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Sheldon Leith
 Sheldon Leith
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Kingston, Jamaica

High School:
Calabar

Last College:
G.C. Foster

Event:
Hurdles

Birthdate:
09/17/1983

• 2008 All-Big 12 Outdoor Conference (110-meter hurdles, 4x100 relay, 4x400 relay)
• 2008 NCAA Indoor All-American (60-meter hurdles)
• 2008 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (60-meter hurdles, 4x400)
• 2007 All-Big 12 Outdoor Conference (110 Hurdles, 4x100 Relay)
• 2007 All-Big 12 Indoor Conference (60-meter Hurdles)
• 2002 World Junior Championship Qualifier
• 2002 CAC Under-20 Champion (110-meter Hurdles)

Personal: Born Sept. 17, 1983 ... Parent: Sonia Green ... Siblings: Shauna (older sister) and Shavaughn (younger brother) ... Sociology major.

2007-08: (Indoor) Opened the year with a win in the 60-meter hurdles (8.93) at the Arkansas Invitational ... Ran on the 4x400 relay that finished fourth in the same event with a time of 3:13.94 ... Finished third in the 55-meter hurdles at the Texas Tech Invitational with a time of 7.44 ... Finished 15th in the 200-meter dash at the Razorback Invitational with a season-best time of 21.89 ... Claimed his second win of the season in Fayetteville with the 60-meter hurdles title at the Razorback Invitational, running an NCAA provisional qualifying mark of 7.93 ... Posted NCAA provisional qualifying times in both the prelims (7.88) and finals (7.83) en route to the 60-meter hurdles crown at the J.D. Martin Invitational ... Broke the Oklahoma school record in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.73 to claim the event title at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational ... Finished sixth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 7.84 ... Finished sixth (7.95) in the 60-meter hurdles at the Big 12 Championships after leading the event's prelims with a time of 7.82 ... Ran the second leg on the 4x400 relay that finished seventh at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 3:13.87 ... Became OU's first All-American in the men's 60-meter hurdles by finishing sixth at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 7.97.

2006-2007: (Indoor) Raced to third in the 60-meter hurdles (8.08) at the Tyson Invitational ... Won the J.D. Martin Invitational (Feb. 3) at 7.88 ... Placed second in the finals at the Sooner Open (Feb. 17) at 7.83 ... Clocked a 7.79 in the prelims to match the school record and post the best time by a Big 12 athlete in 2007 ... Placed eighth at the Big 12 Indoor (Feb. 24) ... Was 16th overall (7.89) at the NCAA Indoor Championships (March 9). (Outdoor) Ran a personal best of 13.73 in victory in the 110-meter hurdles at the John McDonnell Invitational (April 21) ... Was seventh in the finals (14.04) at the Penn Relays (April 28) ... Ran fifth fastest time (13.93) in the preliminaries at Penn Relays (April 27) ... Placed second in the 110-meter hurdles (13.93) at the Big 12 Championship (May 13) ... Also helped the 4x100-meter relay to fourth place (40.19) ... Strained hamstring on leg of Midwest Region (May 26) champion 4x100 relay (39.59) and finished 10th overall in the 110-meter hurdles (14.13) ... Finished 23rd in the 110 hurdles (14.08) at the NCAA Championships (June 6).

2005-2006: Did not compete for the Sooners due to transfer eligibility rules.

At G.C. Foster College: Raced to a personal best of 14.10 in the 110-meter high hurdles en route to victory at the 2005 Intercollegiate Championships (April 9) ... Posted a season best of 14.15 at the 2004 Jamaica Invitational (May 7) ... Established personal bests of 52.60 in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles and 10.85 in the 100-meter dash.

High School: Won the 110-meter high hurdles at the 2002 National Junior Athletics Championships in Kingston with a run of 14.34 (June 22) ... Also won the 110-hurdles at the Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games (under 20) with a time of 14.72 ... Competed at the 2002 World Junior Championships.


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