Melissa Jefferson (born 21 February, 2001) is an American track and field sprinter. She attends and competes at

Coastal Carolina University Coastal Carolina University (CCU or Coastal) is a public university in Conway, South Carolina. Founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, and later joining the University of South Carolina System as USC Coastal Carolina, it became an in ...

. Jefferson won the Indoor 60m NCAA Championship in 2022. She won the 100 metres

2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships were held in Eugene, Oregon organized by USA Track and Field. It was serving as the national championships in track and field for the United States. The results of the event determined qualificati ...

to qualify for the

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held in

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. Jefferson reached the final and finished eighth. She was part of the winning team in the

4 x 100 metres relay 4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest c ...

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