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2020-21 Track & Field Roster

Allison Shannon

  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Stevenson
  • Hometown Sterling Heights, Mich.

Biography

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2021 Outdoor:
• Season best time of 5:14.54 in the 1500 

2019 Outdoor: 
• Did not compete

2019 Indoor:
• Placed fourth in the 4x400 (4:19.59) and eighth in the mile (5:34.47) at the Jack Skoog Open (Jan. 11)
• Placed 12th in the mile (5:10.85) at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 9)
• Placed first in the DMR (12:02.00) and 12th in the mile (5:22.85) at the Horizon League Indoor Track & Field Championships (Feb. 23-24)

2018 Outdoor:
• Did not compete

2018 Indoor: 
• Placed seventh in the 800 (2:28.57) and seventh in the 4x400 (4:16.36) at the Fort Wayne Duals (Jan. 20)
• Placed 30th in the mile (5:27.39) at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 10)
• Placed 16th in the 800 (2:37.55) at the Michigan Silverston Invitational (Feb. 16)

2017 Outdoor:

• Set a PR in the 1500m (4:51.60) at Oakland vs. Detroit (April 8)

High School:
• Four-year letter winner in cross country and track and field for head coach Kevin Henson
Cross Country:
• Helped lead Stevenson to three consecutive conference and county championships (2012, 13, 14) and two regional championships (2013, 14) 
• 2012 All-State selection and four-year All-County and All-Conference selection (2012-15)
• 2012 AAU All-American 
• Ran for Team Michigan in Mideast Meet of Champions
Track and Field:
• Help Stevenson to 800m state championship (2012), 4x400 region championship (2013)
• Four-year All-County and All-Conference selection (2013-16)

Top Athletic Performance:
5K - 18:24
1 Mile - 5:11 
400 - 61:1 
800 - 2:20 
Set Sterling Heights Stevenson freshman XC record in 2012, also set school record in 4x800 in 2013

Academic Accomplishments:
• Valedictorian
• Vice president of the Spanish Club
• Four-year Academic All-State selection
• Four-year honor roll student
• Charity officer of Nation Honor society 2015-16 and member of Spanish National Honor Society 

Three reason for choosing to Oakland:
1. Close to home
2. Scholarships
3. Cross country team

Personal:
Full Name: Allison Nicole Shannon
Parents: Michell Shannon
Mom ran cross country at Oakland
Siblings: Brother, Daniel                
Major: BOTS: Medical Laboratory and Spanish Language

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

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  • 2017-18Sophomore

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  • 2018-19Junior

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  • 2019-20Senior

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  • 2020-21Redshirt Senior

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