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2011-12 Cross Country/Track Roster

Jill Shea

  • Height 5-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Buffalo, N.Y.
  • High School Nardin Academy

Biography

Career Bests
Year 
Meet/Race   Time   Place
2010 
Little Three Championships (5K)    19:18   7th
2010 
MAAC Championships (6K)   22:30   17th

2010 • Junior
• Competed in all six races, placing in the team's top-five finishers each time.
• For the second year in a row, she finished in seventh place at the Little Three Championships this time setting a 5K career-best time of 19:18.
• At the MAAC Championships, finished in 17th place with a time of 22:30, a career-best finish.
• Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team.

2009 • Sophomore
• Competed in five events in 2009.
• Recorded her best finish at the Little Three Championship concluding the race in seventh place.

2008 • Freshman
• Won the Little Three with a time of 19:34. 
• Was the top Canisius finisher in her first two races as a Golden Griffin and in four races on the season. • Finished seventh at the Duquesne Duals (19:18) and 30th at the Fordham Fiasco (20:03).
• Also was the top Canisius finisher at the Lehigh Invitational.
• Took 20th at the MAAC Championships (23:11).
• Recorded a time of 24:30 at the NCAA Regionals.

Before Canisius 
• Granted All-Catholic honors in 2005, 2006, and 2007. 
• Was awarded MVP, and the Robert Murray Award, given to the female with the best time.
• She was named to the first-team Class A State cross-country team.
• Her current records at an 18:55 in the 5K and 18:30 in the three mile.

Personal
• Daughter of James and Ann Shea.
• Has three siblings, Mike, Amanda, and Ryan.
• Attended Nardin Academy.
• Majoring in athletic training.

Historical Player Information

  • 2008-09Freshman

    5'0"
  • 2009-10Sophomore

    5'0"
  • 2010-11Junior

    5'0"
  • 2011-12Senior

    5'0"