- Shayne Culpepper
Shayne Culpepper
née Wille (bornDecember 3 ,1973 inAtlanta U.S.) is a middle distance athlete.She is married to long distance track and
road running athleteAlan Culpepper .In her early years Shayne competed for many years in
gymnastics .After transferring from
The University of Vermont after a year, she graduated fromUniversity of Colorado, at Boulder with a degree inpolitical science .Although qualifying for the
2000 Summer Olympics inSydney ,Australia , due toRegina Jacobs falling ill, Shayne could not manage to progress through the qualifying rounds. After winning the 2004 5,000 m. Olympic trials she competed again at the2004 Summer Olympics and placed 13th in the 5k at the first round, not allowing her to go on to the finals. [ [http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/athens2004/track_field/results?day=20 Athens 2004 Olympics, Track & Field - Track & Field Results - Yahoo! Sports ] ]In 2003 she returned to athletics after having her first child, Cruz Samuel, and on
February 16 won the national 4 kilometre cross-country championships.In March 2004 Shayne qualified for the 3,000 m. at the World Indoor Championships, she earned the
bronze medal , finishing the race in less than a second behind the winnerMeseret Defar and silver medalistBerhane Adere .Major achievements
*2003
**USA Cross Country Championships
***4 km. champion
**USA Indoor Championships
***3,000 m. silver medal
***1,500 m. bronze medal
*2004
**World Indoor Championships -Budapest ,Hungary .
***3,000 m. bronze medal
**USA Indoor Championships
***3,000 m. gold medal
**USA Olympic Trials
***5,000 m. championVideo Links
* [http://www.flocasts.com/flotrack/search.php?q=shayne+culpepper Flotrack Videos of Shayne Culpepper]
References
External links
* [http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_22081.htm Shayne Culpepper's U.S. Olympic Team bio]
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