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2011-12 Men's Track & Field Roster

Shannon Grover

Shannon Grover

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Ht./Wt.:
    5-9 / 150
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    New Orleans, La.
  • Prev School:
    East St. John HS
  • High School:
    East St. John HS

Summary

Biography

2011 Outdoor (Senior): Ran a Southeastern season-best 10.82 seconds in the 100-meter dash and turned in a time of 21.64 seconds in the 200-meter dash at the Tulane Team Challenge.

2010 Outdoor (Junior): Men’s 4x100 meter relay team, featuring Grover, Malcolm Carter, Rocky Caruth and Jerel Butler, finished second (40.36) at Southland Conference Outdoor Championships ... 4x400 meter relay team ended SLC meet with a third place effort, as Butler, Adlus Wiltz, Brandon Camp and Grover completed the race in 3:10.90 ... Broke a 31-year old school record in the 100 meter dash at Northwestern State Invitational, finishing second at 10.24 ... Had best 200 meter dash of his career at LSU Alumni Gold meet, completing race in 20.79 seconds, good for fifth place ... Along with Jerel Butler, Malcolm Carter and Rocky Caruth, won the men’s 4x100 meter relay at South Alabama Invitational in 40.60 seconds, edging Troy (40.86) ... Finished seventh (10.44) among some of the country's best sprinters in Texas Relays 100 meter dash ... Ranked second in the nation in 200 meter dash after putting up a time of 21.09 seconds at Louisiana Tech's Jim Mize Invitational.

2010 Indoor (Junior): Could not have been any closer to winning 200 meter dash at Southland Conference Indoor Championships, coming in second place, just .001 behind the victorious Teddy Williams of UTSA (21.725 to 21.726) ... Teamed with George Cunningham, Adlus Wiltz and Jerel Butler put up a time of 3:18.61 to win LSU Twilight Invitational 4x400 meter relay, besting a pair of SLC rivals ... Set the new university standard in the 55 meter dash at the McNeese State Indoor Invite, an event where Southeastern had four of the top five finishers, putting up a time of 5.34 seconds ... Second place in season opening Arkansas State Kickoff Classic's 200 meter dash (21.97).

2009 Outdoor (Sophomore):  Ran third leg as 4x400 m team posted third-place time of 3:09.78 at Texas Relays, setting school record ... Won Lamar's Exxon Mobil Ty Tyrell Relays 100 m dash (10.57), then went on to post a time of 20.99 in the 200 m dash to claim first and post an NCAA Mideast Regional Qualifying time ... Clocked his second NCAA Regional qualifying time of the season by posting a time of 10.53 in the 100 m at LSU's Alumni Gold meet ... Third place finisher in 200 m (21.03), fourth place in 100 m (10.53) and part of record-setting 4x400 m performance (3:06.79) at Southland outdoor championships.

2009 Indoor (Sophomore): At Southland indoor championships, recorded a personal best time of 22.15 seconds in the 200 m dash prelims.

2008 Outdoor (Freshman): Had a breakthrough freshman campaign during the outdoor season ... Advanced to the finals of the 100 m dash at the Southland Conference Outdoor Championships with a third-place preliminary time of 10.47 ... Went on to claim seventh in the 100 m dash with a time of 10.55 and fourth in the 200 m dash with a time of 21.14 ... Qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regionals in his freshman season in both short sprint events ... Claimed 14th in the 100 and 11th in the 200 in his first career Regional appearance ... Clocked in with a personal-best time of 10.33 in the 100 m dash at the NCAA Mideast Regionals, earning All-Louisiana honors as the third-fastest time in the state during the 2008 outdoor season ... Added another personal-best time with a mark of 20.82 in the 200 ... Ran the second leg of Southeastern’s 4x400 relay team that clocked in at 3:09.83 at the LSU Alumni Gold to earn All-Louisiana honors with the third-fastest time by a Louisiana school during the outdoor season.

2008 Indoor (Freshman): Earned All-Southland Conference honors with a personal best time of 6.92 in the 60 m dash to claim seventh place ... Claimed 12th place at the Arkansas State Indoor Invitational with a 23.15 200 m dash, a personal best time in that event ... Posted a time of 7.04 seconds in the 55 m dash, the second-best mark by a Lion sprinter during the indoor campaign.
 
High School: Lettered in football, baseball and track at East St. John HS in Reserve, La. ... Named all-district in football in 2007 and captained the track squad ... Member of East St. John’s Beta Club.
 
Personal: The oldest son of Donna Grover ... Has two siblings, Shonna (20) and James (11) ... Twin sister Shonna competed as a sprinter for Southeastern’s women’s track team.


Career Bests
100m: 10.24
200m: 20.79
400m: 48.57
4x100m Relay: 40.36
4x200m Relay: 01:26.3
4x400m Relay: 03:10.9

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Historical Player Information

  • 2009Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'9" 160 lbs
  • 2010Junior

    Sprints
    5'9" 150 lbs
  • 2011Senior

    Sprints
    5'9" 150 lbs
  • 2011-12Graduate Student

    Sprints
    5'9" 150 lbs