2020 Women's Cross Country Roster

Amari Onque-Shabazz

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Year of Eligibility Senior
  • Hometown Plainfield, N.J.
  • Highschool Union Catholic

Biography

CAREER COLLEGIATE RESULTS

Competed in the sprints, middle distance events and cross country for Villanova from 2016-21 … Two-time All-American in the distance medley relay … Four-time BIG EAST champion in the relays and a nine-time All-BIG EAST performer overall … At the end of her career ranked fourth in school history in the 400 meters (54.20) and tied for 10th in the 500 meters (1:13.22) … One of 10 runners in school history to run a 400 meter relay split below 54 seconds (53.17) and one of just four Wildcats to break 55 seconds in an open 400 meter race indoors … Finished her career having run on two of the eight fastest 4x400 meter relay teams in the Villanova record book, two of the six fastest sprint medley relay squad and the 10th fastest distance medley relay team … Helped the Wildcats win six BIG EAST team titles during her career, including three consecutive conference crowns both indoors (2018, 2019, 2020) and outdoors (2018, 2019, 2021) … During her career was named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team for track & field three times … Five-time member of the BIG EAST All-Academic Team and 10-time selection to the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll.
 
 
PERSONAL BESTS
200 Meters 25.41 Villanova Invitational (2.1.2020)
400 Meters (relay) 53.17 NCAA East Preliminary (5.29.2021)
400 Meters (open) 54.20 BIG EAST Championships (5.14.2021)
500 Meters 1:13.22 Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1.12.2019)
600 Meters 1:34.42 Nittany Lion Challenge (1.13.2018)
800 Meters 2:07.39 Virginia Challenge (4.17.2021)
1000 Meters 2:58.68 Jack Pyrah Invitational (12.3.2016)
3 Miles (XC) 18:17.4 Main Line Invitational (9.20.2019)
6000 Meters (XC) 23:57.8 BIG EAST Championships (11.2.2019)
 
 
CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
2021 OUTDOOR
BIG EAST Champion 4x400 Meter Relay (3rd Leg)
All-BIG EAST 4x400 Meter Relay (3rd Leg)
2020 INDOOR
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg)
2019 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST 4x800 Meter Relay (Anchor - 2:11.04)
2019 INDOOR
All-American (First Team) Distance Medley Relay (400m - 54.75)
2018 OUTDOOR
All-BIG EAST 4x400 Meter Relay (2nd Leg)
2018 INDOOR
BIG EAST Champion 4x400 Meter Relay (3rd Leg - 55.36)
All-BIG EAST 4x400 Meter Relay (3rd Leg - 55.36)
2017 OUTDOOR
BIG EAST Champion 4x400 Meter Relay (2nd Leg)
All-BIG EAST 400 Meters
All-BIG EAST 4x400 Meter Relay (2nd Leg)
2017 INDOOR
All-American (Second Team) Distance Medley Relay (400m - 55.62)
BIG EAST Champion 4x400 Meter Relay (3rd Leg)
All-BIG EAST 4x400 Meter Relay (3rd Leg)
ACADEMIC HONORS
USTFCCCA All-Academic Team (Track & Field) 2016-17, 2018-19, 2020-21
BIG EAST All-Academic Team 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Spring 2021
 
 
CAREER NCAA RESULTS
2019 INDOOR (BIRMINGHAM, ALA. | BIRMINGHAM CROSSPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
March 8 Distance Medley Relay (400m - 54.57) 10:56.04 4th
2017 INDOOR (COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS | GILLIAM INDOOR TRACK STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
March 10 Distance Medley Relay (400m - 55.62) 11:13.59 12th
 
 
CAREER BIG EAST RESULTS
2021 OUTDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
May 14 400 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 54.20 3rd
May 15 400 Meters (Final) 54.87 6th
May 15 4x400 Meter Relay (3rd Leg) 3:38.86 1st
2020 INDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
March 1 400 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 55.62 5th
March 2 400 Meters (Final) 54.94 5th
March 2 4x800 Meter Relay (1st Leg) 8:54.09 2nd
2019 CROSS COUNTRY (KENOSHA, WIS. | WAYNE E. DANNEHL NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY COURSE)
Date Distance Time Place
November 2 6000 Meters 23:57.8 45th
2019 OUTDOOR (NEW YORK, N.Y. | ICAHN STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
May 10 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 2:11.59 4th
May 11 800 Meters (Final) 2:09.78 5th
May 11 4x800 Meter Relay (Anchor - 2:11.04) 8:53.67 2nd
2019 INDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
February 22 400 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 55.18 3rd
February 23 400 Meters (Final) 55.15 4th
2018 OUTDOOR (GENEVA, OHIO | SPIRE INSTITUTE)
Date Event Time Place
May 11 800 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 2:11.96 6th
May 12 800 Meters (Final) 2:18.99 8th
May 12 4x400 Meter Relay (2nd Leg) 3:46.45 3rd
2018 INDOOR (STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. | OCEAN BREEZE TRACK & FIELD ATHLETIC COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
February 23 400 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 57.01 9th
February 24 4x400 Meter Relay (3rd Leg - 55.36) 3:42.01 1st
2017 OUTDOOR (VILLANOVA, PA. | VILLANOVA STADIUM)
Date Event Time Place
May 12 400 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 56.38 3rd
May 13 400 Meters (Final) 56.69 2nd
May 13 4x400 Meter Relay (2nd Leg) 3:44.34 1st
2017 INDOOR (STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. | OCEAN BREEZE TRACK & FIELD ATHLETIC COMPLEX)
Date Event Time Place
February 24 400 Meters (Preliminary Heats) 56.94 8th
February 25 400 Meters (Final) 56.34 5th
February 25 4x400 Meter Relay (3rd Leg) 3:42.06 1st
 
 
CROSS COUNTRY

2019: Competed in two meets during the season and was part of the Villanova lineup at the BIG EAST Championships; Main Line Invitational (9/20): Recorded a 16th place finish at the first meet of the season ... Tallied a time of 18:17.4 over three miles; BIG EAST Championships (11/2): Competed at the conference cross country meet for the first time in her career ... Tallied a time of 23:57.8 over 6,000 meters to finish 45th overall.

2018: Main Line Invitational (9/14): Recorded a time of 18:49.4 over three miles at the first meet of the season and registered a 28th place finish.

2016: Haverford Invitational (10/21): Competed as an unattached runner ... Came in ninth in the three-mile race in 18:44.6.
 
INDOOR

2021: Villanova Indoor Meet (3/5): Competed as an unattached runner in the 400 meters and was the runner-up in the race with a time of 56.15.

2020: Competed at five meets during the season and became the fourth runner in program history to break 55 seconds in the 400 meters indoors ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors in the 4x800 meter relay and scored individually at the conference championships in the 400 meters; Dr. Sander Invitational/Columbia Challenge (1/25): Posted a time of 56.39 in the 400 meters in her season debut and also recorded a split of 56.45 on the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay in which the Wildcats registered a time of 3:52.22; Villanova Invitational (2/1): Came in fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 55.17 and placed sixth in the 200 meters with a personal best mark of 25.41 at the Wildcats home meet; Sykes & Sabock Challenge (2/8): Runner-up in the 800 meters with a time of 2:12.76 at Penn State ... Also ran the third leg of the 4x400 relay and tallied a split of 55.98 as Villanova came in fourth in the relay with a time of 3:52.32; David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/14): Recorded a time of 2:13.60 in the 800 meters in Boston; BIG EAST Championships (3/1-3/2): Helped the Wildcats win their third consecutive indoor BIG EAST title with contributions both individually and in the relays ... Led off the 4x800 meter relay which came in second with a time of 8:54.09, earning All-BIG EAST honors in the process ... Placed fifth individually in the 400 meters ... Her time of 54.94 in the final was an indoor PR and moved her into fourth place on the Wildcats all-time indoor performance list ... Ranked fifth in the field with a time of 55.62 in the preliminary heats of the 400 meters before holding her position in the final.

2019: First team All-American in the distance medley relay ... All-BIG EAST performer in the 400 meters ... Recorded personal best times in both the 400 meters and the 500 meters during the season ... Competed at five meets total in one of the best seasons of her career; Wesley A. Brown Invitational (1/12): Tallied a first place finish in the 500 meters, where her winning time of 1:13.22 was a personal best and also tied her for 10th place on the Wildcats all-time performance list ... Also ran the 400 meter leg of the distance medley relay at the meet as part of a lineup that came in first with a winning time of 11:25.22; Dr. Sander Invitational/Columbia Challenge (1/25-1/26): Ran the 400 meter leg of the distance medley relay in 55.75, helping Villanova finish first in the race with a time of 10:59.98 ... The victory served the dual purpose of qualifying the Wildcats for the NCAA Championships later in the year ... On the second day of the meet raced in the 800 meters and posted a time of 2:17.63; FastTrack National Invitational (2/8): Tallied a runner-up finish in the invitational section of the 400 meters with a time of 56.20; BIG EAST Championships (2/22-2/23): Scored team points in the 400 meters with a fourth place finish and a personal best time of 55.15 ... Ranked third overall in the preliminary heats in 55.18 before lowering her time by three-hundredths of a second in the final ... Her time of 55.15 is the ninth-fastest indoor time in school history, and elevated her to 10th on the Wildcats all-time performance list (third indoors) in the 400 meters ... Her team points at the BIG EAST meet contributed to Villanova winning its record 16th conference title and fourth in the last six years; NCAA Championships (3/8): First team All-American as part of the Wildcats lineup in the distance medley relay ... Ran the 400 meter leg of the relay in 54.75 to help Villanova finish fourth in the race in 10:56.04 ... The split is a personal best 400 meter leg in a relay ... The fourth place finish for the Wildcats is the team's highest NCAA finsih in the DMR since a second place showing in 2013 ... Villanova has now tallied All-America honors in the DMR a total of 14 times.

2018: Won a BIG EAST title as part of the team's 4x400 meter relay ... Competed at six meets during the season; Jack Pyrah Invitational (12/2): Came in fourth in the 1000 meters with a time of 3:06.64 ... Ran the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay as part of a Wildcats quartet which came in third in the relay in 3:58.55; Nittany Lion Challenge (1/13): Placed seventh in the 600 meters with a time of 1:34.42 and ran the second leg of the 4x400 relay which finished in fifth place with a time of 3:49.97; Columbia Challenge (1/27): Competed in the seeded section of the 800 meters and crossed the finish line in 2:26.98; Villanova Invitational (2/3): Won the 800 meters with a time of 2:15.30 at the Wildcats home meet; David Hemery Invite (2/9): Registered a time of 2:14.97 in the 800 meters; BIG EAST Championships (2/23-2/24): Ran the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay with a split of 55.36 and Villanova finished the race with a winning time of 3:42.01 to claim a conference title ... The victory also helped to secure the Wildcats team title at the BIG EAST meet, and the winning time of 3:42.01 was the third-fastest indoor time in the relay in school history ... Competed in the preliminary heats of the 400 meters and finished ninth overall with a time of 57.01.

2017: Competed at seven meets during the season ... Second team All-American as part of the team's lineup in the distance medley relay ... BIG EAST champion in the 4x400 meter relay ... Scored individually at the conference meet in the 400 meters; Jack Pyrah Invitational (12/3): Came in third in the 1000 meters in 2:58.68 and anchored a 4x400 meter relay squad which tied for first place in its race with a time of 3:56.00; Nittany Lion Challenge (1/14): Placed eighth in the 600 meters with a time of 1:34.55 and anchored the 4x400 meter relay team to a fourth place finish with a time of 3:49.93; Gotham Cup (1/20): Runner-up in the 400 meters with a time of 56.44; Columbia East-West Challenge (1/27): Had a split of 56.16 on the 400 meter leg of the distance medley relay, which Villanova finished second in with a time of 11:07.90; FastTrack National Invitational (2/10): Came in fifth in the 400 meters in 56.89; BIG EAST Championships (2/24-2/25): Part of a relay lineup in the 4x400 meter relay which won a BIG EAST title with a winning time of 3:42.06 ... The time is the fourth-fastest indoors in the 4x400 relay in school history ... Ran the third of leg of the relay and also scored individually in the 400 meters ... Recorded a personal best time of 56.34 in the final of the 400 meters and tallied a fifth place finish ... Had been in eighth place in the preliminary heats when she posted a time of 56.94; NCAA Championships (3/10): Second team All-American in the distance medley relay ... Ran the 400 meter leg of the race in 55.62 and Villanova came in 12th in the race with a time of 11:13.59.
 
OUTDOOR

2021: Her final collegiate season was one of her best as she recorded personal best times in both the 400 meters and the 800 meters … Her time of 54.20 in the 400 meters elevated her to fourth place on the Wildcats all-time performance list in the event … Part of Villanova’s lineup on a 4x400 meter relay team which won a BIG EAST title and qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary meet … The relay squad tallied two of the eight fastest times in school history during the season … Scored individually in the 400 meters at the BIG EAST Championships … Ran at eight meets during the season; Villanova Opener (3/19): Tallied victories in both the 200 meters and the 400 meters at the Wildcats home meet to open the outdoor season … Posted times of 25.79 and 56.27, respectively; Raleigh Relays (3/27): Recorded a time of 2:08.38 and finished 12th in her first 800 meter race of the season at North Carolina State; Temple Invite (4/9): Runner-up in the 400 meters with a time of 55.49 and ran the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay as the Wildcats won the relay in 3:42.76; Virginia Challenge (4/17): Tallied a lifetime best mark of 2:07.39 in the 800 meters to notch a 15th place finish against strong competition at Virginia … Led off the 4x400 meter relay for a team which came in third in 3:39.99; Philadelphia Metropolitan Collegiate Invitational (4/24): Ran legs of first place relays in the 4x400 meter relay and the sprint medley relay as Villanova competed in a local meet at Franklin Field during the traditional weekend of the Penn Relays … Led off the 4x400 relay which the Wildcats won in 3:38.78 to claim the seventh-fastest time in school history and ultimately qualify for the NCAA East Preliminary meet in the relay … Ran the 400 meter leg of the sprint medley relay which won in 3:49.82 and notched the third-fastest time in the Villanova record book; Penn Twilight (5/1): Came in second in the 800 meters in 2:07.90; BIG EAST Championships (5/14-5/15): Earned All-BIG EAST honors for the ninth time in her career as part of the Wildcats champion 4x400 meter relay team … Scored individually in the 400 meters and registered a personal best time of 54.20 in the preliminary heats on the first day of the meet … That mark put her into fourth place on the program’s all-time performance list and was the fastest 400 meters by a Villanova runner in nine years … Ranked third in the field of competitors in the prelims and came in sixth in the final with a time of 54.87 … Ran the third leg of the 4x400 relay which posted a winning time of 3:38.86 to record the eighth-fastest time in school history … Her efforts helped the Wildcats win the BIG EAST team title for the third consecutive outdoor season; NCAA East Preliminary (5/29): Villanova sent a 4x400 meter relay team to the NCAA East meet for the first time in 10 years … The team posted a time of 3:39.68 and finished 20th overall in the national quarterfinal round of the relay after entering the meet ranked 24th in the field … Onque-Shabazz ran the third leg of the relay and had a split of 53.17 which is the ninth-fastest known 400 meter relay split in school history and the third-fastest to be recorded in a 4x400 meter relay race.
 
2019: Recorded personal best times in both the 400 meters and the 800 meters during a strong season of competition ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors as the anchor of the Villanova lineup in the 4x800 meter relay ... Also scored individually in the 800 meters at the BIG EAST meet ... Competed at six meets in all; Florida Relays (3/29): Reocrded a time of 2:20.58 in the 800 meters in her first race of the outdoor season; Sam Howell Invitational (4/6): Runner-up in the 400 meters with a personal best time of 54.86 ... The mark put her into ninth place on the Wildcats all-time performance list in the 400 meters; Mason Spring Invitational (4/13): Recorded a personal best time for the second straight week, this time in the 800 meters where she crossed the finish line in 2:08.84 and tallied a second place finish; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/20): Recorded a time of 2:11.42 in the elite section of the 800 meters; Penn Relays (4/25, 4/27): Ran the 400 meter leg of the distance medley relay with a personal best split of 53.57 ... Villanova came in third in the relay with a time of 11:05.67 ... Also ran the third leg of the 4x800 meter relay and had a split of 2:16.16 as the Wildcats placed eighth with a time of 8:58.88; BIG EAST Championships (5/10-5/11): Notched a fifth place finish in the 800 meters with a time of 2:09.78 ... Came in fourth in the preliminary heats in 2:11.59 before lowering her time by nearly two seconds in the final ... Anchored the 4x800 meter relay on the final day of the conference meet and had a split of 2:11.04 ... Villanova finished second in the relay in 8:53.67 and earned All-BIG EAST honors ... Her contributions were part of the Wildcats conference title which completed a second consecutive BIG EAST "triple crown" with championships in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field.

2018: Earned All-BIG EAST honors as part of the Wildcats lineup in the 4x400 meter relay and scored individually at the conference meet in the 800 meters ... Competed at a total of seven meets during the season; Penn Challenge (3/24): Opened the outdoor campaign by finishing fifth in the 400 meters with a time of 57.65; Florida Relays (3/30): Ran the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay and was part of a Villanova lineup that registered a time of 3:44.69 and placed 15th in the preliminary heats of the relay; Colonial Relays (4/6): Posted a personal best time of 2:08.86 in the 800 meters, which was good for a fourth place finish in the race; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/20): Came in 14th in the elite section of the 800 meters with a time of 2:11.22; Penn Relays (4/27): Anchored the sprint medley relay squad to a 10th place finish ... Had a split of 2:13.51 over the final 800 meters of the Championship of America race and the Wildcats finished with a time of 4:01.62; Kehoe Invitational: Recorded a first place finish in the 800 meters and posted a winning time of 2:10.93; BIG EAST Championships (5/11-5/12): Ran the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay at the conference meet ... Villanova earned All-BIG EAST honors for placing third in the relay with a time of 3:46.45 ... Also scored a team point with an eighth place finish in the 800 meters ... Registered a time of 2:18.99 in the final after coming in sixth overall in the preliminary heats in 2:11.96 ... Villanova won the team title at the conference championships to complete its academic year 'triple crown' with BIG EAST titles in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field.

2017: Was part of the team's BIG EAST champion 4x400 meter relay team and garnered individual All-BIG EAST honors in the 400 meters ... Competed at five meets during the season and was a key contributor to the team both individually and in the relays; Colonial Relays (3/31-4/1): Registered a time of 2:16.11 in the 800 meters in her first race of the outdoor campaign ... Also ran the 400 meter leg of the distance medley relay as part of a quartet that came in fourth with a time of 11:46.25; Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4/8): Finished fifth in the 800 meters in 2:11.18 and ran the third leg of the 4x400 meter relay for a Wildcats squad that recorded the 10th-fastest time in school history ... Villanova's time of 3:39.74 was good for a third place finish in the race; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/21-4/22): Ran in the elite section of the 800 meters on the first night of the meet and tallied a time of 2:11.42 ... Came in 12th in the 400 meters with a time of 57.35 the next day; Penn Relays (4/27, 4/29): Part of the Wildcats lineup in the 4x400 meter relay ... Villanova competed in the preliminary heats of the relay and advanced to the ECAC section race on the final day of the meet ... Ran the third leg of the relay in the preliminaries, when the Wildcats posted a time of 3:46.12 and placed 20th overall ... Anchored the team with a personal best split of 54.99 in the ECAC race, with Villanova finishing as the runner-up in the section with a time of 3:43.28; BIG EAST Championships (5/12-5/13): Ran the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay and was part of the Wildcats conference crown in the race ... Villanova won the relay with a time of 3:44.34 ... Earned individual All-BIG EAST honors in the 400 meters ... Runner-up in the final of the event with a time of 56.69 after she had ranked third in the preliminaries with a time of 56.38 a day earlier.
 
BEFORE VILLANOVA

Union Catholic High School: Earned two varsity letters in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field ... As both a junior and a senior was named the Courier News Girls Runner of the Year for the indoor season, and was a first team all-state performer in the 800 meters ... Earned first team all-state honors in the 400 meters as a senior ... Three-time first team all-group in the 800 meters and achieved that distinction twice in the 400 meters ... Achieved Honor Roll status academically all four years ... Inducted to the Spanish Honor Society as a junior ... Prior to the beginning of her high school career was a three-time USATF Girls Athlete of the Year in the middle distance events (2010, 2011, 2012).
 
Personal: Born 10/12/98 in Newark, N.J. ... Oldest of three children of Amir Onque-Shabazz and Kito Harris ... Siblings are Amaia and Amani ... Likes listening to music and dancing in her spare time ... Chose to attend Villanova for the combination of its proximity to home as well as the size of the campus and classes ... Had previously enjoyed watching Villanova compete at nearby meets ... Mathematics major and Spanish minor.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Freshman

  • 2017Sophomore

  • 2018Junior

  • 2019Senior

  • 2020Graduate Student