Terri Dendy (born May 8, 1965) is a former American track and field athlete from

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. Dendy was ranked among the top ten women in the

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for the

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event from 1986 through 1989 and again in 1993. She was an alternate on the

4 x 400 meters relay team at the

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. Dendy graduated from Concord High School, where she set a state record in the 400 meters. She continued her career at

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, where she set school records indoors at 300 meters (38.77), 400 meters (52.57), 500 meters (1:11.45) and outdoors 400 meters (51.45). Dendy was a semi-finalist in the

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event at the 1989 World Indoor Championships, running 23.75 seconds. In 1993, at the World Indoor Championships in

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, Dendy won a silver medal in the 4 × 400 m relay. Outdoors, she also won a silver medal at the

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, where she ran in the heats of the 4 × 400 m relay but not the final. Her sister

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was also a track and field athlete, and her nephew

Marquis Dendy Marquis Dendy (born November 17, 1992) is an American track and field athlete, primarily known for horizontal jumping events. He is the 2015 National Champion in the Long Jump. His winning jump, of , though wind aided at +3.7mps, his first jum ...

is an American champion in the long jump. She now works as the Athletic Director at Northwestern High School in Hyattsville, Maryland.Marquis Cha Cha
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