| Sport | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | pole vault |
Jana Edwards Shipley was a record holder in the women's pole vault.
Shipley is a native of Galena, Ohio and attended Big Walnut High School. [1] She attended Ohio State University, where she competed in track and cross country, and graduated in 1979 with a degree in physical education. [2] [3] She then attended the same university to receive a master's degree in sports management in 1981. [1]
The then Jana Edwards record four world records in the women’s pole vault: [4] • 3.05 m in June 1983 in Chicago. [5] • 3.34 m on 16 July 1983 in Tillsonburg. • 3.50 m and 3.59 m on 23 July 1983 in Fort Wayne.
Note 1: The marks are unofficial because the IAAF did not list an official world record in the event until 1994.
Note 2: Edwards became the first women to surpass 3.50 m. [6]
Shipley had learned to pole vault in 1980 teaching male athletes whilst working as a track coach in a school in Big Walnut. [7]
Shipley became the head women's track and field coach at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1980 and remained there until 1985. [2]
Between 1987 and 1991 she was a golf coach at Ohio State University. She resigned from her coaching position in 1991. [8]
She later became a golf coach, at Ohio Wesleyan, working there until 2020 when the program was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [9]
In 1996, Shipley was inducted into the Ohio Wesleyan Hall of Fame. [10]