Vlada Shelkova
Vlada Shelkova
Height: 5-6
Year: Jr
Hometown: Newington, Conn.
High School: Newington
Position: Multi-Event
Major: Marketing/Fine Arts

2009-10:
All-New England (outdoor heptathlon)
NE-10 Women’s Field Athlete of the Week (3/30, 5/11)
NE-10 Weekly Honor Roll (12/8)
Placed 19th in the long jump with a mark of 15' 6.22" at the Harvard Open. Finished fifth in the 200m dash (28.32 seconds), sixth in the long jump (16' 5.28"), and tenth in the triple jump (32' 8.52") at the Wheaton College Invitational. Placed fourth in the pentathlon at the Tufts Stampede with 2,750 points, including a second-place finish in the long jump (15' 9.5"), third place in the 800m dash (2:29.37), fourth in the shot put (26' 5.75"), sixth in the 60m hurdles (10.13 seconds), and ninth in the high jump (4' 4.75"). Member of the NE-10 champion 4x800m relay team (9:48.43).

2008-09:
NE-10 Women’s Field Freshman of the Week (1/5)
Placed fourth in the long jump (16 feet, 11 inches) at the Harvard Invitational. Finished third in the long jump (15' 5.25") and fourth in the triple jump (35' 0.5") at the Rhody Indoor Track Classic. Eighth in the long jump (16' 9.75") and sixth in the triple jump (34' 11.75") at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games. Placed fourth in the long jump (17' 0.75"), second in the triple jump (35' 2.5"), and second with the 4000m distance medley relay team (13:12.46) at the NE-10 Championships. Finished 13th in the long jump (16' 11.25") at the New England Championships.

High School:
2008 graduate of Newington High School. Three-year letterwinner for indoor track, four-year letterwinner for outdoor track. Four-year letterwinner for volleyball, serving as captain her senior year. Garnered All-State honors in the long jump and All-Conference honors in the 400, long jump, triple jump, and pole vault. Named Herald All-Scholastic. Four-year high honor student. Member of the National Honor Society, French Honor Society, and Science Honor Society. 

Personal:
Born October 8, 1989 in Russia. Daughter of Ninel Shelkova of Newington, Conn. Double major in marketing and fine arts. Lists favorite athletes as John Driscoll and Ray Allen.

PERSONAL BESTS
 
Indoor
200m 28.32 Wheaton Invitational (1/23/2010)
800m
2:28.43
Jay Carisella Invitational (12/5/2009)
55m hurdles
9.83 Boston Indoor Games (1/29/2010)
60m hurdles 10.13
Tufts Stampede (2/6/2010)
High Jump 4' 5"
Tufts Stampede (2/7/2009)
Long Jump 16' 11.25"
Harvard Open (12/13/2008)
Triple Jump 34' 11.75"
Reebok Boston Indoor Games (1/30/2009)
Shot Put 27' 6.75"
Jay Carisella Invitational (12/5/2009)
Pentathlon 2,750 pts
Tufts Stampede (2/6/2010)
4x400m 4:21.89 Reebok Boston Indoor Games (1/28/2011)
    (Danielle Wheeler, Katie Polakowski, Susan O'Connell)
4x800m 9:48.43 NE-10 Championships (2/18/2010)
    (Jill Alves, Erin Carmone, Lindsey Pinkham)
   
Outdoor
100m 14.05 Bridgewater State Bears Invitational (3/26/2011)
200m 27.96 New England Championships (5/7/2010)
800m 2:38.03
Holy Cross Multi Meet (4/15/2010)
100m hurdles
16.80
New England Championships (5/7/2010)
High Jump 4' 7.5" Holy Cross Multi Meet (4/15/2010)
Long Jump 17' 4.75"
Skyhawk Invitational (4/23/2010)
Triple Jump 35' 3.25" NE-10 Championships (5/7/2011)
Shot Put 31' 5.75" New England Championships (5/8/2010)
Javelin 91' 0"
New England Championships (5/8/2010)
Heptathlon 3,828 pts
New England Championships (5/8/2010)
4x100m 50.79 Skyhawk Invitational (4/29/2011)
    (Olivia Dyson, Angelina Comei, Katie Polakowski)
4x400m 4:03.32 NE-10 Championships (5/1/2010)
    (Danielle Wheeler, Kathryn O'Leary, Christen Carrier)