| 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]
| 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 |
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