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Eastern Kentucky University Athletics

2013 Women's Track and Field Roster

Shiyana Mahendra

  • Position Hurdles
  • Class Junior
  • High School North Torrance
  • Hometown San Pedro, Calif.

Biography

2012:13: Clocked a 9.19 in the 60-meter hurdles at the OVC Indoor Track and Field Championships.

2011-12: Scored points with a sixth-place finish and a time of 8.42 in the 55-meter hurdles at the OVC Indoor Track and Field Championships … really came on during the outdoor season, however, as she placed fourth in the 400-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 1:03.13 and sixth in the 100-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 14.60 at the OVC Outdoor Championships.

2010-11: Finished fourth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.94 at the OVC Indoor Track and Field Championships … ran a personal-best time of 8.90 in the 60-meter hurdles at the Virginia Tech Final Qualifier … ran a season-best 14.72 in the 100-meter hurdles during the outdoor season at the Tennessee Sea Ray Relays … was a member of the shuttle hurdle relay team that finished fourth out of 15 teams at the prestigious Penn Relays with a time of 56.57, besting the 2010 team’s time of 56.84 (which, at one point, was briefly ranked first in the country) and coming just 0.17 seconds from the school record of 56.4 set in 1986.

High School Accomplishments: Qualified for the California Interscholastic Federation finals as a senior and junior ... placed fourth at CIF as a sophomore.

Personal: Daughter of Naresh Mahendra … major is journalism.

Historical Player Information

  • 2010-11Freshman

    Hurdles
  • 2012Sophomore

    Hurdles
  • 2013Junior

    Hurdles