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10/30/2011
Trojans Finish First Pac-12 Cross Country Championships in 12th place
Buckley leads young squad at conference championships
10/26/2011
USC Ready For Pac-12 Cross Country Championships
Buckley and Capellino lead young Trojan squad
10/22/2011
Buckley Leads USC To Fourth-Place Finish at Titan Invitational
Kelly Owens and Austin Lundin also shine
10/20/2011
Cross Country Runs Final Regular Season Race Friday At CSUF
Buckley to race one last time before Pac-12s
10/15/2011
USC's Strong Team Effort Leads To 2nd-Place Finish At CSUN Invitational
Trojans' top 7 finishers in top 30
AT USC: Shelby Buckley transferred to USC from UCLA in the Spring of 2009 and had to sit out the 2009 cross country season...She apprears to be healthy heading into this cross country season and is expected to be USC's top runner...2010: Was injured and did not compete for the cross country team...Returned to health at the very end of the track season and competed in a few races...2009: She ran unattached in three races and showed why USC is anxious to have her running cross country...In her first race on Sept. 12 at the UC Irvine Invitational, Buckley won the meet's first competition with a time of 17:52.70...She then placed seventh with a time of 18:19 at the Vanguard Invitational on Oct. 10, a meet won by USC even though her time did not count for the Trojans...In her final race of the season, she placed third with a time of 17:59 at the Titan Invitational on Oct. 24.
COLLEGE: 2008: Began her collegiate career at UCLA...Ran in four races for the Bruins, finishing among their top four runners in each meet...Led UCLA at the Pac-10 Championships with a PR of 21:34.26 to finish 48th..Placed 85th at the West Regional as the Bruins' third runner with a time of 21:55.83.
HIGH SCHOOL: Buckley graduated in 2008 from Corona Del Mar High School in Newport Beach, Calif. where she was a four-year letterman in track and cross country... Also earned a varsity letter in soccer... She won the 2004 CIF State cross country individual title...Is the only female athlete in Orange County history to place in the top five at the state cross country meet for four consecutive seasons...2004 All-State honoree in cross country and OC Register Athlete of the Year... Four-time All-CIF and all-league honoree in cross country... Earned All-America and All-State honors in track in 2007... Member of the national champion 4x1600 relay and DMR...Foot Locker National cross country finalist in 2006 and CA State champion in 2004... Served as a team captain ...2007 CIF Div. III champion in the 800m and 1600m...2007 CIF Masters champion in the 1600m...Was a member of the winning 4x1-mile relay team at the Nike Outdoor Nationals...Placed third at the 2007 CA State Meet in the 1600m...Broke the CIF Div. III 800m record with a PR of 2:09.6...Her best 1600m time was 4:45.
PERSONAL: Shelby was born on April 16, 1990 in Laguna Hills, Calif...She has three siblings: Keith, Megan and Lindsay...Her parents' are Tim and Jennifer Buckley...Her father swam collegiately at Chico State...Shelby is a Sociology major and Sports Media Studies minor at USC....Likes to travel...In her spare time likes to go to the beach.
