UT jumper Ackelia Smith eyeing Paris 2024 Olympic Games for Jamaica

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Ackelia Smith, a University of Texas at Austin track and field junior, has been building momentum with some of her best long and triple jump distances to date. She just won in both jumps on home turf at the Texas Invitational track meet over the weekend. Her sights on the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games are becoming clearer. Smith, a first-generation college student from Jamaica, dreamed of competing at the collegiate level on a scholarship. “Back home, you hear that if you get a college education, you’re...