Kerry-Ann Richards (born 22 April 1976) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She represented her country in sprinting on several junior and senior teams. She won gold medals as part of the Jamaican 4ÃÂ100 metres relay teams at the 1999 Pan American Games. Richards ran track collegiately at the University of Illinois at UrbanaâÂÂChampaign where she was six-times Big Ten Conference champion, Big Ten Freshman of the Year and three times NCAA Division I All-American. Richards earned her master's degree at Illinois in 2000, was named to the National Dean's List as well as being an multiple times NCAA Academic All-American.