Women’s Team Profiles - Returners
Shamelle Pless
Academic Notes: 2012 Big Sky All-Academic selection ... Majoring in business. 2012: Was NAU’s No. 2 short sprinter during both the indoor and outdoor seasons ... Ran a personal-best 60-meter dash time of 7.78@ at the indoor season-opening Lumberjack Invite ... Sidelined by injury for much of the rest of season, but returned to help the 4x400-meter relay squad place sixth at the Big Sky Indoor Championships ... Bread and butter event outdoors was the 4x100-meter relay ... Contributed to breaking an 18-year-old school record in the 4x100m relay, running the anchor leg at the Double Dual to finish in 45.99 ... Rode the success all the way to Big Sky Outdoors, where she helped the foursome atop the podium with an All-Big Sky second-place finish in 46.30. High School: Ran for the Jasper Place High Rebels for three seasons before graduating in 2011 ... Holds a school record in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes, and was part of the Canadian record-breaking distance medley relay team at the World Youth Championships ... Was the 2011 indoor Alberta provincial champion in the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash ... Was named track and field MVP for her high school in 2011 ... Competed on the Alberta team for the CanaIndoor: Sophomore dian national meet, and was selected to represent Team Canada at the World Youth ChampionOutdoor: Sophomore ships in Lille, France. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Jasper Place HS Personal: Born to Willie and Rhonda Pless on Jan. 5, 1994 ... Has two younger sisters, Mariette Sprints and Siarra ... Chose NAU for the beautiful campus and the excitement of being a part of NAU track and field ... Enjoys spending time with friends and family and listening to music in her spare Personal Bests time. 7.73@ - 60 Meters 12.28@ - 100 Meters 25.10@ - 200 Meters
All-Big Sky Honors 2012: Outdoor 4x100m
Jamie Pomaski Academic Notes: Majoring in education.
2012: Threw in all five regular season meets indoors, and tossed a personal-best in the weight throw (48-7.5) at the last meet of the season, the NAU Tune-Up ... Best meet of the outdoor season came at the SUU Dual, where she achieved personal bests in the discus (116-0) and the hammer throw (138-11). 2011: Redshirt season. High School: Graduated from Central High School in 2010 … Lettered in volleyball and track and field … Finished fifth in the discus and eighth in the shot put her senior season at the state championship meet … Three-year track and field MVP, and served as the captain for both the volleyball and track and field teams. Personal: Born to John and Roberta Pomaski on Feb. 2, 1992 … Has one brother, John, who competed in track and field for Mesa State and Northern Colorado … Also considered attending Indoor: RS-Sophomore the Air Force Academy, Lehigh and Mesa State. Outdoor: RS-Sophomore Grand Junction, Colo. Central HS Throws Personal Bests 48-7.5 - Weight Throw
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