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2016-17 Track & Field

Profile

  • Jumps
    Position
  • Senior
    Class
  • 5'8
    Height
  • Burns HS
    High School
Shana Wilcoxson
Shana Wilcoxson
Jumps
Position
Senior
Class

Summary

Biography

2015-16: Indoors competed in six meets, posting a PR of 38-3.25 in the triple jump at the Power Meet... took 11th in the triple jump at the MW indoor championships... won the triple jump at the dual meet against Colorado State outdoors, leaping 38-0.75... took 10th in the triple jump at the MW outdoor championships with a mark of 37-5.75.

2014-15: Indoors competed in the triple jump in four meets...posted a season-best leap of 37-2 1/4 at the Air Force Team Challenge on Feb. 6...finished 13th in the event at the MW Championships...outdoors competed in five meets...posted a personal-best leap of 37-8 3/4 at the Cowpoke Open on May 1...named MW Academic All-Conference in the classroom.

2013-14: Posted one all-time top 10 mark during her first season in the program...notched the ninth-farthest triple jump in school history with a leap of 38-3 1/4 at the Air Force Open on Feb. 15...placed 10th in the event at the MW Championships...outdoors had a season-best triple jump of 37-3 at the Tom Benich Invite on April 4...named MW Academic All-Conference in the classroom.

Before Wyoming: Won 10 individual state titles while competing under coach Brooks Hoffman at Burns High School...as a senior won state championships outdoor in the high jump, pole vault, long jump and triple while leading her team to the state title...also won the triple jump at the indoor state championships...as a junior won state titles outdoors in the pole vault, long jump and triple jump...won the long jump, triple jump and 4x200-meter relay indoors...as a sophomore finished runner-up outdoors in the long jump and triple jump...placed fifth in the high jump...as a freshman placed in the high jump and long jump...also earned volleyball all-conference honors as a sophomore and junior...owned personal bests of 5-2 in the high jump, 17-8 in the long jump, 10-6 in the pole vault and 37-6 1/4 in the triple jump.

Personal: The daughter of Lonnie and Denise Wilcoxson...born on Oct. 9, 1994, in Laramie...has one sister, Danielle, and one brother, Cameron...also recruited by South Dakota State, Central Washington, Eastern Washington and Colorado State...majoring in physiology at UW.

Personal Bests:

Indoor:

Triple Jump - 38-3 1/4 (2014) (No. 9 UW All-Time Mark)

Outdoor:

Triple Jump - 38-0 3/4 (2016) (No. 9 UW All-Time Mark)
Long Jump - 16-6 (2014)