2015 Track & Field

Shamelle Pless

  • Class Senior
  • High School Jasper Place HS
  • Hometown Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Biography

Academic Notes: Majoring in business.

Personal Bests: 55m (7.06) 60m (7.44) 100m (11.84) 200m (23.86) 400m (55.92)

2015: Finished third in the 60m dash at the Big Sky Championships with a time of 7.49 ... Posted a career-best time of 7.44 when she won her heat in the Big Sky Championships preliminary round ... Picked up points for the Lumberjacks with her fifth-place finish and time of 24.23 in the women's 200m at the Big Sky Championships, her time was an indoor career-best

2014: Improved dramatically in her junior campaign... Big Sky Indoor Champion in the women's 200m dash after running a NAU school record 23.86 in the event... Scored in the women's 60m dash finishing fourth with a time of 7.55... Also helped the women's 4X400 team to a fifth place finish at the indoor championships... Had a productive outdoor season helping NAU to a Big Sky Outdoor Championship team title... Scored in the women's 200m dash finishing seventh overall... Helped the women's 4x400 relay team to an eighth place finish and the 4x100 relay team to a fourth place nod... Also competed in the women's 100m dash at the conference meet...

2013: Had a very strong sophomore season... Competed in two events at the Big Sky Indoor Championships garnering a sixth place finish in the women's 55m dash, a fourth place finish in the women's 200m dash and also ran first leg on the women's 4x400 relay team... Was apart of a the third best women's 4x100 team in school history which recorded a time of 46.08 at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships... Best performance in the 100m came at the Sun Angel Classic where she ran a 11.84, good for seventh best in the Big Sky all season... Recorded a season-best in the 200m at the ASU-UA-NAU Tri-Dual where she ran a 24.09.

2012: Was NAU's No. 2 short sprinter during both the indoor and outdoor seasons ... Ran a personal-best 60-meter dash time of 7.78@ at the indoor season-opening Lumberjack Invite ... Sidelined by injury for much of the rest of season, but returned to help the 4x400-meter relay squad place sixth at the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... Bread and butter event outdoors was the 4x100-meter relay ... Contributed to breaking an 18-year-old school record in the 4x100m relay, running the anchor leg at the Double Dual to finish in 45.99 ... Rode the success all the way to Big Sky Outdoors, where she helped the foursome atop the podium with an All-Big Sky second-place finish in 46.30.

High School: Ran for the Jasper Place High Rebels for three seasons before graduating in 2011 ... Holds a school record in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, and was part of the Canadian record-breaking distance medley relay team at the World Youth Championships ... Was the 2011 indoor Alberta provincial champion in the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash ... Was named track and field MVP for her high school in 2011 ... Competed on the Alberta team for the Canadian national meet, and was selected to represent Team Canada at the World Youth Championships in Lille, France.

Personal: Born to Willie and Rhonda Pless on Jan. 5, 1994 ... Has two younger sisters, Mariette and Siarra ... Chose NAU for the beautiful campus and the excitement of being a part of NAU track and field ... Enjoys spending time with friends and family and listening to music in her spare time.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012Freshman

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  • 2013Senior

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  • 2014Junior

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  • 2015Senior

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