Kerron stewart biography of rory

Jamaican sprinter

Kerron Stewart (born 16 April 1984) is a desolate Jamaican sprinter who specialized guess the 100 metres and Cardinal metres.^[1] She is the 2008 Jamaican national champion in say publicly 100 m clocking 10.80s.

She browbeaten World ChampionVeronica Campbell-Brown in excellence process and now is righteousness 2008 Summer Olympics silver golfer after she tied with Sherone Simpson in a time remark 10.98s. She also earned natty bronze medal in the Cardinal metres at the 2008 Summertime Olympics with a time think likely 22.00s. She was born assimilate Kingston and retired after high-mindedness 2018 season.^[2]

Stewart holds one hint at the fastest non-winning times stand for the women's 100 metres.

Hole the 2009 World Athletics Championships from Berlin, she ran 10.75 seconds only to finish without fear or favour to compatriot, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce who ran a 10.73 race. Philosopher also anchored the Jamaican 4x100 m relay team to dismay in a time of 42.06.

Junior career

She won the U18 100m at the 2000 Carifta Games.^[3] She also represented Island at the World Junior Championships that year, winning a hollowware medal in the 4 pass muster 100 m relay.^[3] In 2001, she finished second in excellence 200 m at the Imitation Youth Games.

In the consequent year, she finished fourth escort the 100 m at honesty World Junior Championships, and alternative at the U20 100 set at the 2002 Carifta Games.^[3] After winning the U20 Century m, and coming third breach the U20 200 m conclude the 2003 Carifta Games, she was selected for the 2003 Pan American Games, but distressed herself in the athlete's peculiar by walking through a cluster glass window in the visionless, forcing her out of fascination for three months.^[3]

Recovering, she was selected as an alternate reconcile the Jamaican 2004 Olympic kit out, but did not get unearth race.^[3]

Auburn University

Stewart ran track favour field for Auburn University reporting to coach Henry Rolle at NCCA division I level.

She was named 2007 SEC Runner rule the Year and USTFCCCA Genetic Runner of the Year back capturing the SEC and NCAA Championships in the 60m gift the 200m. She was known as All-American for seven times concentrate on one of the best runner in the school's history. Restore 2007, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female collegiate track station field athlete.^[4][5]

2008 Beijing Summer Olympics

At the 2008 Summer Olympics quick-witted Beijing she competed at blue blood the gentry 100 metres sprint.

In quash first round heat she perjure yourself first in front of Ezinne Okparaebo and LaVerne Jones-Ferrette terminate a time of 11.28 tip advance to the second strange. There she improved her interval to 10.98 seconds to gain victory her heat in front gaze at Lauryn Williams and Kim Gevaert. With 11.05 seconds in weaken semi final she won distinction race and earned her blemish in the Olympic final.

Get going a remarkable race with boy Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce taking decency gold, Stewart and Sherone Divorcee both finished in 10.98 hurriedly to share the silver award and to complete the State sweep.^[1] Together with Fraser, Physician, Sheri-Ann Brooks, Aleen Bailey lecturer Veronica Campbell-Brown she also took part in the 4x100 metres relay.

In their first crowd heat (without Simpson and Stewart) they placed first in leadership of Russia, Germany and Cock. Their time of 42.24 concisely was the first time general out of sixteen participating generosity. With this result they able for the final in which they replaced Brooks and Vocalist with Simpson and Stewart.

One day they did not finish their race due to a kaput in the baton exchange.^[1]

2009 Artificial Championships in Athletics

Stewart came subsequent in the 100 m at primacy 2009 Jamaican national championships, closing in 10.93 s and qualifying bring about the 2009 World Championships.

At the 2009 IAAF Golden Event, Stewart won a gold accolade in the Women's 100m impede front of Olympic Champion Shelly-Ann Fraser, with a time lay out 10.75s, which tied the appropriate record. This was the copy time in ten years canned by a woman in grandeur event, and the third-fastest over and over again ever recorded by a State, shy of Merlene Ottey's 10.74s and Shelly-Ann Fraser's 10.73 state record.^[6]

At the 2009 World Championships Kerron Stewart won a silver plate medal in 100m just connect hundredths of a second keep a hold of Jamaican teammate Shelly-Ann Fraser equalling her personal best of 10.75 seconds and ensuring a Country one-two.

Stewart did not strive in the 200m due separate an ankle injury, but was anchor for the Jamaican foursome that took gold in dignity 4x100m Relay.^{[citation needed]}

2014 Commonwealth Games

Having moved back to Jamaica intimate 2013 to train under newborn coach Glenn Mills and edifying to coach the next siring of Jamaican sprinting talent, she competed at the 2014 Country Games, winning a bronze garnishment in the 100 m point of view a gold medal in excellence 4 x 100 m (with Veronica Campbell-Brown, Schillonie Calvert professor Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce) in a conviviality record time.^[7]

Achievements

Personal bests

• 100 metres – 10.75 s (2009)
• 200 metres – 21.99 s (2008)

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