Royals Hall of Fame
Nikia Squire is the second women’s track and field athlete inducted into the Queens Athletics Hall of Fame. The 11-time USTFCCCA All-American also won two individual national championships as a Royal. Squire won the NCAA DII Indoor 60-meter Championship and the 2016 Outdoor Long Jump Championship. The Columbia, South Carolina native’s 60m championship is the only indoor championship won by a Queens women’s track and field athlete to date.
Squire currently holds the Royals indoor 60m (7.32 seconds), 200m (23.95 seconds), and long jump records (6.31m). She also holds outdoor records in the 100m (11.36 seconds), 200m (23.75 seconds), and long jump (6.47m). Squire also ran on the outdoor 4x100 and indoor 4x400 relay teams that hold Queens records. The 4x100 relay team advanced to the NCAA Championships in 2016.
During her collegiate career, the decorated track star was named USTFCCCA Region Track Athlete of the Year three times during the indoor season and twice during the outdoor season. The Royals won three straight SAC Outdoor Championships with Squire, who swept the SAC Track and Field Athlete of the Year Awards in 2015. Squire also earned SAC Athlete of the Year honors in 2015. In 2018, Squire helped the Royals win the inaugural SAC Indoor Women’s Track & Field Championship.
Following Squire’s graduation in 2016, she was invited to the 2016 Team USA Preliminary Push Championships and Rookie Camp. She went on to compete at the USA Bobsled and Skeleton Preliminary Push Championships, finishing second in the bobsled race and first in skeleton. Squire’s race finishes helped her advance to Calgary, Canada, for the USA Bobsled & Skeleton National Push Championships. She finished third in both the push and combo push competitions. Additionally, she qualified and competed in the 2017 USATF Indoor Championships, representing Queens in the 60-meter dash and long jump.
Squire holds the honor of being the first Black female athlete at Queens to win a national championship. Additional awards include her being named the 2014-15 Queens Most Valuable Track Athlete and the 2014 and 2016 Black Excellence Awards Outstanding Female Athlete honoree. She earned her bachelor’s degree in 2016 after majoring in communications and minoring in theatre performance. She also earned a master’s degree from the Knight School of Communication in 2018 and is an actor, writer, and director. She is currently editing her next film.
