Shianne Dacosta Season 2021-22

PositionLONG SPRINTS
YearFreshman
HometownClarendon, Jamaica
IN THE PURDUE RECORD BOOKS
  • Ranks No. 4 in school history in the indoor 400m with a time of 53.20 (Feb. 26, 2022)
  • Is No. 6 in the Purdue record books in the outdoor 400m in 53.31 (April 30, 2022)
  • Ranks No. 7 all-time in the indoor 4x400 relay with a time of 3:36.05 (Feb. 26, 2022)
  • Tied for No. 8 in program history in the outdoor 4x400 relay with a mark of 3:34.31 (April 23, 2022)
 
2021-22
Outdoor Track & Field / As a Freshman
  • Honorable Mention All-America: 4x400 Relay
  • NCAA Qualifier: 4x400 Relay
  • Raced in seven meets in the 200m, 400m and 4x400
  • At the NCAA Championships, finished 17th in the 4x400 in 3:36.18 from June 8-11 to earn Honorable Mention All-America accolades
  • Placed ninth overall in the 4x400, in 3:35.27, to qualify for the NCAA Championships, and was 44th in the 400m in 55.66 at the NCAA East Prelims from May 25-28
  • Ran the 400m in 55.48 at the Big Ten Championships to finish 13th from May 13-15
  • Notched the sixth-fastest 400m time in team history, with a 53.31, finishing second, and added a personal-record 200m time of 23.98 to place seventh at the Desert Heat Classic on April 30
  • Tied the eighth-fastest 4x400 time in the Purdue record books with a 3:34.31 to win the Indiana Invite, and added a 400m time of 53.60 to finish third from April 22-23
  • Recorded a personal-best 800m time of 2:19.89 to finish 14th at the Louisville Invite on April 16
  • Earned a runner-up 4x400 finish (3:40.64) and was fifth in the 200m (24.19w) at the Hurricane Invite from march 18-19
Indoor Track & Field / As a Freshman
  • Big Ten Bronze Medalist: 400m
  • Competed in seven meets in the 400m, 500m, 600m and 4x400
  • Posted a pair of top-seven times in program history and earned two top-four finishes at the Big Ten Championships from Feb. 25-26, with a bronze medal run in the 400m in 53.20, No. 4 in the record books, and a fourth-place 4x400 time of 3:36.05 that is No. 7 all-time
  • Placed third in the 4x400 (3:39.31) and fifth in the 400m (54.78) at the Windy City Invite from Feb. 11-12
  • Ran a personal-record 600m time of 1:34.78 to finish eighth, and was the runner-up in the 4x400 in 3:43.49, at the Big Ten Midwest Invite on Jan. 15
  • Won back-to-back meets to begin the season, in the 500m in 1:15.47 at the Fred Wilt Invite on Dec. 4 and in the 600m in 1:36.63 at the Gene Edmonds Invite on Jan. 8
 
HIGH SCHOOL
  • Set a personal-best time of 54.53 in the 400 at the Issa Boys and Girls Athletics Championship in Kingston, Jamaica
 
PERSONAL
  • Parents are Tishalin Scarlett and Gladstone DaCosta
  • Has one sibling
  • Majoring in interior design

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2023-24

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