Davita Prendergast (born 6 December 1984 in Westmoreland) is a

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n sprinter, who specializes in the

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Career

She ran the

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with Jamaica at the

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and the team took the

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and recorded a Central American and Caribbean record in the process. Prendergast came in with the Jamaican relay team at the 2010 World Indoor Championships in third place, but was stripped of the bronze medal because of the disqualification of

Bobby-Gaye Wilkins Bobby-Gaye Wilkins (born 10 September 1988) is a Jamaican athlete who represented Jamaica at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China, winning a bronze medal in the 4×400 metres relay. Her first major international appearance came at the 2005 ...

Achievements

Personal bests

*200 meters – 23.34 seconds (2007) *400 meters – 51.24 seconds (2007)

References

* 1984 births Living people Jamaican female sprinters People from Westmoreland Parish World Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Commonwealth Games competitors for Jamaica Pan American Games competitors for Jamaica 20th-century Jamaican women 21st-century Jamaican women {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub