2017 Track and Field Roster

Tim Casey
Wesley Hitt
Tim Casey

Shayla Sanders

  • Prev School Boyd Anderson
  • Class (I/O) --/R-SR
  • Event Sprints
  • Hometown Pompano Beach, Fla.
  • High School Boyd Anderson

Biography

  • 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor National Champion (4x100 relay)
  • Seven-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (100m--3; 4x100--4)
  • Four-time USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (60m--3; 200m–1)
  • 2016 USTFCCCA Outdoor Honorable Mention (100m)
  • Two-time All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (4x100)
  • 2015 & 2016 All-SEC Indoor Second Team (60m)
  • Holds the 60m school record (7.17)
  • Tied UF's 24-year-old 100m school record (11.13) as a redshirt junior in 2016
  • Ended career as No. 2 outdoor 200m runner (22.77) on UF's All-Time Top 10
  • Ended career as No. 6 indoor 200m runner (23.27) on UF’s All-Time Top 10
  • Ran second on UF's school record-breaking 4x100 relay team (42.72)
  • Ran second on UF's top four 4x100 relay teams, as well as the No. 6 and No. 8 teams on UF's All-Time Top 10


Collegiate PR | 100m: 11.13; 200m: 22.77; 60m: 7.17
High School PR | 100m: 11.32; 200m: 23.25; 60m: 7.21

Shayla Sanders’ TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)

2017 (outdoor only): Two-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (100m; 4x100) ... Helped UF's 4x100 relay to a third-place finish and the second-fastest time in school history (42.73) at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Finished 14th in the 100m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Helped the 4x100 relay to a fifth-place finish at SEC Outdoor Championships ... Also helped the 4x100 relay to the No. 4-ranked time on UF's All-Time Top 10 at Pepsi Florida Relays (42.97) and No. 8-ranked time on UF's All-Time Top 10 at Tom Jones Memorial (43.56) ... Ran the 100m and 200m prelims at SEC Outdoor Championships.

2016: USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (60m) ... USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (4x100) ... USTFCCCA Outdoor Honorable Mention (100m) ... All-SEC Indoor Second Team (60m) ... Finished seventh in the 60m at NCAA Indoor Championships ... Helped the 4x100 relay to a seventh-place finish at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Qualified for the 100m at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Runner-up finisher in the 60m at SEC Indoor Championships ... Broke her own 60m school record (7.17) at the Razorback Invitational.

2015: Captured Florida’s first-ever outdoor 4x100 relay national title … Two-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (100m, 4x100) … USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (60m) … Helped the 4x100 relay break the program’s 22-year-old record with a time of 42.72 at SEC Outdoor Championships … All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (4x100 relay) … All-SEC Indoor Second Team (60m) … Took sixth in the 60m at NCAA Indoor Championships … Ran the 100m preliminaries at NCAA Outdoor Championships … Runner-up finisher in the 4x100 relay at SEC Outdoor Championships … Finished third in the 60m at SEC Indoor Championships … Ran the 200m preliminaries at SEC Indoor Championships … Participated in the 100m preliminaries at SEC Outdoor Championships … Part of 4x100 relay titles at the NCAA Outdoor East Preliminary, LSU Invitational and UF Tom Jones Memorial … Won the 60m title at the Razorback Invitational and UAB Blazer Invite.

2014: Finished 12th in the 100m semifinals at the USATF Outdoor Championships … Two-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (100m, 4x100) … Two-time USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (60m, 200m) … All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (4x100 relay) … Took fourth place in the 100m and 4x100 relay at NCAA Outdoor Championships … Finished sixth in the 60m and seventh in the 200m at NCAA Indoor Championships … Helped the 4x100 relay team to a third-place finish at SEC Outdoor Championships … Nabbed a sixth-place finish in the 100m at SEC Outdoor Championships … Finished sixth in the 60m and ran the 200m preliminaries at SEC Indoor Championships … Helped the 4x100 relay team to a title at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays … Won the 60m title at the Texas A&M Invitational.

2013: Competed indoors, redshirted for outdoor season … Fourth-place finisher in the 60m at SEC Indoor Championships … Ran the 200m preliminaries at SEC Indoor Championships … Won the 200m title and took second in the 60m at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational … Third-place finisher in the 60m at the Crimson Tide Indoor Opener … Finished third in the 60m and fifth in the 200m at the Doc Hale – Virginia Tech Elite Meet.

HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Competed at Boyd Anderson High School in Pompano Beach, Fla. … Gold medalist in the 4x100 relay at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships … Bronze medalist in the 100m and 200m at the 2012 USATF Junior Outdoor Championships … Posted the United States’ top outdoor 100m and 200m high school times (11.33 and 23.25) of 2012 … Won the 100m and 200m titles at the 2012 FHSAA Class 4A Outdoor Finals … Claimed the 100m title at the 2012 adidas Grand Prix … Captured the 200m title at the 2012 Golden South Classic … Runner-up finisher in the 100m and 200m at the FHSAA Class 4A Outdoor Finals … Took third in the 100m and fifth in the 200m at the 2011 World Youth Trials … Second-place finisher in the 100m and 200m at the 2011 Golden South Classic … Crossed third in the 100m and eighth in the 200m at the 2010 FHSAA Class 4A Outdoor Finals … Runner-up finisher in the 100m and third-place finisher in the 200m at the 2010 Golden South Classic.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Senior

    Sprints
  • 2017Redshirt Senior

    Sprints