Shana-Gaye Tracey Season 2013
Events: 400M (53.53), 400H (57.74)
2013
An NCAA quarterfinalist in the 400-meter hurdles in her debut season with the Lady Tigers in 2013 … Clocked 58.82 seconds for 22nd place in the qualifying round to advance to the national quarterfinals at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds … Placed 23rd in the NCAA quarterfinals of the 400 hurdles in the meet held in Greensboro, N.C. … Nearly earned a spot in the final of the 400-meter hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships while running 1 minute, 0.15 seconds for 10th place in the qualifying round … Raced to a seasonal best of 58.72 in a fifth-place finish at the LSU Alumni Gold meet … Clocked 59.27 in her first 400-meter hurdle race of the season for second place at the LSU Relays … Crossed the finish line in 59.36 for fourth place at the Battle on the Bayou … Placed 12th overall at the 119th Penn Relays with a time of 1:00.09 … Took 13th place at the Texas Relays with a qualifying run of 1:00.22 … Placed third at UCLA’s Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational with a time of 1:01.27 … Earned spot duty on LSU’s 4×400-meter relay team during the outdoor season … Anchored the Lady Tigers’ “B” squad to sixth place at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 3:41.53 … Ran a seasonal-best time of 56.35 in the open 400 meters indoors for a 29th-place finish at the Tyson Invitational … Finished in fourth place in the 500 meters at the Armory Collegiate Invitational with a time of 1:14.81.
PRIOR TO LSU
Signed with the Lady Tigers as one of the elite 400-meter hurdlers in the junior college ranks … Crowned the National Junior College Athletics Association champion in the 400-meter hurdles during her freshman season at South Plains College … Crossed the finish line in 58.96 in the national final to take the title at the 2011 NJCAA National Outdoor Track & Field Championships held at Hutchinson Community College in Hutchinson, Kan. … Recorded a 2011 seasonal best of 58.53 at the Texas Relays … Ran the leadoff leg for South Plains on the 4×400-meter relay team that captured the NJCAA Indoor crown with a time of 3:39.72 at the 2011 NJCAA National Indoor Championships held at Texas Tech’s Athletic Training Center in Lubbock … Wrapped up her two-year stint at South Plains by winning the NJCAA Outdoor silver medal as a sophomore in 2012 after running 58.62 in the final at the NJCAA Outdoor Championships … Owned a personal record of 57.74 set in a fourth-place finish in the final of the 400-meter hurdles at the 2007 IAAF World Youth Championships held in Ostrava, Czech Republic … Helped Jamaica win the silver medal in the medley relay at the 2007 IAAF World Youth Championships after running 2:06.77 in the final … Followed with an appearance in the 400 hurdles at the 2008 IAAF World Junior Championships held in Bydgoszcz, Poland … Was a three-time gold medalist at the Jamaican Boys & Girls Championships held at the National Stadium in Kingston during her prep career at Manchester High School … Won a pair of Under-19 gold medals in the 400-meter dash (53.33) and 400-meter hurdles (57.90) at the 2007 Jamaican Boys & Girls Championships … Set her lifetime PR of 53.33 in the 400-meter dash final … Followed by winning the Under-20 gold medal in the 400 hurdles at Champs in 2008 after running 58.18 in the final … Was also a three-time Carifta Games Under-20 medalist during her prep career at Manchester High School … Won the 2007 Carifta Games U-20 gold medal in the 400-meter hurdles (58.77) … Claimed the 2008 Carifta Games U-20 silver medal in the 400-meter hurdles with a seasonal-best time of 58.17 … Ran on Jamaica’s 4×400-meter relay team that claimed the Carifta Games U-20 gold medal in 2008 with a winning time of 3:39.12 … Was a two-time medalist in the U-18 division at the 2007 Jamaican Junior Championship, winning the gold medal in the 400 hurdles with a time of 60.49 and the silver medal in the 400 meters with a time of 54.97.
PERSONAL
Full name is Shana-Gaye Tracey … Born on Oct. 3, 1990 … Parents are Ragland Tracey and Vivienne Freeman … Majoring in sport administration.