The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2015-16 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Shania Collins
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Huntingtown, Md.
- High School:
- Huntingtown
• 2015 USTFCCCA All-America First Team: 4x100m Relay
CAREER BESTS
Outdoor:
100m: 11.67
200m: 23.23
Indoor:
60m: 7.47
200m: 23.74
2015-16
Indoor:
2014-15
Outdoor:
• Member of the 4x100m relay team that finished 4th at NCAA Championships
• Member of the 4x100m relay team that placed 2nd at UTSA Challenge Invitational with a time of 45.78
• Placed 3rd in the 200m at the Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a time of 23.47 (wind 4.6)
• Member of winning 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams at the Texas Invitational
• Member of the 4x100m relay team that placed 2nd at the Michael Johnson Classic with a time of 43.91
• Qualified for NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in 100m and 200m, finishing 38th and 41st
• Ran on 4x100m relay team that finished 2nd at NCAA Preliminary Rounds to advance to championship meet
Indoor:
• Finished 2nd in the 200m with a time of 23.95 at the Arkansas-Texas Dual
• Earned 1st place in the 200m at the Howie Ryan Invitational
• Member of the 4x400 relay team that placed 2nd at the Arkansas-Texas Dual with a time of 3:40.13
• Finished 8th in 60m and 200m at Big 12 Championships
PRIOR TO TEXAS
• During 2014 indoor season, posted a personal-best time of 6.94 in the 55 meters at the 2014 Montgomery Invitational, ranked 4th in the nation.
• Also clocked a career-best 7.46 in the 60m at the 2014 New Balance Indoor Nationals, which ranked 7th in the country
• Won a national title in the 200 meters at New Balance Nationals in a personal-best 23.82
• Back-to-back-to-back state champion in 200m
• Also won Maryland 3A state titles in the 55m (7.01), 100m and 300m (39.29)
• Won the 300m (38.47) at the 2014 Virginia Tech Invitational, a personal-best performance that ranked her 1st in Maryland and 3rd in the country
• Named the 2014 All-Met Girls Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Year by the Washington Post
• Ranked 3rd in Maryland in the 100m (12.10) at the 2013 3A Outdoor State Championships
• Helped Huntingtown High School claim its first-ever Maryland 3A state indoor title in 2014
PERSONAL
• Daughter of Charles and Towanda Collins
• Has two younger siblings Taylor and Camryn
• Grandfather Charles Collins played football at the University of Miami
• Majoring in corporate communications
