Junior Year (2009-10): Studiedabroad in Belgium during cross country season...placed 21st with atime of 2:35.29 in the 800m at the Southern Conference IndoorChampionships...posted a season-best time of 2:33.71 to place 22ndin the 800m at the Southern Conference OutdoorChampionships...placed ninth in the 800m with a time of 2:33.87 atthe Furman Invitational...named to the Southern Conference AcademicHonor Roll.
Sophomore Year (2008-09): Studiedabroad in Latin America during cross country season...posted apersonal-best indoor time of 2:32.61 in the preliminaries of the800m at the Southern Conference Championships...recorded apersonal-record time of 1:05.67 in the 400m at the Tiger OutdoorInvitational...had a personal-best time of 2:33.11 in the 800m atthe Emory Outdoor Invitational...also competed in the WorldChampionships of Irish dance...named to the Southern ConferenceAcademic Honor Roll.
Freshman Year (2007-08): Competedin indoor and outdoor track for the Paladins, primarily in theoutdoor 400m event...ran a career best time of 1:05.80 in the 2008Southern Conference championship in the outdoor 400m.
High School: Led Wando High trackteam to first-place finish in region as a senior...competed in the800m, 400m, 4x800m relay, and 4x400m relay events...received WandoWarrior award for Most Valuable Track & Field FemaleAthlete...member of National Honor Society...named Miss Wando2007...named Charleston County Board Scholar...also participates incompetitive Irish step dancing.
Personal: Shannon BroderickCantwell was born on March 17, 1989 in Gainesville, Fla....daughterof John and Monica Cantwell...double major in economics andpolitical science with a concentration in poverty science...founded“Athletes for Africa”, a non-profit organization thatserves orphaned and at-risk children in Africa and seeks to raiseathletes’ awareness about poverty...was one of five Furmanvarsity athletes that took part in a service trip to Africa in 2010to share her sport with children orphaned by AIDS.
