Aleen May Bailey (born 25 November 1980) is a retired Jamaican track and field sprinter who competed in the 100 metres and 200 m.
Career She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal as a member of the 4 × 100 m relay team. Bailey trains in Columbia, South Carolina under Curtis Frye and is the sister of the reggae star Capleton.
Bailey graduated from the University of South Carolina, where she competed during her Junior and Senior season after transferring from Barton County Community College.
In the 2003 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Bailey won the 100 and 200 meters, both times defeating heavily favored Muna Lee of LSU. She was also a member of the 4 × 100 m championship team at the 2002 outdoor championships.
Bailey competed for her native Jamaica at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she placed 5th in the 100 meters and 4th at the 200 meters. She teamed with 200 m champion Veronica Campbell, Tayna Lawrence, and Sherone Simpson to win the 4 × 100 m relay.
At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics she won (together with Daniele Browning, Sherone Simpson and Veronica Campbell-Brown) a silver medal. At the 2007 Pan American Games she finished fifth in the 200 m and won a gold medal in relay.
Bailey represented Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She competed at the 4 × 100 m relay together with Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Sheri-Ann Brooks and Veronica Campbell-Brown. In its first round heat, Jamaica placed first in front of Russia, Germany and China. The Jamaica relay's time of 42.24 seconds was the first time overall out of sixteen participating nations. With this result, Jamaica qualified for the final, replacing Brooks and Bailey with Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart. Jamaica did not finish the race due to a mistake in the baton exchange.
Personal bests Her personal bests are: 100 m: 11.04 200 m: 22.33
Achievements Representing 1995CARIFTA Games (U-17)George Town, Cayman Islands3rd100 m12.10 (0.2 m/s)4th200 m24.46 (0.2 m/s)1996CARIFTA Games (U-17)Kingston, Jamaica1st100 m11.851st200 m24.88 (-5.1 m/s)CARIFTA Games (U-20)1st4 × 100 m relay44.24Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17)San Salvador, El Salvador1st100 m11.75 (0.7 m/s)1st200 m24.501st4 × 100 m relay46.31Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)1st4 × 400 m relay3:41.99World Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia10th (sf)200 m24.332nd4 × 100 m relay44.261997CARIFTA Games (U-20)Bridgetown, Barbados2nd100 m11.60 (0.0 m/s)1st200 m23.65 (0.9 m/s)1st4 × 100 m relay45.271998CARIFTA Games (U-20)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago1st100 m11.371st200 m23.16 (2.4 m/s) w1st4 × 100 m relay44.97World Junior ChampionshipsAnnecy, France3rd4 × 100 m relay44.611999CARIFTA Games (U-20)Fort-de-France, Martinique1st100 m11.60 (-0.8 m/s)1st200 m23.39 (1.6 m/s)Pan American GamesWinnipeg, Canada1st4 × 100 m relay42.62World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain3rd4 × 100 m relay42.15 SB2000NACAC U-25 ChampionshipsMonterrey, Mexico2nd100 m11.66 (wind: -1.6 m/s)1st200 m23.47 (wind: -3.1 m/s)2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada7th (h)200 m23.70 (0.2 m/s)2003World ChampionshipsParis, France6th100 m11.07 (0.9 m/s)2nd (h)200 m22.98 (-0.4 m/s)2004Olympic GamesAthens, Greece5th100 m11.05 (-0.1 m/s)4th200 m22.42 (0.8 m/s)1st4 × 100 m relay41.73 NR2005World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland5th (sf)100 m11.23 (0.4 m/s)2nd4 × 100 m relay41.99 SB2007Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil5th200 m23.09 (-0.6 m/s)1st4 × 100 m relay43.58World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan6th200 m22.72 (1.7 m/s)2008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia4th100 m11.43 (1.2 m/s)6th200 m23.34 (0.3 m/s)Olympic GamesBeijing, China1st (h)4 × 100 m relay42.24 SB2009World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany8th100 m11.16 (0.1 m/s)1st4 × 100 m relay42.062013Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMorelia, Mexico3rd100 m11.34 (+0.1 m/s)2nd200 m23.08 (-0.6 m/s)1st4 × 100 m relay43.58
References
External links
Aleen Bailey at uscsports.collegesports.com