Shayne Culpepper

Shayne Culpepper (née Wille; born December 3, 1973, in Atlanta U.S.) is a middle distance runner.

She is married to long-distance track and road running athlete Alan Culpepper.

Although qualifying for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, due to Regina Jacobs falling ill, Shayne could not manage to progress through the qualifying rounds after running 4:12.52[1] in the 1,500m.

[2] In 2003, she returned to athletics after having her first child, Cruz Samuel, and on February 16 won the national 4 kilometre cross-country championships.

In March 2004 Shayne qualified for the 3,000 m. at the World Indoor Championships, she earned the bronze medal, finishing the race in less than a second behind the winner Meseret Defar and silver medalist Berhane Adere.