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Sheffield, Joseph
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Sheffield, Joseph

Joseph Sheffield

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Height:
    6-4
  • Weight:
    null
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Garland, Texas
  • High School:
    Rowlett HS
  • 2021 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Scorer (4x100)
  • 2020 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (60 meters, 200 meters)
  • 2019 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American (4x100-Meter Relay)
  • 2019 NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifier (100 Meters)
  • 2019 Big 12 Outdoor Championships Scorer (100 Meters, 200 Meters, 4x100-Meter Relay)
  • 2019 Big 12 Indoor Championships Scorer (200 Meters)
  • 2018 NCAA Outdoor National Championships Qualifier (4x100-Meter Relay)
  • 2018 Big 12 Outdoor Championship Scorer (100 Meters, 4x100-Meter Relay)

OU Indoor Collegiate Bests
60-Meter Dash: 6.67, 2020
200-MeterĀ Dash: 21.02, 2020

OU Outdoor Collegiate Bests
100-MeterĀ Dash: 10.29 (0.3), 2019
200-MeterĀ Dash: 20.84 (-0.1), 2019

2022
(Indoor)
RanĀ a 7.13Ā in the 60-meter dashĀ at the Texas Tech Shootout.

(Outdoor) Took third in the 4x100 with a time at 40.58, 25th in the 100-meter dash with a 10.91 at the Sooner Invitational ... Finished fifth in the 4x100, clocking a 40.88 at the TCU Invitational.

2021
(Indoor)
Clocked a 6.84 in the 60-meters at the Texas Tech Shootout ... Ran a 7.04 in the 60M at the Texas Tech Red Raider Invitational ... Finished eighth in the 60-meters at the 6.94 at the Arkansas Invitational.

(Outdoor) Finished fifth in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 40:15Ā and 16thĀ in the 100-meter dash with a 10.55wĀ at the Big 12 Championships … Placed 14thĀ in the 100-meter dash clocking a 10.67 at the Desert Heat Classic … Took third in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.67 at the John Jacobs Invitational … Clinched first in the 4x100 relay with a time ofĀ 40.02Ā andĀ fourth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.76 at the Sooner Invite … Took first in the 4x100 relay with a time of 39.54Ā and sixth in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.62 at the North Texas Classic … Finished 49thĀ at the 93rdĀ Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays in the 200-meter dash withĀ a time of 21.82 …  

2020
(Indoor) Ran a PR 21.02 in the 200 meters and 6.75 in the 60 meters at the indoor Big 12 Championships, taking third in both events … Recorded a PR 6.67 in the 60-meter prelims and competed in the 200 meters and 4x400 at the Tyson Invitational … Helped lead the Sooners’ 4x400 squad to a first-place finish with a time of 3:17.13 at the J.D. Martin Invitational and second in the 60 meters … Competed in the 60 and 200 meters at the Razorback Invitational … Finished first in the 60 meters at the Mark Colligan Memorial, clocking in at 6.71 … Took first in the 200 meters with a 21.26 at the Vanderbilt Invitational … Took second in the 60 meters with a 6.73 at the K-State Invitational.Ā 

2019
(Indoor)Ā 
Finished seventh in the 200 in 21.39 seconds at the Big 12 Indoor Championships to score points for the Sooners … Took second in the 60 meters at the J.D. Martin Invite, clocking in at 6.78 seconds … Finished sixth in the 60-meter dash at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge, crossing the line in 6.84 seconds … Took third in the 60 at the Sooner Challenge in 6.82 seconds … Placed third in the 200 meters at the season-opening Corky Classic in 21.46 seconds.Ā 

(Outdoor)Ā 
Qualified to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 100 meters and with the 4x100-meter relay squad, taking 12thwith the relay team in 39.24 seconds to collect second team All-America status and finishing 22ndin the semifinals of the 100-meter dash in 10.39w seconds … Qualified to the NCAA West Regional in the 100 and 200 along with the 4x100-meter relay … Finished with the ninth-fastest time in the West in 10.36 seconds to advance to Nationals as well as the fifth fastest West Preliminary time with the 4x1 in 39.59 seconds … Collected points for the Sooners in the 100, 200 and 4x1 at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, finishing runner-up in the 100 meters in 10.29 seconds and fourth in the 200 in 20.84 … Helped the 4x1 run the second-fastest relay in school history, getting the baton around the track in 38.99 seconds to take second place … Collected four 4x100-meter relay wins with the relay team throughout the outdoor season including first place at the National Relay Championships … Took fourth in the 100 meters at the National Relay Championships, clocking a 10.54 … Won the 200 meters at the Rafer Johnson Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invite, finishing in 20.89w … Finished fourth in the 100 at Texas Relays in 10.24w seconds.

2018
(Indoor)
Placed 10th in the 200-meter dash at Big 12 Indoors with a PR time of 21.58… Also competed in the 60-meter dash at Big 12 Indoors… Won the 60-meter dash at the J.D. Martin Invite with a PR time of 6.75… Helped the 4x400-yard relay team to a second-place finish at the J.D. Martin… Took sixth at the Vanderbilt Invite with a time of 21.95 seconds… Finished sixth in the 60-meter dash final at the Leonard Hilton Invite with a time of 6.88 seconds.

(Outdoor)Ā Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships on the men's 4x100-meter relay team... Took seventh in the 100-meter dash at Big 12 Outdoors, finishing in 10.52 seconds... Helped the 4x1 to a fourth-place finish at Big 12 Outdoors, crossing the line in 39.92 seconds... Ran on the 4x1 at Penn Relays, finishing in 40.88 seconds... Took 15th in the 100 meters competition at the John Jacobs Invite, finishing in 12.48 seconds... Ran on the 4x1 that took first at the John Jacobs Invite, finishing in 39.77 seconds... Helped the men’s 4x100 team to a fourth-place finish at the Crimson Tide Invite… Helped the 4x100 team to a third-place finish at the Aztec Invite and the 4x4 team to a fifth-place finish at the Aztec Invite… Took fourth in the 100-meter dash at the TCU Invitational with an outdoor PR time of 10.39 seconds… Helped the 4x1 team to a first-place finish at the TCU Invite with a time of 39.47.

HIGH SCHOOL
Finished as runner-up in the 100 meter at the 2016 state track meet ... Ran a wind-aided 100 meter in 10.07 seconds, marking the sixth-best high school mark of all time ... 2016 USATF National Junior Olympic Champion ... Earned All-State honors in the 4x100 meter relay twice (2016, 2017) ... Runner-up in the 4x100 meter relay at USATF Junior Olympics.

PERSONAL
Son of Lucretia Pipkins ... Has two older siblings, Kameron Sheffield and Kabrina Pipkins ... Brother Kameron ran track at Louisiana Tech ... Plans on majoring in business management.

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Friday, June 13
TF Highlights: NCAA Outdoor Championships Day 2
Thursday, June 12