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Monmouth University Athletics

2008-09 Women's Track and Field Roster

Illiana Blackshear

  • Position Sprints
  • Height 5-4
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool West Orange
  • Hometown West Orange, N.J.

Biography

2007-08 Season: Indoor: Part of a 4x400 relay team that ran a time of 3:53 at the ECAC Championships... Placed third in the 400m and was part of a 4x400 relay team that earned first place and earned a spot on the All-NEC First Team at the NEC Indoor Championships... Part of a relay team that finished second running a time of 3:55 at the 2007 Princeton Invitational... Part of a 4x400 relay squad that qualified for the ECAC and placed third at the Penn State Relays with a time of 3:51.66... Part of a 4x400 team that placed third in the finals with their time of 3:54.57 at the NYU Gotham Cup... Placed third as part of a 4x400 team at the Great Dane invitational... Took first in the 200m with her time of 26.60...Outdoor: Part of a 4x400 team that ran a time of 3:46.45 for 18th place at the NCAA East Regional Championship... Part of a 4x100 relay team which finished with their best time of the season, clocking in at 47.77 at the ECAC championships... Named All-East...Part of a 4x400 team that captured first place for the second straight year, crossing the finish line in 3:48.64 at the NEC Championship... Placed sixth in the 400m at the MU Season Opener , was part of a 4x400 relay team that took first for the Hawks with their time, and was part of a 4x100 relay team that placed third overall, finishing in 49.10... Part of a 4x200m relay team that took fourth, and a third place 4x400m relay team that qualified for the ECAC’s with a 3:50.25 finish at the Colonial Relays... part of a 4x100 team that took fourth at the Greyhound Invitational... Part of a 4x200 relay team that ran a time of 1:41.48, which is the second fastest time in school history, at the Penn Relays, and was part of a 4x100 relay team that finished second in their heat with a time of 48.12, the squad’s best time this season in the event and qualified them for the ECAC Division I Championships, and was part of a 4x400 relay team took first in their section with a time of 3:47.14, narrowly missing the ECAC final.

2006-07 Season: Indoor: Part of the 4x400m relay team that finished first at the NEC Indoor Championship meet, running a time of 3:52.39 and placed third in the 400m (58.62)... Placed fourth at the ECAC Championship as part of the 4x400m relay team that ran 3:47.08, earning All-East honors... Took fifth in the 500m in 1:15 and anchored 4x800 relay team to a fifth place finish at the Fordham Collegiate Opener... Fourth best finish in school history in 4x400m relay with a time of 3:51.05 at the NYC Gotham Cup... Placed eighth in the 400m (58.36) and second in the 4x400m relay (3:50.33) at the Great Dane Classic... Took home first place honors in the 4x400 at the Terrier Classic, breaking the tape in 3:54.34 and placed eighth in the 400m, running a time of 58.33... Finished fourth overall in the 4x400m relay with a Monmouth record-setting time of 3:49.25 at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational... Placed fifth in the 500m at the NYU Fastrack, crossing the finish line in 1:17.47... Earned NEC Winter Academic Honor Roll honors... Outdoor: Competed at the East Regionals as a member of MU’s 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams... Earned All-East honors as part of Monmouth’s sixth place 4x400 relay team at the ECAC Championships... Ran the second leg of MU’s NEC Championship 4x400 team, setting a new school record with a time of 3:46.42... Ran third leg on the winning 4x100 relay team at the NECs while also finishing seventh in the 200m and the 400m... 4x400 team took third at the Penn Relays... Took fourth in the 400m at the Moravian Greyhound Classic, while also was a member of MU’s third place 4x100 relay squad... Part of 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams that took third place at the UVA Invite... Blackshear also took eighth in the 400m at the same meet... Ran the second leg of the Blue & White’s winning 4x400m relay team at the 12th Annual Monmouth Season Opener... Finished eighth in the 400m at the same event. 2005-06 Indoor: Ran the 400m in 58.52 at the NEC Indoor Championships, to take third... Ran on the third place 4x400 relay at NECs... Had an indoor personal best 26.58 in the 200m at the NEC Indoor Championships, which was 11th...Finished 12th with a time of 1:16.38 in the 500m at the BU Terrier Classic... Had a time of 58.53 in the 400m at the Great Dane Classic (11th place).2006 Outdoor: Took third in the 400m at the NEC Outdoor Championships with a time of 57.63 behind two teammates... Had a personal best of 25.69 in the 200m at the UVA Lou Onesty/Milton G. Abramson Invitational... At the same event, finished in 14th place in the 400m, coming in at 58.51... Came in 12th place in the 400m with a time of 58.24 at the Stanford Invite... Part of winning 4x400 and eighth individually in the 400 at the Monmouth Season Opener... Vital leg of the 4x400 relay which won their section in 3:49 at the Penn Relays...Also part of a school record 4x200 team at Penn Relays (1:41.21).

Personal: Born June 21, 1987... Daughter of William and Agnes Blackshear... Majoring in business marketing... Also a starter on the Hawks’ soccer team.

Historical Player Information

  • 2006-07Sophomore

    Sprints
    5'4"
  • 2007-08Junior

    Sprints
    5'4"
  • 2008-09Senior

    Sprints
    5'4"