Shawn Rowe (born 7 December 1992) in Kingston, Jamaica in a place called Red hills road. shawn Rowe is a

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n athlete who competes predominantly in the

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Career

Rowe attended Saint Augustine's University in

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where he was a four-time

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Division II national champion and six-time first-team All-American, as well as earning a criminal justice degree. After finishing second in the Jamaican Olympic trials in June 2021, Rowe was selected in the Jamaican team for the delayed

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. He ran a 49.18 seasons best to reach the semi-finals. He is also an author of a book called ''Hurdling my barriers''. He was also a fourth-place finisher and CAC and NACAC championships in 2018.

References

1992 births Living people Jamaican male hurdlers St. Augustine's Falcons men's track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Jamaica 21st-century Jamaican people {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub