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Gatorade 2019 - 2020: Player of the Year

Girls Track & Field - North Dakota

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GIRLS TRACK & FIELD

Shelby Frank

Throws
RED RIVER HS
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-0
Press Release

Peak Performance

155

Discus

4

Discus state titles

2

Shot put state titles

167-0

Discus PR
“Shelby is a competitor, and in the discus she is unmatched. She competes with the expectation of being her best. If she’s struggling, she sets her jaw and rights herself. Her focus, determination and competitiveness are something I have my kids watch and learn from.”
Rob Jacobson
Assistant Coach - Assistant coach of Davies High
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s two-time returning Gatorade Girls Track & Field Athlete of the Year, the 6-foot senior was the national champion in the discus throw with a winning toss of 155 feet at the 2019 New Balance Nationals Outdoor. Undefeated in shot put and discus in 2019, Frank is a four-time state champion in the discus and a two-time state title-winner in the shot put. Her personal-best discus throw of 167-0 ranked as the nation’s No. 4 mark among prep competitors in the 2019 outdoor season.

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Academic Achievement

Frank has maintained a 3.66 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to compete on an athletic scholarship at the University of Minnesota.

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Exemplary Character

A member of her school’s Student Leadership Council, Frank has volunteered locally as a peer mentor and a youth track coach.