Joe Shilts
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- Year:
- Sr.
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- Hometown:
- Flemington, N.J.
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- High School:
- Pingry School
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- Major:
- Undeclared
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- Events:
- Hurdles
2022 Football: Credited with two tackles versus Hilbert (Oct. 22) in what was season debut … Also played at Oberlin (Nov. 12).
2022 Outdoor: Earned All-NCAC laurels as part of Wooster’s runner-up 4x400 relay that crossed at 3:22.40 at the NCAC Championships (May 5-6) … Just missed on All-NCAC honors in the 400-meter hurdles with fourth-place time of 57.23 at conference … Part of Wooster’s eighth-place 4x100 relay (45.15) at the conference meet … Broke the program record in the 4x400 a week later with time of 3:19.50 at Harrison Dillard Twilight (May 13) … Part of Wooster’s first-place 4x400 that clocked in at 3:22.60 at the All-Ohio Championships (April 16) … Scored in the 400 hurdles (57.69) and 4x100 (47.22) at All-Ohio … Logged collegiate-best 400 hurdles time of 56.55 at Denison Invitational (April 29) … Had a NCAC-leading time of 58.24 in the 400 hurdles following the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational (March 17-19) and was tabbed as NCAC Athlete of the Week for that effort … Competed in 10 meets.
2022 Indoor: Captured All-NCAC honors as part of Wooster’s third-place 4x400 (3:26.34) at NCAC Championships (Feb. 25-26) … Scored as part of the sixth-place 4x200 (1:31.83) at NCAC meet … Individually, had collegiate-best 60-meter hurdles time of 8.94 at NCAC meet, which was good for seventh-place showing … Relay contributor at All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 12), helping Scots to seventh- and eighth-place times of 1:35.58 and 3:35.84 in the 4x200 and 4x400, respectively … Competed in seven meets … Helped program to runner-up NCAC finish, the program’s highest since 1998.
2021 Football: Played in four games … Credited with five tackles … Had two tackles in back-to-back wins over Hiram (Oct. 30) and Allegheny (Nov. 6).
2021 Outdoor: Key contributor for the Scots at the NCAC Championships (May 6) … Part of Wooster’s fifth-place 4x400 at the NCAC meet, with that quartet crossing at 3:30.54 … Individually, was seventh in the 400 hurdles (58.17) and competed in the preliminary heats of the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAC Championships … Competed in five meets … Posted a collegiate-best time of 57.98 in the 400 hurdles at the OWU Twilight (April 15).
2021 Indoor: Raced in both meets … Logged two runner-up showings against Ohio Wesleyan (March 6), with those coming in the 60-meter hurdles (9.65) and the 4x400 (3:34.02).
2020-21 Football: Split time over the course of the academic year at wide receiver and defensive back … Played as a defensive back during the two exhibition contests … Tallied three tackles.
2020 Outdoor: Part of Wooster’s second-place 4x400 (3:29.95) at the Coastal Carolina Invitational (March 13-14) … Also had a time of 16.77 in the 110 hurdles at the Coastal Carolina Invitational.
2020 Indoor: Part of Wooster’s record-setting 4x400 that placed fourth with a time of 3:27.98 at the NCAC Championships (Feb. 28-29) … Also competed in the preliminary heats of the 60 hurdles at NCACs, with time of 9.09 ranking 10th … Earned a spot on Wooster’s 4x400 at the All-Ohio Championships (Feb. 15), with that relay placing ninth at 3:30.73.
2019 Football: Utilized the season as a developmental year.
Prior to Wooster: First-team all-league in football and track & field at The Pingry School … Played for father, Christopher.
Personal: Born Aug. 2, 2001 … Parents are Christopher Shilts and Catherine Hamm, who are both Wooster alums … Father was a four-year letterwinner in football and earned all-conference honors in the 880-yard relay in 1989 … Mother was also on the track & field team … Communication studies and education major.