Shani'a Bellamy Season 2024

Shani’a Bellamy’s TFRRS profile (for top performances and meet results)

2x USTFCCCA First Team All-American
2x Sun Belt Champion
2x First Team All-Sun Belt
2022-23 NACAC U23 Champion (400-Meter Hurdles)
2022-23 USATF Outdoor Championships Finalist (400-Meter Hurdles)
2022-23 LSWA Women’s Newcomer of the Year
2022-23 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll

LSU All-Time Top 10 Performance List
No. 7: Outdoor 400-Meter Hurdles (55.48, 2023 NACAC U23 Championships)

2023 OUTDOOR (JUNIOR)
In her first year with LSU, Bellamy solidified herself as one of the best 400-meter hurdlers in the country… crowned the NACAC (North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association) U23 400-meter hurdles Champion with a personal-best time of 55.48 seconds, which ranks seventh in LSU performance list history… just missed the podium with a fourth-place finish in the USATF Outdoor Championship 400m hurdles final… finished fifth in the NCAA Championship finals for the 400m hurdles with a time of 55.58… qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a sixth-place finish at the NCAA East Preliminaries… recorded a 100-meter hurdles PR of 12.98 seconds in the opening round of the NCAA East Preliminaries… finished eighth at the SEC Outdoor Championships… took gold at the Texas Relays for the 400m hurdles with a time of 55.96 seconds in the final… took second in the 100m hurdles at the Hurricane Invitational to open up her season… helped the LSU 4×400-meter relay team to a first-place finish at the LSU Battle on the Bayou… recorded a 200 meter PR of 23.86 seconds at the LSU Lloyd Wills Invitational… clocked a PR of 55.90 seconds over 400 meters flat at the Tom Jones Memorial Invite… finished in third for the 400m hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold meet… LSWA Women’s Newcomer of the Year.

2023 INDOOR (JUNIOR)
Opened up her first season with the Tigers at the LSU Purple Tiger, taking second in the 60-meter hurdles… set her PR in the 60m hurdles at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic with 8.21… ran a PR in the 60 meter flat with a time of 7.49 at the Tyson Invitational… took second at the LSU Twilight in the 60m hurdles… finished 12th at her first SEC Championship in the 60m hurdles.

2022 OUTDOOR (SOPHOMORE AT COASTAL CAROLINA)
A 2022 NCAA Division I USTFCCCA first-team All-American in the 4×100-meter relay, posting an eighth-place finish with a time of 43.78… a 2022 NCAA Division I USTFCCCA honorable mention All-American with a 21st-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles (13.60) and the 400-meter hurdles (59.61)… a 2022 NCAA Championships qualifier in the 100-meter hurdles, 400-meter hurdles, and the 4×100-meter relay… set a school record as part of the 4×100-meter relay team that finished ninth in the preliminaries heat with a time of 43.23 at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships… finished seventh in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminaries with a personal-best time of 56.65… also finished 11th in the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Preliminaries with a personal-best time of 13.32 (-0.7)… was a 2022 Sun Belt Conference Champion as part of the 4×100-meter relay team that turned in a time of 43.79 at the Sun Belt Conference Championships… placed second overall in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.42 (2.0) at the SBC Championships… recorded a pair of fifth-place finishes at the Sun Belt Conference Championship meet, finishing fifth in both the 100-meters (11.50 (1.5)) and the 400-meter hurdles (1:00.25)… took first place overall in the 100-meters with a finals time of 12.29 (-2.8) at the Myrtle Beach Collegiate Challenge… had three first-place finishes at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational, crossing the finish line first in the 100-meters (11.42 (3.2)), 200-meters (23.53 (3.1)), and the 100-meter hurdles (13.52 (2.8))… a member of the 4×100-meter relay team that finished runner-up with a time of 44.41 at the Weems Baskin Relays.

2022 INDOOR (SOPHOMORE AT COASTAL CAROLINA)
Competed in five meets during the indoor season… picked up All-Sun Belt second-team honors as part of the runner-up 4×400-meter relay team that posted a time of 3:43.97 at the Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships… also finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles (8.43), seventh in the 200-meters (24.58), and 19th in the 400-meters (57.80) at the Sun Belt Conference Championship meet… turned in a pair of top-10 finishes at the 2022 Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational, crossing the finish line in third place overall in the 300-meters (39.50) and finishing seventh overall in the finals of the 60-meter hurdles (8.86)… posted a ninth-place finish in the 200-meters (25.33) and a 10th place showing in the 60-meter hurdles (8.93) at the Gamecock Opener.

2021 OUTDOOR (FRESHMAN AT COASTAL CAROLINA)
Competed at eight meets on the season… 2021 Sun Belt Champion in the 400-meter hurdles with the second-best time in school history at 58.58… earned first-team All-Sun Belt honors with her first-place finish in the 400-meter hurdles… posted a win in the 100-meter hurdles (14.39) and the 400-meter hurdles (1:03.27) at the CCU Challenge… earned a first-place finish at the CCU Challenge in the 4×400-meter relay with the 10th-best time in school history at 3:41.31… placed sixth overall in the 100-meter hurdles (13.60) at the Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Championship meet… also finished second in the 100-meter hurdles (14.23) and the 4×400-meter relay (3:55.36) at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational… finished third in the 4×400-meter relay (3:36.46) and fourth in the 100-meters (13.76) at the Gamecock Invitational… a member of the CCU 4×400-meter relay team that earned the seventh-best time in program history at 3:40.01 at the NCAA East Prelims, finishing 21st overall.

2021 INDOOR (FRESHMAN AT COASTAL CAROLINA)
Competed in four events over five different meets on the indoor season… picked up All-Sun Belt second-team honors as part of the 4×400-meter relay team that finished second at the championship meet with a time of 3:46.07… posted three top-10 finishes, including a seventh-place finish in the 200-meters (25.48) at the Gamecock Opener… finished fifth overall in the long jump with a season-best mark of 5.34 meters at the Liberty Elite Invitational… a member of the 4×400-meter relay team that took first place at the Liberty Elite event (3:50.30) and finished fourth at the Bob Pollock Indoor Invitational (3:48.09)… also finished 17th in the 60-meter hurdles (8.91) and 25th in the 200-meters (25.17) at the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships.

PRIOR TO LSU – Richland Northeast HS
A two-time South Carolina Class 4A state champion in the 400-meter hurdles.

PERSONAL
Born on February 2, 2002, in Columbia, SC… plans to pursue a degree in sport administration at LSU.