Shayne Culpepper

Shayne Culpepper

Shayne Culpepper née Wille (born December 3, 1973 in Atlanta U.S.) is a middle distance athlete.

She is married to long distance track and road running athlete Alan Culpepper.

In her early years Shayne competed for many years in gymnastics.

After transferring from The University of Vermont after a year, she graduated from University of Colorado, at Boulder with a degree in political science.

Although qualifying for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, due to Regina 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 the 2004 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 &amp Field - Track &amp 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 winner Meseret Defar and silver medalist Berhane 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. champion

Video 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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