Shafiqua Maloney

Photo by: Will Becque

Class:
Freshman
Weight:
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Hometown:
St. Kitts and Nevis
High School:
Verchilds

TFRRS Bio

2017-18
MVC Most Outstanding Women’s Track Athlete (Outdoor)
MVC Most Valuable Athlete (Outdoor)
MVC Champion, 200m dash (Outdoor)
MVC Champion, 400m dash (Outdoor)
MVC Champion, 4x100 Relay (Outdoor)
MVC Champion, 4x400 Relay (Outdoor)
MVC Champion, 400m dash (Indoor)
MVC Champion, 4x400 Relay (Indoor)
Carifta Games, Gold Medal (4x400 Relay)
All-MVC, 200m dash (Indoor)
MVC Scholar Athlete
2x MVC Scholar Athlete of the Week (2/28, 5/16)
Outdoor: Won the 200m dash, the 400m dash and helped SIU win both the 4x100 and the 4x400 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, 4x400) … 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 4x400 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 4x400 relay at the Bill Cornell Spring Classic (3/24) … Helped St. Vincent and the Grenadines take home gold in the 4x400 relay at the 2018 CARIFTA Games.
Indoor: Won the 400 meter dash, anchored Southern to a win in the 4x400 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 4x400 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).

2016-17
NCAA West Regional Qualifier, 4x100 relay (Outdoor)
MVC Champion, 4x100 Relay (Outdoor)
MVC Champion, 4x400 Relay (Outdoor)
All-MVC, 400m (Outdoor)
MVC Outdoor Championship meet record, 4x100 relay (Outdoor)
Outdoor: Helped the Saluki 4x100 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 4x100 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 a 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 4x400 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 4x400 relay at the Gibson Invitational (4/15)...Ran a leg of the 4x100 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.
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 4x400 at the Don DeNoon Invitational (2/3)…Finished sixth in the 400m and second in the 4x400 at the Indiana Relays (1/27)…Competed at three indoor meets.

Personal
Born on Feb. 27, 1999...Daughter of Dale Ottley and Jessica Maloney...Father, Dale Ottley, is self-employed, while her mother is a sailor...Has two siblings...Intends to major in geography and environmental resources.