Tia Clayton

Tia Clayton (born 17 August 2004) is a Jamaican sprinter.[1][2] She ran the anchor legs for the Jamaican 4 × 100 metres relay teams that broke the world under-20 records at both the 2021 (42.94 s) and 2022 World U20 Championships (42.59 s).[3][4]

Tia Clayton
Personal information
Born (2004-08-17) 17 August 2004
Jamaica
Sport
CountryJamaica
SportTrack and field
EventSprints
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
World U20 Championships
2021 Nairobi4×100 m relay
2022 Cali4×100 m relay
CARIFTA Games (U20)
2022 Kingston4×100 m relay
2022 Kingston100 m
CARIFTA Games (U17)
2018 Nassau4x100 m relay

Tia has a twin sister, Tina Clayton, who ran the second leg of those world record relays.

Tia finished second in the 100m at the 2024 Jamaican Senior National Athletics Championships in a time of 10.90 seconds (-0.3 m/s wind), behind Shericka Jackson (10.84 s) and ahead of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (3rd: 10.94 s), to qualify for the Jamaican team for the [[2024 Summer Olympics]|2024 Summer Olympic Games]]. She ran a new Personal Best (PB) of 10.86 s (+1.0 m/s wind) in winning a semi-final a couple of hours beforehand (beating the PB of 11.02 s (+0.7 m/s wind) she had set the day before in the heats).

National Championships Results
YearCompetitionPlaceEventPositionTimeNotes
2018Jamaican U18 ChampionshipsKingston100m1st11.61+0.4w
2019Jamaican U18 ChampionshipsKingston100m1st11.39+1.2w
2021Jamaican U20 ChampionshipsKingston100m3rd11.600.0w
2022Jamaican U20 ChampionshipsKingston100m3rd11.25+1.0w
Jamaican U20 ChampionshipsKingston200m2nd23.41+0.4w
2023Jamaican ChampionshipsKingston100m4th (heat)11.40-0.6w
Jamaican ChampionshipsKingston200m7th (heat)24.25-1.4w
2024Jamaican ChampionshipsKingston100m2nd10.90-0.3w


References
  1. "Tina Clayton proud of twin Tia's redemption". Jamaican Gleaner. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. "Tia Clayton on the rebound, ready to challenge twin sister's dominance". Jamaican Gleaner. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  3. Foster, Anthony (2021-08-22). "Clayton twin leads Jamaica to 4×1 world record". TrackAlerts.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  4. Foster, Anthony (2022-08-05). "Jamaica women set U20 4x100m world record in Cali". TrackAlerts.com. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
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