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Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Ventura, California | 2 December 1998|||||||||||||||||
Education | University of Southern California '22 Masters in Medical Sciences University of Kentucky '21 Kinesiology | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||
Team | Adidas 2022-Present | |||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 60m: 7.09 (Albuquerque, 2024) 100m: 10.94 (Eugene, 2022) | |||||||||||||||||
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Celera Barnes (born 2 December 1998) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter.[1]
She attended St. Bonaventure High School in Ventura, California.[2] She graduated from the University of Kentucky before transferring to the University of Southern California for grad school.[3][4]
In August 2022, at the 2022 NACAC Championships in Freeport, Bahamas she won the silver medal in the 100 meters in 11.10s behind the Jamaican Shericka Jackson, and won a gold medal in the 4x100m relay.[5] That year, she ran a wind assisted 10.82 100m at the Texas Relays.[6] She also finished third behind Sha'Carri Richardson and Elaine Thompson-Herah in Luzerne, in 11.40 seconds for the 100 metres.[7]
Barnes finished third at the American National indoor Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico in February 2024.[8] She was selected the 2024 World Athletics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland and qualified for the semi-finals.[9]