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2019-20 Men's Track and Field

Shep Sims

  • Height 5-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Charleston, W.Va.
  • High School Woodberry Forest School

Biography

2019-20: A two-year letterwinner ... will compete in the jumps.

2018-19: Did not compete.

2017-18: Lettered for the second time … (Indoor) Broke the school record in the pole vault with a leap of 4.65m at the Roanoke Final Qualifier (3/3) … placed first in the pole vault (4.43m) at the ODAC Championship (2/25) … was first in the pole vault at the Roanoke Tune Up (2/16), the Bast-Cregger Invitational (12/1) and the Finn Pincus Invitational (1/26) … earned USTFCCCA all-region laurels in the pole vault … (Outdoor) Registered a school record in the pole vault at the Phoenix Invitational (4/14) with a mark of 4.77m … won the pole vault (4.42m) at the ODAC Championship (4/21) … claimed first in the pole vault at the Blue & Silver Challenge (3/31) … garnered USTFCCCA all-region honors in the pole vault.

2016-17: Earned a letter in his first season ... (Indoor) Named the ODAC Rookie of the Meet at the ODAC Championship (2/26) after winning the pole vault with a mark of 4.30m (14''1.25") ... registered a jump of 4.40m (14''5.25") in the pole vault at the Art & Linda Maillet UNC Open (1/14) ... (Outdoor) Selected as the ODAC Rookie of the Meet at the ODAC Championship, following a win in the pole vault with a leap of 4.40m (14''5.25") ... recorded a season-best mark of 4.46m (14''7.50") in the pole vault at the WildCat Invitational (4/15).

High School: Lettered four times in track and field at Woodberry Forest School ... his track and field team won the Prep League Championship and the VISAA State Championship ... set the school''s pole vault record in 2016.

Personal: Computer science major … worked as a software engineering intern at IQ Inc. in Pittsburgh over the summer.

Collegiate Bests

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17First Year

    5'8"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    5'8"
  • 2019-20Senior

    5'8"