Shaquena Foote TFRRS page (season/career statistics)
Updated June 10, 2024
Honors & Awards
2024 USTFCCCA Honorable Mention (400m)
2024 Mountain West Outdoor Champion (400m, 4x100m, 4x400m)
2024 All-Mountain West Outdoor (200m)
2024 Mountain West Indoor Champion (400m)
2024 All-Mountain West Indoor (200m, 4x400m Relay)
2023 Mountain West Outdoor Champion (400m, 4x100m, 4x400m)
2023 Aztecs Going Pro Resilience Award
Mountain West All-Academic (2023)
4x Mountain West Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Week (2/27/23, 1/24/24, 2/6/24, 2/13/24)
Mountain West Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week (4/23/24)
SDSU Records
400m (Outdoor): 51.35 (3rd all-time, sophomore record)
400m (Indoor): 52.43 (school record, sophomore record)
4x100m (Outdoor): 43.45 (2nd all-time)
200m (Indoor): 23.44 (3rd all-time)
4x400m (Indoor): 3:37.20 (3rd all-time)
4x400m (Indoor): 3:39.32 (4th all-time)
200m (Outdoor): 23.20 (5th all-time)
4x100m (Outdoor): 43.79 (5th all-time)
4x100m (Outdoor): 44.08 (7th all-time)
4x400m (Outdoor): 3:34.97 (8th all-time)
4x400m (Indoor): 3:40.28 (10th all-time)
400m (Indoor): 53.78 (freshman record)
Collegiate Bests
60m (Indoor): 7.43 (Feb. 3, 2023, at WSU Open – Pullman, Wash.)
200m (Indoor): 23.44 (Feb. 24, 2024, at Mountain West Championships – Albuquerque, N.M.)
400m (Indoor): 52.43 (Feb. 24, 2024, at Mountain West Championships – Albuquerque, N.M.)
100m (Outdoor): 11.74 (Apr. 7, 2023, at Trojan Invite – Los Angeles, Calif.)
200m (Outdoor): 23.20 (May 11, 2024, at Mountain West Championships – Clovis, Calif.)
400m (Outdoor): 51.35 (May 11, 2024, at NCAA West Prelims – Fayetteville, Ark.)
NCAA West Preliminary Rounds
2024: 12th, quarterfinals (51.85 – 400m) | 7th, quarterfinals (43.45 – 4x100m) | 20th, quarterfinals (3:36.12 – 4x400m)
2023: 17th, semis (52.21 – 400m)
Mountain West Outdoor Championships
2024: 1st (52.03 – 400m) | 1st (43.96 – 4x100m) | 1st (3:33.78 – 4x400m) | 2nd (23.20 – 200m)
2023: 1st (52.57 – 400m) | 1st (44.08 – 4x100m) | 1st (3:34.97 -4x400m) | 5th (23.58 – 200m)
Mountain West Indoor Championships
2024: 1st (53.42 – 400m) | 2nd (200m – 23.44) | 2nd (3:37.20 – 4x400m Relay)
2023: 7th, semis (7.47 – 60m) | 7th, semis (23.49 – 200m)
2023-24 Season
Indoor: Competed in four meets, including the Mountain West Championships … Won gold in the 400m and silver in the 200m and 4x400m relay at the MW Championships … Broke the 400m record at the MLK Invitational to open the season, then broke her own record three times finishing with a 52.43 at the MW Championships … Ran a 23.44 in the 200m at the MW Championships, the third fastest time in program history … Ran the anchor leg of the 4x400m relay at the MW Championships, finishing the 3:37.20 effort, the third fastest in program history … Also posted a 7.49 in the 60m at the UNM Collegiate Classic.
Outdoor: Earned a USTFCCCA honorable mention, finishing 17th in the 400m dash at the NCAA Championships … Qualified for the championships with a 12th place finish at the NCAA West Prelims with a quarterfinal time of 51.85 after running a 51.35, the third fastest time in program history, in the opening round … Also ran the 4x100m and 4x400m relays at the NCAA West Prelims … The Aztecs’ 4x1 time of 43.45 punched their ticket to the championship meet, but she did not run the relay in Eugene … The 4x1 relay team finished seventh at the prelims while the 4x4 team finished 20th … Claimed three gold medals and a silver medal at the Mountain West Championships … Won gold in the 400m dash, 4x100m relay, and 4x400m relay and silver in the 200m dash becoming the fourth different Aztec to earn all-MW honors in four different events since MW started awarding all-conference in 2006 … It is her second consecutive year winning three gold medals … Ran a 23.20 in the 200m at the MW Championships, the fifth fastest time in program history … Finished top ten at every meet she competed in throughout the regular season, and top five in all but one.
2022-23 Season
Indoor: Finished seventh in both the 60m and 200m at the Mountain West Indoor Championships … Ran a personal best 23.49 to win her preliminary race in the 200m at the MW Championships … Totaled four meets during the indoor season … Set a personal best 7.43 in the 60m at the WSU Open … Won her first career indoor event, the 400m at the UW Invite … Also won the 400m at the WSU Open … Also finished third in the 60m at the WSU Open after winning her prelim race … Took home third as part of the 4x400m relay team at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational.
Outdoor: Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminaries in the 400m, finishing 17th in the semifinals after running a personal best 52.20, the fourth-fastest time in program history, in the first round … Competed in four events at the Mountain West Championships, winning three of them: 400m, 4x100m, 4x400m … Also finished fifth in the 200m … Totaled seven meets during the outdoor season … Ran a lifetime best 11.74 in the 100m at the Trojan Invite.
2021-22
Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: Did not compete.
High School
Attended Petersfield High School where she holds the school record in the 400m, 800m, 1,500m and 400m hurdles… Won gold medals in the 400m, 400 meter hurdles and 4x400m relay at the 2019 CARIFTA games… Medaled at the CARIFTA games in the 800 and 1,500m in 2016 and 2017.
Personal
Born in Savanna la mar, Jamaica… Majoring in criminal justice and wants to be a police officer after pursing a professional career.
Shaquena Foote Season 2023-24
Aztecs Earn 82 Academic All-MW Honors
San Diego State had 82 student-athletes earn academic All-Mountain West designation for the spring semester, the Mountain West Conference office announced from Colorado Springs, Colorado on Tuesday afternoon.
SDSU Track and Field Earns USTFCCCA All-Academic Honors
San Diego State track and field has been named an all-academic team by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Sameerah Evans, Jenna Fee Feyerabend, Shaquena Foote, Rhea Hoyte, Jordan Leveque, Alex Lomeli, Jada Moore and Jada Pierre all received the award as individuals as well.
Shanieka Ricketts Qualifies for Paris Olympics
San Diego State track and field alum, Shanieka Ricketts (Thomas) will compete for Jamaica at this summer's Olympic Games.
Shaquena Foote Finishes Eighth at JAAA Championships
Shaquena Foote raced in the 400m finals at the JAAA/Puma National Championships on Sunday afternoon at National Stadium in Jamaica.