Daina Pucurs

Position:
Throws
Height:
5-10
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Demarest, N.J.

Junior: Re-set her own school record with a toss of 168’-11” at the Wake Forest Open on the first weekend of the season ... won that meet, as well as the Duke Invitational, the UNC Invitational and the ACC Championships ... the ACC victory earned her All-ACC status for the third year in a row ... placed fourth at the Penn Relays ... finished second at the ECAC’s to earn All-East honors ... placed 11th at the NCAA East Regional, earning her a trip to the NCAA Championships ... finished 19th in the nation in that meet ... all eight of her performances exceeded the NCAA regional qualifying prerequisite ...

Sophomore: Winner of Duke’s top field performer award for 2006 ... improved her own Duke school record exactly 18 feet by heaving the javelin 168’-8” to win the ACC Championship ... followed up her ACC gold medal with an ECAC silver to earn All-East honors ... captured bronze with a third-place NCAA East Regional finish to earn a trip to the NCAA Championships in Sacramento, Calif. ... placed 13th in her first NCAA nationals appearance, being bounced from the finals on the very last throw of the preliminary competition ... first-place finishes at both the Duke Invitational and Wake Forest Open ... a second-place toss at Charlotte ... sixth-place finish at the Penn Relays ...

Freshman: Named Duke outdoor track and field freshman of the year ... kicked off her career by setting a school record on her first throw as a Blue Devil ... earned All-ACC honors with her third-place finish at the ACC Championships as she threw a personal best 150’-8” ... won three meets and placed second at the Penn Relays ... qualified for both the ECAC and NCAA East Regional meets ...

Prep: National high school champion in the javelin, coming in first at the 2004 adidas National Championships ... 2004 New Jersey state champion in the javelin ... top throw of 155’-8” was fourth-best in the nation amongst high school girls in 2004 ... also starred in volleyball and basketball.