Shannon Burns

Position:
Jumps
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
High Point, N.C.
High School:
High Point Central

2002: In indoor, finished third in the triple jump at Tar Heel Elite with best jump of the season (42-3 1/4) ... Won triple jump at 5 Team meet with a 41-8 ... Earned fifth-place finish at ACC Championships and 12th place finish at NCAA Championships in triple jump ... Took third place in triple jump at Fast Times ... Earned All-America honors ... Placed first in Raleigh Relays ... In outdoor, had four Top 5 finishes in the triple jump ... Runner-up at ACC Championships (41-10 3/4) ... Placed second at Raleigh Relays and UNC Last Chance ... Took fifth at Duke Invitational

2001: NCAA qualifier in the triple jump ... Pepsi Invitational finished fifth with a jump of 40-5 1/2 ... In outdoor, beat her own personal record by two and a half feet at May Madness with a first-place finish (42-6 3/4) in the triple ... Finished fourth at the ACC Championship in triple jump

2000: Finished ninth in the triple jump (37-11 1/4) at the ACC Championships.

Personal: Daughter of Arleen Burns and Martin Sturdivant ... Majoring in communications ... Minoring in Spanish