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Kierra Smith is an intermediate hurdler on the women’s track and field team at Augustana College. She was an NCAA Division III All-American in 2013, finishing seventh in the 400-meter hurdles at the outdoor national meet. Also in 2013, Smith was named co-MVP for Augustana after both the indoor and outdoor seasons. A senior political science and accounting major, she received the 2013 Advancing Women in Accounting Scholarship from the Illinois CPA Society.

School: Augustana College (Illinois)
Year: 2014
Major: Political Science & Accounting

A New Track: Fostering Diversity and Equity in Athletics
American sport has always served as a platform for resistance and has been measured and critiqued by how it responds in critical moments of racial and social crises.
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A New Track: Fostering Diversity and Equity in Athletics