Anthonique Strachan
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| Nationality |
 Bahamas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
22 August 1993 The Bahamas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Auburn, Alabama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 126 lb (57 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | monica athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) |
100 m: 11.20 s (Barcelona 2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anthonique Strachan (/strɔːn/; born 22 August 1993) is a Bahamian sprinter. She attended St. Augustine’s College in Nassau, Bahamas. She now lives and trains in Auburn, Alabama under coach Henry Rolle who also coaches Kerron Stewart and Marc Burns.[1]
Career
At the 2011 CARIFTA Games, she won two gold medals (100 metres in 11.38s (−0.8 m/s), and 200 metres in 23.17s (0.0 m/s)) in the junior (U-20) category equalling Veronica Campbell's 200 metres games record of 22.93s (1.1 m/s) in the heats. She was consequently awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games.
Strachan won gold medals over 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay at the 2011 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.[2] Her 200 metres time of 22.70 was a new World Junior Leading and a new championship record.[3]
At the 2012 CARIFTA Games, she won three gold medals: 100 metres in wind-assisted 11.22s (4.4 m/s), 200 metres, this year improving Veronica Campbell's and her own 200 metres games record to 22.85s (−0.7 m/s), and finally, she led the Bahamas 4×100m relay team to gold in 45.02s. For the second time in the role, she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the games.[4]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Bahamas | |||||
| 2009 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia | 2nd | 200 m | 23.95 (−0.4 m/s) |
| 3rd | 4×100 m relay | 47.04 | |||
| 2010 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | George Town, Cayman Islands | 5th | 200 m | 24.57 (0.5 m/s) |
| 2nd | 4x100 m relay | 45.59 | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 4th | 200 m | 24.19 (−1.3 m/s) | |
| — | 400 m | DNF | |||
| 3rd | 4x400 m relay | 3:38.81 | |||
| 2011 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Montego Bay, Jamaica | 1st | 100 m | 11.38 (−0.8 m/s) |
| 1st | 200 m | 23.17 (0.0 m/s) | |||
| — | 4×100 m relay | DQ | |||
| 2012 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Hamilton, Bermuda | 1st | 100 m | 11.22s (4.4 m/s) |
| 1st | 200 m | 22.85s (−0.7 m/s) CR | |||
| 1st | 4×100 m relay | 45.02 | |||
References
- ↑ Finlayson, Alpheus (July 24, 2011). "Anthonique Strachan Clocks World’s Best Junior Time, New Bahamian National Junior and New Pan American Jr. Championships Record". The Bahamas Weekly.
- ↑ Johnson, Kelsie (July 27, 2011). "Junior track stars end season on high note". Nassau Guardian.
- ↑ Dorsett, Renaldo (July 25, 2011). "Anthonique strikes gold, sets a new meet record". The Tribune.
- ↑ Finisterre, Terry (Apr 10, 2012), Weather improves to allow records to highlight last day of CARIFTA Games, IAAF, retrieved May 31, 2012
External links
- Anthonique Strachan profile at IAAF