Shani Marks

American triple jumper

Shani Marks

Personal information

Born|  (1980-08-24) August 24, 1980 (age 44)
Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
Sport
Sport| Track and field

Shani Marks (Johnson) (born August 24, 1980) is an American athlete who competes in the triple jump. Marks finished first at the U.S. Olympic Trials to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]

Marks was a state champion at Apple Valley High School and graduated in 1998.[2][3]

Marks was the USA Indoor Champion in the triple jump in 2005 and 2007 and the USA Outdoor Champion in 2006 and 2007. She finished seventh at the 2006 World Cup, and also competed at the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final.

Her personal best distance is 14.38 metres, achieved at the 2008 Olympic Trials. At the Olympics, she ranked 13th in the qualifying round with a jump of 13.44 m.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Track Trials: Day 3 recap
2. ^ Blount, Rachel (June 30, 2008) "Soaring toward Beijing"[permanent dead link] Star Tribune
3. ^ Born, Trevor (July 9, 2008) "Marks becomes first Gopher women's track athlete to make U.S Olympic team" Archived 2008-08-04 at the Wayback Machine The Minnesota Daily
4. ^ "Women's Triple Jump Qualifying Round - Group B". NBC. Retrieved 2008-08-27.

## External links

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* Shani Marks at World Athletics
* Shani Marks at TeamUSA.org (archived)
* Shani Marks at Olympedia

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USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in women's triple jump

1980–1992
The Athletics Congress|

* 1991: Juliana Yendork
* 1992: Claudia Haywood

1993–present
USA Track & Field|

* 1993: Sheila Hudson
* 1994: Sheila Hudson
* 1995: Sheila Hudson
* 1996: Sheila Hudson
* 1997: Cynthea Rhodes
* 1998: Niambi Dennis
* 1999: Cynthea Rhodes
* 2000: Tiombe Hurd
* 2001: Tiombe Hurd
* 2002: Vanitta Kinard
* 2003: Vanitta Kinard
* 2004: Tiombe Hurd
* 2005: Shani Marks
* 2006: Tiombe Hurd
* 2007: Shani Marks
* 2008: Shakeema Welsch
* 2009: Shakeema Welsch
* 2010: Erica McLain
* 2011: Shakeema Welsch
* 2012: Amanda Smock
* 2013: Amanda Smock
* 2014: Amanda Smock
* 2015: Amanda Smock
* 2016: Christina Epps
* 2017: Tori Franklin
* 2018: Tori Franklin
* 2019: Keturah Orji
* 2020: Tori Franklin
* 2022: Keturah Orji
* 2023: Keturah Orji
* 2024: Keturah Orji

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US National Champions in women's triple jump

1980-1992
The Athletics Congress|

* 1985–6: Wendy Brown
* 1987: Sheila Hudson
* 1988: Wendy Brown
* 1989–90: Sheila Hudson
* 1991: Carla Shannon
* 1992: Sheila Hudson

1993-onwards
USA Track & Field|

* 1993: Claudia Haywood
* 1994–5: Sheila Hudson
* 1996: Cynthea Rhodes
* 1997: Niambi Dennis
* 1998: Sheila Hudson
* 1999: Stacey Bowers
* 2000: Nicole Gamble
* 2001: Tiombe Hurd
* 2002–3: Yuliana Pérez
* 2004: Tiombé Hurd
* 2005: Erica McLain
* 2006–8: Shani Marks
* 2009: Shakeema Welsch
* 2010: Erica McLain
* 2011–2: Amanda Smock
* 2013: Andrea Geubelle
* 2014: Amanda Smock
* 2015: Christina Epps
* 2016–19: Keturah Orji
* 20212020 OT-22: Keturah Orji
* 2023: Tori Franklin
* 2024-5: Jasmine Moore

Notes|

* Since 1996 the championships has incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years.

* 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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2008 USA Olympic track and field team

Qualification|

* 2008 United States Olympic trials (track and field)

Men's track
and road athletes|

* Abdi Abdirahman
* Kerron Clement
* Shawn Crawford
* Walter Dix
* Ian Dobson
* Philip Dunn
* Kevin Eastler
* Anthony Famiglietti
* Tyson Gay
* Ryan Hall
* Bershawn Jackson
* Bernard Lagat
* Lopez Lomong
* Leonel Manzano
* Rodney Martin (r)
* Joshua McAdams
* LaShawn Merritt
* Billy Nelson
* David Neville
* David Oliver
* Travis Padgett (r)
* Darvis Patton
* David Payne
* Dathan Ritzenhein
* Galen Rupp
* Brian Sell
* Christian Smith
* Wallace Spearmon
* Nick Symmonds
* Angelo Taylor
* Matt Tegenkamp
* Jorge Torres
* Terrence Trammell
* Jeremy Wariner
* Andrew Wheating
* Reggie Witherspoon (r)

Men's
field athletes|

* Kenta Bell
* Christian Cantwell
* Bryan Clay
* Rafeeq Curry
* Breaux Greer
* Trey Hardee
* Jeff Hartwig
* Mike Hazle
* Reese Hoffa
* Brian Johnson
* Dusty Jonas
* A. G. Kruger
* Casey Malone
* Andra Manson
* Derek Miles
* Adam Nelson
* Tom Pappas
* Miguel Pate
* Trevell Quinley
* Michael Robertson
* Leigh Smith
* Brad Walker
* Ian Waltz
* Jesse Williams
* Aarik Wilson

Women's track
and road athletes|

* Lindsey Anderson
* Jenny Barringer
* Amy Yoder Begley
* Damu Cherry
* Hazel Clark-Riley
* Erin Donohue
* Joanne Dow
* Torri Edwards
* Allyson Felix
* Shalane Flanagan
* Kara Goucher
* Dawn Harper
* Queen Harrison
* Natasha Hastings (r)
* Monique Henderson (r)
* Marshevet Hooker
* Lolo Jones
* Deena Kastor
* Muna Lee
* Mechelle Lewis (r)
* Magdalena Lewy-Boulet
* Jennifer Rhines
* Sanya Richards
* Tiffany Ross-Williams
* Shannon Rowbury
* Blake Russell
* Alice Schmidt
* Nicole Teter
* Sheena Tosta
* DeeDee Trotter
* Anna Willard
* Angela Williams (r)
* Lauryn Williams
* Mary Wineberg
* Christin Wurth-Thomas

Women's
field athletes|

* Amy Acuff
* Erica Bartolina
* April Steiner Bennett
* Jillian Camarena
* Amber Campbell
* Michelle Carter
* Jessica Cosby
* Sharon Day
* Hyleas Fountain
* Kristin Heaston
* Chaunté Howard
* Funmi Jimoh
* Jackie Johnson
* Kim Kreiner
* Shani Marks
* Erica McLain
* Kara Patterson
* Diana Pickler
* Suzy Powell-Roos
* Brittney Reese
* Loree Smith
* Jenn Stuczynski
* Aretha Thurmond
* Stephanie Brown Trafton
* Grace Upshaw

Coaches|

* Bubba Thornton (men's head coach)
* Harvey Glance (men's assistant coach)
* Ron Mann (men's assistant coach)
* Boo Schexnayder (men's assistant coach)
* Criss Somerlot (men's assistant coach)
* Joe Vigil (men's assistant coach)
* Jeanette Bolden (women's head coach)
* Chandra Cheeseborough (women's assistant coach)
* J.J. Clark (women's assistant coach)
* Kim Keenan-Kirkpatrick (women's assistant coach)
* Connie Price-Smith (women's assistant coach)
* Rita Somerlot (women's assistant coach)
* Brooks Johnson (relay coach)
* Orin Richburg (relay coach)

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