This Year in Cross Country: Was one of Commodores' top three runners
prior to mid-season leg injury...Was instrumental in team wins at Belmont Invitational
and Commodore Classic...Opened season with eighth overall finish at Belmont
Invitational... Was fifth overall at Commodore Classic with 18:55 5K...Set 5K
personal best 18:30 in Notre Dame Invitational, her last race of year...Season
ended due to stress fracture suffered just before SEC Championships.
In High School: Two-time All-State selection in cross country and track
and field...Named Green Bay Press-Gazette Runner of the Year as a senior...Captured
Division I state championship in 800 meters as junior and senior...Added 1,600
meter individual title during senior season...Was captain of both teams as a
senior...Earned eight varsity letters...Finished 13th in prestigious Foot Locker
Midwest Cross Country Regionals...Holds school records in the 400 (59.3), 800
(2:11.7) and 1600 (4:55).
Personal: Caitlin Christine Shannon...Daughter of Daniel and Colleen Shannon...Oldest
of five siblings...Father ran cross country at Notre Dame University...Vice
President of National Honor Society chapter...Recipient of the Lee Remmel Scholastic
Award...Studied piano for seven years...Plans to work toward pre-medicine degree
in neuroscience.
