Sunday, April 08, 2012

The 2012 Official of the Year at the Stanford Invitational

Shirley Oliver Connors is a third generation Californian who has always loved being active in sports. Four years in Connecticut at Darien High School allowed her to participate in different interscholastic sports and helped her develop her major at the University of California, Santa Barbara. While attending Santa Barbara, Shirley was on the first women's volleyball, basketball, golf and field hockey teams, and graduated with a B.S. degree in Physical Education and a minor in Social Studies. She later acquired a Master's Degree in Kinesiology.

Shirley's life after college included marriage to Dick, helping to raise three sons (two of whom competed internationally in the Modern Pentathlon), 25 years of teaching elementary school, high school and all the while coaching A.Y.S.O. (American Youth Soccer Association) soccer and volleyball. Dick and Shirley already have five grandchildren.

In 2000 Shirley retired from teaching and was able to increase her involvement in track and field officiating. In her new found spare time Shirley has officiated youth, high school, community college, NCAA and Open USATF meets where she has specialized inb officiating the long jump and triple jump. She has worked:
The last three Olympic Tirals and was selected to the horizontal crew for 2012.
8 USATF Junior/Senior Championships
7 NCAA Championships
12 Pac-10 Championships
11 Junior Olympic Nationals
And 2 World Championships..The Modern Pentathlon hosted here at Stanford, and The Master last summer in Sacramento.
Shirley has officiated here at Stanford since 1986.
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Keith Conning: I read the above tribute to Shirley at the Stanford Invitational on Saturday, May 7.

Pacific Association USATF Members
First Last ↑ Sex City Age? USATF# Category? Club Registered
Richard L Connors M San Mateo 71 8210019938 OM 10/10/11
Shirley O Connors F San Mateo 70 8210020738 OM 10/05/11
http://pausatf.org/data/members.php

Shirley graduated from Piedmont High School in 1959.
http://www.piedmont59.com/class_profile.cfm?member_id=264920

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