Shaquena Foote
Jamaican sprinter (born 2001)
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Shaquena Foote (born 23 July 2001) is a Jamaican sprinter. In 2026, she ran into the top-five all-time for Jamaica in the 400 metres indoors.[1]
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| Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 July 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60 m: 7.35 (Reno, 2025) 100 m: 11.71 (San Diego, 2025) 200 m: 22.89 (Albuquerque, 2025) 400 m: 50.95 (College Station, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Foote attended Petersfield High School in Petersfield, Jamaica. She was a CARIFTA Games Under-18 silver medallist over 800 metres in 2017.[2] She was a medalist at the 2017 IAAF World U18 Championships in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay in Nairobi, Kenya.[3] She won Jamaican age-group titles in 2018 over 800 metres and 1500 metres, and won the U20 800 metres at the 2018 Carifta Games in The Bahamas, but by 2019 had transitioned to the 400 metres hurdles.[4][5] She won the 400 metres hurdles at the Carifta Trials in 2020 in a personal best time of 57.60 seconds.[6]
Foote was selected to compete for Jamaica at the 2023 NACAC Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica.[7] She won three silver medals at the Championships; in the women’s 4x100m relay, women's 4x400m relay, and the mixed 4x400m relay in San Jose, Costa Rica.[8][9][10]
Competing for San Diego State University she was a semi-finalist over 00 metres at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, in June 2025.[11] She placed fifth overall in the 400 metres at the Jamaican Athletics Championships later that month.[12] She was subsequently selected for the Jamaican relay pool for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[13]
Having transferred to the University of Georgia, Foote began her 2026 indoor season finishing runner-up to compatriot Dejanea Oakley over 300 metres at the Clemson Invitational.[14] The following month, Foote ran an indoor personal best of 51.27 seconds for the 400 metres at the Tiger Paw Invitational in Clemson.[15] Competing at the 2026 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, she qualified for the final of the 400 metres, where she placed fifth with a time of 51.13 seconds, moving her into the top-five all-time for Jamaica in the 400m indoors.[16][17]