Shakeema Welsch
Event: Triple Jump
Height: 6-0
Weight: 135
PR: 14.23m/46-8.25 (2008)
Born: 11/10/1976
Current Residence: Charlotte, N.C.
High School: Ben Franklin HS (Phila) '94
College: Penn State '99
Coach: Petros Kyprianou
Agent: Jonas Welsch
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Career Highlights: 2010 USA Outdoor runner-up; 2009 USA Outdoor champion; Two-time USA Indoor champion ('08, '09); Two-time Olympic Trials runner-up (’04, ’08); 3rd at 2003 USA Indoors; 1998 ECAC Indoor TJ champ
Welsch won her first USA Outdoor title with her second round leap of 14.30 meters/46 feet 11 inches at the 2009 USA Outdoor Champs…Welsch started competing in track & field after her high school coach suggested that she could be a great high jumper during her sophomore year. Later they discovered that she was talented in the triple jump. She focused in the jumps during high school, because she knew her physique was that of a prototypical high jumper, but her inflexibility hindered her from reaching great heights in the event…after realizing that she was not flexible enough to high jump, she tried the triple jump because she feels that her body responds so naturally to the required positions…the triple jump is Walkers favorite event although it is one of the most painful and stressful events on her body…Being able to execute three weight-bearing responses at a competitive distance is impressive to me, said Walker…during the 1999 season while at Penn State, she set a new outdoor Big Ten conference record in the triple jump clearing 13.27m/43-6.50also in high school, she participated in volleyball, softball, basketball...in December of 1999, she had a stress fracture in her fibula that caused her to take three months to recover where she opened her season in April at the 2000 Penn Relays...Walker was inducted into the Penn State Athletes Hall of Fame Museum in 2001 but later on in November she suffered another injury with a spinal stress fracture causing her to sit out the most of the 2002 indoor and outdoor season…maiden name is Shakeema Walker.
2011: USA Indoor Champs (13.66m/44-9.75)...1st
2010: USA Outdoor runner-up (14.07m/46-02.0)…USA Indoor runner-up (13.73m/45-0.5)…11th at Daegu (5.94m/19-6)…ranked #3 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 14.07m/46-2.
2009: 17th in qualifying at World Outdoors (14.01m/45-11.75)...USA Outdoor champion (14.30m/46-11w)…USA Indoor champion (13.77m/45-2.25)…1st at Salamanca (13.92m/45-8)…1st at Mt SAC Relays (13.92m/45-8)…ranked #1 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 14.01m/45-11.75.
2008: Olympic Trials runner-up (14.27m/46-10w)…USA Indoor champion (13.94m/45-9)...1st at Mt. SAC (14.23m/46-8.25)…2nd at Provo (14.15m/46-5.25)…ranked #3 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 14.23m/46-8.25.
2007: did not compete
2006: 8th in Helsinki (13.14m/43-1.5)…best of 13.14m/43-1.5.
2005: 7th at Hengelo (13.70m/44-11.5)…best of 13.70m/44-11.5.
2004: Olympic Trials TJ runner-up (14.06m/46-01.50)...10th in LJ (6.25m/20-06.25) at Olympic Trials...2nd in TJ at Mt. SAC Relays (13.83m/45-4.5)...2nd in TJ at Provo (13.90m/45-7.25)...3rd in LJ at Home Depot (6.62m/21-8.75w)...1st in TJ at Modesto (13.82m/45-4.25)...1st in TJ at San Diego (13.78m/45-2.5)...ranked #2 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 6.45m/21-2 (LJ) & 14.06m/46-1.5 (TJ).
2003: 4th in TJ at USA Outdoors (13.87m/45-6.25w)...5th in TJ at USA Indoors (13.41m/44-0)...1st at UTEP Invitational (13.84m/44-5)...2nd in TJ at Los Angeles (13.82m/45-4.25)...3rd in TJ at Fort-de-France (13.58m/44-6.75)...3rd in TJ at Tucson (13.41m/44-0)...1st in LJ (6.19m/20-3.75) and 2nd in TJ (13.46m/44-2) at Los Angeles...ranked #3 in U.S. by T&FN...best of 6.19m/20-3.75 in LJ & 13.46m/44-2 in TJ.
2002: 1st in TJ at Florida (13.32m/43-8.5mi)...3rd in TJ at USA Indoors (13.32m. 43-8.5mi)...injured the rest of the season...best of 13.32m/43-8.5i.
2001: Best of 13.46m/44-2 in TJ...injured rest of season (spinal stress fracture).
2000: Best of 13.74m/45-1 in the TJ & 6.21m/20-4.5 in the LJ.
1999: Best of 13.07m/42-10.75i & 13.50m/44-3.50 in TJ & (6.35m/20-10) in LJ.
1998: 10th in TJ at NCAA Champs.