2013-14 Women's Track and Field Roster
Roster
Sharda Bettis
- Position:
- Sprints/Jumps
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Dallas, Texas
- High School:
- Kemp HS
- Prev School:
- Prairie View A&M
2012-13: Set three school record between the indoor and outdoor seasons ... Won the 60 meter hurdles at the OVC Indoor Championships with a school record time of 8.44 ... Came in first place in the 100 meter and 400 meter hurdle events at the Louisville Twilight setting school records with times of 13:53 and 1:00.26 respectively ... Placed 29th at the NCAA Division I East Preliminary Round in the 100 meter hurdles ... Won the OVC Outdoor 400 meter hurdles and finished in third place in the 100 meter hurdles ... Was a part of the second place 4x100 meter relay team ... Finished in fifth place at the OVC Indoor Championships in the 60 meter dash in 7.76 seconds and was a part of the fifth place 4x400 meter relay team.
2011-12: Was the 55-meter hurdles champion at the OVC Indoor Championships (2/25) with a time of 7.99 … Placed sixth in the 55 meter dash with a PR time of 7.23 at the OVC Championships … Part of a 4x400 team that placed sixth at the OVC meet with a time of3:55.23 … Set the then-school record in the 60-meter hurdles at the Alex Wilson Invite (3/3) with a time of 8.65 … Part of a 4x100 team that set the school record and also was OVC outdoor champions with a time of 45.63 … Finished second at the OVC Outdoor Championships (5/5) in the 100-meter hurdles with a then-personal-best time of 13.91.
Before MSU: A transfer from Prairie View A&M in the Southwestern Athletic Conference … Had personal bests of 8.68 in the 60m hurdles, 7.85 in the 60 and 5.55m (18’2.5”) in the long jump with the Panthers … Earned a Southwest Athletic Conference 100 hurdles title and was third at the SWAC meet in the long jump … Participated in track & field at Kemp where she ran the 100 hurdles in 14.25 … Claimed a state championship in the 100 hurdles as a freshman and a junior … Earned regional championships in the 100 hurdles for three years and the 300 hurdles for two years … Also claimed district championships in the 100 and 300 hurdles, long jump and triple jump for three years … Also participated in volleyball and cheerleading as a prep.
Personal: Born Sharda Trachelle Bettis, March 30, 1992 in Dallas, Texas … Daughter of Lashaon Brinkley and the late Ronald Bettis … Has two sisters; Latoya Brinkley (24) and Kiara Bettis (31) … Majoring in journalism.
| Personal Bests | |
| Indoor | |
| 55m | 7.23 (2012) |
| 60m | 7.76 (2013) |
| 200m | 25.78 (2013) |
| 60m Hurdles | 8.44 (2013) |
| Long Jump | 5.43m, 17' 9.75 " (2012) |
| Outdoor | |
| 100m | 12.18 (2012) |
| 200m | 25.32 (2012) |
| 100m Hurdles | 13.53 (2013) |
| 400m Hurdles | 1:00.26 (2013) |
| Long Jump | 5.44m, 17' 10.25" (2013) |
