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Shelby Balding Season 2025-26

Shelby Balding Season 2025-26

PositionDISTANCE/XC
ClassSenior
HometownCentennial, Colorado

Honors & Awards
2024 SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll
2024 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll

2026 Outdoor
Did not Compete

2026 Indoor
Did not Compete

2025 Cross Country
Competed in one meet ... Finished fifth overall with a collegiate best time of 18:13.50 in the 5k at the Foothills Invitational
 
2024 Indoor 
Competed in one meet ... Ran 4:38.43 in the 1500m at the Tiger Track Classic 

2024 Cross Country
Competed in four meets ... PR worthy time of 21:06.00 at the SEC Cross Country Championships in the 6k ... placed 80th overall at the Gans Creek Classic in the 6k (21:26.60) ... ran a time of 22:25.00 at the Wisconsin Pre-Nationals in the 6k

2024 Indoor 
Competed in three meets ... Ran 5:01.83 at the Vanderbilt Invitational in the mile ... finished at 10:06.66 at the Harvey Clance Tide and Tiger Dual in the 3000m ... ran a PR in the 3000m at the Music City Challenge (10:00.30) 

2023 Cross Country
Competed in four meets ... Finished with a time of 21:43.60 at the NCAA South Regional 6k ... ran a PR of 21:40.40 at the SEC Championships 6k ... ran 18:29.70 at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown in the 5k ... finished sixth amongst Auburn women with a time of 21:16.90 in the 6k at the Crimson Classic

Prior to Auburn:
Academic First Team All State ... Honor Roll ... COLT club ... Juggling Club ... 5k- 17:45.00 ... 3200m- 10:59.41 ... 1600m- 4:59.52 ... 800m- 2:15.45 ... First Team All State 2020 ... Second Team All State 2021. 
 
Personal
Attended Cherry Creek High School in Centennial, Colo … Birthday is January 30 ... Daughter of Christy and Tony Balding … has one brother Myles (16)

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Sophomore
2024-25

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Sophomore
2024-25

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Sophomore
2023-24

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Freshman
2022-23

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