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2010-11 Track and Field

Shannon Watt

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Jackson, N.J.
  • Highschool Jackson Memorial

Biography

2010-11
Placed fifth in the shotput with a toss of 12.89-meters atthe Gotham Cup Jan. 14.

2009-10
Placed third in the shot put at the Jay Carisella Invitational witha toss of 12.33 meters … Took fifth in the shot put at theDartmouth Relays with a mark of 13.33 meters … Placed fifthin the shot put at the Harvard Invitational, posting a mark of12.48 meters … Placed second in the shot put at the Battleof Beantown with a 12.93-meter toss and also placed second at theHYP meet … Took sixth in the shot put with a season-bestthrow of 13.48 meters at indoor Heps … Placed fifth in thediscus throw at the TSU Relays with a mark of 39.25 meters …Finished fourth in the shot put at the UCF Invitational, posting amark of 13.74 meters … Placed third at the Brown OutdoorInvitational with a 13.91 meter mark in the shot put and fourthwith a distance of 41.70 meters in the discus … Won the shotput and discus at the Harvard-Yale meet, posting marks of 13.95meters and 40.20 meters, respectively … Took fourth in theshot put at the Penn Relays with a 13.79-meter toss … Placedeighth in the shot put at outdoor Heps with a throw of 13.02 meters… Qualified for ECAC Outdoor Championships and placed 18thin the event.

Before Harvard
Lettered all four years in indoor and outdoor track and twoyears in soccer … Captain of indoor and outdoor track andfield teams as a junior and senior … Named team MVP threetimes for outdoor track and field and twice for indoor track andfield … Earned first-team all-state, all-Ocean County andall-Shore conference as a senior … Earned Nike All-Americanhonors for placing fifth at the Nike Indoor National Championshipsin the shot put as a senior … New Jersey state shot putchampion as a senior … Named field MVP at the Ocean CityChampionships as a senior … Recipient of the Don ConnorAward for excellence in athletics … Class valedictorian… Member of the Spanish and Science National HonorSocieties.