2019 Men's Track and Field Roster

Loren Orr

Shayne Carpenter

  • Position Hurdles
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Tacoma, WA
  • Highschool Mount Tahoma

Biography

SPU: Three-year letterwinner.

Junior (2019): INDOOR – Placed 10th in the 60-meter hurdles (8.94) and 14th in the 60-meter dash (7.32) at the GNAC Championships. ... Qualified for the finals of the 60 hurdles at the Cougar Indoor, taking 6th place (8.98). ... Competed in four meets.  OUTDOOR – Placed 10th in the 110-meter hurdles at the GNAC Championships in 15.90. ... Ran a personal-best 15.62 in the 110s at the Ralph Vernacchia Invitational in Bellingham on April 27, also logging a PR of 1:01.27 in the 400 hurdles in that meet. ... Broke the 16-second mark for the first time by clocking 15.87 at the Saint Martin's Jay Hammer Meet on April 13.

Sophomore (2018): INDOOR – Placed 13th in the 60 hurdles (8.94) and 13th in the 60-meter dash (7.35) at GNAC. Both were season-best times. ... Raced in three other meets, focusing on those same two events.  OUTDOOR – Placed 15th in the 110-meter hurdles at GNAC in a personal-best time of 16:03. ... Of his nine meets, did the 110s in eight of them. ... Also did the 100-meter dash five times, the 200 twice, and the 400 hurdles once. ... Ran the second leg on a 4x100 relay five times, with Peyton Harris leading off, David Choi on the third leg and Christian Wong on anchor. That group dropped time steadily, from 46.04 in the season-opening Ed Boitano Invitational at Puget Sound in Tacoma, all the way down to 44.36 at the Western Washington Team Invitational in Bellingham on April 6.

Freshman (2017): INDOOR – Placed 12th in the 60 hurdles in a personal-best 8.88 at GNAC. ... Placed 15th in the 60-meter dash in 7.24 at GNAC, also a personal best. ... Ran in three meets.   OUTDOOR – Led off the 8th-place 4x100 relay at GNAC, followed by Justin Ramsey, David Choi, and Peyton Harris for a time of 44.30. ... Placed 12th in the 110-meter hurdles at GNAC (16.53). ... Ran in eight meets, focusing on the 110s, the 100, and the 200. ... Ran a PR of 24.15 in the 200 on April 8 at the EmilieMondr Invitational in Burnaby, B.C. ... Posted a hurdles PR of 16.27 at the UW's Ken Shannon Invitational on May 6.

Mt. Tahoma High School: Raced at the West Central / Southwest District meet in the 110-meter hurdles as a sophomore in 2014 (16th), junior (7th) and senior (8th). ... As a senior in 2016, won the 110s in five regular-season meets.

Personal: Shayne Alexander Carpenter. ... Mechanical engineering major.

Fun facts: Started running track as a way to get in shape for football, then came to genuinely enjoy it. ... Two-time All-Narrows League football 2nd team and one-time honorable mention, all at defensive back. ... Books he just couldn't put down were "Glass Sword" in the Red Queen series; "Six of Crows." and any in the Percy Jackson series. ... Favorite sport to watch is football. ... Favorite junk food is Chips Ahoy cookies. ... Favorite healthy food is carrots.... Favorite TV Program is "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit." ... Favorite sports team is the New Orleans Saints. ... Favorite athlete is Saints quarterback Drew Brees. ... His dream car is a Mercedes J-Wagon, or an original H-1 Hummer. ... Favorite kinds of shopping (in order) is for shoes, clothes, and games. ... If he could invite anyone to dinner, it would be his best friend Adrian, and would serve "the biggest pot of gumbo." ... If he could be any action hero, would be Static Rock. ... In 10 years, plans to be working overseas as an engineer for Airbus. ... Has 10 siblings (2 biological, 3 half, and 5 step). ... As part of a military family, has spent time living in Germany and in six other U.S. states. ...Would like to earn enough money so he can buy a castle.


INDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
60-meter dash: 
  7.24 (2/17/2017)
200:    24.48 (1/14/2017)
60 hurdles:    8.88 (2/17/2017)


OUTDOOR PERSONAL BESTS
100: 
  11.65 (4/22/2017)
200:    24.15 (4/8/2017)
110 hurdles:  15.62 (4/27/2019)
400 hurdles:    1:01.27 (4/27/2019)


CAREER RESULTS