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Shafiqua Maloney Season 2021-22

Ht5-6
YrR-Sr/ --
HometownRichland Park, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Previous SchoolSouthern Illinois
EventsMid-Distance
Shafiqua Maloney WTR 2021-22
Shafiqua Maloney WTR 2021-22
Career Highlights

  • Olympic flag bearer in Tokyo Olympics

  • National record holder in 800m for St. Vincent & the Grenadines

  • First-team NCAA All-America | Indoor (2)

  • 2021 NCAA Indoor Bronze | 800m

  • 2021 NCAA Indoor Bronze | 4x400 relay

  • 2021 SEC Indoor Bronze | 800m

  • 2021 SEC Indoor Gold | 4x400 relay

  • 2021 SEC Outdoor Bronze | 800m


Tokyo Olympics – One of three athletes selected to represent St. Vincent and the Grenadines and served as the flag bearer in the Opening Ceremony … Competed in the 800m in Tokyo, an event where she holds the national record indoors (2:01.22) and outdoors (2:02.54) ... Ran 2:07.89 in opening round of Olympic 800m placing seventh in heat … Prior to the Tokyo Olympics, represented St. Vincent at the NACAC U23 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, where she completed an 800m gold medal (2:08.13) and 400m silver medal (52.73) performance on the same day …

Outdoor (2021): Finished ninth in the NCAA Championships final of the 800m (2:04.09) after earning the last position in the final with a 2:03.88 in the semifinal … Established a career best of 2:02.54, No. 3 UA, for third place in Tom Jones Memorial, breaking the previous national record of 2:11.93 for St. Vincent and the Grenadines … Bronze medalist in the SEC Outdoor 800m with a 2:05.56 … Placed fifth with a 2:04.37 competing in the Jamaica National Championship.

Opened the outdoor campaign with a career best of 52.53 during the 400m prelims at Texas Relays … Improved to 51.67, No. 8 UA, as runner-up to teammate Tiana Wilson (51.71) in Texas Relays final … Finished third (53.70) at Texas A&M, second (52.27) at John McDonnell Invitational, and won the Arkansas Twilight (52.39).

Anchored Arkansas to Texas Relays 4x400 relay victory with a split of 50.58 as Razorbacks produced a time of 3:26.63, which served as the world-leading time from late March through mid-May, and is No. 3 on the UA all-time list … Ran third leg of 4x400m relay, splitting 50.41, on Razorback squad that finished ninth in NCAA Championships … Also, third leg (52.04) of fourth place effort in SEC Championships …

Indoor (2021): Set a school record and earned first-team All-America honors with a bronze medal performance in the 800m at the NCAA Indoor Championships … Her time of 2:01.22 bettered the previous UA indoor record of 2:01.96 set by Aneita Denton in 2005 … Also, bronze medalist in 800m at SEC Indoor Championships with a then career best of 2:03.12 … Posted three victories in the 800m to prior to the conference meet – 2:08.60 Arkansas Invitational, 2:05.52 PR Wooo Pig Classic, 2:04.65 PR Tyson Invitational … Entered the indoor season with a 2:08.19 previous national record for St. Vincent and the Grenadines …

Improved her previous indoor best of 55.45 in the 400m with a 53.09 for fifth in Razorback Invitational, improved to 52.94 for fourth at Arkansas Qualifier, and then clocked 52.51 for fifth at Tyson Invitational … Moved to No. 9 on UA all-time indoor list in 400m …

Anchored Razorback 4x400 relay to school record 3:28.07, splitting 50.83, in earning a bronze medal at NCAA Indoor Championships … Supplied third leg carry (51.83) as Arkansas won SEC title in meet record and then school record of 3:28.50 … Bettered previous UA record of 3:28.70 set in 2015, and previous SEC meet record of 3:29.06 set by LSU in 2005 … Third leg on distance medley relay, splitting 2:03.33 on 800m leg, that won Tyson Invitational in 10:53.77, second fastest time in school history.

Senior (2020)
Indoors: Finished sixth in the 800m at the SEC Indoor Championships with a career best time of 2:08.19, which improved her national record for St. Vincent ... Set a then career best of 2:09.35 during prelims of SEC Indoor, earning the final spot in the final ... Ran 800m at Arkansas Qualifier, placing fifth in a then career best of 2:11.16 to break the St. Vincent national record of 2:12.23 set on an over-sized track by Kineke Alexander in 2009 ... Opened indoor season placing fifth in 400m (56.35) at Arkansas Invitational and ran on winning 4x400 relay (3:46.58) ... Finished eighth in 400m (56.00) at Red Raider Invitational and seventh (55.45) at Razorback Invitational ... Also set an indoor best of 24.99 in 200m at Razorback Invitational.

Junior (2019)
Competed in nine meets during the outdoor season... NCAA West Prelims qualifier in the 400-meters... Set lifetime-best in the 200-meters (24.01) and the 400-meters (54.05).

AT Southern Illinois
2017-18
Indoor: Won the 400-meter dash, anchored Southern to a win in the 4-x-400 relay and added a third-place finish in the 200-meter dash at the 2018 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Championships (2/28) … Ran 55.05 to take home SIU’s first MVC indoor title in the women’s quarter-mile since 1996 … Followed with a personal-best time of 24.38 to place third in the 200m dash … Clocked a 53.8 second split on the anchor leg of the mile relay to deliver Southern it’s first MVC 4×400 title since 2005 … Was the program’s top scorer at the MVC Championships with 26 points …Won the 400m dash at four of the six meets she competed at … Posted wins in the 400m at the Black and Gold Premier (1/27), the Illini Open (1/13) and the Saluki Fast Start (12/9).

Outdoor: Won the 200m dash, the 400m dash and helped SIU win both the 4×100 and the 4×400 relays for the second consecutive year at the 2018 MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14) … Scored 40 of SIU’s 160 points and set new facility records in three events (200m, 400m, 4×400) … Marked just the fifth time in MVC history that a female sprinter has won both the 200m and the 400m at the outdoor conference meet … Became the first Saluki to win the Most Outstanding Women’s Track Athlete award since it was first handed out in 2001 … Just the fourth female athlete in program history to claim the conference’s Most Valuable Athlete honor, given to the meet’s top point scorer … Won the 400m dash at the MVC Championships with a personal-best time of 53.19, which was the second-fastest time in program history … Southern’s 4×400 relay time of 3:38.10 at the MVC Championships was the second-best in school history … Finished 33rd in the 400m dash and 42nd in the 200m dash at the NCAA West Prelims (5/25) … Won the 200m dash and helped SIU to a win in the 4×400 relay at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic (3/24) … Helped St. Vincent and the Grenadines take home gold in the 4×400 relay at the 2018 CARIFTA Games.

2016-17


Indoor: Took fifth in the 400m at the 2017 MVC Indoor Championships (2/25)…Won the 400m and helped Southern to a victory in the 4×400 at the Don DeNoon Invitational (2/3)…Finished sixth in the 400m and second in the 4×400 at the Indiana Relays (1/27)…Competed at three indoor meets.

Outdoor: Helped the Saluki 4×100 relay team finish 14th at the NCAA West Prelims (5/25) with a time of 44.65- missed advancing to NCAAs by .06…Ran the second leg of SIU’s 4×100 relay team that won the program’s first MVC title in the event since 1989 at the 2017 MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14)…Winning time of 44.30 was not only a school record but an MVC Outdoor Championship record, besting the previous mark of 44.71, set by Indiana State in 2015…Marked the fifth-straight meet the Salukis had improved upon their school-record time…Ran the anchor leg of SIU’s 4×400 relay that won the program’s first MVC title in the event since 1996 at the 2017 MVC Outdoor Championships (5/14)…Winning time of 3:40.30 is the fourth-fastest time in program history…Southern’s sweep of the relays at the conference championships was its first since 1989…Earned All-MVC honors with a runner-up finish in the 400m at the MVC Outdoor Championships with the seventh-fastest time in program history at 54.25…Had the fastest time in the 400m prelims at the MVC Championships with a time of 54.58…Won the 400m at the Kansas Relays (4/22)…Claimed a victory in the 200m and helped SIU to a win in the 4×400 relay at the Gibson Invitational (4/15)…Ran a leg of the 4×100 relay that broke the Lenny Lyles Invitational (4/29) meet record with a winning time of 44.61…Also helped SIU pick up a win in the quarter-mile relay at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic (3/25)…Competed at eight outdoor meets.

Personal
Born on Feb. 27, 1999…Has two siblings…Intends to major in geography and environmental resources.
Shafiqua Maloney WTR 2021-22

R-Sr/Sr
2020-21

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Shafiqua Maloney WTR 2021-22

Sr
2019-20

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Shafiqua Maloney WTR 2021-22

Jr
2018-19

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