2015-16 (W) Track and Field Roster

Shelby Howell

  • Position Middle Distance, CC
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wilmington, N.C.
  • High School New Hanover

Biography

PR’s:

Cross Country: 5,000m – 17:43.2….6,000m – 23:06.5

Indoor: 400m - 1:00.29 ... 800m – 2:11.25… Mile – 5:06.14

Outdoor: 800m – 2:10.29…1,500m – 4:44.67

2014-15

Cross Country:

Achieved a new PR in the 5K at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (17:43.2/16th place)
• Placed in the top 20 in three events and the top 35 in five of the six meets she ran in
• Best placing of 14th came at the Winthrop Invite 18:53.1
• Personal-best 6K time of 23:06.5 came at the NCAA Division I Southeast Regional (167th place)

Indoor:

Took first place in the mile at both the Appalachian Indoor Open and the Wake Forest Invite in her first two races of the season with times of 5:29.01 and 5:15.60, respectively.
Set a PR in the 800m with a time of 2:11.25 at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships (second place)
• That mark is good for second in school history
Finished in second one other time at the Hokie Invite’s distance medley relay (12:18.74)
Placed third twice including the ETSU Invite’s 800m (2:15.45) and the Sun Belt Indoor Championships’ distance medley relay (11:59.29)
In total, she had nine top-10 finishes out of 12 events
All-conference performer

Outdoor:

Her extremely successful indoor season carried directly over into the outdoor season where she saw herself finish in the top 10 10 times out of a possible 14 events
Took first place at the Charlotte Invite’s 800m with a time of 2:10.30
Finished in second for both the Charlotte Invite’s 4x4 (3:15.21) and the High Point VertKlasse’s 4x4 (3:58.57)
Her two fourth-place finishes were in the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships’ 800m (2:10.36) and in that same meet, the 800m preliminary round (2:10.29/PR/fourth in school history)
Final top-five finish was in the 1500m at the App State Open with a time of 4:48.26 (fifth place)
Set a new PR for that event at the Wake Forest Open with a time of 4:44.67 (17th place)

2013-14

Cross Country:

• Ran a personal-best 5K and finished 17th at the Winthrop/Adidas Invitational
• Took 14th at the Covered Bridge Open

Indoor:

• Ran a personal best 400m at HIlton Garden Invitational
• Placed first at the 2014 Mountaineer Open as part of the 4x3 relay
• Took second in the 800m at the 2014 Mountaineer Open with a time of 2:17.86
• Placed first in the 800m at the 2014 Liberty Quad• Placed third at the SoCon Indoor Championships in the 800m with a time of 2:12.96
• Took second at the SoCon Indoor Championships in the 4x4
• Finished first at the 2014 Liberty Quad in the 800m with a time of 2:17.43

Outdoor:

• Took third in the 1,500m at Carolina's Cup 2014 with a time of 4:46.09
• Ran a personal best 800m at the SoCon Outdoor Championships with a time of 2:10.35 and took fifth
• Finished second in the Georgia Invitational for the 800m

2012-13

Cross Country:

• Ran in the Blue Ridge Open, posting a personal-best 21:06.50
• Posted a personal-best 24:55.62 in the 6,000m run at the 49er Invite

Indoor:

• Posted a first-place finish in the 800, at the Mountaineer Open
• Finished first in the preliminary round in the 800m at the SoCon Championships, running a personal-best 2:12.09
• Had the season-best time in the 800m for the Apps at the SoCon Championships
• Earned a fourth-place finish in the mile at the Liberty Quad

Outdoor:

• Placed second in the 800m run at the High Point VertKlasse Meeting, running a personal-best 2:10.50, ranking her fourth all-time for App State
• Finished fourth in the 800m at the NC A&T Aggie Last Chance Meet
• Posted a fourth-place finish in the 1,500m at Beaches vs Mountains
• Ran a personal-best with a 4:55.58 in the 1,500m at the Coastal Carolina Invitational

High School

• Set a state meet record in the 800m at the 2012 State Championships, running a 2:11.99
• State champion in the 800-meters in 2011 with a personal best time of 2:13.0
• Finished first at the East Regional in the 1,600-meter run with a time of 5:07.79 in 2012
• Was a three-time conference champion and four-time county champion in cross country
• Earned a first-place finish in the NCHSAA 4A East Regional in 2011 and placed 19th at the state meet

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Freshman

    Middle Distance, CC
  • 2013-14Sophomore

    Middle Distance, CC
  • 2014-15Junior

    Middle Distance, CC
  • 2015-16Senior

    Middle Distance, CC