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

Indoor Season

2011-12: Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award. Athletic Director's Honor Roll (Fall Semester). NE-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll (Both Semesters). Lambda Epsilon Sigma Honor Society. Alpha Mu Alpha Honor Society. Competed in 17 individual events on the season. Set a new personal best (indoors) in the high jump at the Reggie Poyau Invitational (12/10/11) clearing 4-feet and 8.25-inches. Also ran the 55 meter hurdles in 9.99 seconds and posted a mark of 16-feet and 4.25-inches in the long jump for second place overall (15 competitors). Competed in three events at the Jay Carisella Invitational (12/3/11). Ran the 800 meters in 2:37.51, posted a distance of 16-feet and 2.50-inches in the long jump and had a toss of 28-feet and 5.75-inches in the shot put, a new personal best (indoors). Participated in three field events at the UNH Tri-Meet (1/21/12). Recorded a mark of 16-feet and 4.25-inches in the long jump, a distance of 34-feet and 5-inches in the triple jump and a mark of 30-feet and 3.50-inches in the shot put, a new personal best (indoors). Finished second overall in the triple jump at the meet. Posted a distance of 34-feet and 2.25-inches in the triple jump at the New Balance Boston Collegiate Indoor Games (1/27/12). Also competed in the long jump but did not record a distance. Particpated in three field events at the Charley Torpey Memorial Invitational (2/4/12). Had a mark of 16-feet and 1-inch in the long jump and a distance of 32-feet and 10.50-inches in the triple jump. Did not record a height in the high jump. Placed 17th overall in the triple jump at the BU Valentine Invitational (2/11/12) with a mark of 35-feet and 1.25-inches, a new personal best indoors. Placed seventh overall in the long jump at the NE-10 Championships (2/18/12) with a distance of 16-feet and 10-inches. Also placed 11th overall in the triple jump with a mark of 34-feet and 2-inches.

2010-11: NE-10 Commissioner's Fall Honor Roll. Finished ninth overall at the NE-10 championships in the triple jump with a mark of 33-feet and six-inches. Placed 14th overall at the NE-10 championships in the long jump with a mark of 15-feet and 0.50-inches. Posted a season best jump of 34-feet and 2.75-inches at the Reebok Boston Collegiate Indoor Games in the triple jump. Had a season best mark of 16-feet and seven-inches for a fifth place finish at the University of New Hampshire Tri-Meet in the long jump. Also competed in the 4x400 meter relay at the Reebok Boston Collegiate Indoor Games (13th overall, 4:21.89) and the long jump (11th overall, 16-feet and 5.25-inches). Placed third overall in the long jump at the Tufts Stamepe (15-feet and 10.50-inches).

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.

Outdoor Season

2010-11: Athletic Director's Honor Roll Spring Semester. Division II ADA Academic Achievement Award. NE-10 Commissioner's Spring Honor Roll. Placed fourth overall at the NE-10 championships in the triple jump with a mark of 35-feet and 3.25-inches, a personal best. Finished eighth overall at the NE-10 championships in the long jump with a mark of 16-feet and 2.50-inches. Notched a season best jump of 17-feet and two-inches in the long jump for a second place finish at the Skyhawk Invitational. Placed first at the Bridgewater State University Invitational in the long jump (4.95m). Helped the 4x100 meter relay team to a fourth place finish at the NE-10 championships (50.89). Also competed in the 100 meter dash at the Bridgewater State University Invitational in 14.05 seconds. In the long jump, finished fifth overall at the UMass Minutemen Invitational (16-feet and 4.25-inches), 11th overall at the Bryant University Invitational (15-feet and 7.50-inches) and 14th overall at the George Davis Invitational (16-feet and 0.25-inches). In the triple jump, placed fifth overall at the UMass Minutemen Invitational (33-feet and one-inch), seventh at the Bryant Invite and Skyhawk Invitational (33-feet and 7.50-inches/33-feet and 10-inches) and 11th overall at the George Davis Invitational (34-feet and 2.25-inches).

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' 8.25"
Reggie Poyau Invitational (12/10/11)
Long Jump 16' 11.25"
Harvard Open (12/13/2008)
Triple Jump 35' 01.25"
BU Valentine Invitational (2/11/12)
Shot Put 30' 3.50"
UNH Tri-Meet (1/21/12)
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)