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Shannon Ray
Shannon Ray (born December 31, 1995) is an American sprint (running), sprinter specializing in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She was a member of the Athletics at the 2023 Pan American Games – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay, U.S. 4 × 100 m relay at the 2023 Pan American Games, placing 7th. Biography Ray is from New Orleans, Louisiana where she attended St. Katharine Drexel Preparatory School. Running on a team with Aleia Hobbs and Mikiah Brisco, Ray won the 4 × 100 m at the 2014 USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships in a time of 45.81 seconds. In March 2014, Ray signed with the Ole Miss Rebels track and field program, which she competed for from 2014 to 2018. At the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Ray helped the Ole Miss team qualify for the finals of the 4 × 100 m for the first time, finishing 7th overall. Ray qualified for her first senior U.S. final at the 2020 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, placing 7th in the 60 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics (sport)
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping and throwing. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, cross-country running, and racewalking. The results of racing events are decided by finishing position (or time, where measured), while the jumps and throws are won by the athlete that achieves the highest or furthest measurement from a series of attempts. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most common types of sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay (athletics), relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. Organized athletics are traced back to the ancient Olympic Games from 776 BC. The rules and format of the modern athletics events, events in athletics were defined in Western Europe an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
