Lacena Golding-Clarke

Lacena Golding-Clarke
Personal information
Born (1975-03-20) 20 March 1975
Clarendon, Jamaica
Sport
SportTrack and field
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2002 Manchester100 m hurdles
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2003 Santo Domingo100m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place2003 Santo Domingo4×100m relay
CAC Championships
Gold medal – first place1999 BridgetownLong jump
CAC Games
Bronze medal – third place1998 MaracaiboLong jump
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
Bronze medal – third place1990 Havana100 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place1990 HavanaLong jump
CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)
Gold medal – first place1993 Fort-de-FranceLong Jump
Silver medal – second place1993 Fort-de-FranceTriple Jump
Silver medal – second place1992 NassauHigh Jump
Silver medal – second place1992 NassauLong Jump
Bronze medal – third place1993 Fort-de-FranceHigh Jump
CARIFTA Games Youth (U17)
Gold medal – first place1991 Port of SpainHigh Jump
Gold medal – first place1991 Port of SpainDiscus Throw
Silver medal – second place1991 Port of SpainLong Jump
Bronze medal – third place1989 BridgetownHigh Jump

Lacena Golding-Clarke (born 20 March 1975) is a Jamaican retired female hurdler athlete. She represented Jamaica at the Summer Olympics in 1996, 2000 and 2004, and took part in the World Championships in Athletics on five separate occasions.

Career

She began her career as a long jumper and she participated in this event at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. Her personal best jump is 6.87 metres, achieved in June 1998 in Kingston.

She won a gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Her personal best time is 12.68 seconds, achieved in June 2005 in Kingston. Other high points of her hurdles career included a bronze at the 2003 Pan American Games and a bronze at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

She retired from track and field in 2010 after having reached her sixth consecutive 60 m final at the IAAF World Indoor Championships.[1]

After graduating from Auburn University with a BA in Political Science and Government in 1999,[2] Golding-Clarke was a volunteer assistant coach at Auburn from March 1999 to August 2006 and then moved to the University of Texas at Austin to work as a coach from September 2006 to 2011. In May 2012, Golding-Clarke became the assistant coach at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).[3] While at UTEP, Golding-Clarke coached 13 All-Americans, 32 regional qualifiers, 32 C-USA individual title winners, and eight school record-breakers,[4] including Tobi Amusan, the first Nigerian athlete to win a gold medal at the World Athletics Championships. Amusan finished the 100-meter hurdles in 12.12 seconds, breaking the previous world record of 12.20 seconds set by US Olympian Kendra Harrison in 2016.[5] In January 2022, Golding-Clarke returned to Auburn University as Assistant Coach for the Women’s Sprints and Hurdles.[6]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Jamaica
1989 CARIFTA Games (U-17)Bridgetown, Barbados3rd High jump 1.58 m
1990 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)Havana, Cuba3rd 100 m hurdles 15.07   (-0.3 m/s)
7th High jump 1.55 m
3rd Long jump 5.44 m   (0.1 m/s)
5th Discus throw 30.20 m
1991 CARIFTA Games (U-17)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago1st High jump 1.62 m
2nd Long jump 5.92 m
1st Discus throw 31.44 m
1992 CARIFTA Games (U-20)Nassau, Bahamas2nd High jump 1.66 m
2nd Long jump 6.15 m
World Junior ChampionshipsSeoul, South Korea6th Long jump 6.09 m   (0.3 m/s)
1993 CARIFTA Games (U-20)Fort-de-France, Martinique3rd High jump 1.64 m
1st Long jump 6.07 m
2nd Triple jump 12.27 m
4th Javelin throw 36.86 m
1994 World Junior ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal6th Long jump 6.27 m   (1.7 m/s)
1995 World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden9th (q) Long jump 6.45 m   (1.2 m/s)
1997 World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece12th (q) Long jump 6.50 m   (-0.1 m/s)
1998 Central American and Caribbean GamesMaracaibo, Venezuela3rd Long jump 6.49
1999 Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsBridgetown, Barbados1st Long jump 6.52
2000 Olympic GamesSydney, Australia11th (q) Long jump 6.39 m   (0.7 m/s)
2001 World Indoor ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal8th 60 m hurdles 8.24
2002 Commonwealth GamesManchester, England1st 100 m hurdles 12.77   (0.6 m/s)
2003 World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, England4th 60 m hurdles 7.92
Pan American GamesSanto Domingo, DR3rd 100 m hurdles 12.79   (-0.3 m/s)
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 43.71
World ChampionshipsParis, France8th 100 m hurdles 12.87   (-0.2 m/s)
World Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco7th 100 m hurdles 13.10   (1.3 m/s)
2004 World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary6th 60 m hurdles 7.89
Olympic GamesAthens, Greece5th 100 m hurdles 12.73   (1.5 m/s)
World Athletics FinalMonte Carlo, Monaco3rd 100 m hurdles 12.69   (1.0 m/s)
2006 World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia6th 60 m hurdles 7.94
Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia4th 100 m hurdles 13.01   (-0.3 m/s)
2007 World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan6th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.85   (0.5 m/s)
2009 World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany4th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.76   (0.3 m/s)

References

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