Nivea Smith

Nivea Smith

Medal record
Women’s Athletics
Representing  Bahamas
World Youth Championships
	2007 Ostrava	200 m
CAC Championships
	2011 Mayagüez	200 m
	2011 Mayagüez	4×100 m relay
	2013 Morelia	4×100 m relay
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
	2006 Port of Spain	200 m
	2006 Port of Spain	4x100 m relay
CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)
	2007 Providenciales	200 m
	2007 Providenciales	4x100 m relay
	2008 Basseterre	200 m
	2008 Basseterre	4x100 m relay
	2009 Vieux Fort	200 m
	2009 Vieux Fort	4x100 m relay
CARIFTA Games Youth (U17)
	2006 Les Abymes	200 m
	2006 Les Abymes	4x100 m relay
	2006 Les Abymes	4x400 m relay
	2006 Les Abymes	100 m

Nivea Smith (born 18 February 1990) is a sprinter who specializes in the 200 metres. She grew up in Freeport, attended Mary Star of the Sea Primary School, and later graduated from Grand Bahama Catholic High School. She later went on to compete for Auburn University

Career[]

Became the first Bahamian to ever medal at the IAAF World youth Championships when she earned a bronze in the 200m in 2007 with a time of 23.69 ... A three-time CARIFTA champion in the 200m ... Had a personal-best 200m time of 22.71 Also teamed with Auburn teammate Cache Armbrister Sheniqua Ferguson and Krystal Bodie and one other to set a meet record in the 4x100m relay of 44.36 ... In 2007, won the CARIFTA 200m title and helped 4x100m relay team set a new junior national record ... Was first in the 200m and third in the 100m at the 2006 CARIFTA meet. Was second in the 2009 Carifta Games over 200m

Personal bests[]

Achievements[]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Bahamas
2005	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Bacolet, Trinidad and Tobago	5th	100 m	11.94   (1.5 m/s)
			4th	200 m	24.16   (-1.0 m/s)
2006	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Les Abymes, Guadeloupe	3rd	100 m	11.90   (1.0 m/s)
			1st	200 m	23.66   (-0.6 m/s)
			2nd	4x100 m relay	46.17
			2nd	4x400 m relay	3:49.14
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	4th	100 m	12.02   (0.7 m/s)
			3rd	200 m	24.23 w   (3.2 m/s)
			3rd	4x100 m relay	46.31
	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	11th (h)	4×100m relay	45.41
2007	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands	1st	200 m	23.45   (1.3 m/s)
			10th	Long jump	4.91m   (-0.2 m/s)
			1st	4x100 m relay	44.94
	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	3rd	200 m	23.69   (-1.9 m/s)
			5th (h)	Medley relay (100m x 200m x 300m x 400m)	2:13.04
2008	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis	1st	200 m	23.01   (1.4 m/s)
			1st	4x100 m relay	44.36 CR
			4th	4x400 m relay	3:47.47
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	11th (sf)	200 m	23.84   (-1.1 m/s)
			4th	4x100 m relay	44.61
2009	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia	2nd	200 m	23.36   (1.5 m/s)
			2nd	4x100m relay	45.43

References[]

http://www.jonesbahamas.com/news/123/ARTICLE/21423/2010-03-15.html

External links[]

• IAAF PROFILE
• AUBURN PROFILE

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