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2017-18 Track and Field Roster

Tim Castaneda
Linsey McClain

Lexi Shaw

Lexi Shaw

  • Position:
    Hurdles
  • Height:
    5-10
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Ladera Ranch, Calif.
  • Highschool:
    San Juan Hills HS

Summary

Biography

At Utah Valley University ...

Redshirt (2017): Indoor: Finished with a program record of 1:15.58 in the 500-meter competing unattached at the BYU Cougar Indoor Invitational… recorded the sixth best indoor 400-meter time (58.80) in school history in unattached victory at the Weber State Wildcat Winter Open… ran the third best time in the 300-meter to place first in heat and sixth overall at the BYU December Invite… in moved into ninth on the school’s all-time record list in the 55-meter hurdles (8.57) at Wildcat Winter Open… placed fifth at Wildcat Winter Open running unattached in the 55-hurdles…  Outdoor: Set program record in the 400-meter hurdles (1:00.04) running unattached at the BYU Cougar Invitational… previously broke the school record in the 400-hurdles competing unattached in season opener at the UNLV Spring Invitational… earned back-to-back victories unattached in the 400-meter hurdles at the UVU Collegiate Invite (1:01.43) and Utah Spring Classic (1:01.35)… finished second unattached in the 400-hurdles (1:01.19) at the BYU Robison Invitational… ran an unattached 1:01.66 to finish 10th in the 400-hurdles at the Long Beach State Beach Invitational.
 
Junior (2016): Outdoor: Helped guide Wolverines to first-ever WAC 4x400 relay title at the WAC Outdoor Championships in Kansas City, Mo. … teamed with 4x400 squad to clock the sixth fastest time (3:46.98) in program history at the WAC Championships… recorded an outdoor career best of 58.65 seconds in the 400-meter at Long Beach State’s Beach Invitational… set a personal record in the 100-meter hurdles at the Utah Spring Classic… placed second in the 400-meter hurdles with a season-best time of 1:01.02 at the WAC Championships… earned victory in the 400-hurdles at the UVU Collegiate Invite (1:02.13) and in season opener at the UNVL Spring Classic (1:03.01)… ranked second in the WAC in 400-hurdles… 13th in the 100-hurdles… 16th in the WAC in the 400-meter... Academic All-WAC. Indoor: Clocked a career-best time of 58.10 seconds in the 400-meter dash prelims at the WAC Indoor Championships in Boise, Idaho… placed second in the 400-meter dash (1:00.58) at the Weber State Wildcat Winter Open… added second-place finish (4:04.10) with 4x400 relay squad at the Wildcat Winter Open… earned third-place finishes with the 4x400 relay team at the BYU Cougar Indoor Invitational (4:03.96) and at the Mountain States Games (4:01.25)...helped lead distance medley relay squad to the ninth best ninth best time (12:38.65) in school history in second-place finish at the Mountain States Games… finished season 10th in the WAC in the 400… Academic All-WAC.

Freshman (2014): Indoor: Placed third in the 4x400m relay at the Jackson[apos]s Open and Multis with a time of 4:07.77 and fifth in the 60m hurdles (9.57) ... took third in the 4x400 at the BYU Cougar Indoor Invite (3:59.04) and seventh in the 60m hurdles (9.68). Outdoor: Took fifth in the 400m hurdles at the UNLV Classic (1:07.69) and seventh in the same event at the BYU Cougar Invite (1:06.58) ... ran a season best 1:02.27 in the 400m dash and 1:06.58 in the 400m hurdles. 

Before Utah Valley ...
Prepped at San Juan Hills High School in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. ... the Most Valuable Athlete four consecutive years at SJHHS ... holds four schools records ... made CIF with All-County honors her junior and senior years ... her medley relay team her junior year took second in state and 12th in the nation ... also ran cross county and played basketball and soccer in high school. 

Prepped ...
Graduated from San Juan Hills HS in 2013 with a 3.5 GPA ... born May 19, 1995 in Garden Grove, Calif. ... a member of the National Honors Society, on the Interact and Key Clubs, helped teach an etiquette class at a community college for several years, and went on a humanitarian trip with the LDS Church to Belize and Fiji ... plans on majoring in Nursing at UVU ... parents are Joey and Kristin Lewis.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2013-14Freshman

    Hurdles
    5'10"
  • 2014-15Sophomore

    Hurdles
    5'10"
  • 2015-16Junior

    Hurdles
    5'10"
  • 2016-17Senior

    Hurdles
    5'10"
  • 2017-18Senior

    Hurdles
    5'10"

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