Shalei Matthews

Position:
Horizontal Jumps
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Independence, Kan.
High School:
Independence HS

2018 OUTDOOR (Jr.)
Finished fifth in the triple jump at the Oral Roberts Invitational (3/31) with a mark of 11.78 meters (38-7.75 ft.) … Placed eighth in the triple jump at the Sun Angel Classic (4/6-7) with a mark of 11.61 meters (38-1.25 ft.) … Placed fourth in the triple jump at the Kansas Relays (4/18-21) with a wind-aided mark of 11.63 meters (38-2 ft.) … Became the No. 10 performer in KU history in the triple jump with a mark of 12.26 meters (40-2.75 ft.) at the National Relay Championships (4/27-28).

2018 INDOOR (Jr.)
Made her Jayhawk debut at the Bob Timmons Challenge (12/2) where she finished first in the triple jump with a mark of 11.42 meters (37-5.75 ft.) … Finished fourth in both the long jump (4.93m; 16-2.25 ft.) and the triple jump (11.42m; 37-5.75 ft.) at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular (1/13) … Finished fifth in the triple jump at the Mark Colligan Memorial (1/20) with a mark of 11.55 meters (37-10.75 ft.) … Finished second in the triple jump at the Jayhawk Classic (1/25-26) with a mark of 11.27 meters (26-11.75 ft.) … Notched a fourth-place finish in the triple jump with a mark of 11.70 meters (38-4.75 ft.) at the Rod McCravy Memorial (2/3) … Finished 14th in the triple jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championship (2/23-24) with a mark of 11.57 meters (37-11.5 ft.).

2017 OUTDOOR (At Coffeyville CC)
Competed in the Gorilla Classic (4/15) where she finished second with a wind-aided triple jump mark of 11.53 meters (37-10ft.) as well as 14th in the long jump where she had a wind-aided jump of 5.09 meters (16-8.5 ft.) … Contributed to a first place finish at the NJCAA Outdoor National Championships (5/18-20) in the 4×100-meter relay with a time of 46.01 seconds.

2017 INDOOR (At Coffeyville CC)
Had a fourth place finish at the Arkansas Invitational (1/13) in the triple jump with a mark of 11.39 meters (37-4.5 ft.) … Competed in the Southern Invitational (1/20-21) and posted a first place victory in the triple jump with a mark of 11.67 meters (38-3.5 ft.) and a tenth place finish in the long jump with a jump of 5.11 meters (16-9.25 ft.) … Took first place in the triple jump at the NJCAA Region VI Indoor Championships (2/17-18) where she had a career-best mark of 12.03 meters (39-5.75 ft.) … Placed fifth in the long jump at the NJCAA Region VI Championships with a career-best jump of 5.41 meters (17-9 ft.) … Posted a seventh place finish at the NJCAA Indoor Championships (3/3-4) with a triple jump mark of 11.99 meters (39-4 ft.), as well as a long jump of 4.73 meters (15-6.25 ft.) which was good for a 23rd-place finish.

2016 OUTDOOR (At Coffeyville CC)
Took fifth place at the PSU Invitational (3/25) in the triple jump with a mark of 11.23 meters (36-10.25 ft.) … Placed first in the triple jump at the Cowley County Tiger Invite (4/1) with a wind-aided jump of 11.46 meters (37-8 ft.) and went on to place fifth in the long jump with a distance of 5.15 meters (16-10.75 ft.) … Had a career-best 100-meter dash time at the Gorilla Classic (4/16) where she finished in 12.35 which was good for eighth place … Contributed to a sixth place finish at the Kansas Relays in the 4×100-meter relay with a time of 47.29 seconds … Aided a third-place finish in the 4×100 relay at the NJCAA Region VI Outdoor Championships (4/28-30) with a time of 47.76 and placed second in the triple jump with a mark of 11.53 meters (37-10 ft.) … Contributed to a fourth-place finish at the NJCAA Outdoor National Championship in the 4×100 relay with a team time of 46.35.

2016 INDOOR (At Coffeyville CC)
Placed fifth at the MSSU Lion Invite (2/5-6) in the triple jump where she had a jump of 11.08 meters (36-4.25ft.) … Placed third at the NJCAA Region VI Championships (2/19-20) in the triple jump with a mark of 11.33 meters (37-2.25ft.) … Competed in the NJCAA Indoor Championships (3/4-5) where she placed eighth in the triple jump with a mark of 11.71 meters (38-5ft.).

HIGH SCHOOL
Ten-time letterwinner in tennis, basketball and track at Independence High School … State champion in the 4×100-meter relay, 4×400-meter relay, and the triple jump.

PERSONAL
Daughter to Charles and Linda Matthews … Sister to Kalei Matthews, Halei Matthews, and Terrin Carr … Was a part of Phi Theta Kappa honor society at Coffeyville Community College … Majoring in pediatrics.

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Wednesday, April 16

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Saturday, June 08

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Wednesday, May 08

NCAA Outdoor Championships // Day 4 // 6.9.18

Sunday, June 10

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Saturday, September 20

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Monday, June 23

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2017-18 Track & Field Roster

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Hussain Al Hizam

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Alexys Barton

Paulo Benavides

Khristen Bryant

Ben Burchstead

Ben Butler

Jedah Caldwell

Nicolai Ceban

Rachel Clowers

Isaiah Cole

Daria Cook

Riley Cooney

Courtney Coppinger

Gabbi Dabney

Dorie Dalzell

Quentin Dancer

Tre Daniels

Marcus Davis

Zantori Dickerson

Julianne Dillon

Hannah Dimmick

Ethan Donley

Hannah Driscoll

Gleb Dudarev

Adia Eberle

Alexandra Emilianov

Marleena Eubanks

George Evans

Honour Finley

Carly Flake

Quanah Gardiner

Nick Giusti

Chris Gleghorn

Jacob Goldberg

Courtney Griffiths

Morgan Griffiths

Mitch Grosserode

Cameron Gueldner

Avery Hale

Chace Hale

Lauren Harrell

Jaron Hartley

Ivan Henry

Callie Hicks

Christian Hicks

Talley Hill

Dylan Hodgson

Bryce Hoppel

Teri Huslig

LaTyria Jefferson

Avryl Johnson

Cody Johnson

Braden Kleinschmidt

Mariah Kuykendoll

Lisa Lauschke

George Letner

Catherine Liggett

Megan Linder

Sharon Lokedi

Brandon Lombardino

Joel Long

John Luder

Lane Macari

Shalei Matthews

Jack McDonald

Connor McMullen

Chris Melgares

Michael Melgares

Nick Meyer

Dylan Miller

Nicole Montgomery

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