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Shane Cohen

Middle Distance
Position
Senior
Class
Huntingdon Valley, Pa.
Hometown
Lower Moreland HS
High School
Tampa
Previous School
Shane Cohen - Track & Field - Virginia Cavaliers

NCAA Champion
2024 Outdoor:
800m

All-American
2024 Outdoor: 800m (First Team)

ACC Champion
2024 Indoor: DMR

All-ACC
2024 Outdoor:
800m
2024 Indoor:
DMR (1st team)

TFRRS Profile (for PRs and Full Results)

2024 Outdoor
• NCAA Outdoor 800m Champion in personal-best 1:44.97
• One of two collegiate athletes to run sub 1:45 for 800m this season
• Won the fourth NCAA 800m title in program history
• ACC bronze medalist in the 800m (1:46.89)
• Recorded new personal-best 3:47.34 at the Raleigh Relays
• Member of Virginia’s 4x800m relay at the Penn Relays (7:16.75)
• Qualified for the US Olympic Team Trials in the 800m
• Finished sixth at the US Olympic Team Trials in new personal-best 1:44.65 for 800m

2024 Indoor
• Placed second in heat six of the 800m preliminaries, with a time of 1:50.22
• Ran the third leg of the winning DMR at ACC Indoor Championships, the 800m 
• Competed in the 800m at three consecutive meets: Eagle Invite, BU Daid Hemery Valentine Invitational, and the Arkansas Qualifier where he ran a personal best of 1:48.15 for fifth place
• Started the season by helping Virginia to a second in the distance medley relay at the Virginia Tech Invitational
• Assisted in Virginia racing to first in the distance medley relay at the Penn State National Open along with competing in the 800m

2023 Cross Country
• Made his Cavalier debut at the XC23 Pre-National meet running 8k in 25:10.6

Prior to UVA (Division II Tampa)
TFRRS Profile — For Full Results/PRs 
• 29th at NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships (2022)
• Sixth at NCAA Division II T&F Championships in 800m (2022)
• 53rd at NCAA Division II Cross Country Championships (2021)
• Ninth at NCAA Division II Championships in 800m (2021)

Personal

  • Earning a Masters degree in Public Policy