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

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athlete. She has competed internationally in

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and has been on United States teams at the

2006 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics The 4th NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic on July 7–9, 2006. A detailed report on the results was given. Medal summary Medal winners are published. Complete results can be found on t ...

2007 NACAC Championships The 2007 North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships was a regional track and field competition held at the Flor Blanca National Stadium in San Salvador, El Salvador, from July 13–15, 2007. It was the inaugural edition of a s ...

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

and

2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2008 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Luis Puig Palace in Valencia, Spain, March 7–9, 2008. Bid Valencia was announced the winning bidder by the IAAF on November 13, 2005 at an IAAF Council meeting in Moscow, R ...

, 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 *http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/scorecard/faces/2007/02/05/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Woods, Shareese 1985 births American female sprinters Living people Sportspeople from North Carolina Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States People from Fort Bragg, North Carolina World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century American women