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Nationality | Bahamian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Freeport, Bahamas | 28 September 1994|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Auburn University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Auburn Tigers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Ralph Spry | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 100 m: 10.32 (Nassau 2014) 200 m: 20.25 (Lexington, Kentucky 2017) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He attended American Heritage School in Plantation, Florida, for his junior and senior year, after transferring from Everglades High School in Miramar. [2]
Smith won a bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 2012 CARIFTA Games in Hamilton, Bermuda & a gold medal at the 2013 CARIFTA Games in Nassau, Bahamas. [3]
Smith is the nephew of Henry Rolle. Rolle recruited Smith to Auburn University before going on to professionally coach him as part of the MVP International in Boca Raton, Florida.
1Did not start in the final
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