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SHELLY-ANN GALLIMORE ASSISTANT COACH • 15TH SEASON/17TH YEAR OVERALL
Shelly-Ann Gallimore enters her 15th season as an assistant coach with West Virginia University’s track and field coaching staff after working with the Mountaineers for two seasons as a graduate assistant.
two to the NCAA East Preliminary Regionals. McNeil competed in Eugene, Oregon, against the nation’s best, finishing 22nd overall in the women’s triple jump and earning All-America Third Team recognition.
Her duties include designing and administering training plans for the horizontal and vertical jump groups, as well as assisting with meet management for all home track meets. Under her tutelage, she has coached a USA Junior Trials qualifier, several NCAA Regional qualifiers in the high jump and NCAA Championship qualifiers in the triple jump.
McNeil was joined by Danique Bryan at regionals. Earlier in the year, Bryan set a school record in the triple jump, earning an outdoor career-best mark of 13.68 meters. Together, Bryan and McNeil rank 1-2 on the program’s all-time triple jump list.
During the 2016 season, eight Mountaineers qualified to compete at the NCAA East Preliminary Round, two of which were Gallimore’s jumpers, McNeil and Hannah Stone. McNeil competed in the triple jump, placing 30th overall and Stone placed 27th in the high jump. That same year, McNeil set a career best and the second-best mark in the triple jump in WVU indoor history at the Big 12 Indoor Championship, marking 12.82 meters and set the third best mark in outdoor history, marking 12.76 meters. Gallimore played an integral role
In 2021, Gallimore helped Abigale Mullings finish in fifth place at the 2021 Big 12 Championship in the high jump competition, with a height of 1.66 meter. She also coached Peter-Gay McKenzie to a 33rd place finish at the East Preliminary Championship in the long jump competition. Despite the 2020 outdoor track and field season being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Gallimore helped the jumpers reach new heights during the indoor portion of the 2019-20 season. A pair of Mountaineers finished the indoor season ranked inside the program all-time top-five list. Sophomore Myseha Nott made a name for herself in her first year at WVU, finishing the season tied for fourth place in the triple jump (12.46m). Additionally, sophomore Peter-Gay McKenzie finished the indoor season ranked No. 5 in the long jump (5.93m). Gallimore coached Faith Penny to All-Big 12 indoor and outdoor accolades in the high jump in 2019. Penny registered career-best marks at the indoor and outdoor championships to earn the honor. Shamoya McNeil also qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary Round in the triple jump and finished 28th overall. In 2018, Gallimore helped Shamoya McNeil earn All-Big 12 honors in the triple jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championship. McNeil earned a mark of 12.85 meters, good for the Bronze medal. Gallimore also guided one Mountaineer to the 2017 NCAA Outdoor Championships and
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