Fana Ashby Explained

Fana Ashby (born 15 June 1981) is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialised in the 100m sprint. She won the bronze medal in the 100 metres at the 2000 World Junior Championships. Ashby later won the 100m title at the 2003 CAC Games. She also copped 100m bronze medals at the 2005 CAC Games and the 2007 NACAC Championships.^[1]

Ashby was coached by coach Henry Rolle.

Running for the Auburn Tigers track and field team, Ashby won the 2005 60 meters at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.^[2]

Personal life

As a teenager Ashby attended Tranquility Government Secondary School. She was later bestowed with one of the school's sporting houses being named in her honour.^[3] Ashby later studied at Kansas City Community College.^[4]

Competition record

Representing
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	6th	100m	11.65 (wind: +1.7 m/s)
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	24th (h)^[5]	200m	24.50 (wind: +0.5 m/s)
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	55th (h)	100 m	11.85
	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	3rd	100m	11.47 (wind: +2.0 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Santiago, Chile	14th (h)^[6]	200m	24.46 (wind: -0.4 m/s)
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	10th (sf)	100 m	11.46
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	7th	4x400 m	3:39.14
2003	World Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	28th (sf)	60 m	7.43
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	St. George's, Grenada	bgcolor=gold	1st	100 m	11.32
	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	8th	100 m	11.52
			12th (h)	200 m	23.97
			4th	4x100 m	43.97
2004	South American U23 Championships	Barquisimeto, Venezuela	3rd ^[7]	4x100m relay	43.89
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	28th (qf)	100 m	11.54
	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	–	4x100 m	DNF
2005	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	3rd	100 m	11.40
2005	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	–	4x100 m	DNF
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	14th (sf)	100 m	11.57
2007	NACAC Championships	San Salvador, El Salvador	3rd	4x100 m	43.98
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7th	4x100 m	44.33

Personal bests

Outdoor

100 metres – 11.12 (Port-of-Spain 2004)
200 metres – 23.05 (Port-of-Spain 2003)

Indoor

60 metres – 7.18 (Fayetteville 2005)
200 metres – 22.91 (Fayetteville 2005)

Notes and References

Web site: Ramphal . Vidia . June 15, 2023 . On This Day in Sport: June 15 . Loop TT.
Web site: 2005-03-12 . Men tie for 10th at NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships . 2024-05-31 . University of Texas Athletics . en.
Web site: Tranquillity Secondary School - ABOUT US . 2023-11-17 . www.tranquillitysecondary.edu.tt . en-US.
Web site: July 5, 2003 . Collins defends CAC 100m title . 2023-11-17 . worldathletics.org.
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