Simone Facey

Simone Facey

Personal information
Born	(1985-05-07) 7 May 1985 Manchester, Jamaica
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Country	Jamaica
Sport	Track and field
Event	100 metres
Medal record Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4 × 100 m relay World Championships 2009 Berlin 4 × 100 m relay 2007 Osaka 4 × 100 m relay 2017 London 4 × 100 m relay Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara 200 m 2015 Toronto 4 × 100 m relay 2015 Toronto 200 m CAC Junior Championships (U20) 2000 San Juan 200 m 2000 San Juan 4 × 100 m relay 2002 Bridgetown 100 m 2002 Bridgetown 200 m 2002 Bridgetown 4 × 100 m relay CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 2004 Hamilton 100 m 2004 Hamilton 4 × 100 m relay CARIFTA Games Youth (U17) 2001 Bridgetown 4 × 100 m relay 2001 Bridgetown 100 m 2001 Bridgetown 200 m 2000 St. George's 200 m

Simone Facey (born 7 May 1985) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.

Career

Simone attended Vere Technical High School in Clarendon, Jamaica. At the 2002 World Junior Championships in Kingston, she won a silver medal in the 100 m by running 11.43. She then came back and anchored Jamaica to a gold medal in the 4 × 100. In her 2004 season, Simone broke Veronica Campbell's national junior record in the 200 m of 22.92 by running 22.71. She then doubled at the 2004 Boys and Girls National Championships by winning the 100 m and 200 m. At the 2004 Penn Relays, Simone anchored her team to a record of 44.32 in the 4 × 100. While at Texas A&M, Simone won the 100 m title at Big 12 Track and Field Championships in a meet record 10.95. Almost four weeks later, she beat teammate, Porscha Lucas, and won the NCAA 200 m title. In 2009, Simone took third place in the 200 m at the 2009 Jamaican championships, guaranteeing her a place on the Jamaican team for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics. However, she only managed 11.23 seconds, and fourth place, in the 100 m thus failed to qualify for her preferred event.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Jamaica
2000	CARIFTA Games	St. George's, Grenada	2nd	200 m	24.32 w (2.5 m/s)
2001	CARIFTA Games	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	100 m	11.78   (0.0 m/s)
			1st	200 m	24.15   (-4.0 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	45.44
	World Youth Championships	Debrecen, Hungary	4th	100 m	11.83   (0.5 m/s)
			4th (sf)	200 m	24.48   (0.4 m/s)
2002	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	100 m	11.46   (0.0 m/s)
			1st	200 m	23.22 CR   (-0.9 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	44.30
	World Junior Championships	Kingston, Jamaica	2nd	100 m	11.43   (-0.2 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	43.40 CR
2004	CARIFTA Games	Hamilton, Bermuda	1st	100 m	11.72   (-1.7 m/s)
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	45.22
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	2nd	4 × 100 m relay	42.01
2009	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	6th	200 m	22.80
			1st	4 × 100 m relay	42.06
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	3rd	100 m	11.39
			2nd	4 × 100 m relay	43.63
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	2nd	200 m	22.86
2017	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	17th (sf)	100 m	11.23
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	42.19

Personal bests

• 100 metres – 10.95 s (2008)
• 200 metres – 22.25 s (2008)

External links

• Simone Facey at World Athletics