Education
Bailey graduated from the University of South Carolina, where she competed during her Junior and Senior season after transferring from Barton County Community College.
Bailey graduated from the University of South Carolina, where she competed during her Junior and Senior season after transferring from Barton County Community College.
Bailey trains in Columbia, South Carolina under Curtis Frye and is the sister of the reggae star Capleton. Bailey competed for her native Jamaica at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she placed 5th in the 100 meters and 4th at the 200 meters. Bailey represented Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
She competed at the 4 × 100 m relay together with Shelly-Ann Fraser, Sheri-Ann Brooks and Veronica Campbell-Brown.
In its first round heat, Jamaica placed first in front of Russia, Germany and China. The Jamaica relay"s time of 42.24 seconds was the first time overall out of sixteen participating nations.
With this result, Jamaica qualified for the final, replacing Brooks and Bailey by Sherone Simpson and Kerron Stewart. Jamaica did not finish the race due to a mistake in the baton exchange.
Her personal bests are:
100 m: 11.04
200 m: 22.33.
She was also a member of the 4 × 100 m championship team at the 2002 outdoor championships.