Diane Claire Guthrie-Gresham (born October 24, 1971) is a retired female track and field athlete from Jamaica, who specialized in the Long Jump and Heptathlon during her career.
Diane holds the National Collegiate Athletics Association championship meet record for women's Heptathlon, as well as the Caribbean record for that event. Competing for George Mason University, she compiled a total of 6527 at the University of Tennessee's Tom Black Track in Knoxville, Tennessee, between 2–3 June 1995. She won her second NCAA title with that mark, and also broke Jackie Joyner-Kersee's NCAA meet record. Joyner-Kersee had set the record of 6390 points in Houston in 1983 when she was competing for UCLA, by 137 points.
Lifetime best: 6527(13.86w, 1.86/6-1¼, 13.80/45-3½, 24.91 [3728], 6.92/22-8½w), 49.04/160-11, 2:20.82 [2799])
College
She was born in Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica. While at George Mason, she won the Broderick Award (now the Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate track and field competitor in 1995.[1][2]
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Jamaica
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| 1991 | Pan American Games | Havana, Cuba | 1st | Long jump | 6.64 m |
| 1992 | Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | — | Long jump | NM |
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 16th | Heptathlon | 6087 |
References
- ^ "Lobo Named Top Female Collegiate Athlete". Los Angeles Times. 1996-01-09. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- ^ "Track & Field". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
External links
- Diane Guthrie-Gresham at World Athletics
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Diane Guthrie-Gresham". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-09-04.
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