{{Short description|Jamaican sprinter}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Serena Cole | fullname = | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|6|26|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | residence = | nationality = | spouse = | sport = Athletics | event = Sprint | club = 1. MVP 2. Swept | worlds = | nationals = | headercolor = | pb = | show-medals = yes | | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{JAM}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Relays}} {{Medal|Silver|2025 Guangzhou|Mixed relay}} {{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2021 Nairobi|4×100 m relay}} {{Medal|Gold|2022 Cali|4×100 m relay}} {{Medal|Silver|2022 Cali|100 m}} {{Medal|Competition|Junior Pan American Games}} {{Medal|Gold|2025 Asunción|4×100 m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|CARIFTA Games<br />Junior (U20)}} {{Medal|Gold|2022 Kingston|Long jump}} {{Medal|Gold|2022 Kingston|4x100m relay}} }} '''Serena Cole''' (born 26 June 2004) is a Jamaican sprinter. A multiple-time medalist at the World Athletics U20 Championships, she was a member of the Jamaican women's 4 x 100 metres relay team that ran world U20 records in 2021 and 2022. Cole made her senior international debut for Jamaica at the 2025 World Athletics Relays, winning a silver medal in the mixed 4 x 100 metres relay.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/serena-cole-14776901|title=Serena Cole|accessdate=11 May 2025|website=World Athletics}}</ref>
==Early Life== She attended Edwin Allen High School in Clarendon, Jamaica.
==Career== <ref name="lewis">{{cite web|date=5 June 2023|url= https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20230605/serena-cole-joins-mvp-signs-nike|website=Jamaica Gleaner|accessdate=11 May 2025|title= Serena Cole joins MVP, signs with Nike}}</ref> She was a member of the Jamaican women's 4 x 100 metres relay team that ran a new world U20 record of 42.94 at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships in Nairobi.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://trackalerts.com/2021/08/clayton-twin-leads-jamaica-to-4x1-world-record/|website=Track Alerts|accessdate=11 May 2025| date=22 August 2021|first=Anthony|last=Foster|title=Clayton twin leads Jamaica to 4×1 World Record}}</ref>
She was a member of the Jamaican team which won the 4 x 100 metre relay at the 2022 CARIFTA Games with a time of 42.58 to break the under-20 world record, however, the time wasn't ratified due to JADCO personnel failing to test all four members of the team.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sportsmax.tv/component/tags/tag/carifta-games-2022|website=SportsMax.tv|accessdate=11 May 2025|title= JADCO issues verdict on personnel involved in CARIFTA U-20 4x100 testing debacle |first= Bradley|last= Jacks | date=30 July 2022}}</ref> She also won the long jump title at the championships.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20220418/carifta2022-cole-adds-long-jump-title-world-record-performance|website=Jamaica Gleaner|date=18 April 2022|accessdate=14 Jan 2026|title=Cole adds long jump title to world record performance}}</ref>
She was a silver medalist in the 100 metres behind compatriot Tina Clayton in the 100 metre at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships. She then teamed up with Clayton, Kerrica Hill and Tia Clayton to win gold in the 4 x 100 metres at the championships, and broke the world U20 record with 42.59 s to win gold.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-u20-championships/world-athletics-u20-championships-7163112/news/report/wu20-cali-22-day-three-afternoon-clayton-andrews-willis|website=World Athletics|accessdate=11 May 2025|title= Clayton leads Jamaican 1-2, retaining world U20 100m title in Cali|date=4 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|website=Loop News|url= https://www.loopnews.com/content/world-u20-jamaica-shatter-womens-4x100m-world-record-in-cali/|accessdate=11 May 2025|title= World U20: Jamaica shatter women's 4x100m world record in Cali|date=6 August 2022}}</ref>
She won the U20 100m at the Jamaican Carifa Games Trials in March however she missed the Games due to a hamstring injury.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://trackalerts.com/2023/04/sprinter-serena-coles-carifta-games-hopes-dashed-by-hamstring-injury/|website=Track Alerts|accessdate=11 May 2025|title= Sprinter Serena Cole's Carifta Games Hopes Dashed by Hamstring Injury|first=Anthony|last=Foster|date=5 April 2023}}</ref> In 2023, she signed a shoe contract with Nike and joined the MVP Track Club under coach Stephen Francis.<ref name="lewis"/>
She was a silver medalist at the inaugural mixed 4 x 100 metres relay with the Jamaican team at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China, running the final alongside Krystal Sloley, Bryan Levell, and Javari Thomas.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7203345?eventId=10230439|website=World Athletics|accessdate=11 May 2025|date=11 May 2025|title= World Athletics Relays}}</ref>
Cole ran a personal best 7.14 seconds for the 60 metres (+1.4) at the 2026 Gibson McCook Relays in Kingston.<ref>{{cite web|date=1 March 2026|accessdate=1 March 2026|website=Jamaica Gleaner|title=Edwin Allen dominate sprint relays|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20260301/edwin-allen-dominate-sprint-relays#}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7236661?eventId=10229684&gender=W |date=1 March 2026 |title=Gibson McCook Relays |access-date=7 March 2026| website=World Athletics}}</ref>
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{{Footer World Athletics U20 Champions women's 4x100 metres}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cole, Serena}} Category: 2004 births Category:Living people Category:Athletes from Kingston, Jamaica Category:21st-century Jamaican sportswomen Category:Jamaican women sprinters Category:World Athletics U20 Championships winners Category:Jamaican sprinters