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Posted at 2:33 p.m., Monday, July 9, 2007

UH: Sheppard takes 5th in Pan Am Junior's high jump

Advertiser Staff

Emily Sheppard, who will be a junior at the University of Hawai'i next month, finished fifth in the high jump at the Pan American Junior Championships last weekend in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Sheppard's jump of 5 feet, 8 inches (1.73 meters) was a little more than an inch below what she jumped at the NCAA West Regionals in May. Her career best is 6 feet.

Sheppard, from Vancouver, Canada, won the Western Athletic Conference Indoor and Outdoor high jump championships this past season. Last week she was named to the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association all-academic team.