Salcia Slack
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
10 December 1989 St. James, Jamaica[1] |
| Education | New Mexico Highlands University[2] |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | Heptathlon |
Salcia Venecia Slack (born 10 December 1989) is a Jamaican athlete who specialises in the heptathlon.[3] She represented her country at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing without finishing the competition. Her biggest success to date is the fifth place at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Her personal bests in the combined events are 6141 points in the heptathlon (Tucson 2015) and 4181 points in the pentathlon (Birmingham, AL 2015).
She has a son, Bendray.[4]
Competition record
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing  Jamaica | |||||
| 2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 20th | Heptathlon | 4851 pts |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 5th | Heptathlon | 5718 pts |
| 2015 | Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | – | Heptathlon | DNF |
| World Championships | Beijing, China | – | Heptathlon | DNF | |
| 2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 12th | Pentathlon | 3377 pts |
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 200 metres – 23.92 (0.0 m/s) (Tucson 2015)
- 800 metres – 2:14.34 (Tucson 2015)
- 100 metres hurdles – 13.68 (0.0 m/s) (Tucson 2015)
- High jump – 1.65 (Alamosa 2014)
- Long jump – 6.06 (+0.4 m/s) (Tucson 2015)
- Triple jump – 13.22 (+1.4 m/s) (Albuquerque 2015)
- Shot put – 14.99 (Tucson 2015)
- Javelin throw – 44.87 (Alamosa 2014)
- Heptathlon – 6141 (Tucson 2015)
Indoor
- 800 metres – 2:16.52 (Birmingham 2015)
- 60 metres hurdles – 8.57 (Birmingham 2015)
- High jump – 1.60 (Birmingham 2015)
- Long jump – 5.92 (Golden 2015)
- Shot put – 14.00 (Golden 2015)
- Pentathlon – 4181 (Birmingham 2015)
References
- ↑
- ↑ 2015 WSG profile
- ↑ Salcia Slack profile at IAAF
- ↑ 2014 CWG profile
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