Melissa Straker-Taylor (born January 23, 1976) is a retired female track and field sprinter from Barbados, who twice represented her native country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. She won a bronze medal in the women's 4x400 metres relay at the 1999 Pan American Games, alongside Joanne Durant, Andrea Blackett, and Tanya Oxley.
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Running for the Rice Owls track and field team, Straker won the 1997 4 × 400 meter relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Andrea Blackett - Women's Track & Field Coach". Rice University Athletics. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
External links
edit- Melissa Straker-Taylor at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Melissa Straker at World Athletics
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