2008 Men's Cross Country Roster
Biography
2007-08: Tallied six career-bests during the indoor season, highlighted by breaking the school record in the heptathlon with 4,579 points at the Metropolitan Championships... Personal-bests include finishing the 60m in 7.2 at the METS; 6.55m in the long jump at the NYC Gotham Cup and 8.42 in the 60m hurdles; 4.27m at the Fordham Season Opener’s pole vault; 7.84 in 55m hurdles at the Terrier Invitational... Limited to one event in one meet during the spring season due to injury... Ran 8.45 at the NEC indoor championships in the 60m hurdles prelims, and finished first with a 8.28... Notched a distance of 6.24m in the long jump at the indoor NEC’s...
2006-07: Crossed the line in the 400m in a season-best 52.14 and the 55m high hurdles in 8.07 at the indoor Great Dane Classic... Ran a season-high 1:08.51 in the 500m at the indoor Metropolitan Championships... Logged an 8.43 in the 60m HH at the indoor NEC Championships... Notched a 15.38 in the 110m high hurdles at the outdoor NEC’s, in addition to his time of 54.36 in the 400m intermediate hurdles... Registered a mark of 1:09.36 in the 500m at the indoor NEC Championships... Second place in the 60m hurdles at the indoor NEC Championships (8.43), in the 110m high hurdles at the outdoor Wagner Invitational (15.95) and in 60m hurdles at indoor Fordham Invite (8.2)... Third place in the 110m hurdles at the outdoor Wagner Quad (15.8), in the 400m hurdles at the outdoor NEC Championships (54.36)... Fourth place in the 110m hurdles at the outdoor NEC Championships (15.34)... Fifth place in the 50m hurdles at the indoor Fordham Classic (8.53), in the 110m hurdles (15.69) and the 400m hurdles (56.75) at the Monmouth Season Opener...
2005-06: At the 49ers Classic in Charlotte, competed in the 400m hurdles running 56.01... Finished third at the Wagner Invitational in 400m hurdles with a time of 56.21... At the Duke Invitational, he competed in the 400m hurdles, finishing with a time of 54.94... Placed 6th at METS in the 110m hurdles, with a time of 15.54... At the NEC Outdoor Championships, notched times of 15.02 in the 55m hurdles and 55.50 in the 400m hurdle finals...
2004-05: Placed eighth in NEC’s in the 110-meter hurdles and second in the 400m hurdles... Named Second Team All-Conference for the 400m hurdles... Came in second in the 100m at the Quad Meet... Finished sixth in the 400m hurdles at the 2005 Mets Outdoor... Placed 28th in the 55m dash at the Deschriver Invitational...
North Rockland: Earned four varsity letters for Track Coach Eugene Dall... Holds the 10th all-time fastest 110m high hurdles...
Personal: Born to David and Linda Sheppard on October 30, 1986... Has one sister, Akira... Majoring in communication.