| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women'sathletics | ||
Representing Jamaica | ||
| CAC Junior Championships (U20) | ||
 | 1998 George Town | 4×400 m relay |
| 2000 San Juan | 4×400 m relay |
| CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) | ||
 | 2000 St. George's | 400 m |
Shellene Williams (born 19 February 1981 inOld Harbour, Jamaica)[1] is a retired femaletrack and fieldsprinter fromJamaica. She specialized in the200 metres and the400 metres. Her personal best time in the women's 200 metres was 23.50 seconds, achieved in May 2004, and her 400 m best was 51.94 seconds, set in June 2004. Williams won a bronze medal in the women's4×100 metres relay at the2003 Pan American Games, alongsideLacena Golding-Clarke,Judyth Kitson, andDanielle Browning.
Williams attendedBarton Community College inKansas, United States, and won anNJCAA title in the relay while there. She transferred to theUniversity of Iowa in 2003 and won theBig Ten Conference 400 m title before reaching the semi-finals at theNCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championship. The following year she took the indoor and outdoor Big Ten titles and placed sixth at the NCAA Outdoors, earningAll-American honours for theIowa Hawkeyes. She completed her degree in communication studies and later returned to her alma mater as an assistant sprints coach.[1]
After finishing university, she competed professionally. She shared in the4×400 metres relay gold medal at the2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics. At the2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships she helped set aJamaican indoor record of 3:29.54 minutes for the 4 × 400 m relay, placing fifth in the event as a result. She was part of the fourth-placed relay team at theAthletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
She won several medals as a junior (under-19) athlete. She won gold with the 4 × 400 m relay team at the1997 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships and the1998 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics,[2][3] and was the heats runner of the winning relay team at the1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[4] An individual 400 m bronze medal came at the2000 CARIFTA Games,[5] and at the2000 CAC Juniors she was fourth in the 400 m and retained the relay title.[6] In her last junior appearance, she helped Jamaica's relay team through the heats at the2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics, where they eventually took silver behind Great Britain in the final.[7] At the2002 NACAC Under-25 Championships in Athletics she was the 200 m gold medallist, 4 × 400 m relay gold medallist, and the 4 × 100 m relay silver medallist.[8]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Jamaica | |||||
| 1998 | World Junior Championships | Annecy,France | 3rd (h)[9] | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:37.19 |
| 2000 | World Junior Championships | Santiago,Chile | 1st (h)[9] | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:37.38 |
| 2002 | NACAC U-25 Championships | San Antonio, Texas,United States | 1st | 200m | 23.78(wind: -0.3 m/s) |
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 44.86 | |||
| 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:34.06 | |||
| 2003 | Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.71 s |
