Alana Reid (born 20 January 2005) is a Jamaican athlete who competes as a sprinter. At the age of 17, while attending Hydel High School, she won the bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 2022 World Under-20 Championships. She later won gold at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships over 100 metres.
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| Nationality | Jamaican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 January 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 60 metres, 100 m, 200 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Reid is the Jamaican junior record holder for the women's 100 metres.
Early life
editAlana Reid attends Hydel High School School in Jamaica,[1] where she trains under head coach Corey Bennett.[2] In March 2023, she signed a letter of intent confirming she would attend the University of Oregon.[3]
Career
edit17-year-old Alana Reid was a 200 metres bronze medallist at the 2022 World Under-20 Championships held in Cali, Colombia, running a personal best time of 22.95 seconds.[4]
In March 2023 at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls Championships held at the national stadium in Kingston, she ran a personal best of 11.16 s in the 100 metres semi-final, just 0.03 s off the Veronica Campbell Brown’s championship record from 2001.[5] In the final Reid ran 10.92 s to set a new national junior record, beating the 10.95 s set by Tina Clayton in 2022.[6][7] It made her the fifth-fastest junior athlete of all time, behind only Katrin Krabbe (10.89), Marlies Oelsner (10.88), and the United States' Tamari Davis (10.83) and Sha'Carri Richardson (10.75). It also placed her eleventh on the Jamaican all-time list.[8] Prior to the race, Reid had predicted to her coach Corey Bennett that she would run sub 11-seconds.[9]
In April 2024, she was selected as part of the Jamaican team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[10]
She ran as part of the Jamaican 4x100m relay team which finished fifth at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She then won gold in the 100 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru in August 2024.[11] She also won gold in the 4x100m relay at the Championships.[12]
Personal life
editReid is the daughter of Karen Chisholm and Jamaican former football international Garfield Reid.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Hydel's Alana Reid sets national junior record at Champs". Jamaica.Loopnews. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ "Hydel points to youthful exuberance, experienced talent". Jamaica Observer. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Wheeler, Daniel (11 March 2023). "Reid the latest Jamaican to join the University of Oregon". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ "J'can athletes sizzle in Cali". Jamaica Observer. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Wheeler, Daniel (29 March 2023). "Veronica Campbell record under threat as Alana Reid, Serena Cole take aim". Jamaica Gleaner. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ "Staggering 10.92!". Jamaica Observer. 30 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Smith, Racquel (29 March 2023). "Record Run: Bouwahjgie Nkrumie runs 9.99secs at Champs 2023; Alana Reid goes 10.92secs". World-track. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Grassley, Todd (30 March 2023). "Bouwahjgie Nkrumie, Alana Reid next up for Jamaica after sensational 100S at Champs". Runnerspace.com. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ Wheeler, Daniel (30 March 2023). "Hydel's Reid achieves sub-11 prediction". Jamaica Star. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ "Jamaica's youngsters to take World Relays stage". Jamaica Gleaner. 17 April 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
- ^ "Reid and Walaza win world U20 100m titles in Lima". World Athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ "Reid anchors Jamaica to 4x100m title to secure golden double in Lima". World Athletics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
- ^ Burnett, Ian (31 March 2023). "Alana Reid credits coach, family and teammates for pushing her to victory". Caribbean national weekly. Retrieved 31 March 2023.