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Brandon Shemonia
Freshman
Scott City, Mo.
Scott City HS
2012
Ran unattached in four meets...Did not finish
worse than seventh in his first three meets...Won
SIU Early Bird in first race at Southern...Finished
50th at Sean Earl Lakefront Invitational.
High School
Track team captain all four years...All-Confer-
ence all four years in five different events...Con-
ference champion in at least two events each
year in high school in four different events...
Won four individual conference titles his senior
year in the 800m, 1600m, 3200m, and 4x800m
races...Holds four different school records...
Named an All-American his sophomore year in
the 200m steeplechase...All-Conference three
years in cross country and conference champion
his junior and senior seasons.
Personal
Born March 31, 1994 in Cape Girardeau, Mo.,
to Joseph Shemonia and Toni Hammes...Stepfa-
ther, Kevin Hammes, is a physical therapy assis-
tant...His mother is a registered nurse...Has three
siblings...Majoring in mechanical engineering.
Oscar Medina
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