Lexis Shields' TFRSS Profile (For up-to-date meet results and career performances)Career Individual Top Times:55-meter hurdles: 8.81 (1/26/13)
60 meters: 8.18 (1/17/15)
60-meter hurdles: 8.97 (1/30/15)
100 meters: 12.41 (3/20/15)
100-meter hurdles: 14.21 (5/14/15)
200 meters 25.47 (4/11/15)
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As a junior (2015): Set five personal-bests during the season… Improved her 100-meter dash by four-hundreths of a second (12.41) at the Miami Hurricane Invitational… At the UST Triangular, finished 10
th in the 200-meter dash and beat her personal best (25.47)… Participated in three events at the Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
As a sophomore (2014): Set a career mark in the 200-meter dash, finishing in 25.71 at the Conference USA Championships... Took third at the 3rd Annual South Florida Multi-cultural Games, posting a time of 14.47 in the 100-meter hurdles
As a freshman (2013): Participated in eight outdoor events, including the Sun Belt Conference Championships
Prior to FIU: Ran four years of track at Decatur High School… Received Freshman of the Year honors and MVP honors her senior year… Part of the state championship team in 2011
Prep:Â Earned best newcomer during the 2009-10 track season at Decatur High. . .Personal bests -- 100m hurdles (15.02); 300m hurdles (45.48); triple jump (36'08). . .Part of state champion team (2010-11). . .Honor roll student all four years of high school.
Personal: Born July 21, 1994… Daughter of Lance and Lenore Sheilds… Has two siblings, Lucas, 21, and Lance Jr., 23… Her dad was in the Canadian Football League and played for the Hamilton Tigercats… Majoring in international relations and wants to be a linguist or translator when she graduates… Enjoys dancing, knitting and watching movies with friends
