Shannon Fair

Luke Zacharias

Dis

/ Track & Field

Photo by: Trevor Birchett/MSU Athletics

Position:
Distance
Height:
5-4
Class:
Junior
High School/Previous School:
Aquinas HS
Hometown:
Martinez, Ga.

School Freshman Record Holder (10,000m) - 34:51.21

2016 Cross Country All-South Region
2017 Cross Country All-South Region

2019 Outdoor Season

Placed 14^th in both the 5000m and 10,000m at the SEC Championships (5/9) … ran the 5000m at the Bryan Clay Invitational (4/18) … finished 11^th in the 1500m at the Crimson Tide Invitational (4/11) with a personal-best 4:30.04 … clocked a 35:20.72 in the 10,000m at the Raleigh Relays (3/29) … placed third with a personal best in the 1500m at the Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays (3/22), running 4:34.14.

2019 Indoor Season

Placed 22^nd in the 3000m at the SEC Championships (2/230, running 9:55.25 … finished 13^th in the 5000m at the SEC Championships (2/22) with a time of 17:12.39 … placed 14^th in the 3000m at the Music City Challenge (2/9), running 9:47.12 … finished second in the 5000m at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/18), running 17:03.53, which was the fifth-fastest time of the week in the nation.

2018 Cross Country Season

Placed 47^th in the 6K at the NCAA South Region Championships, finishing in 21:39.8 … finished 33rd at the SEC Championships (10/26), running the 6K in 20:25.83 … ran the 6K at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (10/13) in 23:19.0 … finished 10th at the Falcon Classic (9/15) in the 5K with a time of 18:58.55 and was the third Bulldog to cross the line.

2018 Outdoor Season

Placed fifth in the 10,000m to score at the SEC Championships (5/11) with a season-best 35:26.82 … also ran the 5000m at the Championships … ran the 10,000m at the Penn Relays (4/26) … won the 5000m at the Tennessee Relays (4/13) … finished third in the 5000m at the Florida Relays (3/20) with a season-best time of 16:55.40 to open the season.

2018 Indoor Season

Finished 10^th in the 5000m at the SEC Championships (2/24) … placed ninth in the 5000m with a time of 16:33.32 at the Music City Challenge (2/9) … placed sixth in the 3000m at the Scarlet and White Invitational (2/3) with a time of 9:45.96 … ran a personal-best mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/19), grabbing 13^th in 4:57.52 … ran on the distance medley relay at the UAB Blazer Invitational (1/12) that finished second with a time of 12:03.86.

2017 Cross Country

Placed 11^th at the South Region Championships (11/10) with a time of 20:21.6 in the 6K event … placed ninth in the 6K with a time of 20:42.0 at the SEC Championships (10/27) … finished fifth with a time of 20:44.9 at the Crimson Classic 6K (10/13) … ran the Paul Short Gold 6K (9/29) in 20:05.8 … won the Falcon Classic 6K (9/16) with a time of 21:31.5.

2017 Outdoor Season

Placed eighth in the 10,000m with a time of 35:23.80 and also ran the 5000m at the SEC Championships (5/11) … competed in the 1500m at the SEC Relays (4/28) … ran the 10,000m at the Mt. SAC Relays (4/13) … placed second in the 5000m with the No. 5 time in MSU outdoor history at 16:37.43 at the Florida Relays (3/30) … placed fifth in the 1500m at the Bulldog Relays (3/17) with a personal-best time of 4:36.03.

2017 Indoor Season

Ran the second best 5000m time in school history at SEC Championships (2/24), finishing in 16:26.27 and grabbing 10th ... posted a personal-best 9:34.20 in the 3000m run at the Scarlet and White Invitational (2/3), grabbing fourth place ... ran a then-personal best in the mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational, finishing 12^th in 4:59.16 … ran on the winning distance medley relay at the UAB Blazer Invitational (1/13).

2016 Cross Country Season

Advanced to the NCAA Championships (11/19) … placed 13^th overall at the South Region Championships where she helped propel the Bulldogs to the first South Region Title in program history as MSU’s No. 2 runner with a time of 20:36.9 … paced MSU at SEC Championships (10/28), finishing 20th overall with a time of 21:10.1 in the 6K event … competed at the ISU Adidas Pre-Nationals 6K (10/15) … ran the 6K event with a time of 22:31.5 at the Roy Griak Invitational (9/24) … placed 17^th in the 5K at the Commodore Classic (9/17) … opened the season at the Memphis Twilight Classic (9/3), where she ran a personal best in the 5K (17:25.8) and placed fifth for the Bulldogs.

2016 Outdoor Season

Ended her season at the NCAA East Prelims (5/26) where she ran the 10,000m in 36:14.49 … competed at the SEC Championships (5/12) in the 10,000m with a time of 36:02.63 to place 12^th … set the MSU freshman 10,000m record with a time of 34:51.21 at the Virginia Challenge (4/22) where she placed 12^th … that time was also third in school history … placed fourth in the 1500m at the South Alabama Invitational (4/14) with a time of 4:40.93 … ran the 5000m in 16:52.59 at the Florida Relays (3/31) … finished fourth in the 1500m with a time of 4:37.60 at the Florida State Relays (3/25) … competed in the 1500m at the Alabama Relays (3/17) to open the season.

2016 Indoor Season

Placed inside the top-20 of all indoor events in which she competed … finished 16th at the SEC Championships (2/26) in the 3000m with a then-personal-best time of 9:45.67 … ran a then-personal-best mile time at the Music City Challenge (2/12), finishing 16^th with a time of 4:59.31 … placed eighth at the Armory Track Invitational (2/5) with a time of 17:18.67 in the 5000m … finished 17th in the 3000m run at the Conference Clash (1/22) with a time of 9:51.97 … posted a 5:04.45 mile to finish 14^th at the Commodore Invite (1/15) to open her track career.

2015 Cross Country Season

Advanced to the NCAA Championships (11/21) in her freshman season … finished 52^nd at the South Region Championships (11/13) … set a personal-best in the 6K with a time of 21:01.8 at the SEC Championships (10/30) … competed in the DI Pre-Nationals 6K (10/17) with a time of 21:21.6 … ran in the 5k at the Panorama Farms Invitational (9/26) with a time of 18:17.3 … competed in the Commodore Classic (9/19) with a 5K time of 18:00.6 … placed 11^th in her MSU debut at the Memphis Twilight (9/5), running a 17:55.0 in the 5K.

Before the Bulldogs

Attended Aquinas High School … voted All-State in track and field in the 1600m and 3200m all four years of high school … named team captain of her cross country team … earned athlete of the week honors as a junior after running the 3200m in 11:01 … placed fourth at the state championships in the 3200m as a senior just ahead of future MSU teammate Audrey Honiotes.

Personal

Born Shannon Michelle Fair on March 21, 1997 to Pat and Kelly Fair … has a brother, Daniel, and two sisters, Annie and Rebecca … majoring in psychology.

Collegiate Bests:

Indoor

Mile – 4:57.52 (Vanderbilt Invitational – 1/19/2018)
3000m – 9:34.20 (Scarlet and White Invitational – 2/3/2017)
5000m – 16:26.27 (SEC Championships – 2/24/2017)

Outdoor

1500m – 4:30.04 (Crimson Tide Invitational – 4/11/2019)
5000m – 16:37.43 (Florida Relays – 3/30/2017)
10,000m – 34:51.21 (Virginia Challenge – 4/22/2016)

Cross Country

5K – 17:25.9 (Memphis Twilight Classic – 9/3/2016)
6K – 20:05.8 (Paul Short Gold – 9/29/2017)

TRACK & FIELD | NCAA NATIONALS PLAYERS MEDIA SESSION 5/30/24

Thursday, May 30

TRACK & FIELD | NCAA NATIONALS COACHES MEDIA SESSION 5/30/24

Thursday, May 30

TRACK & FIELD | Chris Woods Media Session - 02/23/23

Friday, February 24

Track and Field Chris Woods Media Session 033122

Thursday, March 31

Eppie Strikes Gold In Tokyo

Sunday, September 21

Arop Earns Bronze In 800m Final At World Championships

Saturday, September 20

Anderson Breaks Jamaican National Record In Semifinals

Thursday, September 18

2025 World Athletics Championships - Curtis Thompson, Anderson Peters, Marco Arop, Navasky Anderson

Bulldog Quartet On Top Of The World After Historic Morning

Thursday, September 18

Mississippi State University Athletics

2018 Track & Field Roster

Roster

Marco Arop

Katherine Badham

Jaylah Bailey

Blake Beavers

Logan Boss

Charles Brockman III

Shayla Broughton

Vince Castillo

Charlotte Cayton-Smith

Terryon Conwell

Benjamin Craw

Lawrence Crawford

Giacomo DeLuca

Dejon Devroe

Caitlin Donovan

McKenzie Ethridge

Brian Evans

Shannon Fair

Alexis Farley

Tiffany Flynn

Caden Foos

Faith Gilbert

Antonia Hehr

Audrey Honiotes

Freddie Jackson III

Stephan James

Tiffaney Johnson

Gralyn Jones

Stephen Jones

Karson Kowalchuk

Madelyn Lee

Alon Lewis

JT Mackay

Mia Meydrich

Lester Miller

Reggie Miller

Derrick Monroe

Monica Mosley

Daniel Nixon

Lisa Oed

Tristan Orman

Anderson Peters

Stephanie Peterson

Aaron Phelps

Rhianwedd Price-Weimer

Nicolas Quijera

Willie-Lionel Reed

Quintin Reiser

John Dalton Rohr

Sylvia Russell

Micah Ryan

Justice Sims

Kenya Small

Brianna Smith

Keturah Smith

Ro'Derick Spears

Lake Spradling

Alyssa Staubach

Ava Strenge

Rasheed Tatham

Malcum Tatum

Carly Terp

Kristy Terp

Curtis Thompson

Zaria Tillman

Chardae Tryon

Emma Tucker

Chandler Underwood

Adrienn Veisz

Alicia Viveros

Alex Wallace

Juston Waters

Zach Weaver

Riley White

Kayla Williams

Joshua Willingham

Herbert Wise III