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2024-2025 Men's Track & Field Roster

Yusef Shakur

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Townsend, Del.
  • Highschool Middletown

Biography

As a Junior in 2023-2024: Competed in five meets this season…Competed in three track events…Had a best time of 36:20.55 in the 10,000m at the Paul Donahue Invitational at Widener University (4/19/24)...Saw a best time of 17:37.39 in the 5000m at the Bill Butler Invitational (4/13/24)...Had a best time of 9:50.07 in the 300m at the Stockton Invite (3/22/24).

As a Sophomore in 2022-2023: Competed in six meets this season... Competed in three track events... Opened the season with a third place finish in the 3000m steeplechase with a time of 11:10.55 at the WCU Purple & Gold Invitational (3/25/2023)... Saw a best time of 17:38.28 in the 5000m at the WCU Golden Ram Invitational to place 11th (4/8/2023)... Recorded a best time of 10:40.41 in the steeplechase at the 2023 Widener Invite (4/21/2023)... Closed the CACC Championship with a fifth place finish in the 3000m steeplechase (5/6/2023).


As a Freshman in 2021-2022: Competed in six meets this season... Competed in four track events... Saw best time of 2:17.92 in 800m at Lloyd Sigler Meet (3/5/22)... Notched second place and a best time of 11:20.78 in 3000m steeplechase at West Chester Invitational (4/9/22)... Recorded best time of 4:30.62 in 1500m at Morgan State Meet (4/23/22).

Notes: Majoring in Psychology… Attended Middletown High School… Coached by Kevin McLaughlin in high school… High school team accomplishments include Track & Field Blue Hen B Conference Champs 2019, Cross Country Blue Hen & Conference Champs 2020… Individual accomplishments include Academic all-conference freshman-senior year and all-conference 2020… High school stats include mile: 4:53, 800m: 2:10 and 400m: :57... Also played basketball in high school… Aspires to become a therapist... Hobbies include playing basketball and video games… Favorite pro teams are the Boston Celtics and the New England Patriots… Plays the video game NBA 2k… Watched the TV show “The Wire”… Lists Denzel Washington as favorite actor… Listens to music by A Boogie… Most memorable athletics experience was “the first time breaking a five-minute mile & winning conference championships in cross country in an uncertain senior year.”… Community service involvement includes president of BSU, service with Dr. Brown, Boys & Girls Club, AME church, and Humbly assisting Humanity... Son to Yusef and Nicole… Brother to Arcacio, Morgan and Khadijah… Born in Chester, PA.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-2022Freshman

    5'7"
  • 2022-2023Sophomore

    5'7"
  • 2023-2024Junior

    5'7"
  • 2024-2025Senior

    5'7"