Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Barbados | |||||
| 1991 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 1st | 100 m | 10.5 (2.6 m/s) w |
| 3rd | 200 m | 22.26 | |||
| 1992 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Nassau, Bahamas | 1st | 100 m | 10.59 w |
| 2nd | 200 m | 21.61 | |||
| CARIFTA Games (U-20) | 2nd | 4x100 m relay | 41.84 | ||
| 1993 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Fort-de-France, Martinique | 1st | 100 m | 10.71 (-0.9 m/s) |
| 2nd | 200 m | 21.42 (-0.3 m/s) | |||
| 3rd | 4x100 m relay | 42.47 | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Championships | Cali, Colombia | 1st | 100 m | 10.30 w | |
| Pan American Junior Championships | Winnipeg, Canada | 3rd | 100m | 10.76 | |
| 2nd | 200m | 21.18 w | |||
| 1994 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 1st | 100 m | 10.33 |
| 1st | 200 m | 20.71 | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships | Port of Spain, Trinidad | 1st | 100m | 10.0 (-0.3 m/s) | |
| 1st | 200m | 21.1 (-0.2 m/s) | |||
| World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 4th | 100m | 10.29 (1.2 m/s) | |
| 5th (sf) | 200 m | 21.28 (1.9 m/s) | |||
| 1995 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 1st | 100 m | 10.18 A |
| 1st | 200 m | 20.49 A CR | |||
| Universiade | Fukuoka, Japan | 2nd | 100 m | 10.34 (1.3 m/s) | |
| World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 5th (qf) | 100 m | 10.30 (-0.5 m/s) | |
| 7th (sf) | 200 m | 20.66 (-0.9 m/s) | |||
| 1996 | NCAA Indoor Championships | Indianapolis, Indiana | 1st | 200m | |
| Olympic Games | Atlanta, Georgia | 6th (sf) | 100 | 10.16 (-0.5 m/s) | |
| 4th | 200m | 20.14 (0.4 m/s) | |||
| 1997 | NCAA Indoor Championships | Indianapolis, Indiana | 1st | 200m | |
| NCAA Outdoor Championships | Bloomington, Indiana | 1st | 100 m | ||
| 1st | 200 m | ||||
| World Championships | Athens, Greece | 6th (sf) | 100 m | 10.30 (-0.8 m/s) | |
| 6th | 200m | 20.37 (2.3 m/s) w | |||
| IAAF Grand Prix Final | Fukuoka, Japan | 2nd | 200 m | 20.19 (0.3 m/s) | |
| 1998 | Commonwealth Games | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 3rd | 100m | 10.00 |
| IAAF World Cup | Johannesburg, South Africa | 1st | 100 m | 9.87 (-0.2 m/s) NR | |
| IAAF Grand Prix Final | Moscow, Russia | 2nd | 100 m | 10.11 (0.1 m/s) | |
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Maracaibo, Venezuela | 1st | 100 m | 10.20 | |
| 1999 | IAAF World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 2nd | 200 m | 20.26 |
| Central American and Caribbean Championships | Bridgetown, Barbados | 1st | 100 m | 10.23 | |
| World Championships | Seville, Spain | 4th | 100 m | 10.00 (0.2 m/s) | |
| 4th | 200 m | 20.23 (1.2 m/s) | |||
| IAAF Grand Prix Final | Munich, Germany | 4th | 200 m | 20.21 (-0.8 m/s) | |
| 2000 | Summer Olympics | Sydney, Australia | 3rd | 100 m | 10.04 (-0.3 m/s) |
| 4th | 200 m | 20.20 (-0.6 m/s) | |||
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 5th (sf) | 100 m | 10.31 (-1.7 m/s) |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, England | DNS (qf) | 100 m | |
| 2003 | World Championships | Paris, France | 4th (qf) | 100 m | 10.14 (0.6 m/s) |
| 2004 | Summer Olympics | Athens, Greece | 7th | 100 m | 10.10 (0.6 m/s) |
| 2005 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | Nassau, Bahamas | 4th | 200m | 20.53 (1.8 m/s) |
| World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 6th (qf) | 100 m | 10.34 (-1.0 m/s) | |
| DNS (h) | 200 m | ||||
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