Suziann Reid
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Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 400-meter dash | January 14, 1977||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Texas Longhorns | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best | 400 m: 50.74 (1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Suziann Reid (born January 14, 1977) is an American-Jamaican former
Reid competed collegiately for the Texas Longhorns and won three outdoor NCAA titles in the 400 m and two indoor NCAA titles. She also won four back-to-back NCAA outdoor titles in the 4 × 400 m relay. After her track career she became a writer and released Dark Secrets: Choosing Your Child's Sports Coach in 2013.[1]
Career
Early life and college
Born in
Reid gained a sports scholarship to attend
At the 1997 NCAA Indoors she was off the podium in the 400 m but improved to runner-up in the relay. She achieved a personal record of 50.95 seconds in the NCAA Outdoor Championships final,[2] edged out by LaTarsha Stroman. She retained the relay title for the Texas Longhorns that year. In her last two years of college competition she went undefeated with back-to-back wins in the 400 m indoors and outdoors at the NCAA meet.[3] She also helped the Longhorns to four straight NCAA 4 × 400 m relay titles from 1996 to 1999.[4]
For her collegiate career, she was given the Honda Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the female track and field athlete of the year in 1999.[1][5]
Professional career
Reid was a frequent competitor for the United States in 4 × 400-meter relay team and her first medal with them came at the
In the 2000 track season she won her first national title at the
In the last few years of her career, Reid remained a finalist at national level and made two last international appearances in the relay. A team of Collins, Crystal Cox, Reid and Hennagan claimed the silver medals behind the Americas team at the 2002 IAAF World Cup. At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, Reid led off the American women, but a line violation in the heats stage saw them disqualified. She retired after that competition.[2] She is the author of the book Dark Secrets. https://suziannreid.com/
In 2014, she married International and Constitutional Law Attorney Johnny B. Davis.
Personal records
- Outdoor
- 100 metres – 11.70 (2001)
- 200 metres – 23.15 (1999)
- 400 metres – 50.74 (1999)
- 800 metres – 2:23.80 (1998)
- 4 × 400 metres relay – 3:22.09 (1999)
- Indoor
- 60 metres – 7.41 (1999)
- 200 metres – 23.13 (1999)
- 400 metres – 51.68 (1999)
All information from All-Athletics profile.[8]
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1996 | World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 2nd | 400 m | 53.17 |
4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:34.26 | |||
1999 | Universiade | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:27.97 |
World Championships | Seville, Spain | 8th (semis) | 400 m | 50.90 | |
2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:22.09 | |||
2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 6th | 400 m | 1:11.50 |
World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 4th | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:26.88 | |
Goodwill Games | Brisbane, Australia | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:24.63 | |
2002 | World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay
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3:24.67 |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | — | 4 × 400 m relay | DQ |
National titles
- USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
- 400 m: 2000, 2001
- NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- 400 m: 1996, 1998, 1999
- 4 × 400 m relay: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
- NCAA Division I Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships
- 400 m: 1998, 1999
See also
- List of World Championships in Athletics medalists (women)
References
- ^ a b Suziann Reid. Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved on 2016-08-24.
- ^ a b c d e f Suziann Reid. USATF. Retrieved on 2016-08-24.
- ^ NCAA Division I Indoor Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-24.
- ^ NCAA Division I Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-24.
- ^ "Track & Field". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- ^ All-time Women's best 4x400m relay. Alltime Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-24.
- ^ United States Indoor Championships (Women). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-24.
- ^ Suziann Reid. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-24.