Hall of Fame
A four-year standout for the Tigers' cross country and track and field teams, Maureen Shaneman Hall '89 was inducted into the Towson Hall of Fame in 2010. She is arguably the best distance runner ever to compete at Towson.
The top runner for the cross country team, she was an All-East Coast Conference (ECC) selection twice. As a junior, she finished fifth at the ECC Championship Meet. In her senior year, she took third place, and it was the only meet of her senior year that she didn't win.
As great as she was for the Tiger cross country team, she was even more of a standout for the Tiger track & field teams. When she graduated, she owned three individual indoor school records and three individual outdoor school records. She was also part of one indoor relay team that set a school record as well as three record-setting outdoor relay teams.
One of the top athletes to compete for Coach Roger Erricker, she set outdoor records in the 800-meter run (2:07.58), 1000-meter run (2:55.10) and 1500-meter run (4:32.80). Shaneman Hall was also part of the Tigers' record-setting distance medley relay team (12:57.75) with Susan Orsega, Gina Walsh and fellow Hall of Famer Teri Campbell.
A Baltimore native who graduated from Seton High School, Shaneman Hall set indoor school records in the 400-meter run (0:56.93), the 800-meter run (2:12.51) and the 1500-meter run (4:32.80) as a Tiger. She teamed up with Buffy Gavigan, Walsh and Orsega to break the 3200-relay record (10:01.5) in 1987. In 1988, she was part of the Tigers' record-setting sprint medley relay team (4:23.8) and their distance medley relay team (12:44.83).
During her career, she was named as the Outstanding Performer at an ECC Championship Meet three times. She was the Most Outstanding Performer at the ECC Outdoor Track and Field Meet in 1987 and 1989. She also earned the Most Outstanding Performer Award at the 1989 ECC Indoor Championship Meet.
As a sophomore, she produced a tremendous effort at the 1987 ECC Outdoor Meet that was hosted by Towson. Competing in three events, she was a triple winner and broke ECC records in each event. She won the 1500-run (4:42.14), the 400-run (0:57.72) and the 800-run (2:14.81). After winning three events, she was named as the ECC Championship Most Outstanding Performer for the first time.
At the 1989 ECC Indoor Meet, she set ECC records in the 800-run (2:15.95) and the 1500-run (4:38.26), winning both events. She was named as the ECC Meet Most Outstanding Performer for the second time in her career.
In one of the final meets of her college career, she was the Most Outstanding Performer at the 1989 ECC Outdoor Meet, completing a rare sweep of the indoor and outdoor awards only three months apart. At the ECC Outdoor Championship, she won the 800-run (2:15.66) and the 1500-run (4:38.29). She also finished second in the 400-run.
In her career, she broke four ECC records and won 11 ECC individual championships. In 1989, she was honored as Towson's Female Athlete of the Year.
