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2025-26 Track and Field Roster

Ma'Liyah Anderson

  • Position Sprints
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Shawnee HS
  • Hometown Overland Park, KS

Biography

Season and Career Results
Academic Honors
Academic All-Conference - 2023
AD Honor Roll - Fall 2022
2024-25 (Junior): Indoor – Raced in six meets for the Shockers…Won the 200 meters at the Coach Wilson invite with a time of 26.02…Ran a season-best 59.13 to finish ninth in the 400 meters at the Steve Miller Invitational…Ran her fastest 200-meter time at the Ichabod Invitational to take 20th in 25.63…Finished 20th in the 200 meters and 28th in the 400 meters at the AAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor – Competed in eight meets…Ran her fastest all conditions 100-meter time of the season at the KT Woodman Classic, clocking 11.96W to finish 12th…Ran a season-best time of 24.82 in the 200 meters to finish fifth at the Shocker Open…Finished 28th in the 100 meters and 32nd in the 200 meters at the AAC Outdoor Championships.

2023-24 (Sophomore): Indoor – Competed in five meets for the Shockers…Ran a season-best 7.86 in the 60 meters in both the prelim and the final to finish sixth at the Wilson Invitational…Clocked a season-best 26.13 in the 200 meets at the KU-KSU-WSU Triangular…Finished 33rd in the 60 meters and 44th in the 200 meters at the AAC Indoor Championships. Outdoor – Competed in seven meets for the Shockers…Ran an all-conditions season best of 11.99w in the 100 meters prelims and a wind-legal season best of 12.07 in the final to finish fifth at the Friends Spring Open…Ran on the winning 4x400-meter relays at the KT Woodman Classic and the Ward Haylett Invitational…Took third in the 100 meters at the Shocker Open with a time of 12.17…Ran on the ninth-place 4x400-meter relays, finished 22nd in the 100 meters and 26th in the 200 meters at the AAC Outdoor Championships, running a season-best time of 24.85 in the 200.

2022-23 (Freshman): Indoor – Competed in five meets…Ran on the winning 4x400-meter relay at the Herm Wilson Invitational…Ran a season-best 8.06 in the 60 meters at the Ichabod Mid-Week Challenge…Clocked a season-best 26.11 in the 200 meters at the Arkansas Qualifier. Outdoor – Competed in six meets…Placed third in both the 100 meters and 200 meters at the Shocker Open with season bests of 12.46 and 25.21.

High School: Competed in the 100 meters and 400 meters at Shawnee High School…Was a varsity captain her senior year. HS personal bests: 100m – 13.59, 400m – 1:03.29
 
Personal: Daughter of Jackie and Vaughn…Has two sisters, Shawntel and Amaya, and three brothers, Ta’vion, Cinai and Nasier…Plans to major in business administration with a minor in political science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2024-25Junior

    Sprints
  • 2025-26Senior

    Sprints