From the Vault: Olympian Trecia-Kaye Smith
Trecia-Kaye Smith ranks as one of the most decorated athletes in Pitt history. As a member of the Panthers' track and field team from 1995-99, she won seven individual NCAA championships.
Those include four NCAA indoor titles (three in the long jump and one in the triple jump) and three outdoor championships (two in the long jump and one in the triple jump). Smith was a 15-time All-American and 14-time Big East champion. She also captured 15 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) championships. In 1997, Smith swept the Big East Most Outstanding Field Performer awards for both the indoor and outdoor seasons.
She was a two-time finalist for the prestigious Honda Award and was named to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Silver Anniversary Team. Smith represented her native Jamaica at the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Read below to see how Trecia-Kaye Smith felt about Pitt and her college career before the start of her final season. Click the image to read the PDF version of this article from the June 1999 edition of Inside Panthers Sports Magazine.
Watch Smith's Pitt Hall of Fame induction video below.