2012 Men's Track & Field

Jacob Yowell

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Torrance, Calif.
  • Prev School El Camino College

Biography

2012 (Senior)
Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the 110H, 400H and 4x400 relay
• Big West champion in the 110-meter hurdles (14.00) and 4x400 (3:11.17)
Also claimed runner-up honors in the 400m hurdles at the conference meet (51.91)
• Established a 110H personal-record 13.91, which ranks third in school history, at the UCI Spring Break Invitational
Matched that time at the NCAA West Regional meet
Had a season-best 51.71 in the 400H at the Mt. SAC Relays
Added season-bests of 21.54 in the 200m and 3:09.89 in the 4x400 relay

2011 (Redshirt)
Did not compete

2010 (Junior)
NCAA West Regional qualifier in the 110H, 400H and 4x400 relay
Helped the 4x400 to a Big West championship in a season-best 3:09.43
Also earned all-conference honors with a third-place showing in the 400m hurdles, running a personal-record 51.39
That mark ranks fourth in program history

Finished fourth in the 110H (14.79) and in the 4x100 relay (41.51)
Notched a season-best 14.32 in the 110m hurdle prelims
Double champion in the 110H and 400H at the UCI Spring Break Invitational

Junior College
Two-year member of the track & field team at El Camino College
California Junior College State Championship qualifier in the 110H and 400H as a sophomore
Finished third overall in the 400m hurdles to earn All-America honors
2009 South Coast Conference champion in the 400H and runner-up in the 110H


High School
• Graduated from North Torrance High School in 2007
• Earned All-Pioneer League honors in both football and track & field
• Named to the 2007 Daily Breeze All-Area Track Team

• CIF State Finalist and Pioneer League MVP as a senior


Personal
• Majoring in sociology
• Executive board member for UC Irvine's Student-Athlete Advisory Committe (SAAC)
• Big West Conference Council Representative and NCAA Division I SAAC Board Member
• Parents are Rena Yowell and Keiton Sheppard
• Has two brothers Joseph Horton and Malcolm Sheppard

TOP MARKS AT UCI
200m = 21.54 (2012 All-UC Meet)
110m Hurdles = 13.91 (2012 UCI Spring Break Invitational)
400m Hurdles = 51.39 (2010 Big West Championships)