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Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | [1] | 12 May 1983||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Chicago, Illinois | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 100 metres, 60 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Wayland Baptist Pioneers [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | HAAG Atletiek [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryan Shields (born 12 May 1983) is a Jamaican former sprinter. He was described as "the most accomplished sprinter in IHSA history" and finished 3rd in the 2017 Stockholm Diamond League with a wind-aided 100 metres time of 9.89 seconds. [3]
Shields grew up in Chicago, Illinois, where he was a standout prep sprinter for Leo Catholic High School. [4] He was the first ever to win Class A state titles in the 100 m, 200 m, and 400 m, which he did three years in a row. [5] [2]
Though his grade-point average was sufficient, Shields did not have the necessary ACT score to qualify for an NCAA Division I scholarship. [6] Because of this, Shields competed for the Wayland Baptist Pioneers track and field team in college, an NAIA school. He set the NAIA national indoor record in the 200 m and won several NAIA national titles from 2003 to 2006. [2] [7]
After 2008, Shields was training under the HAAG Atletiek club in the Netherlands. He competed at the 2008 Jamaican Athletics Championship, where he did not qualify for the finals. [1]
In 2016, Shields secured podium finishes in Group B at the European Champion Clubs Cup, finishing 3rd in the 100 m and 200 m, and 2nd in the 4 × 100 m. [1] In 2017 at the Stockholm Diamond League, Shields clocked a wind-aided 9.89-second performance in the 100 metres, finishing 3rd behind Andre de Grasse and Ben Youssef Meite. [8]
Event | Mark | Competition | Venue | Date |
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100 metres (wind assisted) | 9.89 w (+4.8 m/s) | Stockholm Diamond League | Stockholm, Sweden | 18 June 2017 |
100 metres (wind legal) | 10.16 (+1.5 m/s) | IFAM Oordegem | Oordegem, Belgium | 27 May 2017 |
60 metres | 6.56 | Orlen Cup 2017 | Łódź, Poland | 16 February 2017 |