Shareese Woods (born February 20, 1985) is an American

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athlete. She has competed internationally in sprint and has been on United States teams at the 2006 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics, 2007 NACAC Championships,

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and

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, medaling at all of those competitions.

Biography

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born in

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, she attended both Lee County Senior High School in

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and Prince George County High School, in

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. During that time, she was a three-time regional champion, and two-time state champion in the 400m Dash in a time of 55.00 seconds. She went on to attend

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; receiving a B.A. in Mass Media Communications, and becoming the most decorated athlete in school history, owning four indoor records, five outdoor records, three indoor conference records, four outdoor conference records, and four all-American awards, with the highest NCAA ranking in UNC Charlotte history. Notably, she also was recognized in ''Sports Illustrated'' "Faces in the Crowd". Post-collegiately, Woods went on to run professionally, sponsored by Adidas. Her most notable accomplishments are 2008 USA Indoor 400m Champion, and two-time World Indoor 400m Bronze Medalist with a time of 51.41.

Personal records

References

*http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=w/country=usa/athcode=206791/index.html *https://web.archive.org/web/20110716085943/http://www.charlotte49ers.com/fls/23200//10%20Track%20Stats/Top%20Ten%20Lists.pdf

*https://web.archive.org/web/20110213003853/http://www.atlantic10.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/atl10/sports/c-otrack/auto_pdf/WOT2010
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