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Article: Making her move: Finding track success meant relocating for Atlantic's Smith.
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- South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
- Article date:
- April 24, 2007
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Byline: Sharon Robb
Apr. 24--DELRAY BEACH -- Stacey-Ann Smith was willing to make the ultimate sacrifice for her track and field career. The talented Atlantic High School junior sprinter packed her bags and left her parents and friends in Bloomfield, Conn., to move to South Florida to go to school and train year-round. The two-time Bloomfield High School state champion and record holder lives with her aunt, Karen Edwards, and cousin Keisha, a soccer player. Smith, 16, has dual citizenship. She was born in Hartford, Conn., and her parents are Jamaican. She was looking to train and compete in warm weather. "It was a big adjustment at first and I am ...