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Sacramento State

2020-21 Track & Field Roster

Shilah Bedingfield

  • Year Redshirt
  • Hometown Palmdale, Calif.
  • Events Sprints

Biography

 Indoor Career Bests
EventOutdoor Career Bests 
 7.52 at Bronco Invitational (1/18/20)60/10011.87 at Hornet Invitational (3/16/19)
 24.00 at Bronco Invitational (1/18/20)20022.36 at Causeway Classic (4/26/19) 
 55.16 at Don Kirby Elite Invit. (2/14/20)40053.50 at Causeway Classic (4/26/19) 

 

2020 Season

  • Earned all-Big Sky honors after placing third in the 200 and was part of the team’s 4x400 relay team which finished in first place.
  • Also tied for fourth place in the 60 at the Big Sky Indoor Championships.
  • Set the school record in the 60 after running 7.52 at the Bronco Invitational to start the year.
  • Had a 200 time of 24.00 at the same meet which was the second fastest in program history.
  • Fastest 400 was 55.16 at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational which moved her into fourth place all-time at Sacramento State.
  • Ran the leadoff leg of the 4x400 relay team which ran 3:47.07 to win the Big Sky title.
  • That time was the fastest in the Big Sky this season and ranked seventh school history.

2019 Season

  • Was named the Sacramento State Female Student-Athlete of the Year.
  • Advanced to the NCAA Div. I Outdoor Championships in the 200 where she earned honorable mention All-America honors after placing 23rd.
  • Qualified for the meet after placing eighth at the NCAA West Preliminary with a school record time of 22.95.
  • That time broke her own school record and made her the first Hornet woman to run under 23 seconds in the event.
  • Also competed in the 100 at the NCAA West Preliminary where she finished 22nd.
  • Ran 11.46 in the first round which moved her into second place in school history and was the fastest since Donna Carley ran 11.45 in 1983.
  • Won four Big Sky titles after finishing first in the 200 and 400 as well as the 4x100 and 4x400 relays.
  • Finished .82 seconds ahead of the closest finisher in the 200 and was .68 seconds ahead of the field in the 400.
  • Her 400 time of 53.02 from the Big Sky final set the school record.
  • Ran the second leg of the 4x100 relay at the Causeway Classic Dual which set the school record in 45.13.
  • Also was the second leg of the 4x400 at the Big Sky Championships which ran a season best 3:41.42 to rank fourth in school history.
  • Never finished below fourth place in any race during the regular season, including nine wins in 13 races.
  • Indoors, she earned all-Big Sky honors after placing second in the 200 and the 4x400.
  • Finished in fourth place in the 400.
  • Tied the school record with a time of 7.53 in the 60 at the Ed Jacoby Invitational.
  • Her time of 24.29 in the 200 at the same meet moved her into third place in Hornet history.
  • Ranked fourth in the 400 all-time at Sacramento State with a best of 55.53 at the UW Invitational.
  • Was also part of the 4x400 relay team which ran 3:47.29 at the Big Sky Championships for the seventh fastest time at Sacramento State.

2018 Season

  • Advanced to the NCAA West Regional in the 200 and 400
  • Earned all-Big Sky honors in the 200, 400, 4x100 relay and 4x400 relay as a true freshman.
  • Ran 23,97 in the 200 at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner Kersee Invitational which placed her fifth in school history.
  • Recorded the third fastest 400 all-time by a Hornet with a mark of 54.24 to win the Causeway Classic.
  • Finished second at the Big Sky Championships in the 200 and was third in the 400.
  • Ran the opening leg of the 4x100 and the second leg of the 4x400 which both placed second.
  • The team’s time of 45.93 in the 4x100 ranked ninth in school history.
  • The 4x400 time of 3:40.25 at the Mondo Challenge is tied for the second best all-time at Sacramento State.
  • Indoors, she qualified for the Big Sky Championships in the 200 and 400.
  • Ran 24.92 in the 200 at the meet to claim the eighth fastest in school history.
  • Fastest 400 was 56.47 also at the Big Sky meet…earned all-Big Sky honors in the 4x400.

High School

  • A 2017 graduate of Quartz Hill HS in Palmdale, Calif.
  • Qualified for the California State Championships in the 4x400 relay as a senior and helped her team place fourth while running the leadoff leg.
  • Was the Golden League champion in the 200 and 400 in 2017.
  • Finished fifth at the Southern Section Div. I finals in the 200 and was seventh in the 400.
  • Also earned a pair of league titles in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays.
  • Set PRs during her final season in the 100 (12.04), 200 (24.32) and 400 (55.41).
  • As a sophomore, she qualified for the state championships in the 4x400 relay.

Personal

  • Majoring in kinesiology.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2018-19Senior

  • 2020-21Redshirt

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