Shawn Rowe
Shawn Rowe competing in 2021
Personal information
NationalityJamaican
Born (1992-12-07) 7 December 1992
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event400m hurdles

Shawn Rowe (born 7 December 1992) in Kingston, Jamaica in a place called Red hills road. shawn Rowe is a Jamaican athlete who competes predominantly in the 400 metres hurdles.

Career

Rowe attended Saint Augustine's University in North Carolina where he was a four-time NCAA Division II national champion and six-time first-team All-American, as well as earning a criminal justice degree.[1]

After finishing second in the Jamaican Olympic trials in June 2021, Rowe was selected in the Jamaican team for the delayed 2020 Summer Games in Tokyo.[2] He ran a 49.18 seasons best to reach the semi-finals.[3] He is also an author of a book called Hurdling my barriers. He was also a fourth-place finisher and CAC and NACAC championships in 2018.

References

  1. Gameday, HBCU (5 July 2021). "Jamaican HBCU alum to run 400m hurdles in Tokyo". HBCU Gameday.
  2. "Jamaica submits 61 member team for Tokyo Olympics | Loop Jamaica". Loop News.
  3. "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 4 Results". Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.


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