# Trecia-Kaye Smith

Trecia-Kaye Smith (born 5 November 1975 in Westmoreland, Jamaica) is a retired Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump.

## Career

In college, she competed for the University of Pittsburgh from 1996 to 1999 and was a seven-time NCAA national champion (two outdoor and three indoor long jump titles and one outdoor and one indoor triple jump title), 15-time All-American, a 14-time Big East Conference champion, and a 15-time Eastern College Athletic Conference champion. Trecia was named to the NCAA Division 1 Silver Anniversary Indoor Team and an "NCAA Division 1 Most Outstanding Student-Athlete".
Her personal best is 15.16 metres, and she almost equaled that result at the 2005 World Championships where she won the gold medal with 15.11 metres.
Smith won triple jump at the 2009 Jamaican Championship with 14.43 m, qualifying for her fifth World Championships in Athletics. She retained her Commonwealth triple jump title at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, and she was given the David Dixon Award for her performance. The decision was a surprise in many quarters as she had only one legal jump at the competition, a modest mark of 14.19 m which she herself acknowledged was "a terrible jump".
Smith was inducted into the USTFCCCA Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame in 2024.

## Achievements

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing Jamaica ||||||
| 1990 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Kingston, Jamaica | 3rd | Long jump | 5.25 m |
| 1992 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Nassau, Bahamas | 4th | High jump | 1.60 m |
| 1994 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 4th | 400 m hurdles | 72.27 |
| 1994 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 1st | Long jump | 6.06 m |
| 1994 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 4th | Javelin | 31.22 m |
| 1994 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 1st | Long jump | 6.40 m |
| 1994 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 2nd | Heptathlon | 4899 pts |
| 1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 11th | Long jump | 6.12 m w (wind: +3.1 m/s) |
| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 31st (q) | Triple jump | 13.34 m (-0.3 m/s) |
| 2001 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 2nd | Long jump | 6.68 m A |
| 2001 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 1st | Long jump | 14.12 m A |
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 8th | Triple jump | 13.92 m (-1.3 m/s) |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 3rd | Triple jump | 14.32 m PB |
| 2002 | World Cup | Madrid, Spain | 4th | Triple jump | 13.82 m (0.4 m/s) |
| 2004 | World Indoor Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 4th | Triple jump | 14.71 m NR |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 4th | Triple jump | 15.02 m (0.5 m/s) |
| 2004 | World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 7th | Triple jump | 14.53 m (-0.5 m/s) |
| 2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 1st | Triple jump | 15.11 m (0.8 m/s) WL |
| 2005 | World Athletics Final | Monte Carlo, Monaco | 4th | Triple jump | 14.69 m (0.4 m/s) |
| 2006 | World Indoor Championships | Moscow, Russia | 4th | Triple jump | 14.84 m NR |
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 1st | Triple jump | 14.39 m |
| 2006 | World Cup | Athens, Greece | 4th | Triple jump | 14.64 m |
| 2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 24th (q) | Triple jump | 13.47 m (-0.3 m/s) |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 11th | Triple jump | 14.12 m (0.5 m/s) |
| 2009 | World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 5th | Triple jump | 14.48 m (-0.2 m/s) |
| 2010 | Commonwealth Games | New Delhi, India | 1st | Triple jump | 14.19 m SB |
| 2012 | Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 7th | Triple jump | 14.35 m |