FAYETTEVILLE -- Veronica Campbell-Brown was an 18-year-old high school sprinter when she made her Olympic debut in 2000 and won a silver medal as a member of Jamaica's 400-meter relay team.
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Sixteen years and six more medals later, the former Arkansas NCAA champion will run in her fifth Olympics on Monday in Rio de Janeiro in the first round of the 200 meters.
NOTEWORTHY Competing in her fifth Olympics … Has won seven Olympic medals, including gold in the 200 in 2004 and 2008 and in the 400 relay in 2004 … Has won 13 medals at the World Championships, including five gold medals … Competed at Arkansas in 2004 during the indoor and outdoor season after transferring from Barton County (Kan.