Shalonda Mitchell

  • Shalonda
  • Mitchell

  • Event
    Mid-Distance
  • Class
    r-Senior
  • High School/Other
    Varina
  • Hometown
    Richmond, Va.

Updated: June 28, 2016

2016 Outdoor: Member of the winning DMR team at the Colonial Relays that finished with a time of 11:43.64 … Set a personal record in the 800 at the Wolfpack Last Chance with a time of 2:10.21 … Placed second in the 400 at the Hokie Twilight … Ran a personal best in the 400 at the Bison Outdoor Classic, finishing in 58.34 seconds.

2016 Indoor: Placed third in the DMR at the Virginia Challenge … Finished sixth in the 1,000 at the Virginia Challenge.

2015 Cross Country: Claimed seventh at the Hokie Open with a time of 15:11.80 … Finished 59th overall at the Wake Forest Invitational with a time of 23:17.14 … Was ninth at the George Mason University Invitational with a time of 23:38.55 … Came in 41st overall at the VT Alumni Invite (6K) with a time of 23:22.73 … Finished 19th overall at the Hokie Invite (4K) with a time of 15:04.20.

2015 Outdoor: Competed in the 800-meter race at four meets, including the ACC Championships ... Participated in the 4x400-meter relay at the ACC Championships ... Ran in the distance medley relay at the Tennessee Relays.

2015 Indoor: Ran the 800-meter event twice, including the ACC Championships ... Recorded a season-best 1,000-meter time of 3:01.10 at the Virginia Tech Invitational ... Competed in both the 4x400-meter and distance medley relays with a fourth place finish at the ACC Championships.

2015 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2014 Indoor: At the ACC Championships recorded her personal best 800m time (2:11.96) ... Ran the 4x400 at the ACC Championships (3:52.69).

2013 Outdoor: Finished with a season best time at the ACC Championship in the 800 meters (2:13.18) ... Ended the season by running the 800 meters in 2:14.41 at the Roanoke/Virginia Tech Twilight ... Ran the 400 (60.49) and 1,500 (5:13.25) meters at the Raleigh Relays.

2013 Indoor: Ran the 800 meters at the ACC Championship and finished in 2:13.97 ... Posted a 2:14.59 time at the VT Elite Meet ... Opened her Hokie career with a time of 5:18.91 in the mile at the VT Invitational ... Competed in the 600 meters at the VT Challenge (1:34.85).

2012 Cross Country: Competed in four meets, including one as an unattached runner … Finished the 6k at Pre-Nationals in a season-best 25:19.4 … Had a time of 25:24.19 at the Charlotte Invitational … Recorded her top 4k time at the Hokie Open 16:12.4 for 14th place.

Radford (2012): Placed fifth in her first collegiate event at the Liberty Kickoff in the 800m (2:25.27) ... Followed with a ninth-place performance at the Hokie Invitational in the 800m (2:21.07) ... Won the 800m at the Liberty Open with a time of 2:22.65 ... Finished eighth at the Akron Invitational in the 800m with a time of 2:19.00 ... At the BSC Indoor Championships, took eighth place in the 800m ... Partnered with Christian, Pannell and Wissler to finish ninth in the 4x400m relay at the same event ... Set a PR in the 400m with a time of 1:00.69 to place ninth at the Winthrop Invitational ... Also took sixth place in the 800m at same event ... Shattered PR in 800m with a mark of 2:16.22 at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational ... Claimed her second win of the season at the Carolina's Cup in the 800m (2:16.53) ... Recorded a fourth-place mark at the Highlander Invitational with a time of 2:18.73.

High School: State qualifier, MVP, Athlete of the Year and regional runner-up during senior campaign … Also qualified for region as a sophomore and junior … Indoor eastern region runner-up and district runner-up in the 500m … Three-time all-academic … Holds school record in the 500, 800 and 1000m … MVP of Varina High her junior year … District runner-up as a freshman

Personal: Born April 2, 1994 in Kileen, Texas…Daughter of Noah and Beatrice Mitchell…Has one brother, Joseph…Majoring in business.

Mitchell's Collegiate XC Bests
6k: 25:24.19, Charlotte Invitational, 2012
Mitchell's Collegiate Track & Field Bests
Indoor Outdoor
600m: 1:35.44 400m: 58.34
800m: 2:11.96 800m: 2:10.21
1000m: 2:58.30