, adjacent to the town of Audra * Audra (band) Audra is an Arizona-based post-punk band formed in 1991 in Mesa, Arizona by brothers Bret and Bart Helm. Audra broke out onto the national scene in 2000 when they signed with indie label Projekt Records. They have since released four full-length ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diane Dixon
Diane Lynn Dixon (born September 23, 1964) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She has an Olympic gold medal for running with the American 4x400 meters relay team at the 1984 Olympics, running in the preliminary rounds. She competed for the United States in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea in the 4 x 400 metres where she won the Silver medal with her teammates Denean Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks and Florence Griffith Joyner. Second place in that race is still the second fastest time ever run in that event behind the winning Soviet team and the current American record. She set her personal record of 49.84 while finishing third in an open semi-final in Seoul. Four years earlier she ran in the qualifying heat for the same relay that eventually took gold. Dixon was also a part of two medal-winning teams in the 4x400 relay at the IAAF World Championships, taking a bronze in 1987 in Rome and a silv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Jackson
Grace Jackson-Small (born 14 June 1961) is a Jamaican former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 and 200 metres. She won an Olympic silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and is a former Jamaican record-holder in the 200m and 400m. She was Jamaican Sportswoman of the Year in 1986 and 1988. Career Born in St. Ann, Jamaica, West Indies Federation, Jackson reached the 100m and 200m finals in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, finishing fifth in both. A year later, she won the 200m title at the 1985 Universiade and finished second in the 100m and 200m at the 1985 IAAF World Cup. She won a bronze medal in the 200m at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships behind Heike Drechsler and Merlene Ottey. The highlight of her career was at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, where she won a silver medal in the 200m behind Florence Griffith-Joyner's still-standing world record of 21.34. Jackson ran a Jamaican record time of 21.72 seconds that was .01 seconds short o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Nelson (athlete)
Helena Nelson (born 1953) is a poet, critic, publisher and the founding editor of Happen''Stance'' Press. She has lived in Fife, Scotland, since 1977. Early life and education Nelson was born in Knutsford in Cheshire, England. She attended the Universities of York and Manchester, achieving a BA Hons in English Literature, and an MA in eighteenth century literature respectively. She worked for 25 years as a tutor in English and Communication at Fife College. Poetry career and awards ''Spectrum'' magazine were first to publish Nelson's work in 1992, followed by ''The Dark Horse''. She won the Keats Shelley Memorial Association Millennium Competition in 2000, with an essay about Keats. In 2001, Nelson's debut pamphlet ''Mr and Mrs Philpott on Holiday at Auchterawe, & Other Poems'' was published by Kettillonia Press, the independent publisher established by novelist and poet James Robertson. Her first full collection, ''Starlight on Water'', was published in 2003 by The Rial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Inniss
Jennifer Innis (sometimes spelled Inniss; born 21 November 1959) is a Guyanese and American former sprinter and long jumper. Innis represented Guyana at the 1979 Pan American Games. She competed in the women's 100 metres and long jump at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Innis was a finalist in the 1983 World Championships long jump, finishing eleventh. For thirty years, she held the Guyanese women's national record for 100 meters at 11.26 seconds until it was surpassed by Brenessa Thompson in 2017 with a time of 11.14 seconds. She was the model for the female bronze statue outside the Los Angeles Coliseum created by sculptor Robert Graham for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games. Innis competed in the long jump at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Innis then represented the United States at the 1987 Pan American Games, winning a silver medal in the long jump. At the 1987 World Championships long jump, she finished seventh. At the 1989 World Indoor Championships, she placed eighth. At the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
