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Shelby McEwen

Basic Information

  • Gender: Male
  • Born: 4/6/1996
  • Status: Active

Residences

  • Hometown: Abbeville, MS
  • High School: Oxford High School
  • College: University of Alabama

Athlete Info

  • Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field
  • Coach: Jeff Petersmeyer
  • Agent: Christopher Gooding

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World Athletics Championships

  • 2019 World Outdoor Championships, Q1-seventh (high jump)

Other Career Highlights

  • 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, bronze (high jump)
  • 2020 USATF Indoor Championships, silver (high jump)
  • 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships, bronze (high jump)
  • 2019 USATF Outdoor Championships, silver (high jump)
  • 2019 USATF Indoor Championships, gold (high jump)
  • 2018 NCAA Outdoor Championships, silver (high jump)
  • 2018 USATF Outdoor Championships, fifth (high jump)
  • 2018 NCAA Indoor Championships, bronze (high jump)

Personal

Son of Michael and Sharon McEwen...Born April 6, 1996...Originally from Oxford, Mississippi and grew up playing basketball. In 2014 he stunned everyone at the “First to Fly” Dunk Contest and Las Vegas, copying Michael Jordan’s signature free-throw line dunk. In high school he was a basketball player of the year but also won the 2015 state championship in the high jump in Mississippi. In 2015 he was an all-American High school High Jumper...He was recruited to jump at Auburn, Ole Miss, and N.C. State but decided to play basketball at Northwest Mississippi Community College before eventually transferring to Alabama...While at Northwest Mississippi he would drive 20 miles to practice high jump at Oxford High School.

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