2022 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Anderson, Shae

Shae Anderson
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Norco
- Hometown:
- Norco, Calif.
- Previous School:
- Oregon
Bio
2022
Recorded a time of 51.50 in the 400m placing 6th overall at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, OR โฆ Placed 7th overall in the 4x400m relay finals with a time of 3:28.71 โฆ Set a program record at UCLA in the 4x100m with a time of 43.39ย placing 11th overall โฆ Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400m after racing 51.89 at the NCAA West Prelims, finishing seventh overall โฆ Ran the anchor leg to help the 4x100m relay team qualify to the NCAA Championships with a seventh-place time ofย 44.05 โฆ Clocked a season-best time of 51.43 in the 400m to finish second at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ Raced in three 4x400m relays this season, most recently on May 15 with Catherine Leger, Kate Jendrezak and Makenzy Pierre-Webster to win the Pac-12 Championship with a time of 3:31.49 (No. 8 on UCLAโs all-time list) โฆ Anchored the Bruinsโ 4x100m relay squad to a third-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships with a season-best time of 43.77 โฆ Ran a season-best 23.04 in the 200m while placing third at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ Season-best time in the 100m was 11.61, set at USC โฆ Part on UCLAโs 4x400m relay squad that recorded UCLAโs second-fastest indoor mark of all-time, a 3:32.55 at the Pac-12 Challenge โฆ Ran on UCLAโs Distance Medley Relay team that recorded the No. 9 indoor time in school history at the Pac-12 Challenge (11:25.24) โฆ Honors: First Team All-America (400m) โฆ First Team All-America (4x400 relay) โฆ Second Team All-America (4x100m relay) โฆ Pac-12 4x400m relay champion.
2021
Put together one of the greatest individual seasons in UCLA history โฆ Opened her 2021 season with a victory in the 400m at the Arkansas Qualifier (indoor), clocking a time of 52.67 โฆ Went on to anchor the Bruinsโ 4x400m relay team at the NCAA Indoor Championships, helping the squad to a time of 3:35.23 and a 10th-place finish at Nationals โฆ Made her UCLA outdoor debut at the Bob Larsen Track Meet, clocking a time of 51.84 in the 400m to earn the victory and become just the ninth Bruin to ever duck under the 52-second barrier โฆ Competed in the 400m hurdles for the first time as a Bruin at the Rafer/JJK Invite, clocking a time of 56.45 for the win and the eighth-fastest performance in UCLA history at the time โฆ Ran 22.96 in the 200m at the West Coast Classic for a lifetime-best time, moving into seventh place on UCLAโs all-time list in the event and becoming just the seventh Bruin to break the 23-second barrier in the event โฆ Took second place in the 400m at the USC Dual Meet, posting a time of 51.16, the third-fastest mark in UCLA history at the time โฆ Finished second in the 400m hurdles at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 55.21, the seventh-fastest time in program history โฆ Anchored the Bruins to NCAA qualification in the 4x400m relay, as the squad notched a season-best time of 3:28.70 at West Prelims to move on to Nationals โฆ Anchored the 4x400m relay squad to a third-place finish at the NCAA Meet, crossing with a school-record time of 3:27.68 โฆ Earned USTFCCCA All-America honors for her performance in the relay at Nationals โฆ Went on to compete in the 400m at the U.S. Olympic Trials, where she advanced to the final heat โฆ Clocked a lifetime-best time of 50.84 to finish eighth in the final, moving into second place on UCLAโs all-time list in the event โฆ Was selected to the Relay Pool for the United States and is set to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.
2020
Had an historic debut season with the Bruins, breaking the UCLA indoor 400m record twice and helping the womenโs 4x400m team to a UCLA indoor record โฆ Indoor: Qualified to compete in the 400m and 4x400m relay at the NCAA Indoor Championships โฆ Helped the womenโs 4x400m relay squad record a new UCLA indoor record with a time of 3:30.28 at the MPSF Indoor Championships โฆ The squad finished second overall and was one of two teams to duck under the previous facility record at Dempsey Indoor โฆ Broke her own school indoor record in the 400m with a time of 52.07 at the Don Kirby Elite Invite, winning the event and becoming the first woman in UCLA history to duck under 53 seconds in indoor competition โฆ Broke the school indoor 400m record for the first time at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge, winning the competition with a time of 53.46 โฆ Made her UCLA track debut at with a pair of victories at the UW Indoor Preview, going 1:30.57 in the 600m and running a leg for the 4x400m team (3:42.50) โฆ Honors: Earned MPSF Winter All-Academic acclaim.
2019
Did not compete during the 2019 season.
2018 (University of Oregon):
Three-time NCAA All-American โฆ Indoor: Recorded a personal best and earned Second Team All-America honors with a time of 52.69 and placing ninth in the 400m prelims at the NCAA Championships ... Named First Team All-American after helping her team record a season-best time of 3:30.00 in the 4x400m relay finals at the NCAA Championships ... Put herself in the mix for NCAA qualifying with a PR in the 400 meters (52.83) at the 2018 MPSF Indoor Championships ... Helped her team take first place in the 4x400 relay (3:30.18) at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational to record the third-best mark in program history and the second-best mark in the nation this season ... Set a new personal record in the 400m (53.41) at the Don Kirby Invitational ... Helped her team take first place in the 4x400m relay (3:32.92) at the Columbia Challenge to record the sixth-fastest time in school history and set a new meet record ... Finished sixth overall in the 200m thanks to an indoor PR of 24.35 while also running 7.70 in the 60m at the UW Indoor Preview to open her collegiate career ... Outdoor: Earned First Team All-America honors by helping her team take third place in the 4x400m relay (3:28.36) at the NCAA Championships ... Helped her team take first place in the 4x400m relay (3:29.94) at the NCAA West Regionals ... Also competed in the 400m semis (52.92) at the NCAA West Preliminaries ... Helped her 4x400m team take second place, scoring eight points, with a time of 3:33.30 at the Pac-12 Championships ... Also took sixth place in the 400m (52.55) at the Pac-12 Championships to score three points for the Ducks ... Helped her team take second place and move into ninth all-time at Oregon in the 4x100mrelay (43.3) and competed in the 200m (23.66) at the Desert Heat Classic ... Helped her team take first place in the 4x400m (3:31.93) and took seventh place in the 400m (52.71) at the Mt. SAC Relays ... Helped her team take first place in the 4x100m (43.92) and placed third in the 200m (23.82w) at the Pepsi Invitational ... Helped her team finish first in the 4x100m relay (44.38) and finished sixth in the 100m (11.64) at the Aztec Invitational.
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High School
One of the most decorated and accomplished athletes to come out of the state of California in 2017 โฆ The 2017 California state champion in both the 400mand the 300m hurdles โฆ Her 400m time of 51.99 was the second-fastest high school time in the country in 2017 โฆ Ranked in the top 10 in California in 2017 in the 400m (1st), 300m hurdles (2nd) and 200m (6th) โฆ Named the 2016-17 California Gatorade Girls Track and Field Player of the Year.
Recorded a time of 51.50 in the 400m placing 6th overall at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, OR โฆ Placed 7th overall in the 4x400m relay finals with a time of 3:28.71 โฆ Set a program record at UCLA in the 4x100m with a time of 43.39ย placing 11th overall โฆ Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400m after racing 51.89 at the NCAA West Prelims, finishing seventh overall โฆ Ran the anchor leg to help the 4x100m relay team qualify to the NCAA Championships with a seventh-place time ofย 44.05 โฆ Clocked a season-best time of 51.43 in the 400m to finish second at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ Raced in three 4x400m relays this season, most recently on May 15 with Catherine Leger, Kate Jendrezak and Makenzy Pierre-Webster to win the Pac-12 Championship with a time of 3:31.49 (No. 8 on UCLAโs all-time list) โฆ Anchored the Bruinsโ 4x100m relay squad to a third-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships with a season-best time of 43.77 โฆ Ran a season-best 23.04 in the 200m while placing third at the Pac-12 Championships โฆ Season-best time in the 100m was 11.61, set at USC โฆ Part on UCLAโs 4x400m relay squad that recorded UCLAโs second-fastest indoor mark of all-time, a 3:32.55 at the Pac-12 Challenge โฆ Ran on UCLAโs Distance Medley Relay team that recorded the No. 9 indoor time in school history at the Pac-12 Challenge (11:25.24) โฆ Honors: First Team All-America (400m) โฆ First Team All-America (4x400 relay) โฆ Second Team All-America (4x100m relay) โฆ Pac-12 4x400m relay champion.
2021
Put together one of the greatest individual seasons in UCLA history โฆ Opened her 2021 season with a victory in the 400m at the Arkansas Qualifier (indoor), clocking a time of 52.67 โฆ Went on to anchor the Bruinsโ 4x400m relay team at the NCAA Indoor Championships, helping the squad to a time of 3:35.23 and a 10th-place finish at Nationals โฆ Made her UCLA outdoor debut at the Bob Larsen Track Meet, clocking a time of 51.84 in the 400m to earn the victory and become just the ninth Bruin to ever duck under the 52-second barrier โฆ Competed in the 400m hurdles for the first time as a Bruin at the Rafer/JJK Invite, clocking a time of 56.45 for the win and the eighth-fastest performance in UCLA history at the time โฆ Ran 22.96 in the 200m at the West Coast Classic for a lifetime-best time, moving into seventh place on UCLAโs all-time list in the event and becoming just the seventh Bruin to break the 23-second barrier in the event โฆ Took second place in the 400m at the USC Dual Meet, posting a time of 51.16, the third-fastest mark in UCLA history at the time โฆ Finished second in the 400m hurdles at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 55.21, the seventh-fastest time in program history โฆ Anchored the Bruins to NCAA qualification in the 4x400m relay, as the squad notched a season-best time of 3:28.70 at West Prelims to move on to Nationals โฆ Anchored the 4x400m relay squad to a third-place finish at the NCAA Meet, crossing with a school-record time of 3:27.68 โฆ Earned USTFCCCA All-America honors for her performance in the relay at Nationals โฆ Went on to compete in the 400m at the U.S. Olympic Trials, where she advanced to the final heat โฆ Clocked a lifetime-best time of 50.84 to finish eighth in the final, moving into second place on UCLAโs all-time list in the event โฆ Was selected to the Relay Pool for the United States and is set to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.
2020
Had an historic debut season with the Bruins, breaking the UCLA indoor 400m record twice and helping the womenโs 4x400m team to a UCLA indoor record โฆ Indoor: Qualified to compete in the 400m and 4x400m relay at the NCAA Indoor Championships โฆ Helped the womenโs 4x400m relay squad record a new UCLA indoor record with a time of 3:30.28 at the MPSF Indoor Championships โฆ The squad finished second overall and was one of two teams to duck under the previous facility record at Dempsey Indoor โฆ Broke her own school indoor record in the 400m with a time of 52.07 at the Don Kirby Elite Invite, winning the event and becoming the first woman in UCLA history to duck under 53 seconds in indoor competition โฆ Broke the school indoor 400m record for the first time at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge, winning the competition with a time of 53.46 โฆ Made her UCLA track debut at with a pair of victories at the UW Indoor Preview, going 1:30.57 in the 600m and running a leg for the 4x400m team (3:42.50) โฆ Honors: Earned MPSF Winter All-Academic acclaim.
2019
Did not compete during the 2019 season.
2018 (University of Oregon):
Three-time NCAA All-American โฆ Indoor: Recorded a personal best and earned Second Team All-America honors with a time of 52.69 and placing ninth in the 400m prelims at the NCAA Championships ... Named First Team All-American after helping her team record a season-best time of 3:30.00 in the 4x400m relay finals at the NCAA Championships ... Put herself in the mix for NCAA qualifying with a PR in the 400 meters (52.83) at the 2018 MPSF Indoor Championships ... Helped her team take first place in the 4x400 relay (3:30.18) at the Don Kirby Elite Invitational to record the third-best mark in program history and the second-best mark in the nation this season ... Set a new personal record in the 400m (53.41) at the Don Kirby Invitational ... Helped her team take first place in the 4x400m relay (3:32.92) at the Columbia Challenge to record the sixth-fastest time in school history and set a new meet record ... Finished sixth overall in the 200m thanks to an indoor PR of 24.35 while also running 7.70 in the 60m at the UW Indoor Preview to open her collegiate career ... Outdoor: Earned First Team All-America honors by helping her team take third place in the 4x400m relay (3:28.36) at the NCAA Championships ... Helped her team take first place in the 4x400m relay (3:29.94) at the NCAA West Regionals ... Also competed in the 400m semis (52.92) at the NCAA West Preliminaries ... Helped her 4x400m team take second place, scoring eight points, with a time of 3:33.30 at the Pac-12 Championships ... Also took sixth place in the 400m (52.55) at the Pac-12 Championships to score three points for the Ducks ... Helped her team take second place and move into ninth all-time at Oregon in the 4x100mrelay (43.3) and competed in the 200m (23.66) at the Desert Heat Classic ... Helped her team take first place in the 4x400m (3:31.93) and took seventh place in the 400m (52.71) at the Mt. SAC Relays ... Helped her team take first place in the 4x100m (43.92) and placed third in the 200m (23.82w) at the Pepsi Invitational ... Helped her team finish first in the 4x100m relay (44.38) and finished sixth in the 100m (11.64) at the Aztec Invitational.
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High School
One of the most decorated and accomplished athletes to come out of the state of California in 2017 โฆ The 2017 California state champion in both the 400mand the 300m hurdles โฆ Her 400m time of 51.99 was the second-fastest high school time in the country in 2017 โฆ Ranked in the top 10 in California in 2017 in the 400m (1st), 300m hurdles (2nd) and 200m (6th) โฆ Named the 2016-17 California Gatorade Girls Track and Field Player of the Year.
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