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2016-17 Women's Track and Field Roster

Verlencia Shaw

Verlencia Shaw

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Height:
    5-0
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    DeSoto, Texas
  • High School:
    DeSoto HS

Summary

Biography

Finished her A&M-Commerce career as one of the record holders in both the indoor and outdoor 4x400m relays... One-time All-Region selection and twice a First-Team All-LSC selection... Finished in the top three 20 times and had five first-place finishes.

2017 (Outdoor):
 Named to the All-Region Team in the 4x400m relay... First Team All-LSC in the 4x400m relay... Competed in eight meets in the sprints and relays... Finished second in the 4x400m relay at the ASU David Noble Relays (4/8)... Also finished seventh in the 200m at the same meet and set a season-best time of 58.05 in the 400m... Placed first in the 200m with a career-best time of 24.76 at the East Texas Invitational (4/15)... Also placed first in the 4x400m relay and fourth in the 100m... Placed second in both the 4x100m and 4x400m relays at the Bobcat Twilight (4/21)...Also finished sixth in the 200m and seventh in the 100m... Part of the 4x400m relay team that finished first at the LSC Championships (5/6), posting an NCAA provisional mark... Also finished fourth in the 4x100m relay and set a season-best time of 12.13 in the 100m at the same meet.

2017 (Indoor): First Team All-LSC Selection in the 4x400m relay... Competed in five meets in the sprints... Placed seventh in the 200m at the MSSU Southern Invitational (1/20)... Set a season-best time of 7.82 in the 60-meters at the Pittsburg State Invitational (1/28), finishing 11th... Helped set the A&M-Commerce record as part of the 4x400m relay team that finished fifth at the Gorilla Classic (2/10)... Set a personal-best time of 25.49 in the 200m at the preliminaries of the LSC Championships (2/18/2017), eventually finishing in eighth... Finished in fourth at the same meet in the 400m with a season-best time of 58.40. Also was on the 4x400m relay team that placed first at the meet.

2016 (Outdoor): Competed in all eight meets for the Lions… Had 14 top-five finishes on the season…Placed second in the 4x400 meter relay and third in both the 400-meters and the 4x100 meter relay at the ASU David Noble Relays (4/9)… Placed second in both relays at the East Texas Invitational (4/16)… Ran a season best time of 56.46 in the 400-meters at the same event, finishing in fifth place… Ran a season best time of 25.59 in the 200-meters at the ACU Oliver Jackson Twilight Meet (4/27)… Placed second in the 4x400 meter relay at the Lone Star Conference Championships (5/5)… Also placed fifth in the 4x400 meter relay and eighth in the 400-meters… Qualified for the NCAA Division II Championships in the 4x400 meter relay, with the team finishing in ninth place.
 
2016 (Indoor): Competed in all four meets… Finished in fourth place in the 400-meters at the MSSU Lion Invitational (2/5)… Season best times of 7.95 and 58.21 in the 60 and 400-meters at the Gorilla Classic (2/12), finishing ninth in both events… Ran a leg in the 4x400 meter relay as the team placed second at the Lone Star Conference Championships (2/20).
 
2015 (Outdoor): Redshirted, competing as an unattached athlete. Ran in two meets in the 200 and 400-meters… Placed second in both the 200 and 400-meters at the A&M-Commerce vs. Tarleton State Dual (3/31)… Set season bests of 25.56 and 57.95 in the 200 and 400-meters at the East Texas Invitational (4/18).
 
2014 at SFA (Outdoor): Competed in three meets for the Lumberjacks… Finished in ninth place in the 400-meters at the Skechers Carl Kight Invitational (4/5)… Finished 22nd in the 100-meters and 29th in the 200-meters in the same event… Season best time of 57.43 in the 400-meters at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight Meet (4/26).

2014 at SFA (Indoor): Competed in five meets on the season… Season best time of 59.23 in the 400-meters at the Texas A&M 12-Team Invitational (1/17), placing 14th… Season best time of 8.08 at the Varsity Apartments Invitational (1/31)… Season best of 26.12 in the 200-meters at the same event… Also finished tenth in the 400-meters with a time of 59.38… Ran in four different 4x400 meter relays, placing in the top-five three times… Placed third at the Houston Tune Up in the 4x400 meter relay (2/14).
 
2013 at SFA (Outdoor): Competed at the Skechers SFA Alumni Invitational (4/6) in the 100, 200 and 400-meter dashes… Placed tenth in the meet in the 400-meters with a time of 58.87… Ran 12.83 in the 100-meters, finishing in 20th.
 
Prior to Collegiate Career: Ran in track and field all four years at Desoto… Set a personal best in the 100-meters with a time of 12.28 as a senior… Set a personal best of 24.27 in the 200-meters as a junior… Also set her indoor record of 58.37 in the 400-meters… Personal best of 58.07 in the 400-meters as a sophomore.
 
Personal: Born January 11, 1994... Majoring in kinesiology… Plans to become a track coach and teacher.
 
Shaw’s A&M-Commerce Career Bests
Indoor
60m: 7.82 – Pittsburg State Invitational (1/28/2017)
200m: 25.49 – LSC Championships (2/18/2017)
400m: 58.21 – Gorilla Classic (2/12/2016)
 
Outdoor
100m: 12.13 – LSC Outdoor Championships (5/6/2017)
200m: 24.76 – East Texas Invitational (4/15/2017)
400m: 56.46 – East Texas Invitational (4/16/2016)

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