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Shippensburg University Athletics

2012-13 Men's Outdoor Track & Field Roster

Steve Waithe

  • Position Jumps
  • Ht./Wt. - /
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Parkville, Md.
  • Highschool Loch Raven

Biography

NCAA Competition:
1-Time D-II National Qualifier
1-Time D-II All-American
2012 D-II Outdoor All-American (TJ)

PSAC Competition:
2012 PSAC Indoor Champion (TJ)
2012 PSAC Outdoor Champion (TJ)
2-Time PSAC Place-Winner
2-Time All-PSAC Award Winner
2-Time PSAC Champion

2012 Indoor – TJ (1st)
2012 Outdoor – TJ (1st)

Indoor Bests:
TJ: 48’ 6 ¾” (PSAC record)

Outdoor Bests:
TJ: 51’ 6 ½” (SU record)

2011-12 (Freshman): Became SU’s first All-American in the triple jump and obtained numerous prestigious awards after a historic debut season with the Raiders…named the 2012 PSAC Outdoor Track & Field Freshman of the Year and Outdoor Championships Field MVP after a 51-plus foot jump at the conference meet that broke the previous meet record and SU’s oldest school record it had in the books…landed four of five successful jumps over 49 feet at the NCAA Championships en route to a fourth-place finish…won the PSAC indoor and outdoor championship in the triple jump…honored as the 2012 PSAC Indoor Track & Field Freshman of the Year after tying the school record in the triple jump with his conference championship performance…recognized with USTFCCCA All-Region classifications both indoors and outdoors.

Loch Raven High School: Won two Class 1A state championships in the triple jump with the Raiders...earned All-Maryland Third Team honors as a senior…competed with McKim Track Club under the guidance of coach Garfield Thompson at the AAU Junior Olympics, placing fifth out of 61 competitors with a mark of 48 feet 7 inches, and eighth out of 25 competitors at the New Balance Outdoor Nationals…placed second in Baltimore County during his junior indoor season in the high jump and with the 4x400-meter relay squad…also played football and basketball.

Personal: Full name is Steve L. Waithe…is the son of Steve Waithe Sr. and Ann Marie Waithe…majoring in human communication studies…has two brothers – Stann and Stevann – who ran for Michigan, and a sister, Anneve, who competes in track & field at Wake Forest…brother Stann also competed in the Olympics for Trinidad & Tobago.