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2017-18 Women's Track & Field Roster

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Shannon Hugard

  • Position Mid-Distance
  • Class Senior
  • High School Middletown HS
  • Hometown Middletown, R.I.

Biography

Honorable Mention All-America, 1500 meters (2017, 2018)

As a Senior (2017-18)
• NCAA Track Championships qualifier in the 1500, taking 20th overall in 4:20.76 for Honorable Mention All-American honors.
• Placed 11th in the 1500 (4:16.73) at the NCAA East Preliminary Championships to qualify for the national meet.
• Second-Team All-Ivy (Indoor 1000 and 4x800 relay)
• Broke school record in the 1000 (2:45.18).
• Ranks third at Cornell in indoor 4x800 relay (8:50.23) and seventh in outdoor 4x800 (8:43.83).
• Second in program history in outdoor DMR (11:15.38) and ninth in indoor DMR (11:32.68).
• Double scorer at both Indoor and Outdoor Heps.
• At Indoor Heps, was runner-up in the 1000 (2:49.21) and the 4x800 (8:50.23).
• Took third in both the 1500 (4:23.10) and 4x800 (8:43.83) at Outdoor Heps.
• Two-time ECAC champion.
• Broke school record in the 1000 to take first at the Indoor ECAC Championships.
• Won the 1500 (4:19.79) at the Outdoor ECAC Championships.
• Tallied 13 top-three finishes on the year.
• Had her most successful cross country season as a senior, culminating with a 19th-place finish at the NCAA Northeast Regional meet to earn All-Region honors.
• Was consistently in the top five for the Big Red in all six meets she competed in, starting with an 11th-place finish to cross the line fourth for Cornell at the quad meet with Columbia, Brown and NYU.
• Was then second for the team at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown, taking 23rd amongst the competitive field.
• Was the number three runner for the Big Red for three consecutive meets, placing 39th at the Paul Short Run, 23rd at the Penn State National Open and 20th at the Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships.
• Ended her cross country career at the regional meet, becoming the first Cornell runner to finish the course.

As a Junior (2016-17)
• Continued her cross country success as a junior.
• Finished a season-best eighth in the Yellowjacket Invitational and went on to finish 31st in the Ivy League Heptagonal Cross Country Championships and 31st in her debut at the NCAA Northeast Regional. 

• Had yet another prosperous track season, becoming an honorable mention All-American in the 1500 meters following a 23rd-place finish at the NCAA Championships.
• Also earned an Indoor Heps title in the 800 and was the 1500 champion at the Outdoor IC4A/ECAC Outdoor Championships.
• Was a big scorer for Cornell at its championships meets, taking fifth in the 4x800 relay at Indoor Heps and runner-up in the 1000 at Indoor IC4A/ECACs.
• In the outdoor season, was fourth in the 1500 and seventh in the 4x800 relay at the Heps.
• Time of 4:14.99 in the 1500 set at the preliminary round is the second-best time in school history while her run of 2:09.10 in the 800 at the Indoor Heps is the 10th-best time at Cornell.

As a Sophomore (2015-16)
• Ran in five cross country races as a sophomore, opening the season with a ninth-place finish in the Brother Jasper Invitational and a fifth-place run at the Rochester Yellowjacket Invitational.
• Strongest performances as a sophomore came on the track, though, finishing runner-up in the 800 meters at the Cornell Indoor Upstate Challenge, third at the Sykes & Sabock Challenge Cup and third at Ivy League Indoor Heptagonals.
• Won the 600 at the Marc Deneault Invitational.
• Closed the indoor season with an impressive fourth-place finish in the 800 at ECAC Championships.
• Outdoors, won the 1500 at the UC Riverside Spring Break Invitational and placed first in the 800 at the Bison Outdoor Classic.
• Was again third in the 800 at Heps and again placed fourth at ECAC Championships.
• Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the event. 

As a Freshman (2014-15)
• Purely a track runner in high school, made an impressive cross country debut freshman season, finishing in the top 20 in her first three cross country meets ever: 17th at Army 5K (18:29.19), seventh at Harry Anderson Invitational 5K (18:26.1) and 19th at Paul Short Run 6K (22:05).
• Also led the Big Red at the John Reif Memorial Run, placing sixth with a 5K time of 18:20.7.
• On the track, had a strong first season.
• Won the 1000 at the Kane Invitational in 2:55.57, a personal best.
• In the 800, won her heat at the SPIRE Invitational in a personal-best 2:12.79. 
• Also placed second in the 880 yards at the Beantown Challenge in 2:16.66.
• At the Deneault Memorial, finished second in the 600 (1:34.53).
• Was also a member of the winning 4x800 relay team at the indoor Upstate Challenge and of the second-place two-mile indoor relay team, which finished in 8:59.65 at Indoor Ivy League Heptagonals, good for 10th all-time at Cornell.
• The all-freshman 4x800 relay team of which Hugard was a member broke the freshmen record at Indoor ECACs, finishing in 8:57.45.
• At Outdoor ECACs, set a new freshman record in the 800 of 2:07.82, good for No. 6 all-time at Cornell.
• At the outdoor Upstate Challenge, won the 1500 in a personal-best 4:36.60.

Before Cornell
• The Rhode Island state runner-up at 800 meters, Hugard has a personal best of 2:13.55 and is her school's record holder at 1500 meters.
• A four year varsity letter winner in soccer, Hugard helped her team to the state championship match every year.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Mid-Distance
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Mid-Distance
  • 2016-17Junior

    Mid-Distance
  • 2017-18Senior

    Mid-Distance