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USC’s Shaw ends career on positive note

By Eleanor Bailey almanac Sports Editor ebailey@thealmanac.Net 3 min read
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Savannah Shaw

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Jane Madson trails Hunter Robinson in the 200-meter dash

Poignant described the PIAA track and field championships for Savannah Shaw. The senior ran her best and final scholastic race in an Upper St. Clair jersey, finishing fourth in the 1,600-meter run with a personal best time of 4:49.51.

“Although I am happy with how I performed at my last race for USC, I’m still a little sad that it’s all over,” Shaw said.

“Even so, my coach and I focused on how much good there is to look back on and look forward to. These past three years of running for USC have been one huge amazing adventure.”

Shaw dominated the cross-country, indoor and outdoor track scenes, shattered many school records and participated in the most prestigious events from the national championships to the Penn Relays.

On May 26, she capped her high school track career when she secured All-State recognition with her best performance ever on the oval at Shippensburg University. Though she trailed two-time champion Taryn Parks of Greencastle by 3:42, Shaw kept the pace with the third-place Penn Relays finisher until finishing fourth with her first sub-4:50 time.

“Finally breaking 4:50 was such an awesome feeling,” Shaw said. “Even though it was only by a second, I’m so happy to get that time. I was hoping for a better place but I gave the race all I could.”

Shaw has given the program her all, particularly on the track. She is a two-time WPIAL champion in the mile. She even qualified for this year’s state championships in the 800-meter run but scratched to focus on the 1,600. She also was the third-place finisher in the High School Girls’ Mike Run during the Penn Relays this spring.

“These past three years of running for USC have been one huge amazing adventure and I am so blessed to have been able to experience it,” Shaw said. “I am so excited for what’s to come for me and for this team.”

While Shaw is off to North Carolina State University, she leaves the USC track program in the good hands or rather the strong limbs of Jane Madson. The junior sprinted to medal in the 200-meter dash. She finished fifth with a 24.90 time.

Madson was the WPIAL runner-up in the 200 to Hayden Robinson, who won the PIAA title in 23.98. Madson was also the bronze medalist in the WPIAL in the 100-yard dash. She holds the school records in both races. Madson also shared a leg on UC’s 4×400 relay team.

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