Keliza Smith

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Keliza Smith
Personal information
NationalityGuyanese
Born (2003-04-25) 25 April 2003 (age 22)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
Sprinter
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m: 7.28 (Lubbock, 2025)
100m: 11.37 (Leonora, 2022) NU20R
200m: 23.08 (Lubbock, 2025)
400m: 52.91 (Tuscaloosa, 2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of Guyana.svg  Guyana
Islamic Solidarity Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Riyadh 100 m
Junior Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Asunción 200 m

Keliza Smith (born 25 April 2003) is a Guyanese sprinter. She is a multiple-time national champion and Guyanese under-20 national record holder over 100 metres. She was a bronze medalist over 200 metres at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games. [1]

Career

Smith is a member of the Running Brave Athletic Club (RBAC). [2] She won at the senior Guyanese Athletics Championships for the first time in 2019, winning over 400 metres in Georgetown, Guyana. [3]

In 2022, she won the Guyanese national championships titles over 100 metres and 200 metres, setting a new championship record for the 100 metres and a new Guyanese under-20 record for the 200 metres at the championships. [4]

In February 2025, Smith won over 60 metres and 400 metres competing for Barton Community College women’s track and field team in the United States at the KJCCC/Region 6 Indoor Championships in Lubbock, Texas. [5]

Smith was the bronze medalist over 200 metres at the 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay, having qualified for the final with a time of 23.08 seconds before running 23.42 seconds in the final to finish behind Marlet Ospino of Colombia and Liranyi Alonso of the Dominican Republic. [6] [7]

Smith was the bronze medalist over 100 metres at the 2025 Islamic Solidarity Games in Riyadh, running 11.62 seconds to reach the final and 11.59 seconds in the final. [8]

References

  1. "Keliza Smith". World Athletics. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  2. "Keliza Smith in sprint double as track stars shine". stabroeknews.com. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 20 Nov 2025.
  3. "Guyana Championships". World Athletics. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  4. "Keliza Smith continues record-breaking run at National Cycling, and Track and Field Championships yesterday". stabroeknews.com. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 20 Nov 2025.
  5. "4th Ranked Barton Women's Track and Field Wins Seven Events for Runner-Up Region 6 Finish; Riddle and Smith Compile Historic Achievements". Adastraradio.com. February 25, 2025. Retrieved 20 Nov 2025.
  6. "Smith captures historic bronze in women's 200m". stabroeknews.com. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 20 Nov 2025.
  7. "Junior Pan Am Games: Keliza Smith powers into 200m final". Newsroom.gy. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 20 Nov 2025.
  8. "Smith claims 100m bronze as Abrams advances to final". stabroeknews.com. 19 Nov 2025. Retrieved 20 Nov 2025.