Josanne Lucas

Josanne Lucas
Personal information
Born (1984-05-14) May 14, 1984 (age 40)
Carnbee, Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Country Trinidad and Tobago
SportAthletics
EventHurdling
Medal record
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
Women's athletics
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Berlin 400 m hurdles
CAC Junior Championships (U17)
Silver medal – second place 2000 San Juan 300 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 2000 San Juan 4x100 m relay
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
Silver medal – second place 2003 Port of Spain 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Port of Spain 400 m hurdles
Updated on 3 January 2015

Josanne Lucille Lucas (born 14 May 1984) is a track and field athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialises in the 400 metres hurdles.[1][2][3]

Born in Carnbee, Trinidad and Tobago, Lucas' first success was a win at the national championships in the 400 metres in 2005, but she focused on hurdling instead. She competed at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics in the 400 m hurdles but failed to progress beyond the heats. Lucas represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2008 Summer Olympics but again did not pass the heats.[4]

She set a new national record of 55.24 seconds in Belém at the Grande Prêmio Brasil Caixa meet in May 2009.[5]

She won the bronze in the 400m hurdles at the World Championships for Athletics in Berlin, Germany in 2009.[6]

She studied at Auburn University under coach Henry Rolle with Biomedical Sciences as her major. She became a teacher at Fort Collins High School, and on August 24, 2019, she became a naturalized citizen of the United States.[7]

Personal bests

Event Time (seconds) Venue Date
Outdoor
200 meters 23.65 (wind: +0.1 m/s) Auburn, Alabama, United States 4 April 2009
400 meters 53.49 Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 25 June 2005
100 metres hurdles 12.99 (wind: +2.0 m/s) Tallahassee, Florida, United States 9 May 2009
400 metres hurdles 53.20 NR Berlin, Germany 20 August 2009
Indoor
55 metres hurdles 7.64 Gainesville, Florida, United States 25 February 2006
60 metres hurdles 8.20 Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States 10 March 2006
  • All information taken from IAAF profile.[4]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
2000 CARIFTA Games (U17) St. George's, Grenada 4th 100m hurdles (76.2 cm) 14.79 (wind: +0.3 m/s)
9th Long jump 5.12m (wind: NWI)
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U17) San Juan, Puerto Rico 4th 100m hurdles (76.2 cm) 14.73 (wind: NWI)
2nd 300m hurdles (76.2 cm) 45.34
7th Long jump 5.52m (wind: NWI)
2nd 4 × 100 m relay 47.91
2002 CARIFTA Games (U17) Nassau, Bahamas — 400m DNF
2003 CARIFTA Games (U20) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 3rd 400m hurdles (76.2 cm) 58.55
2nd 4 × 400 m relay 3:40.08
Pan American Junior Championships Bridgetown, Barbados 2nd 400m hurdles (76.2 cm) 58.43
Central American and Caribbean Championships St. George's, Grenada 6th 400m hurdles 59.37
4th 4 × 100 m relay 44.42
2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships Nassau, Bahamas 4th 400 m hurdles 57.63
4th 4 × 100 m relay 3:35.55
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 28th (h) 400 m hurdles 58.99
2006 NACAC Under-23 Championships Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 2nd 100m hurdles 13.26 (wind: +0.4 m/s)
1st 400m hurdles 55.99
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:44.23
Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 2nd 400m hurdles 55.60
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:50.89
2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships Cali, Colombia 6th 100m hurdles 13.46 A (wind: +1.4 m/s)
1st 400m hurdles 56.55 A
Olympic Games Beijing, China 23rd (h) 400m hurdles 57.76
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 3rd 400m hurdles 53.20
World Athletics Final Thessaloniki, Greece 3rd 400m hurdles 54.31
2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 5th 400m hurdles 58.27
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:34.84
2014 Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 7th 100m hurdles 13.41 (wind: -0.1 m/s)
— 400m hurdles DQ
Central American and Caribbean Games Xalapa, México 4th 100m hurdles 13.62 A (wind: -0.8 m/s)
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 14th (h) 400m hurdles 60.30
NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 12th (h) 400m hurdles 58.69

References

  1. ^ Josanne Lucas, National Sporting Archive of Trinidad and Tobago (NSATT), retrieved January 3, 2015
  2. ^ Track & Field, XC - Josanne Lucas, Auburn Tigers, retrieved January 2, 2015
  3. ^ Josanne Lucas - Biography, Commonwealth Games Federation, retrieved January 2, 2015
  4. ^ a b Lucas, Josanne biography Archived 2012-08-03 at archive.today. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.
  5. ^ Biscayart, Eduardo (2009-05-25). Belém spectacular produces five world season leads – IAAF World Athletics Tour. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-05-30.
  6. ^ ttgapers.com. Tobagonian Josanne Lucas claims 400m hurdles bronze Archived 2009-08-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ^ "Teacher, track and field coach and Olympic Athlete took her first Pledge of Allegiance". northfortynews.com. Archived from the original on 2019-09-15.