LaVerne Jones-Ferrette

LaVerne Janet Jones-Ferrette (born September 16, 1981) is a sprinter from the United States Virgin Islands who specializes in the 100 and 200 meters.

[2] Jones-Ferrette represented the US Virgin Islands at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing competing at the 100 metres sprint.

Breaking both records in just over an hour, she ran 11.18 in the 100 m and 22.49 seconds in the 200 m.[6] She competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics but she just missed out on making the 200 metres final.

[2] Jones-Ferrette made a strong start to 2010, building up to the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships by running the fastest 60 m time recorded in eleven years.

[7] An absence from competition that summer was later explained when she announced that she and her husband, Stephen Ferrette, were expecting a child.